BASF starts first MDI production in Chongqing

154 million euros for Reverion: Series B Funding Aims to Increase Production of CO2-Negative Power Plants Tenfold

Capital is flowing primarily into a new production facility in Germany

TechnoCompound to expand its LGF production capacity by 4,800 tonnes per year

New production line is due to come on stream in the second quarter of 2027

Europe’s last Acetyls site halts production

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

BASF evaluates MDI investment in India

“India is among the most attractive growth markets globally, with strong demand expected across a wide range of industries”

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

Businesses and German sites with clear roles

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

Panasonic Energy launches new global battery R&D hub in Japan

To accelerate the development and production of applications for the automotive and data centre sectors

Toward circular elastomers: Covestro opens pilot plant in Leverkusen

Double-digit million-euro project draws on German chemical and engineering expertise to advance the technology toward industrial application

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

Turning renewable energy into drop-in fuels

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

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

Grieshaber Group opens Allgeirhof Training Center

A place of learning with a view of the Black Forest

LANXESS Strengthens Battery Expertise

New battery laboratory accelerates the development of materials for the next generation of LFP batteries

BASF streng­thens pro­duc­tion of acid chlo­rides and chloro­form­ates with fully mo­der­nized plant in Ludwigshafen

Modernization increases production capacity

Polyblend confirms €4 million investment to accelerate the production of compounds based on recycled plastics

The modernised production line is set to start operating at the end of 2027 and will produce up to 15,000 tonnes of compounds made from recycled materials per year

Power-to-Heat at the Leuna chemical site

A new benchmark in industrial heat supply: InfraLeuna's 35 MW electrode boiler officially put into operation

Tioxide restarts titanium dioxide pigment plant in UK

Heralding new era for historic Greatham site

LANXESS Powers Large-Scale Plant with Hydrogen

Advantage of Verbund site: Hydrogen is produced at Covestro as a byproduct of chlorine electrolysis

GET H2 Nukleus Gains Momentum: First Hydrogen from Lingen Arrives in Marl

Germany's first integrated industrial-scale hydrogen project is underway

Methanol Qualified as a Feedstock for Sustainable Aviation Fuel

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

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

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

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

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

Recycling in Agriculture: Biogenic CO₂ Is Turned Into Renewable Fuel

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

How a deep-sea microorganism breaks toughest chemical bonds

Molecular insight into biological nitrogen fixation close to the boiling point

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

Management cites price pressure from Chinese suppliers as the reason

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

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

Germany's first CO₂ export terminal gets the green light from the European Commission

The CarbonBridge joint venture between Ambrian Energy and Messer is set to begin operations in 2031

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

Mould toxins in food are not destroyed during cooking or baking

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

Climate-driven water scarcity increases wheat prices globally

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

Two new bioinformatics tools improve the diagnosis of genetic disorders

AI algorithm detects pathogenic structural variants in the genome more reliably

Mini-tumors reveal new drug combinations for liver cancer

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

This cookie started its life as a plastic bottle

Specialized microbes transform inedible material into protein-rich snacks

A blood test can detect over 50 types of cancer

“We’re at a watershed moment”

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

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

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 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

New method causes cancer cells to burn out

New molecule forces leukemia cells to work themselves to death

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

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?

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

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

A tiny bacterium with a huge impact

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

New Leadership for Danone in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Jean-Yves Krummenacher brings more than 25 years of experience at Danone and most recently served as Global Chief Procurement Officer

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

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

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

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

Three Tools in One Software – and Little Data Suffices

BII allocates 8 million euros to further support six promising companies

With 1.3 million euros each, technologies in oncology, inflammation and infection therapy, and other fields are to be brought to market readiness

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

When molecules »notice« what their neighbours are doing

New spectroscopic method reveals the environment of switchable iron complexes

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

No evidence that sugar substitutes harm weight, health, or sweet taste preferences

Weight, metabolic parameters, and sweet preference remained stable in controlled trials for up to 52 weeks

A quantum lab for molecules

Non-destructive quantum logic spectroscopy reveals molecular fingerprints

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

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

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