News for chemistry, analytics and chemical engineering

A pleasant surprise: Existing EV batteries may last up to 40% longer than expected

"We've not been testing EV batteries the right way"

Innovating alloy production: a single step from ores to sustainable metals

Scientists design a process that merges metal extraction, alloying and processing into one single, eco-friendly step

"Superman" bacteria offer a sustainable boost to chemical production

A tailored “Superman cape” for bacteria

Burned rice hulls could help batteries store more charge

New research finds hard carbon in rice hull ash, providing a cheap domestic source to replace graphite in batteries.

Overcoming Material Shortages: Simulations and Advanced Testing Methods Highlight Alternatives to Conventional Materials

Fraunhofer IWS Develops Innovative Material and Process Solutions for Industrial Challenges amid Resource Scarcity

Gluing with starch: bio-based adhesives for industrial applications

Replacing synthetic polymers in dispersion adhesives with modified starch products

LIKAT chemist receives award for digital data management and AI in catalysis

From chip shop to pit stop

Scientists make cooking oil biofuel as efficient as diesel

Removing hazardous PFAS chemicals from drinking water

Researchers develop highly effective filter material

The Last Missing Piece of Silicon Photonics

International research team achieves a milestone

Sustainable locations for the green hydrogen economy of the future

Global Hydrogen Atlas shows potential import countries for Germany

Less is more: Why an economical Iridium catalyst works so well

Different chemical environments explored

Perstorp acquires OQ Chemicals Nederland B.V.

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

IDEAward for researchers’ start-up ideas

Teams from informatics, environmental engineering and medicine

Qemetica becomes the third player in Europe and the second in North America in precipitated silica market

ISC3 is looking for innovators in the field of sustainable chemistry and climate change

International start-up competition is endowed with 25,000 euros

Record participation and innovation at the heart of virtual battery day 2024

International platform for the battery and energy storage industry inspires once again

Swiss start-up Oxyle commissions first complete PFAS destruction system

Key milestone for Oxyle: the company scales its solution to solve PFAS problems on an industrial scale around the world

INEOS and GNFC sign a Memorandum of Understanding to build a new world scale Acetic Acid unit in India

The two companies have held a technology partnership for close to 30 years but will now establish a new joint venture.

Advanced Automation Technologies agrees to acquire GERSTEL

Expanding automated sample preparation capabilities

Spark Award 2024: procedure for recycling rare earth metals receives award

In order to market the technology, the researchers already founded a start-up called Reecover

Groundbreaking ceremony for new technology and start-up centre at DESY

"The DESY Innovation Factory offers founders excellent conditions to bring new ideas from research into practice even faster"

Microbe of the Year 2023: Bacillus subtilis – for health and technology

Already, Bacillus subtilis is indispensable in many industries, and many more innovations are expected

The science behind Magnum Bon Bon bite-sized ice creams

3D printed prototypes created the optimal Bon Bon size for packing and transportation

Interdisciplinary research team developing novel drug detection technology

New system uses software that acts like a robotic scientist

A new era of allergy treatment

Scientists unveil the early molecular key to curing life-threatening allergies

Food labeling in the EU is often misleading

Constantly changing information makes consumers lose track

MIT gel changes color on demand

Material could lead to fast, inexpensive sensors

CRISPR-Cas technology: ETH researchers have uncovered a serious side effect

A molecule designed to make the process more efficient destroys parts of the genome

Beer like the Romans

Carlsberg sheds light on the gladiators' favorite drink

Roche lays the foundation for the diagnostics production of the future in Germany

Investment of more than 600 million euros in a high-tech production center - Roche's largest single investment in Germany to date

‘Love hormone’ instead of opioids

A groundbreaking new approach to treating chronic abdominal pain

Risk assessment: Essential ingredient for greater food safety

BfR organizes international symposium in Costa Rica

World Community Grid Targets AIDS in Giant Research Effort

Second project will help determine effective AIDS therapies

Designing large new proteins with AI

New method for designing artificial proteins

Can AI improve plant-based meats?

New dimension for efficient laboratory work

Laboratory SaaS provider Labforward ramps up Series B financing to >€8.5 million in second closing

Delivering medicines with microscopic flowers

Microparticles consisting of extremely thin petals can be used to transport medicines precisely via the bloodstream to tumors or blood clots

Airy, delicious pastries with food foam made from peas

Chemical analyses faster and more precise than ever before

A new spectroscopy method: Ultra-short light pulses enable high-precision "artificial nose"

Brain tumour cells rapidly integrate into brain-wide neuronal circuits

Researchers hope to use their new findings for future therapies for glioblastomas, which are currently incurable

Method to enhance solubility of pea protein favors its use in food and beverages

Photoactivable bioluminescent probe

Cancer research: Small change with a big impact

How p53 works

Rémy Martin celebrates its 300th anniversary with exclusive limited editions

Portable kit can recover traces of chemical evidence

Concept Life Sciences and Accelero Biostructures partner to advance X-ray crystallography in early drug discovery

Up to 10 times faster drug development expected

Canadian Food Startup, Fieldless, Raises $17.5M for Major Expansion

Funding round led by Forage Capital Partners and includes Farm Credit Canada and BDC

Researchers probe secrets of bacterial immune system

From chip shop to pit stop

Scientists make cooking oil biofuel as efficient as diesel

More than just insects

Alternative protein sources supplement conventional food and animal feed

New brain target for potential treatment of social pathology in autism spectrum disorder