BASF and Markor plan to establish joint ventures for butanediol and polytetrahydrofuran in China

Recycling pioneer matterr builds plant at chemical park

Location expands its focus on the circular economy

Asahi Kasei to double production capacity for photosensitive polyimide PIMEL by 2030

Strengthening supply resilience of key material for global semiconductor industry

WACKER commissions new production line for semiconductor-grade polysilicon at Burghausen site

Worth over €300 million, the new production facility is the Group’s largest single investment in the last ten years

Breakthrough in lithium refining from lithium chloride

Strengthening the European battery industry: Nobian joins forces with Veolia to advance lithium production for batteries

Dow will shut down three upstream European assets

Reducing merchant sale exposure, and removing higher-cost, energy-intensive assets

Multi-million investment to drive the de-fossilization of the chemical industry

Verbio flagship project in bio-based chemicals: groundbreaking for catalyst production in Hungary

Höchst Industrial Park: Carbon capture pilot plant goes into operation

Project by Infraserv Höchst and GEA

Europe’s largest e-Fuel production plant goes into operation

INERATEC opens ERA ONE

New Prospects for Green Ammonia

Study provides a blueprint for load-flexible production plant – and lower costs

AkzoNobel takes next steps to optimize its European industrial footprint

WACKER commissions new plants for specialty silicones in China

WACKER continues its successful “in China for China” strategy with this expansion

WACKER starts production of hybrid polymers at its Nünchritz site

Expansion measure underscores focus on specialties offering high innovation potential

BASF invests in new semiconductor-grade sulfuric acid plant in Ludwigshafen

New capacity meets growing demand for the manufacturing of chips in Europe

thyssenkrupp Uhde and Praj Industries Ltd join forces to revolutionize polylactic acid production and circular economy

End-to-end offering for PLA (polylactic acid) production

thyssenkrupp Uhde secures landmark contract for GNFC's new nitric acid plant

Third project for GNFC will increase nitric acid production capacity by more than 50

World premiere: "Mannheim 001" production plant produces marine fuel from wastewater and electricity

e-Methanol is a climate-neutral fuel alternative and therefore key to the sustainable transformation of the shipping industry

Hy2gen reaches milestone for ammonia project in Canada

Hy2gen's COURANT project was awarded the contract last year for a capacity of 307 MW to produce 230,000 tons of renewable ammonia per year.

OQ Chemicals to Launch Heptanoic Acid Production in Germany

Investment in Growth

BASF commissions 54-megawatt water electrolyzer

Direct integration of the technology into a chemical production environment is a world first

How can Europe boost its domestic battery production and what policy actions are needed?

Battery cell demand will highly increase by 2030

From 0 to 100 in 12 minutes: timetable for lithium-sulphur batteries

International study shows potential of fast-charging lithium-sulphur batteries for e-mobility and the energy transition

A Breakthrough in PFAS Destruction

Claros Successfully Demonstrates High-Throughput PFAS Destruction in Landmark Pilot

With super acids against perpetual chemicals

TU Berlin produces silicon-based "Lewis acids" that can attack the problem chemical PFAS

Breakthrough smart plastic: Self-healing, shape-shifting, and stronger than steel

Chemists develop molecule for important step towards artificial photosynthesis

Munich startup turns plastic waste into valuable chemicals

Radical Dot presented: Energy-efficient recycling technology for previously non-recyclable plastics

Getting sticky: The highest-performing underwater adhesive hydrogel polymer

Inspired by biology, the technology has been developed using data mining and machine learning

CO₂ as a raw material: Power2Polymers sets milestone for climate-friendly chemistry

New materials with real added value

Hydrogen transport with salt

Around 1 million euros in funding for Wismar University of Applied Sciences in the project for innovative hydrogen storage based on formate salts:

Researchers at European XFEL create a novel gold compound

An intelligent catalyst for sustainable chemistry

A breakthrough in the field of single-atom catalysts

Machine learning reveals the mysteries of thin films at atomic scale

High-accuracy atomistic modeling of amorphous materials

Unexpected side-effect: how common medications clear the way for pathogens

Many non-antibiotics weaken the natural protective function of the intestine – with consequences for the colonization with pathogenic bacteria

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

Simple color-changing sensor quickly identifies poisonous gases

A durable, paper-based sensor array enables quick and accurate measurements within minutes

Could lithium explain — and treat — Alzheimer’s disease?

Lithium loss ignites Alzheimer’s, but lithium compound can reverse disease in mice

Metsä Tissue scores its sixth consecutive Platinum-level recognition in the EcoVadis assessment

An advanced imaging technique detects cancer with unprecedented precision

New endoscopy technology enables early detection of esophageal cancer

Key Mechanism for Alzheimer’s Disease Discovered

Researchers identify neurotoxic protein complex

Beetroot juice lowers blood pressure in older people by changing oral microbiome

"Encouraging older adults to consume more nitrate-rich vegetables could have significant long term health benefits"

How Molecules Break and Form Bonds

A crucial step toward truly understanding chemical processes

This protein slows the aging brain and we know how to counter it

Pineapple juice is scarce and expensive due to a small harvest

Testing chemicals for a safer, more sustainable future

EU-project TOXBOX reaches 18 month-milestone

New method loads mRNA into exosomes in 10 minutes—just mix and go

KIST team develops cubosome-based method for loading large therapeutics without damaging exosomes

Did you know how long water lasts?

Aircraft toilets could flush out spread of global superbugs

Wastewater from aircraft toilets could provide a critical warning system for the global spread of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) superbugs

How immune cells switch into attack mode

New insights into macrophage biology

MrBeast chocolate comes to Germany

Exclusively at EDEKA, Netto Marken-Discount and Marktkauf

The diamonds that could find cancer

Endoscopic diamond magnetometer for cancer surgery

Not all calories are equal: Ultra-processed foods harm men’s health

“Our results prove that ultra-processed foods harm our reproductive and metabolic health, even if they’re not eaten in excess"

Allergy-Triggering Proteins in Barley Measured Precisely for the First Time

New Basis for More Tolerable Foods

New research collaboration: The future of biomedical image analysis

Researchers identify a potential biomarker for long COVID

Extracellular vesicles in study participants contain SARS-CoV-2 peptides

Study shows: positive mood after morning coffee

Researchers from Bielefeld and Warwick collect data over four weeks

Tunable metafibers for power-controlled remote light focusing

Insights into olfactory disorders in Alzheimer's disease

Nighttime pistachio snacking may reshape gut microbiome in prediabetic adults

Eating pistachios every night for 12 weeks altered bacteria in the gut, according to new study

New method developed for investigating the internal structure of atoms

Previously unknown properties of the element samarium revealed

Humify – superfood for the soil

Fighting climate change with green chemistry: The start-up Humify has developed a technology that can reactivate soil as a carbon sink

Brewed chicken protein made by precision fermentation tested in pet food

Interest in alternative protein sources for pets and humans has been increasing in recent years

A giant step in a miniature world: UZH researcher measures the electrical charge of nano particles