Personnel Changes at BASF

Biodegradable polymers: Andreas Künkel receives the Meyer-Galow Prize for Industrial Chemistry 2025

Executive board change at Hosokawa Alpine AG as at 1 January 2026

Continuity and new beginnings at the top of the company

Ruth Bieringer becomes President of the GDCh

WIKA strengthens management team with Axel Schwerdtfeger

Process Solutions company division under new leadership

Rigaku opens Rigaku Technology Center Taiwan

Advancing regional growth through engineering and collaboration in Taiwan and beyond

Alberto Perez Pereira has become the new Managing Director for Bodo Möller Chemie Spain and Portugal

Change in leadership brings international expertise

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 for the development of metal-organic frameworks

“Metal-organic frameworks have enormous potential, bringing previously unforeseen opportunities for custom-made materials with new functions”

Prize for bioconversion of renewable raw materials

Daniel Eggerichs has bacteria produce plastic precursors from paper production waste

Change of managing directors at 5-HT Chemistry & Health

Innovation partner for companies in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and healthcare industries under new management

Kai Beckmann to Succeed Belén Garijo as Chair of the Executive Board and CEO of Merck as of May 2026

Management change at tesa

Dr. Kourosh Bahrami succeeds Dr. Norman Goldberg

Chief Financial Officer Maike Schuh departs Evonik

Chief Executive Officer Christian Kullmann takes over Schuh’s responsibilities at Executive Board level

Changes to the Executive Board of Carl Zeiss AG

Boosting BYK’s presence and customer proximity in Brazil

Strategic new course set in South America

David Malinas Appointed as New OPW President

Bodo Möller Chemie appoints Jason Blyth as Managing Director for South Africa and Kenya

New leadership responsibility for sub-Saharan Africa

Dr. Wolf-Henning Walther becomes new CEO at Metrohm Germany

Change in the Executive Board from September 1, 2025

VTU Group appoints Liam O'Neil as new CEO

Oxea Appoints Michael McHenry as Chief Executive Officer

Supervisory Board of Bayer AG extends contract of CEO Bill Anderson

Far-reaching transformation advancing, delivering first signs of success

KAIST unveils cause of performance degradation in electric vehicle high-nickel batteries

Arkema and Semcorp sign a strategic partnership in battery separators

High-energy-density barocaloric material could enable smaller, lighter solid-state cooling devices

First synthesis of open-chain N-stereogenic amines achieved

Study enables enantiomerically pure products for drug development.

Photovoltaics: Molecular fine-tuning increases the efficiency of tandem solar cells

LMU researchers achieve 31.4 percent efficiency in perovskite-silicon tandem cells with targeted molecular design

Higher, faster, further with solid-state batteries

New findings on space charge effects could improve efficiency

Merck Inaugurates Semiconductor Solutions Site in Taiwan to Support AI Growth

The company is strengthening its global supply chain resilience while deepening its leading role in the semiconductor ecosystem

New highly efficient material turns motion into power – without toxic lead

Light + air = fuel

University of Duisburg-Essen spin-off puts new plant for synthetic natural gas into operation in Duisburg

Chemical recycling: a must-have for the future of the site

New packaging law in Germany, rules for mass balance in Brussels

Microplastics filter inspired by fish

Bio-based plastics for infusion bags

Frankfurt research team develops sustainable alternative to medical products made from crude oil in cooperation with bioplastics start-up BIOVOX

Aging alters the protein landscape in the brain – diet can counteract this

"Our results show that even in old age, diet can still have an important influence on molecular processes in the brain"

How permeable are paper food packaging materials?

A new AI model combines data from laboratory tests with the laws of physics to calculate how well different types of paper protect food from flavor loss and contaminants

Fish freshness easily monitored with a new sensor

Bio-based plastics for infusion bags

Frankfurt research team develops sustainable alternative to medical products made from crude oil in cooperation with bioplastics start-up BIOVOX

Plant-Based Protein Hydrolysates Influence Satiety in Different Ways

"...valuable insights for the development of functional foods that can contribute to reducing energy intake in a natural way"

AI-supported molecular cancer diagnosis for brain tumors

Smart sensor tag protects sensitive goods

Potentially harmful PFAS in baking paper

The “Great Unified Microscope” can see both micro and nanoscale structures

Researchers unify two conventional techniques that so far have been used to make either micro- or nanoscale observations

Time of Eating Changes Lipid Profile During Intermittent Fasting

A new look at the circadian rhythm of metabolism

Genetically engineered fungi are protein packed, sustainable, and taste similar to meat

Gene-edited fungus achieves 61% lower environmental impact

Changes in a single gene can cause mental illness

Captain T Cell Closes Financing Round to Advance its Proprietary, Next-Generation TCR-T Pipeline Into the Clinic

Developing novel solid tumor treatments addressing a high unmet medical need

Toxic metals in wheat grain: do they come from the soil or the fertilizer?

STOE & Cie GmbH Joins Advanced Measurement Instruments (AMI)

Forming a Global Player in Analytical Instrumentation for Materials Research

Bacteria ‘pills’ could detect gut diseases — without the endoscope

“This technology provides a new paradigm for rapid and non-invasive detection of gastrointestinal diseases”

The world’s first elucidation of the immunomodulatory effects of kimchi by the World Institute of Kimchi

Grenova acquires Peak Robotics

The combined organization will continue advancing Grenova’s mission to transform laboratory operations through innovation, sustainability, and intelligent design

Using a Tablet before Bed Not as Harmful as Believed

Surprising results

Christmas 2025: fish beats goose

Germany's festive cuisine in a fact check

A Trojan horse for artificial amino acids

Researchers have modified a bacterial transport system so that it can efficiently introduce large quantities of unnatural amino acids into cells

Fingernails as a mirror of nutrition

Study shows new potential for health monitoring

Coffee slows biological ageing in major psychiatric disorders patients

Study links 3-4 cups daily to longer telomeres in psychosis and bipolar disorder

Intelligent hydrogel microstructures enable the precise application of force to cellular systems

Experimental mRNA therapy shows potential to combat antibiotic-resistant infections

Lipid nanoparticle delivery system carries instructions for antimicrobial peptibodies

Tracking forever chemicals across food web shows not all isomers are distributed equally

Biosensor performance doubled

Alcohol oxidase system for precise determination of metabolic values