Shell launches butadiene extraction unit project in Singapore

thyssenkrupp Uhde secures landmark contract for GNFC's new nitric acid plant

Third project for GNFC will increase nitric acid production capacity by more than 50

World premiere: "Mannheim 001" production plant produces marine fuel from wastewater and electricity

e-Methanol is a climate-neutral fuel alternative and therefore key to the sustainable transformation of the shipping industry

Hy2gen reaches milestone for ammonia project in Canada

Hy2gen's COURANT project was awarded the contract last year for a capacity of 307 MW to produce 230,000 tons of renewable ammonia per year.

OQ Chemicals to Launch Heptanoic Acid Production in Germany

Investment in Growth

BASF commissions 54-megawatt water electrolyzer

Direct integration of the technology into a chemical production environment is a world first

How can Europe boost its domestic battery production and what policy actions are needed?

Battery cell demand will highly increase by 2030

Sustainable Battery Manufacturing in Sight

Successful Completion of the BMBF-Funded Project IDcycLIB

Green hydrogen economy: Evonik is building a plant for anion exchange membranes

Pilot plant for production of anion exchange membranes in Marl to start operation at the end of 2025

Arkema has decided to increase its PVDF capacity by 15% in North America

Cutting-edge technology for everyone

European innovation platform offers companies access to resource-saving production methods

thyssenkrupp Uhde and Novonesis launch innovative enzymatic esterification technology

A more sustainable alternative to conventional esterification

WACKER Expands Production Capacity for Specialty Silicones in Asia

Asia is already one of WACKER’s most important sales regions

Green specialty chemicals from Verbio with Nobel Prize-winning innovation

Construction of the new ethenolysis plant in Bitterfeld progressing apace

Wevo-Chemie expands production capacity

“With the expansion of our silicone production at the company headquarters in Ostfildern, we are taking an important step into the future”

Perstorp establishes Amsterdam site in key step to enter the growing synthetic ester business

Covestro Expands Production in Ohio

Additional Capacity for tailor-made Polycarbonates

thyssenkrupp nucera Partners with Chlorum Solutions USA for Chlor-Alkali Plant in Arizona

Plant aims to set a new standard in proximity-based chemical production

Busch Group Expands Presence in Romania

“By incorporating Pfeiffer Vacuum into the Busch Group, we can now offer our customers in Romania the best solutions for all vacuum technology applications”

Stellantis and CATL to Invest Up to €4.1 Billion in Joint Venture for Large-Scale LFP Battery Plant in Spain

Production is planned to start by end of 2026 and could reach up to 50 GWh capacity

BASF starts up its expanded ammonium chloride plant in Ludwigshafen

Optimized process enables the production of ammonium chloride in even higher quality

New green chemistry extracts valuable compounds from plant waste

Scientific breakthrough in chemistry

Scientists succeed in fully synthesizing one of the strongest natural cytotoxic substances: a great step forward for cancer research

C1 raised €20 million in fresh capital to replace fossil resources in the shipping, aviation and chemical industries

Green methanol: Commercialisation of the circular raw material of the future

Medical infusion bags can release microplastics

Researchers estimate that each bag of infusion fluid could deliver about 7,500 microplastics directly into the bloodstream

World premiere: "Mannheim 001" production plant produces marine fuel from wastewater and electricity

e-Methanol is a climate-neutral fuel alternative and therefore key to the sustainable transformation of the shipping industry

Just take a photo to determine the chemical composition

Chemists use machine learning and robotics to identify chemical compositions from images

The "funky" side of solid-state battery development

Material design and surface modifications create new opportunities

Novel Memristors to Overcome AI’s "Catastrophic Forgetting"

Revolution in lithium mining?

New membrane discovery makes possible cleaner lithium extraction

Improved Recycling of Plastic from Packaging Waste

Recycled plastic used in filaments for 3D printing

Complete breakdown of PMMA plastic into its building blocks

Surprisingly simple process

Structure of Supercritical Water Decoded

What drives our cravings for food and drink?

New research shines light on how the brain interprets nutritional and hydration needs and turns them into action

Unilever reaches new business arrangement for Ben & Jerry’s in Israel

Unilever announced it has reached a new arrangement for Ben & Jerry’s in Israel which will ensure the ice cream stays available to all consumers

Just take a photo to determine the chemical composition

Chemists use machine learning and robotics to identify chemical compositions from images

Groundbreaking AI tool generates 3D map of the brain

It is a detailed view of the brain like never seen before: allowing users to zoom in and out — from all angles, like a Google Earth map

Pineapple juice is scarce and expensive due to a small harvest

Watching electron motion in solids

Simplification of a spectroscopic method for investigating the movement of electrons in molecules and solids achieved

Researchers bring prehistoric algae back to life

After 7000 years without light and oxygen in Baltic Sea mud

AI food scanner turns phone photos into nutritional analysis

NYU Tandon researchers develop technology to calculate calories and nutrients from food images

analytica expands its international network to the USA

US laboratory market with top growth forecasts

Extreme Mutation Hotspot in Bacteria Discovered: Study Links High Mutation Rates to Transcriptional Activation

Groundbreaking research identifies a 5000-fold increase in mutation rates in the promoter of a bacterial gene

Who is ready to eat a plant-based diet?

Study shows: Medical recommendations and a good infrastructure in particular can help people switch to a more plant-based diet

This nanotube has a nose for oxygen

A light-activated high-performance sensor can precisely detect oxygen in complex gas mixtures

Tool identifies specific viruses to combat dangerous bacteria

Research team shortens the search for attackers that can wipe out multiresistant pathogens – with the aim of treating infections without antibiotics

Label battle: Paulaner wins in dispute against Karlsberg brewery

Pocket-sized breath test for stomach bacteria

Mini sensor analyses breath for infection with Helicobacter pylori

Sensors against superbugs

Dangerous increase in antimicrobial resistance: Detect resistant pathogens faster and start customized treatment in good time

With bird flu in raw milk, many in U.S. still do not know risks of consuming it

Printed Skin to Replace Animal Testing

Skin models with living cells

Origin of Life: How microbes laid the foundation for complex cells

Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants

Eating mangos daily shown to improve insulin sensitivity and blood glucose control

New research finds mangos may be key to reducing insulin resistance in adults who are overweight or obese

Science on the back burner: European laboratories struggle with massive restrictions

Great sustainability ambitions and willingness to innovate despite the need to save money

New imaging reveals the secrets of cellular traffic control

Texas A&M University researchers work with experts from EMBL Imaging Centre to uncover how molecules navigate the nuclear pore complex

Scientists discover why obesity takes away the pleasure of eating

A high-fat diet reduces a brain chemical linked to pleasure. Boosting it in mice aids weight loss.

Between test tube and algorithm: the laboratory of the future under the microscope

Study on the transformation of laboratories

Nature relieves physical pain: pain-related signals in the brain are reduced

This effect even occurs with virtual nature – such as nature videos

Design2Market: New delivery box for Frittenwerk in just 6 weeks

Munich-based lab automation startup raised €2.77M

AI-driven biotech research: Connected labs for faster scientific progress

Antimalarial drug together with anticancer drug is efficient against leukemia

Combination of approved drugs offers new strategies for acute myeloid leukemia

Meat consumption remains at a low level

ProVeg speaks of "intermediate plateau" and underlines call for a future nutrition plan

Inflammatory messenger fuels Alzheimer’s

Combination therapy could potentially slow down the deterioration of the brain