News for chemistry, analytics and chemical engineering

Ultrafast dissociation of molecules studied at BESSY II

Findings could deepen our understanding of chemical reactions at the molecular level

Record efficiency - tandem solar cells made from perovskite and organic material

“This was only possible by combining two major breakthroughs”

Plastic fantastic: Green, strong and edible

Researchers have created a biodegradable composite material that might help battle the global plastic-waste crisis

Unlocking the Potential of Nickel

New Study Reveals How to use Single Atoms to Turn CO2 into Valuable Chemical Resources

Biohydrogen from Wood Waste

Biotechnological process with a high hydrogen yield

Nearly 200-year-old challenge in polymers solved in major materials breakthrough

Researchers defy materials science rules with molecules that release stored length to decouple stiffness and stretchability

Stretchable and self-healable lithium-ion battery

Promising for use in stretchable and wearable electronics

New Hybrid Catalyst for Clean Oxygen Production

Innovative approach opens exciting possibilities for designing advanced materials for catalysis, sensing and solar energy conversion technologies

World's first center for solar batteries

Direct electrochemical storage of energy from sunlight

An enzyme in training camp: Capturing and using CO2 efficiently

‘Lactyl-CoA mutase’, which is not found in nature, was specifically developed for efficient synthetic metabolic pathways

How catalysts secretly lose their stability

Covalent organic framework compounds are more active as catalysts than one would expect

Spin-Powered Crystals: A Breakthrough in Clean Hydrogen Production

"...we've created a catalyst that outperforms traditional materials by a factor of 200"

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"

Bodo Möller Chemie Group enters exclusive acquisition talks with Rocktin

Strengthen adhesives distribution in Asia

Renewable Carbon Feedstocks: Building a Net-Zero Chemical Industry in 2050

CCU and recycling as the cornerstone of the chemical industry’s feedstock in 2050

Electrochaea Partners with Hitachi to Bring Synthetic Methane to Japan

Cost-effective replacement for fossil-based natural gas

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

Energy drinks - the underestimated danger

Detecting evidence of lung cancer in exhaled breath

Sensing technology could provide a breakthrough in non-invasive lung cancer screening

Berlin-Based Neurotech Startup Secures Investment for the Development of a Digital Drug to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease

Activating the Memory System of the Brain with Software to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease

The science behind Magnum Bon Bon bite-sized ice creams

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

AI-driven mobile robots team up to tackle chemical synthesis

Chemical research in turbo mode

‘Love hormone’ instead of opioids

A groundbreaking new approach to treating chronic abdominal pain

Mintel announces Global Food and Drink Trends for 2025

Interdisciplinary research team developing novel drug detection technology

New system uses software that acts like a robotic scientist

Diabetes switch in DNA

Promising approach for personalised diabetes therapy

Food labeling in the EU is often misleading

Constantly changing information makes consumers lose track

The heaviest element ever chemically studied

Experiments succeed in determining properties of moscovium and nihonium

Designing large new proteins with AI

New method for designing artificial proteins

Chicken-style or salami snack? The main thing is delicious and vegan!

Billie Green presents new cold cuts and hearty snacks

The Nobel Prize Winners 2017

Internal clock, gravitational waves and cold analysis

analytica 2024 confirms its position as the world’s leading trade fair for the laboratory sector

Focus on digitalization and sustainability in the lab of the future

Risk assessment: Essential ingredient for greater food safety

BfR organizes international symposium in Costa Rica

Two supercomputers from Jülich among the ten fastest in the world

Supercomputers JUGENE und JUROPA/HPC-FF take places 3 and 10

Double strike against leukaemia: Inducing defective cell division could improve therapy

Targeting the powerhouses of the cell

Beer like the Romans

Carlsberg sheds light on the gladiators' favorite drink

Superspreader fibrils caught in the act

How Immune Cells “Sniff Out” Pathogens

Researchers are using an innovative method to watch immune receptors go about their business

Can AI improve plant-based meats?

New Insights Into the Hydrogen Bonding of Hydrogen Sulphide

What do ice cubes in a drink have to do with the smell of grandma's famous egg salad?

Possible approach for the treatment of neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases discovered

Making scents of aromas that differentiate beer and wine

Superconducting Nanowires Detect Single Protein Ions

Detection efficiency 1,000 times higher than conventional ion detectors due to high sensitivity

Predicting the mode of action of new anti-cancer drugs with AI

Acceleration of the development of new cancer drugs

The tea industry is also affected by raw material shortages

MIT gel changes color on demand

Material could lead to fast, inexpensive sensors