Rhodia is increasing its worldwide Hydroquinone production capacity

Electrical energy storage: BAM, HZB, and HU Berlin plan joint Berlin Battery Lab

The Berlin Battery Lab is open to industry partners from all over Germany and Europe

The EPO unveils the top 10 innovators of the first standalone edition of the Young Inventors Prize 2025

Prize recognises innovators under 30 who are tackling Global Challenges through groundbreaking science and technology

Faster charging, longer lifespan

Next-generation battery breakthrough from POSTECH and KIER

Siemens to establish global AI Manufacturing Technologies R&D Center for Battery Production in Canada

Investment of CAD$150 million (ca. €97 million) over five years

Fraunhofer ISE Demonstrates Ultrafine Transport Layers for Electrolyzers

New methods for reliable evaluation of chemicals and pharmaceuticals

18 partners from eight countries are working on the introduction of innovative methods for evaluating safety and efficacy without animal testing

Sustainable recycling of battery raw materials

Analytik Jena participates in EU/Thuringia-funded “ZirKat” project

BMBF project launched for fast industrial implementation of sodium-ion technology

From battery material development to the production of large-format cells: 21 partners from science and industry are pool their expertise

New additives increase the market potential of biopolymers

Successful conclusion of the "get started 2gether" project

From Research Lab to Startup: How a Neuromorphic Chip Could Benefit Industry

This real-time and resource-efficient technology could support applications such industrial plants

BASF inaugurates new Catalyst Development and Solids Processing Center in Ludwigshafen

Expansion of global catalyst development activities

A thinner thermal insulation for buildings

ETH spin-off Aeroskin Tech is developing innovative thermal insulation that uses aerogel technology to insulate buildings more efficiently and more sustainably

Nobel Prize in Chemistry: How protein discoveries benefit research at BASF

Computational protein design and protein structure prediction speed up day-to-day research

Packaging industry: Plasma-coated paper as a plastic substitute

Evonik is driving forward the green transformation with electrodialysis

Electrochemical process converts salts into valuable raw materials

LANXESS wins ICIS Innovation Award for LFP battery materials

LANXESS also examines production of iron phosphate as a precursor for LFP

Chemours Opens State-of-the-Art Battery Innovation Center to Accelerate the Evolution of Electric Vehicle Batteries

The facility will enable more sustainable, cost-effective, and high-performing EV batteries

Scientists find a human “fingerprint” in the upper troposphere’s increasing ozone

Knowing where to look for this signal will help researchers identify specific sources of the potent greenhouse gas

Self-powered pump harnesses light and chemistry to target, capture pollutants

Dartmouth team develops light-controlled pump with potential applications for environmental cleanup

Swiss start-up gives yesterday's plastics a new purpose

DePoly to launch 500-tonne-per-year showcase plant, as it secures $23M

Glyphosate can come from detergent additives

Research team produces evidence of a previously unknown source of the controversial herbicide in bodies of water

Record-breaking efficiency achieved in all-organic solar cells!

While conventional solar panels generate problematic waste, all-carbon based solar cells promise an environmentally friendly alternative

“We’re working at full force to put Bayer back on a profitable growth path”

Progress on strategic priorities

French start-up develops biosourced polymer as a plastic alternative for industrial companies

Start-up portrait: Lactips - Natural revolution against microplastics in the industry

Renewable hydrogen producer Hy2Gen secures EUR 47 million

New model predicts a chemical reaction’s point of no return

Chemists could use this quick computational method to design more efficient reactions that yield useful compounds, from fuels to pharmaceuticals

Bacterium Produces “Organic Dishwashing Liquid” to Degrade Oil

A study has illuminated the mechanism by which this marine creature produces the detergent

Significant breakthrough in the chemistry of fluorinated compounds

Overcoming the “Fluoro Wall”: Researchers observe tunneling effect of heavy atoms for the first time

elementarhy Revolutionizes with New Technology Previously Costly Hydrogen Production

Start-up aims to become a pioneer for green hydrogen

Solid-state batteries: powerful alternative to lithium-ion batteries developed

Revolution through liquid alkali metal anodes

Unilever reaches new business arrangement for Ben & Jerry’s in Israel

Unilever announced it has reached a new arrangement for Ben & Jerry’s in Israel which will ensure the ice cream stays available to all consumers

analytica expands its international network to the USA

US laboratory market with top growth forecasts

Power vaccination against cancer boosts the immune system

New hope: Researchers are mobilising the immune system's defence against tumour cells within just two weeks using a two-phase vaccination regimen

Pineapple juice is scarce and expensive due to a small harvest

Battery research: visualisation of aging processes operando

‘A lot happens at the interfaces between the anode, separator and cathode while a battery is charging or discharging’

Chronic Sleep Disorder or Busy Whiling Away Time?

A meta-study shows that sleep disorders and sleep deprivation leave different traces in the brain

Label battle: Paulaner wins in dispute against Karlsberg brewery

New hope against superbugs: A completely new molecule has been identified

Promising antibiotic candidate discovered

Artificial sweeteners cause confusion in the brain

Artificial sugar substitutes stimulate the appetite in the brain and influence the ability to make decisions

A new method identifies rancid hazelnuts without removing them from the bag

Viruses under the super microscope: How influenza viruses communicate with cells

Researchers uncover new mechanisms for influenza viruses to enter cells

Identifying pathogens within minutes instead of days

Mass spectrometry detects bacteria without time-consuming isolation and multiplication

Meat consumption remains at a low level

ProVeg speaks of "intermediate plateau" and underlines call for a future nutrition plan

New model predicts a chemical reaction’s point of no return

Chemists could use this quick computational method to design more efficient reactions that yield useful compounds, from fuels to pharmaceuticals

Highly Reactive Catalyst Enables Labeling of Biologically Active Compounds

New reactivity enables conversion of seemingly “unreactive” molecule parts

UtZ® Introduces New Limited-Time Flavors and A Redesigned Barrel For Cheese Balls

Observing the ultrafast electrical charging of liquids

Results extend applicability to diverse systems, from biological membranes to next-generation energy storage devices

Chlorotonil: Game-Changer in the Fight Against Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens

Researchers decipher novel mode of action of natural product antibiotic

Mondelēz International Continues Progress Against “Snacking Made Right” Priorities

Significant breakthrough in the chemistry of fluorinated compounds

Overcoming the “Fluoro Wall”: Researchers observe tunneling effect of heavy atoms for the first time

Bacterium Produces “Organic Dishwashing Liquid” to Degrade Oil

A study has illuminated the mechanism by which this marine creature produces the detergent

The EPO unveils the top 10 innovators of the first standalone edition of the Young Inventors Prize 2025

Prize recognises innovators under 30 who are tackling Global Challenges through groundbreaking science and technology

analytica USA: New meeting place for the laboratory industry

Premiere in September 2025 in Columbus, Ohio

Understanding which proteins work together

Findings could improve the search for new drugs with fewer side effects.

Design2Market: New delivery box for Frittenwerk in just 6 weeks

New Method for Detecting Nanoplastics in Body Fluids

TU Graz and start-up BRAVE Analytics have developed a method for detecting nanoplastics in liquids and determining their composition

Gene-editing in spiders for the first time

Offspring produce red fluorescent silk fibres

Blackberries with no thorns? Scientist assembles genome of a blackberry in major step to breed better fruit

Virtual reality goes AI

Paderborn University develops AI assistance for virtual chemistry lab