Leonhard Zirkler takes over management of HÖFER CHEMIE

AkzoNobel and Axalta announce three directors to finalize the combined company Board

Claus Rettig to serve as interim CEO of Evonik

Christian Kullmann on the road to recovery

Rainer Brehm Named President of Siemens’ Automation Business

New organization brings together key automation capabilities and further advances Siemens’ ONE Tech Company strategy

A change of generations on the Advisory Board of the HOYER Group

A third generation of the family undertakes responsibility

Mehdi Hireche is the managing director of Air Liquide in Germany

KIT Researcher Patrick Lott Receives the 2026 DECHEMA Prize

The award, worth 20,000 euros, recognizes his research on dynamic reactor operation

Outstanding research into sustainable battery materials

Science Prize for Professor Birgit Esser

Klaus Grohe Prize 2026 awarded for the first time to two researchers

Edward Tate and Nicolas Winssinger share the €75,000 prize for medicinal chemistry

Ströbel GmbH Reorganizes Its Sales Division

Niklas Lockl joins the team, bringing expertise in plastics engineering and mechanical engineering

Peer voting names AkzoNobel chief executive as the best CEO in the chemicals industry

Greg Poux-Guillaume is the 2026 ICIS CEO of the Year

Shimadzu acquires European electron microscopy pioneer for $711 million

The combination is set to deliver complete solutions for semiconductors, life sciences and materials science

Next Hydrogen is hunting for a new CEO to lead its commercial growth phase

Founding CEO Raveel Afzaal will continue to lead the company until the handover

Hycamite reorganises its management team for the next phase of growth

Finnish cleantech start-up appoints Jukka Nieminen as Chair of the Board of Directors and fills the CEO and COO roles

Lars Wallstein appointed CEO of OQEMA Group

The 2026 Wolf Prize Goes to a Berlin Chemist

Prof. Dr. Drs. h.c. Helmut Schwarz receives the $100,000 prize in chemistry for solving fundamental problems in catalysis

Change at TOPTICA Executive Board

Wilhelm Kaenders steps down as CTO

hte is getting a dual leadership structure: Denis Hürtgen and Michael Paul take over leadership

Markus Bold is stepping down from hte's executive board

Carlos Negro Assumes Chairmanship of the World Chemical Engineering Council

Making Chemistry Greener: The 2026 Gerhard Ertl Lecture Award goes to Professor Marc Koper

His findings are crucial to advancing the use of renewable energy and the development of sustainable chemistry

BASF focuses on strengthening and growing its core businesses in the next phase of its “Winning Ways” strategy

BASF to operate core businesses at up to 20­% lower net cash fixed costs by 2029

Scientists turn one of the world's most hated plastics into premium lubricant

They uncovered something far more promising than a recycling method

Three-dimensional molecules through “domino cascade”

Chemists develop light-driven triple catalysis

Turning CO₂ into fuels: Chemists solve a key scaling problem

LIKAT Technical Center produces catalyst on kilogram scale for the first time for a pilot plant

New plastic turns into a gas when heated – then reforms once cooled

A novel polymer could simplify the application, removal and recycling of materials by eliminating several of the complex processing steps currently used

AI cooling consumes billions of liters of water—a startup offers a solution

blue activity relies on biodegradable cooling water chemistry

Energy Transition: Electrify First—Then Use Methanol Instead of Hydrogen for the Rest

Merck upgrades its full-year guidance and expects revenue of up to €21.8 billion

Performance driven by continued demand in Process Solutions, Rare Diseases and Semiconductor Solutions

LANXESS Powers Large-Scale Plant with Hydrogen

Advantage of Verbund site: Hydrogen is produced at Covestro as a byproduct of chlorine electrolysis

The Structural Crisis in the Chemical Industry Is Worsening—Time to Act Is Running Out

Those who take action now will improve their chances of remaining competitive in 2040

New cathode material brings aqueous zinc-ion batteries closer to reality

The researchers used ball milling as a cost-effective way to engineer oxygen defects in electrolytic MnO₂

Charging ahead with sustainable zinc-iodine battery development

Biodegradable oligosaccharides solve a key problem

Tritium in the quantum sieve

HZDR Team Separates Hydrogen Isotope Mixture for the First Time Using Quantum Effects

Novo Nordisk and AWS enter strategic partnership to accelerate drug discovery through AI

New AI hub in London brings together engineers, AI specialists and scientists to reduce the time to market for future medicines

This cookie started its life as a plastic bottle

Specialized microbes transform inedible material into protein-rich snacks

Astorg completes acquisition of Microbiology business from Thermo Fisher Scientific

Former PerkinElmer CEO heads the new company

Computomics raises EUR 6.3 million to scale climate-smart plant breeding

AI predicts which plant varieties can withstand heat and drought

Gen Z drinks significantly more mocktails and fruit juice

Non-alcoholic drinks are becoming a habit for young people

New Analytical Methods Aim to Better Protect Fruit Juices from Adulteration

An IGF project is developing a multi-method approach for four fruit matrices, intended to replace existing single-method approaches

The quantum computer microscope

A new invention is set to significantly improve electron microscopy

Following a warning from foodwatch: Lidl and Tinema Stop Greenwashing Regarding Salmon

Labels Without Substance – Why ASC and GGN Don't Provide Consumers with a Real Guarantee of Sustainable Salmon Farming

Laser spectroscopy helps reveal hidden nuclear properties in fermium

First high-precision measurements of the fermium-255 nucleus validate modern nuclear models and advance the search for superheavy elements

Mould toxins in food are not destroyed during cooking or baking

Survey reveals gaps in knowledge about mould and its potential health risks

Why apples react differently to climate change than wheat

Teledyne acquires Varex Imaging for around 1.1 billion dollars

Scientists turn COVID-19 immune memory into a powerful new ally against cancer

Celloram, Inc., University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University unveil PROTEXI, a novel cancer vaccine platform advancing toward first-in-human clinical trials in sarcoma patients.

Climate-driven water scarcity increases wheat prices globally

Interdisciplinary study connects drought across the world’s wheat-growing regions with global markets

NMR reveals hidden electrolyte states for better batteries

Battery electrolytes are not fixed formulations, but evolving liquid states

Why do we get sleepy? How neurons control sleep drive

Understanding how the brain generates sleep drive would provide entirely new opportunities for sleep research

FDA Takes Further Steps to Remove Outdated Authorizations for Color Additives in Food

Two petroleum-based food dyes lose FDA approval or face revocation

A new light on the microbiome and its metabolites

Brain cravings: Impaired neural protein affects dietary fat intake

Mitochondrial protein in brain neurons regulates appetite and body weight

Dietary Supplements in Old Age: When They Help and When They Harm

The Consumer Advice Center of North Rhine-Westphalia warns: Vitamin D can cause kidney damage if taken in excessive amounts

Danaher appoints Julie Sawyer Montgomery as president and chief executive officer

Rainer Blair to retire

Celonic announces CEO transition: The succession has already been settled

Dr. Samanta Cimitan to depart at end of 2026 to assume a senior leadership role at a global life sciences organization

New Strategies for Preserving Native Cocoa Varieties

Shimadzu acquires European electron microscopy pioneer for $711 million

The combination is set to deliver complete solutions for semiconductors, life sciences and materials science

MicroHarvest is building Europe's first industrial facility for microbial protein at the Leuna Chemical Park

Biotech scale-up invests a mid-double-digit million amount and creates about 25 new jobs at the site

Energy-efficient electric drying with superheated steam

Drying process saves significant amounts of energy and eliminates the need for natural gas

Bruker announces strategic collaboration with Atinary Technologies to advance self-driving laboratories

Staying One Step Ahead of the Development of Resistance

How Bacteria Develop Resistance to Antisense Antibiotics—and How Future Therapies Can Be Made Less Susceptible to It

Organs age at different speeds: a blood test might soon tell which ones

Some people look younger, others older than they actually are. But why is that, and what is actually happening inside the body?