Martin Riswick General Manager AkzoNobel Chlor-Alkali

Köttermann Ltd. in Great Britain under new management

“We are delighted that Joanna Speight will enrich our team in England with her extensive experience in the laboratory sector”

Wacker Chemical Corporation under new management

Nadja Håkansson appointed Chief Executive Officer of thyssenkrupp Uhde

New CEO at the GUS Group

Thorsten Schlechtriem takes the helm

Chemours Announces Appointment of Denise Dignam as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company

Change at the top of ALTANA’s Supervisory Board

Association of Chemists Honors Young Researcher from LIKAT

Power-to-X company Electrochaea appoints new CFO and new CCO

Otto Roelen Medal for Lutz Ackermann

The prize honours outstanding scientific achievements in the field of catalysis, which also have a strong industrial relevance

Management change at the top of the hubergroup

AkzoNobel’s Supervisory Board member, Jolanda Poots-Bijl, to step down

“Observing active matter is like playing computers under a microscope”

Juliane Simmchen receives Mario Markus Prize for ludic sciences

New shareholder structure at Bodo Möller Chemie

Korinna Möller-Boxberger and Frank Haug lead cross-generational family enterprise

LANXESS reshuffles management positions in four business units

New impetus for the Consumer Protection segment

Seita Hagihara Takes Over as President of Yokogawa Europe

Management changes at BASF

Markus Kamieth to succeed Martin Brudermüller as Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors in 2024

Tobias Erb receives the Leibniz Award 2024

Innovative, interdisciplinary research approach opens up new possibilities for developing technologies to address the global climate crisis

Leibniz Prize for chemist Prof. Dr. Peter R. Schreiner

Germany's most important research funding prize goes to scientist at the University of Giessen

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

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

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

Nadja Håkansson appointed Chief Executive Officer of thyssenkrupp Uhde

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

Scientists convert chicken fat into energy storage devices

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

Longer-lasting and more sustainable green hydrogen production

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

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

CO2 as a sustainable raw material

TU Berlin presents tandem electrolyzer for a circular economy with carbon dioxide

Eco-friendly and cost-effective biosurfactants derived from waste

Ghent-based start-up will revolutionize the surfactant market: AmphiStar secures €6 million

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

Intermittent fasting protects against liver inflammation and liver cancer

Drug partially mimics fasting effects

New gel breaks down alcohol in the body

Bruker to acquire the NanoString business in an asset deal

How a “date” between immune cells makes rheumatism disappear

Major success: New approach for treating autoimmune diseases

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"

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"

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

Electrified bacteria: Method developed for faster determination of antibiotic resistance

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

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

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

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

Molecular dynamics in real time

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

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

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

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

The cow as climate savior?

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

Derivatives of the thalidomide compound drive resistant cancer cells to their deaths

For the past few decades, medicine has once again placed great hope in the active ingredient

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

The Big Quantum Chill: NIST Scientists Modify Common Lab Refrigerator to Cool Faster With Less Energy

The time and energy required to chill materials to temperatures near absolute zero has been dramatically reduced

Giant Viruses Infect Deadly Parasite

New unusual giant virus discovered in wastewater treatment plant

Did you know that parents should be careful with rice cakes?

Systematic testing of natural oils on in vitro skin models

A modular approach allows the team to simulate various skin types with different characteristics