Evonik responds to laurolactam boom

OQ Chemicals Resumes Operations in German Plants

DOMO Chemicals responds to surging demand in China with its new TECHNYL polyamide production plant

Syensqo accelerates clean energy transition with largest electric vehicle battery materials facility in North America

BASF has started prototype metal refinery for battery recycling

Innovative technology extracts lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese and copper from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries and battery production scrap

Lhyfe receives from the French government a grant of up to €149m for large-scale production of green and renewable hydrogen

BASF breaks ground on methyl glycols plant at Zhanjiang Verbund site in China

First fully backward integrated methyl glycols plant in China upon completion

BASF to build new fermentation plant for crop protection products in Ludwigshafen

Strengthening the portfolio of biological and biotechnology-based crop protection products

Improving battery production processes

EU project for efficient and sustainable European production of lithium-ion batteries

C1 proves continuous green methanol production process in record time, confirming predictions from quantum chemistry

Start-up sets a new standard in green methanol production while tripling innovation speed with the predictive power of quantum chemistry

AkzoNobel completes capacity expansion at Vietnam multi-site

The total investment amounts to €18.5 million

OQ Chemicals Declares Force Majeure for Oberhausen Products

Disruption at Raw Material Supplier

World’s First Pilot Plant for Bio-Based Aniline

Use of biotechnology: New process for petroleum-free raw material on its way to industrial maturity

BASF to divest shares in its two joint ventures in Korla, China

Accelerated divestment due to higher carbon footprint and human rights concerns

BYK Netherlands invests in new plant for solvent based wax dispersions

The new facility aims to start commercial production end 2026

WACKER Plans New Production Site for Silicone Specialties in the Czech Republic

The investment volume is in the low triple-digit million euro range

INEOS Phenol starts up Europe's largest Cumene facility and halves CO2 emissions

The world scale 750,000 kt/a plant reduces CO2 emissions by 50% per tonne

Hy2gen Germany acquires plant and project pipeline of kiwi AG

Production plant in Werlte, Germany, is currently the world’s largest operating Power-to-eMethane plant

Hydrogen production of 110 million tons per year expected for 2030

The 2030s will be a crucial decade

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

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

Nadja Håkansson appointed Chief Executive Officer of thyssenkrupp Uhde

Researchers create new chemical compound to solve 120-year-old problem

Accessing these molecules can have major impacts on agriculture, pharmaceuticals, and electronics

Research team develops sodium battery capable of rapid charging in just a few seconds

Breakthrough in overcoming the current limitations of energy storage systems

“Restore trust and get Bayer on track for better performance”

Three-year process of rejuvenation launched

Toxic chemicals can be detected with new AI method

The number of animal experiments could be reduced, as well as the economic costs when developing new chemicals

An AI leap into chemical synthesis

AI navigates and performs chemical research tasks with unprecedented efficiency

Longer-lasting and more sustainable green hydrogen production

The findings impact the ability to achieve a lasting and sustainable hydrogen-based energy economy

Scientists convert chicken fat into energy storage devices

Cost-effective method for converting waste chicken fat into electrically conductive nanostructures

BASF has started prototype metal refinery for battery recycling

Innovative technology extracts lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese and copper from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries and battery production scrap

Novel hydrogel removes microplastics from water

The material has a unique intertwined polymer network that can bind the contaminants and degrade them using UV light irradiation

Safer alternative for an explosive reaction

The chemical industry has been using a reaction with explosive chemicals for over 100 years - now scientists have discovered a safer alternative

Returning rare earth element production to the United States

ReElement Technologies licenses Purdue critical mineral refining tech and will begin production in late 2024

New gel breaks down alcohol in the body

Reducing health damage caused by alcohol

Children, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers should avoid Brazil nuts

Brazil nuts can contain unusually high levels of radioactive radium

Toxic chemicals can be detected with new AI method

The number of animal experiments could be reduced, as well as the economic costs when developing new chemicals

Unfavourable carbohydrates early in the morning - a potential problem for "owls"

"Larks" and "owls" react differently to carbohydrate-rich meals

New gel breaks down alcohol in the body

Bruker to acquire the NanoString business in an asset deal

Intermittent fasting protects against liver inflammation and liver cancer

Drug partially mimics fasting effects

Map of feelings of happiness

Finally back in the ice cream parlor! Researchers have now discovered how our brain guides us to such "reward places".

Scientists accelerate spectroscopic analysis

"This innovation expands the application of compressed sensing to real-time spectroscopic measurement"

How a “date” between immune cells makes rheumatism disappear

Major success: New approach for treating autoimmune diseases

Take it from the rats: A junk food diet can cause long-term damage to adolescent brains

Rats that were fed a diet chock-full of fat and sugar in their adolescence suffered memory impairment, USC researchers found

Electrified bacteria: Method developed for faster determination of antibiotic resistance

"The results are available to us after just five to ten hours"

Breakthrough in research on brown fat

Hope for strategies that support weight loss: Researchers from Denmark and Germany have found brown fat’s “off-switch"

Asahi Brands relies on Warsteiner

Focus of cooperation on efficiency and sustainability

New insights into the genetics of the common octopus: genome at the chromosome level decoded

Scientific milestone provides deeper insights into the evolution and biology of Octopus vulgaris

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

Krombacher Brewery launches three unusual beer mix drinks with party liqueur Berliner Luft

Molecular dynamics in real time

A novel spectroscopic method allows ultrafast processes within molecules to be observed

New AI platform designs tomorrow’s cancer drugs

“A few years ago, AI was a dirty word in the pharmaceutical industry, but now the trend is definitely the opposite...”

Opening a window to the food industry’s future: the world’s first factory growing food out of thin air launches

Breakthrough technology to rapidly identify unknown molecules at scale

Start-up Isospec Analytics raises $1.9m

Innovative treatment helmet from a Basel spin-off promises advances in the treatment of Alzheimer’s

There is a huge market for the treatment of patients with degenerative brain diseases

Milk will continue to play an important role in our diet in the future

Innovative bioreactor research processes and cryotechnologies improve active ingredient tests using human cell cultures

This is paving the way for efficient real-world use of these cell cultures in toxicity testing and drug discovery

AI designs new drugs based on protein structures

“It’s a real breakthrough for drug discovery”: Process ensures right from the start that the molecules can be chemically synthesised

Why the BfR is shooting at gelatine or how the food safety of game meat can be guaranteed

Blood diagnostics modelled on leeches

For all those who are afraid of needles: New device for taking blood samples uses microneedles and a suction cup instead of a large needle

Biotechnologists want to replace petroleum-based substances with a bacterium from bovine stomachs

The cow as climate savior?

Analysis of flour and rice shows high levels of harmful fungal toxins

Development of robot-based solutions for laboratory automation

University of Rostock and Yaskawa agree to continue their cooperation