Personnel Changes at BASF

Making better use of residual gases

Award for invention for environmentally friendly adsorption of chlorine

Produce more and more efficient ammonia

The Meyer-Galow Award for Business Chemistry 2023 goes to Dennis Lippmann

Changes in the management of Hermann Waldner GmbH & Co. KG

New management structure

From airport management to decarbonisation of aviation - Julien Marteau becomes new Managing Director of Hy2gen France SAS

Proactive and analytical problem solver

Eppendorf realigns Management Board structure

The position of the CEO will be filled

Battery researcher Valeria Nicolosi receives the Diels-Planck Medal

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots

Three US scientists planted an important seed for nanotechnology - we have just started exploring the potential of these tiny particles

Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 goes to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier

The laureates’ contributions have enabled the investigation of processes that are so rapid they were previously impossible to follow

Stefanie Dehnen becomes the new President of the GDCh

“We are on the way to a new time”

Change in management at ALTANA’s BYK division

Prof. Thomas Henle from Dresden University of Technology elected to the "Hall of Fame" of food chemistry

Chinese scientist wins the European Inventor Award 2023 with a safer lithium-ion battery

Reducing the risk of battery explosion and fire in electric vehicles

Young Inventors Prize 2023 for drawing microplastics out of the ocean

The latest prototype uses a unique mixture without requiring filters or chemicals and removes over 85% of microplastics in a single pass

French research group win the European Inventor Award 2023 for a safer and more efficient hydrogen storage solution

Multidisciplinary team from France pioneered a method to store hydrogen as a solid disc, making it safer and easier to store and transport

Otto Hahn Medal for chemist Dr Susanne Reischauer

A life dedicated to chemistry

The European Inventor Award for Lifetime Achievement goes to Spanish scientist Avelino Corma

Innovative materials for high-performance lithium batteries

Thomas Fässler receives the Arfvedson Schlenk Award

Chemist Jörn Piel receives Inhoffen Medal 2023

HZI and Technische Universität Braunschweig honour specialist for marine natural products

Sebastian Hasenstab-Riedel receives new prize for molecular chemistry of main group elements

Christel and Herbert W. Roesky Prize is awarded for the first time

Wöhler Award for sustainable chemistry goes to Klaus Kümmerer

Pioneer of the "Benign by Design" concept is honored at the WiFo 2023

Plastic-eating bacteria turn waste into useful starting materials for other products

Microbial Upcycling of Waste PET

Microbes could help reduce the need for chemical fertilizers

A coating protects nitrogen-fixing bacteria: Start-up to commercialise coated bacteria for large-scale use in regenerative agriculture

New designs for solid-state electrolytes may soon revolutionize the battery industry

Scientists achieve monumental improvements in lithium-metal-chloride solid-state electrolytes

Dow and Evonik announce startup of hydrogen peroxide to propylene glycol (HPPG) pilot plant

Innovative technology offer flexibility, lower costs, and a smaller environmental footprint

Inauguration of the world’s first pilot plant for the cost-efficient production of green methanol

Start-up C1 Green Chemicals AG and research partners develop fundamentally new production process

This is a battery

Two colored liquids bubbling through tubes: Is this what the battery of the future looks like?

Converting PFAS “forever chemicals” into valuable compounds

Scientists develop a new method to incorporate harmful perfluoroalkenes into N-heterocyclic carbene ligands

Not so silver lining: Microplastics found in clouds could affect the weather

Low-altitude and denser clouds contained greater amounts of microplastics

Graphene's proton permeability: A switch for future energy technologies

This discovery could lead to the development of more efficient hydrogen fuel cells and solar water-splitting devices

Lithium-ion batteries are no longer the gold standard in battery tech

On the way to safer and more powerful energy sources

CO2-free hydrogen: BASF receives funding approval for 54-megawatt water electrolysis plant

Proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer expected to produce up to 8,000 metric tons of hydrogen per year

Vulcan officially opened its Lithium Extraction Optimisation Plant

Europe’s first plant for fully domestic lithium chemicals production, to secure Europe’s lithium supply chain for Battery Electric Vehicle manufacturers

Bowel cancer: aspirin activates protective genes

Researchers have identified a signaling pathway by which aspirin can inhibit colorectal cancer.

Dunning-Kruger effect with muesli bars

Those who know the least consider themselves highly competent

Autonomous measuring instruments systematically detect new materials

A new algorithm measures materials libraries up to four times faster than before: It’s based on machine learning

New drug delivery system could reduce daily diabetes shots to just three a year

Dietary management drugs have transformed Type 2 diabetes care, but daily injection routines are challenging for some patients

Naked Clams: The New Superfood Sensation Emerging from the Depths

Researchers found Naked Clams contain almost twice the amount of Vitamin B12 as blue mussels and have developed an efficient way to farm them

Researchers discover new ultra strong material for microchip sensors

A material that doesn't just rival the strength of diamonds and graphene, but boasts a yield strength 10 times greater than Kevlar

Pregnancy remodels the brain

Stem cells shape the sense of smell in mothers

Pushers, overcrowded trains and phone zombies

Sprite presents the world's first vending machine that responds to the things that bother Generation Z the most

Can an artificial nose detect food spoilage?

Coffee only wakes you up if you rarely drink it

What is the ideal way to consume coffee?

Italy bans the production and sale of lab-grown meat

Aston University technology to combat the not-so sweet practice of honey fraud

Light technology to be used to detect if honey is blended with cheap additions

How stem cells and immune cells communicate

Lisec Artz Award for Simon Haas: Groundbreaking discovery of an unknown protective mechanism against blood cancer from stem cells

After nationalization: Carlsberg manager arrested in Russia

Scientists use quantum biology, AI to sharpen genome editing tool

"This study represents an exciting advancement toward, understanding how we can avoid making costly ‘typos’ in an organism’s genetic code"

Excessive fluid consumption: habit or hormonal disorder?

Which test provides a reliable diagnosis?

From the trough to the plate - digitally calculated

Computer program "ConTrans" estimates how much of an undesirable substance is transferred from animal feed to food

Viral Impostors: Breakthrough for Virus Research

The penetration of viruses into cells can now be tracked with unprecedented accuracy thanks to innovative design for pseudoviruses

Mobile phone use may affect semen quality

Is 4G less harmful than 2G?

Making gluten-free, sorghum-based beers easier to brew and enjoy

Fatty acid factory filmed at work

High-resolution images provide new insights into cellular fatty acid production: Potential for medicine and biotechnology

Textbook knowledge turned on its head: 3-in-1 microorganism discovered

Newly multifunctional bacterial species

Tönnies Group launches first nationwide "Meat Climate Platform"

100 guests at the Future Forum for Agriculture

Tracking down Environmental Toxins

Detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by interrupted energy transfer

Alzheimer’s Drug PRI-002 Receives EMA Approval for Phase II Trial

Could eating turkey ease colitis?

According to data in mice, extra tryptophan could reduce the risk of future colitis flares

Researchers “film” novel catalyst at work

The weight of pollution: exposure linked to obesity

Chronic exposure to environmental pollutants found to increase risk of cardiovascular disease

Are healthy foods automatically sustainable, too?

Perceptions about sustainability and healthy food choices are closely linked

‘Hot’ new form of microscopy examines materials using evanescent waves

“This microscope technology is completely new, so we’re still learning specifically how and where it can be applied”