LANXESS increases prices for Chloroprene Rubber

Import prices in June 2026: +6.1% compared with June 2025

Electricity prices rose by 70.8%, and oil prices by 32.1%—while agricultural prices fell significantly.

Middle East crisis triggers historic raw material shortages and drastic price surges

Business survey on plastic packaging and plastic films

hubergroup is raising prices in Europe due to the Middle East conflict

Drastic cost increases for resins, solvents and pigments are forcing printing ink manufacturers to take action

Rising operating costs necessitate price adjustments at Qemetica Salz

Challenges of rising energy, labor and logistics costs addressed with sustainable solutions

E-Cars Will Soon be Cheaper than Combustion Engines

Batteries and fuel cells will dominate in the future – “e-fuels” will only play a very minor role

ICIS global Petrochemical Index (IPEX) plunges to November 2003 level

BASF to increase prices for construction chemicals across Europe

Oxea Announces Price Increase for Carboxylic Acids in Europe

People willing to pay more for new biofuels

BASF to increase prices for butanediol and derivatives

World Bank Raises 2017 Oil Price Forecast

OPEC agreement to limit production seen sending prices higher

Oxea Announces Price Increases for n-Propanol and n-Propyl Acetate

Oxea Announces Price Increases for 1,3-Butylene Glycol

LANXESS: Price increase for several synthetic elastomers

Arkema announces a price increase of Specialty Polyolefins

WACKER POLYMERS to Raise Prices For Dispersions

Sartomer Europe increases prices of monomers and oligomers

BASF increases Prices for Ethanolamines in Europe

Arkema announces a price increase on its Orevac® range

Altuglas International increase prices for its acrylic sheet and blocks

Two chemical giants, a potential deal: BASF and Evonik in talks

BASF confirms exploratory talks regarding potential takeover of Evonik

Evonik is cutting 3,200 jobs worldwide and sharpens growth strategy

Businesses and German sites with clear roles

Rapeseed oil instead of crude oil: Verbio starts industrial production of renewable chemicals

Nearly EUR 100 million invested

Tavion raises €50 million and starts development of its first battery parks in Polan

CleanTech start-up bets on Poland as Europe's most attractive battery storage market

How chemistry chooses a mirror-image form: the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for asymmetric synthesis

The Nobel Prize goes to Kagan and Soai for their discovery of homochirality

How a deep-sea microorganism breaks toughest chemical bonds

Molecular insight into biological nitrogen fixation close to the boiling point

Silicon anodes from Groningen: US start-up GDI builds demonstration factory to cut China dependency

Haskoning selected by GDI for battery demonstration factory in Farmsum

Microplastics Cause Fatty Liver Disease in Mice

Europe’s last Acetyls site halts production

INEOS Idles Europe's last world-scale Acetyls plant as Energy prices hit 12 times US level

Enzymes in Beads for a More Sustainable Chemistry

KIT Files a Patent Application for the Process

Recycling in Agriculture: Biogenic CO₂ Is Turned Into Renewable Fuel

Five partners from the research and industrial sectors are developing a decentralized synthesis plant

64% of Germany's plastic waste is incinerated instead of being recycled

New VDI guideline aims to standardize terminology, procedures, and quality standards throughout the value chain

A tiny bacterium with a huge impact

Vaccenic acid from gut bacteria activates a receptor that combats fatty liver and high blood sugar

Arla is investing more than 63 million euros in the future of high-protein dairy products

Demand for skyr, cottage cheese, and protein solutions is driving investment in Europe

Two new bioinformatics tools improve the diagnosis of genetic disorders

AI algorithm detects pathogenic structural variants in the genome more reliably

New method causes cancer cells to burn out

New molecule forces leukemia cells to work themselves to death

AI as a Tool in Flavor Research: De Novo Design of Bitter Peptides

Predicting bitterness in food with precision: AI passes the taste test

New Managing Director for Shimadzu Europa GmbH

Jürgen Semmler to retire

Age-related diseases can be reduced through health check-ups

New score predicts frailty and mortality

Electronic nose detects whether meat and fish are still safe to eat

To this end, the Interreg project PRECISE measures cadaverine—a gas produced when proteins decompose

AI scientist autonomously generates and validates new biological discoveries

Researchers at Chalmers University have developed a closed AI laboratory that plans and evaluates experiments with baker’s yeast itself

BioNTech Founders Launch New Venture

Şahin and Türeci's new startup in Mainz focuses on mRNA therapies

Energy Drinks: Consumption Is Rising Among Schoolchildren

DAK Calls for New Warning Labels on Energy Drinks to Protect Minors

Genes or environment? Which has the greater influence on who we are?

What’s in our genes: International research team identifies over 1,000 markers linked to human personality

A blood test can detect over 50 types of cancer

“We’re at a watershed moment”

Healthy eating slows biological aging – regardless of diet

Study shows: ten different dietary patterns all have an effect at the DNA level

Automated Lab Speeds Up Material Development

New research platform independently investigates materials for thin-film photovoltaics and other optoelectronic applications

Small Algae, Big Prospects for Cultured Meat

How Algae Can Help Reduce the Cost of Expensive Components in Cell Culture Media

75 percent of Gen Z buy protein products—social media is driving the trend among Gen Z

A SINUS study shows that eight out of ten 14- to 28-year-olds consider a balanced diet important. TikTok and Instagram are their main sources of information.

Protein Content in Foods — New Conversion Factors Enable More Precise Assessment

Max Rubner Institute Releases New Database for Nitrogen-to-Protein Conversion

Microplastic substitute from the fermenter: BIOWEG builds Europe’s largest plant for bacterial cellulose

EU microplastics ban drives multi-million investment in North Rhine-Westphalia biotech plant

International FoodTec Award 2027: Winners Announced

21 award winners honored for innovation, sustainability, and efficiency

Danaher accelerates life sciences research with new AI-powered autonomous lab

The lab is designed to deliver up to eight times faster progress from idea to validated reagent

One week after the GSK shock: Works Council and IGBCE develop a plan for Dresden's future

External experts are assessing the economic prospects for the historic vaccine plant

Ammeraal Beltech to Present Food Conveyor Solutions at EHEDG World Congress

Ammeraal Beltech will participate as a Gold Sponsor at the EHEDG World Congress in Vienna, Austria, on 7–8 October 2026

When molecules »notice« what their neighbours are doing

New spectroscopic method reveals the environment of switchable iron complexes

A Matter of Quantity: A Universal Target for CAR-T Cells Against Cancer

“Here, we are demonstrating for the first time an innovative method for identifying new targets for cancer therapies”

Peanuts leave a unique fingerprint in the blood

Researchers identify a specific fatty acid pattern associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes

Altmann Analytik Acquires Laboratory Supplier Kobe

Kobe Acquisition Strengthens Altmann Analytik's Position in the University and Research Market

Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats

AI agents discover an unknown enzyme system after 21 hours of autonomous database analysis

Blue light could cut food poisoning from raw chicken

The low-cost technique is also a viable alternative to chlorination

On the trail of dissolution: Only 30 water molecules separate salt

Process visualised for the first time at atomic resolution using ultra-high-resolution electron spectroscopy