Humboldt Foundation cooperates with Bayer Foundation

New approach to the sensible utilisation of carbon dioxide from car exhaust gases

"A method has been discovered that uses impure CO2 streams and enables a breakthrough in the synthesis of valuable chemicals and pharmaceuticals"

Boosting PET recycling with higher standards for laboratory experiments

New study shows how enzymatic plastic degradation could be brought one step closer to commercialisation

Durable, inexpensive electrocatalyst generates clean hydrogen and oxygen from water

Innovating Optoelectronic Components with Phosphorus

Significant breakthrough: phosphorus chemists develop new method to selectively introduce phosphorus and nitrogen atoms into polyaromatic systems

Artificial intelligence finds ways to develop new drugs

The chemists tested the process using borylation – a reaction that activates hydrocarbon scaffolds

X-rays reveal how glasses lose their stability

PETRA III experiment shows how atoms in glass behave as weaknesses appear

‘Strange metal’ is strangely quiet in noise experiment

Understanding the strength development mechanism of chemically treated sandy soil

Researchers provide insights into how the chemical injection process increases soil strength, paving the way to advancement of next-generation construction

Novel machine learning model for molecular simulation under external field

Recycling used tires using pyrolysis increases circularity and saves CO2

Researchers obtain promising results against capacity loss in vanadium batteries

A computational study conducted in Brazil could help extend the working lives of these batteries, which are widely used by utilities and manufacturers

Making better use of residual gases

Award for invention for environmentally friendly adsorption of chlorine

Not so silver lining: Microplastics found in clouds could affect the weather

Low-altitude and denser clouds contained greater amounts of microplastics

Density matters for better battery material performance

Key to better electrochemical performance found?

Inauguration of the world’s first pilot plant for the cost-efficient production of green methanol

Start-up C1 Green Chemicals AG and research partners develop fundamentally new production process

Two conductors of a chemical reaction

Watching the reaction live

Graphene's proton permeability: A switch for future energy technologies

This discovery could lead to the development of more efficient hydrogen fuel cells and solar water-splitting devices

Microplastics in soil: Tomography with neutrons and X-rays shows where particles lay in soil

Microbes could help reduce the need for chemical fertilizers

A coating protects nitrogen-fixing bacteria: Start-up to commercialise coated bacteria for large-scale use in regenerative agriculture

Lithium-ion batteries are no longer the gold standard in battery tech

On the way to safer and more powerful energy sources

Plastic-eating bacteria turn waste into useful starting materials for other products

Microbial Upcycling of Waste PET

New designs for solid-state electrolytes may soon revolutionize the battery industry

Scientists achieve monumental improvements in lithium-metal-chloride solid-state electrolytes

Dow and Evonik announce startup of hydrogen peroxide to propylene glycol (HPPG) pilot plant

Innovative technology offer flexibility, lower costs, and a smaller environmental footprint

Microbes could help reduce the need for chemical fertilizers

A coating protects nitrogen-fixing bacteria: Start-up to commercialise coated bacteria for large-scale use in regenerative agriculture

This is a battery

Two colored liquids bubbling through tubes: Is this what the battery of the future looks like?

Converting PFAS “forever chemicals” into valuable compounds

Scientists develop a new method to incorporate harmful perfluoroalkenes into N-heterocyclic carbene ligands

Electromobility: New early warning system to provide better protection against burning lithium-ion batteries

New system measures and analyzes impedance

Inauguration of the world’s first pilot plant for the cost-efficient production of green methanol

Start-up C1 Green Chemicals AG and research partners develop fundamentally new production process

Graphene's proton permeability: A switch for future energy technologies

This discovery could lead to the development of more efficient hydrogen fuel cells and solar water-splitting devices

Lithium-ion batteries are no longer the gold standard in battery tech

On the way to safer and more powerful energy sources

Technology Group STRABAG invests € 100 million into battery and energy storage company CMBlu Energy

The ideal combination of technological and construction industry expertise to advance energy transition

thyssenkrupp Uhde awarded contract by ENOWA to supply a green methanol and methanol-to-gasoline plant

CO2-to-methanol and methanol-to-gasoline demonstration plant to supply synthetic fuels for various applications in the light duty transport sector

Bowel cancer: aspirin activates protective genes

Researchers have identified a signaling pathway by which aspirin can inhibit colorectal cancer.

Eating grasshoppers and mealworms - yuck

European research project investigated the acceptance of insects as food in three countries

Aston University technology to combat the not-so sweet practice of honey fraud

Light technology to be used to detect if honey is blended with cheap additions

New drug delivery system could reduce daily diabetes shots to just three a year

Dietary management drugs have transformed Type 2 diabetes care, but daily injection routines are challenging for some patients

Mushrooms, Brussels sprouts & cilantro: how flavor preferences are created

Autonomous measuring instruments systematically detect new materials

A new algorithm measures materials libraries up to four times faster than before: It’s based on machine learning

How stem cells and immune cells communicate

Lisec Artz Award for Simon Haas: Groundbreaking discovery of an unknown protective mechanism against blood cancer from stem cells

Lawsuit over beer label: Must a brewer brew himself?

Can an artificial nose detect food spoilage?

Excessive fluid consumption: habit or hormonal disorder?

Which test provides a reliable diagnosis?

Fungi used in food production could lead to new probiotics

Researchers discover new ultra strong material for microchip sensors

A material that doesn't just rival the strength of diamonds and graphene, but boasts a yield strength 10 times greater than Kevlar

The weight of pollution: exposure linked to obesity

Chronic exposure to environmental pollutants found to increase risk of cardiovascular disease

Naked Clams: The New Superfood Sensation Emerging from the Depths

Researchers found Naked Clams contain almost twice the amount of Vitamin B12 as blue mussels and have developed an efficient way to farm them

Researchers “film” novel catalyst at work

Plants transformed into detectors of dangerous chemicals

Scientists engineer plants to speak in color

Ritter Sport Vegan with new variety Crispy Cookie

If you like crunch, you'll love this novelty: Starting in January, Ritter Sport is launching Crispy Cookie, a new vegan variety.

AI and 10 seconds of voice can screen for diabetes

Scientists discover voice tech as potential game changer in Type 2 diabetes detection

Textbook knowledge turned on its head: 3-in-1 microorganism discovered

Newly multifunctional bacterial species

Italy bans the production and sale of lab-grown meat

Tracking down Environmental Toxins

Detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by interrupted energy transfer

Plastic-eating bacteria turn waste into useful starting materials for other products

Microbial Upcycling of Waste PET

Pushers, overcrowded trains and phone zombies

Sprite presents the world's first vending machine that responds to the things that bother Generation Z the most

Viral Impostors: Breakthrough for Virus Research

The penetration of viruses into cells can now be tracked with unprecedented accuracy thanks to innovative design for pseudoviruses

Breakthrough Discovery Sheds Light on Heart and Muscle Health

Scientists shoot first true-to-life 3D image of the thick filament of mammalian heart muscle

After nationalization: Carlsberg manager arrested in Russia

Fatty acid factory filmed at work

High-resolution images provide new insights into cellular fatty acid production: Potential for medicine and biotechnology

Long COVID makes thinking slower

Objective evidence for mental fatigue

From the trough to the plate - digitally calculated

Computer program "ConTrans" estimates how much of an undesirable substance is transferred from animal feed to food

Why are neuron axons long and spindly?

They're optimizing signaling efficiency!