Personnel changes at BASF

Reducing material usage and the costs of electric drivetrains

German Founders Award for TUM Spin-off DeepDrive

The 2026 Friedrich Meuser Research Prize Goes to TU Berlin Researcher Dr. Kerstin Risse

Her dissertation shows that surfactants and proteins can work together to stabilize emulsions at oil-water interfaces

Hydrogen expert Prof. Wasserscheid receives the Archimedes Science Award

He has laid the essential foundations for the safe and cost-effective handling of hydrogen in the existing fuel infrastructure

2026 Balzan Prizes announced

Award for sustainable polymers and molecular evolution

AkzoNobel and Axalta announce three directors to finalize the combined company Board

Claus Rettig to serve as interim CEO of Evonik

Christian Kullmann on the road to recovery

Rainer Brehm Named President of Siemens’ Automation Business

New organization brings together key automation capabilities and further advances Siemens’ ONE Tech Company strategy

A change of generations on the Advisory Board of the HOYER Group

A third generation of the family undertakes responsibility

Mehdi Hireche is the managing director of Air Liquide in Germany

KIT Researcher Patrick Lott Receives the 2026 DECHEMA Prize

The award, worth 20,000 euros, recognizes his research on dynamic reactor operation

Outstanding research into sustainable battery materials

Science Prize for Professor Birgit Esser

Klaus Grohe Prize 2026 awarded for the first time to two researchers

Edward Tate and Nicolas Winssinger share the €75,000 prize for medicinal chemistry

Ströbel GmbH Reorganizes Its Sales Division

Niklas Lockl joins the team, bringing expertise in plastics engineering and mechanical engineering

Peer voting names AkzoNobel chief executive as the best CEO in the chemicals industry

Greg Poux-Guillaume is the 2026 ICIS CEO of the Year

Shimadzu acquires European electron microscopy pioneer for $711 million

The combination is set to deliver complete solutions for semiconductors, life sciences and materials science

Next Hydrogen is hunting for a new CEO to lead its commercial growth phase

Founding CEO Raveel Afzaal will continue to lead the company until the handover

Hycamite reorganises its management team for the next phase of growth

Finnish cleantech start-up appoints Jukka Nieminen as Chair of the Board of Directors and fills the CEO and COO roles

Lars Wallstein appointed CEO of OQEMA Group

The 2026 Wolf Prize Goes to a Berlin Chemist

Prof. Dr. Drs. h.c. Helmut Schwarz receives the $100,000 prize in chemistry for solving fundamental problems in catalysis

Change at TOPTICA Executive Board

Wilhelm Kaenders steps down as CTO

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

Methanol Qualified as a Feedstock for Sustainable Aviation Fuel

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

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

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

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

Stanford researchers develop an improved method for producing sustainable hydrogen

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

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

They uncovered something far more promising than a recycling method

This cookie started its life as a plastic bottle

Specialized microbes transform inedible material into protein-rich snacks

The European battery circular economy needs new business models

Proposed solutions reduce recycling costs by 34 percent

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

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

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

AI predicts which plant varieties can withstand heat and drought

This cookie started its life as a plastic bottle

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

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

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

The quantum computer microscope

A new invention is set to significantly improve electron microscopy

Climate-driven water scarcity increases wheat prices globally

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

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?

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

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

NMR reveals hidden electrolyte states for better batteries

Battery electrolytes are not fixed formulations, but evolving liquid states

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

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

New method causes cancer cells to burn out

New molecule forces leukemia cells to work themselves to death

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.

A quantum lab for molecules

Non-destructive quantum logic spectroscopy reveals molecular fingerprints

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

Weeks of Work in a Few Hours: AI Tool Reads Cell Membranes

Three Tools in One Software – and Little Data Suffices

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

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

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

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

QIAGEN appoints Jonathan M. Pratt as CEO

Jon Pratt brings more than 25 years of leadership experience, most recently as CEO of Filtration Group and previously at Waters, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences and Pall

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

Animal-Free Chemical Testing

Fraunhofer ITEM is driving new approaches to risk assessment