Elkem acquires Polysil, a leading Chinese silicone elastomer & resins company

Fighting global warming with tamarind polymers

Start-up wins ISC3 Innovation Award 2023

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

Spacetek Technology announces the successful closing of its Seed Financing Round

Time-of-flight mass spectrometers (TOF-MS) inspired by space technology

Start-up Better Basics Laborbedarf Wins First Place at the "Wiley Analytical Science Award 2024"

SmartRack® wins in the Separation, Laboratory Automation & Equipment Category

Hy2gen and Amogy Forge Strategic Partnership to Propel Ammonia-Powered Energy Solutions

Accelerate decarbonisation in the maritime sector

analytica 2024: Food analysis for sustainable nutrition

From PFAS to microplastics: focus on new harmful substances

BASF and SK On entered into an agreement to evaluate collaboration opportunities in the global lithium-ion battery market

Targeted collaboration around cathode active materials

Merck Confirms Forecast for Fiscal 2023 Despite Difficult Market Environment in Q3

Return to organic sales growth expected in 2024

Bayer: Third quarter below prior year as expected

Group outlook confirmed - By the end of next year, Bayer will remove multiple layers of management and coordination

Start-ups become changemakers – apply now!

ISC3 is looking for innovative solutions in the field of Sustainable Chemistry for textiles - Innovation Challenge 2024 endowed with 25,000 euros

HunterLab Spreads Its Vibrant Colors to Europe: Introducing 'HunterLab Europe'

Steering HunterLab Europe is none other than the Christian Jansen, who literally grew up in the color spectrophotometry world

Technology Group STRABAG invests € 100 million into battery and energy storage company CMBlu Energy

The ideal combination of technological and construction industry expertise to advance energy transition

Arkema starts up its specialty UV/LED curing resins' capacity expansion in China

Huber Kältemaschinenbau receives highest award at the "Großer Preis des Mittelstandes" (Grand Prix of Medium-Sized Businesses)

MAN Energy Solutions and Energy Dome Collaborate on CO2 Battery Technology

New strategic partnership to provide long-duration energy storage solution to facilitate the transition to net-zero

Merck to Return to Growth during Fiscal 2024

Transitional year 2023 managed well so far thanks to resilient business model

Startups with patents and trade marks are 10 times more successful in securing funding

Biotechnology sector leads in the use of patents and trade marks, with nearly half of the sector’s startups seeking these essential rights

ICIS Innovation Awards 2023 winners celebrated

Fraunhofer IPA transfers rights to use laboratory robot KEVIN United Robotics Group

KEVIN can be flexibly and intuitively integrated into laboratory infrastructures and automates processes

Laboratory equipment manufacturer KNAUER honored as top employer

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

This is a battery

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

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

Converting PFAS “forever chemicals” into valuable compounds

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

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

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

Low-altitude and denser clouds contained greater amounts of microplastics

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

ECHA’s investigation finds toxic chemicals present in childcare products

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

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

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

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

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

Can an artificial nose detect food spoilage?

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

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

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

Fatty acid factory filmed at work

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

Mobile phone use may affect semen quality

Is 4G less harmful than 2G?

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

Tracking down Environmental Toxins

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

The weight of pollution: exposure linked to obesity

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

Tönnies Group launches first nationwide "Meat Climate Platform"

100 guests at the Future Forum for Agriculture

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"

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

Newly multifunctional bacterial species

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

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

Oregon State researchers receive $2M to look for new ways to prevent organic potatoes from spoiling

‘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”