BASF to increase prices for butanediol and derivatives

Plant-based polymer PEF set to extend shelf life in rigid food packaging

Klöckner Pentaplast secures capacity from future Avantium license plants for thermoformed packaging in Europe

R3 Lithium begins production of lithium carbonate from 100% recycled battery material

154,000-square-foot Covington backed by $15M in Series A funding and approximately $1 billion in signed offtake agreements

Closure of Chemical Plant Could Cost Saxony-Anhalt Millions More

A safe shutdown requires a technically complex process

Turning renewable energy into drop-in fuels

Synhelion advances scale-up with large-scale synthetic fuel project in Morocco

Reducing material usage and the costs of electric drivetrains

German Founders Award for TUM Spin-off DeepDrive

Siemens breaks ground on future corporate headquarters in Madrid

Evonik consolidates production: Hamburg and Bitterfeld to be closed

Operations will continue at larger German sites

Vattenfall takes final investment decision on major battery project in Germany

Former nuclear power station site to become the location for Germany’s largest batteries

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

KPM Analytics and Metrohm Germany Join Forces

Wet chemistry solutions from KPM Analytics are now available through Metrohm Germany

The search for investors for a large chemical plant in Leuna has failed

Management cites price pressure from Chinese suppliers as the reason

Waste-to-Energy AI: Jaipur Robotics raises €4.3M to bring computer vision to waste plants worldwide

Computer vision detects hazardous materials with 99 per cent accuracy

Irish distributor of process filtration solutions has become part of Atlas Copco Group

The Dublin-based company brings liquid and critical process filtration expertise to the Compressor Technique Business Area

Europe’s largest carbon capture facility officially inaugurated at Yara Sluiskil in the Netherlands

Sustainable Chemistry Changemakers: Without Scales a Recycling Solution for Hard-to-Recycle Plastic Packaging

From ISC3 Start-up of the Month to an International Pioneer in Circular Materials Made from Plastic and Textile Waste

RE:VOLTAGE and CometHire Win the HTW Startup Challenge 2026 in Berlin

The competition awarded 10,000 euros in prize money in the GreenTech and Impact Entrepreneurship categories

Circular Economy in the Laboratory Equipment Industry

Labexchange consolidates key services for laboratory equipment procurement

Chevron plans to double oil production in Venezuela with a $7 billion investment

Chevron is granted new production rights in Venezuela's Orinoco Belt

GEA strengthens competence center for mechanical separation technology: Process Test Center at Oelde site to be expanded

Investment at the Oelde production site creates space for more complex pilot tests and a broader range of applications – completion planned by the end of 2026

Symrise signs agreement to divest its Terpene Ingredients business to Mutares SE & Co. KGaA

Advances the ONE Symrise strategy through continued portfolio management

Turning CO₂ into fuels: Chemists solve a key scaling problem

LIKAT Technical Center produces catalyst on kilogram scale for the first time for a pilot plant

New plastic turns into a gas when heated – then reforms once cooled

A novel polymer could simplify the application, removal and recycling of materials by eliminating several of the complex processing steps currently used

AI cooling consumes billions of liters of water—a startup offers a solution

blue activity relies on biodegradable cooling water chemistry

Siemens Energy is starting preparations for business area Transformation of Industry to become a standalone company

Siemens Energy intends to explore new ownership structure of Transformation of Industry as second step with objective to deconsolidate

Methanol Qualified as a Feedstock for Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Methanol-to-Jet: Drop-in fuel possible without modifying aircraft

No Electricity Needed for Solid-state Cooling: Heat Becomes Cold

Researchers Have Developed – as a World First – a Heat-driven, Elastocaloric Cooling System That Leverages Waste Heat and Solar Energy for Sustainable Cooling

Scientists turn one of the world's most hated plastics into premium lubricant

They uncovered something far more promising than a recycling method

Stanford researchers develop an improved method for producing sustainable hydrogen

This method increases energy efficiency tenfold compared to conventional external heating methods

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Specialized microbes transform inedible material into protein-rich snacks

Charging ahead with sustainable zinc-iodine battery development

Biodegradable oligosaccharides solve a key problem

Tioxide restarts titanium dioxide pigment plant in UK

Heralding new era for historic Greatham site

Demonstration plant for sustainable aviation fuel inaugurated at PSI

Swiss startup Metafuels plans to operate the first commercial facility for producing SAF using “aerobrew” technology starting in 2030

Computomics raises EUR 6.3 million to scale climate-smart plant breeding

AI predicts which plant varieties can withstand heat and drought

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Specialized microbes transform inedible material into protein-rich snacks

Astorg completes acquisition of Microbiology business from Thermo Fisher Scientific

Former PerkinElmer CEO heads the new company

The quantum computer microscope

A new invention is set to significantly improve electron microscopy

Following a warning from foodwatch: Lidl and Tinema Stop Greenwashing Regarding Salmon

Labels Without Substance – Why ASC and GGN Don't Provide Consumers with a Real Guarantee of Sustainable Salmon Farming

Laser spectroscopy helps reveal hidden nuclear properties in fermium

First high-precision measurements of the fermium-255 nucleus validate modern nuclear models and advance the search for superheavy elements

Mould toxins in food are not destroyed during cooking or baking

Survey reveals gaps in knowledge about mould and its potential health risks

Why apples react differently to climate change than wheat

NMR reveals hidden electrolyte states for better batteries

Battery electrolytes are not fixed formulations, but evolving liquid states

Why do we get sleepy? How neurons control sleep drive

Understanding how the brain generates sleep drive would provide entirely new opportunities for sleep research

Climate-driven water scarcity increases wheat prices globally

Interdisciplinary study connects drought across the world’s wheat-growing regions with global markets

Teledyne acquires Varex Imaging for around 1.1 billion dollars

Mini-tumors reveal new drug combinations for liver cancer

Organoid screening identifies combinations of active substances for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

Xylitol may increase the risk of myocardial infarction or stroke

High blood levels of xylitol were associated with a greater risk of cardiovascular events than lower levels

A Google-like search engine for single-cell RNA works in a matter of seconds

The search engine "Malva" is to be further developed commercially as a start-up

Novo Nordisk and AWS enter strategic partnership to accelerate drug discovery through AI

New AI hub in London brings together engineers, AI specialists and scientists to reduce the time to market for future medicines

Roland Berger: Demand for poultry to grow by up to 3.4 percent annually through 2040

Chicken is the only major meat category showing significant growth. Domestic production is not keeping pace with consumption.

Organs age at different speeds: a blood test might soon tell which ones

Some people look younger, others older than they actually are. But why is that, and what is actually happening inside the body?

An Enzyme That Offers Hope: Novel Plastic-Degrading Enzyme Discovered in Bacteria

"Pac-Man Enzyme" breaks down polyester plastic while simultaneously splitting penicillin

FDA Takes Further Steps to Remove Outdated Authorizations for Color Additives in Food

Two petroleum-based food dyes lose FDA approval or face revocation

New Analytical Methods Aim to Better Protect Fruit Juices from Adulteration

An IGF project is developing a multi-method approach for four fruit matrices, intended to replace existing single-method approaches

Scientists turn COVID-19 immune memory into a powerful new ally against cancer

Celloram, Inc., University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University unveil PROTEXI, a novel cancer vaccine platform advancing toward first-in-human clinical trials in sarcoma patients.

Cockroach milk, mosquito proboscis as a 3D printing nozzle, and buried underwear as a biological indicator

Bizarre but brilliant: The 2026 Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded in Zurich

Danish 3D cell culture company Celvivo raises USD 6.6 million and appoints new CEO for global scale-up

A life-science tools veteran joins the table

Europe Secures Insulin Supply: New Production Facility Planned in Frankfurt-Höchst

The federal government, the state of Hesse, and the city of Frankfurt are jointly supporting the project

Gen Z drinks significantly more mocktails and fruit juice

Non-alcoholic drinks are becoming a habit for young people

A quantum lab for molecules

Non-destructive quantum logic spectroscopy reveals molecular fingerprints

African Bundibugyo Ebolavirus Vaccine Candidate to Be Advanced to Clinical Trials

CEPI backs Minapharm's Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine candidate, based on ProBioGen's proprietary MVA-CR19 platform

Bruker announces strategic collaboration with Atinary Technologies to advance self-driving laboratories