MDI capacity increases at BASF Verbund site in Antwerp

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

Eppendorf signs agreement for new production site in Penang, Malaysia

Eppendorf will invest EUR 40 million in the site, with production expected to start in 2028

Successful Start of Evonik-Licensed Hydrogen Peroxide Megaplant in Leshan, China

Evonik-licensed hydrogen peroxide mega plant starts operations in Leshan, China

BASF inaugurates new production plant in Düsseldorf, Germany

Capacity expansion for the European and global cosmetics market

Hosokawa Alpine continues integration process and strengthens central structures

Integration of Hosokawa Solids Solutions

Westphalia Shifts Growth to Europe

Hydrogen: France Shows How It Can Be Done

About one million euros from the “Infrastructure” special fund for the Zeitz Chemical and Industrial Park

Saxony-Anhalt is investing in tracks, switches, and shunting routes to improve the site's rail connections

Ultra-pure gases for HBM chips: Air Liquide invests over 170 million USD in Indiana

Air Liquide will support SK hynix’s ambition to build a global AI memory ecosystem

Covestro plans to invest in new world-scale MDI train in China and starts UAE feasibility study

Both MDI production trains to achieve operational net-zero greenhouse gas emissions footprint

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

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

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Specialized microbes transform inedible material into protein-rich snacks

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

blue activity relies on biodegradable cooling water chemistry

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

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

They uncovered something far more promising than a recycling method

Mould toxins in food are not destroyed during cooking or baking

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

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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

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

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

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

AI predicts which plant varieties can withstand heat and drought

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?

Mini-tumors reveal new drug combinations for liver cancer

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

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

The quantum computer microscope

A new invention is set to significantly improve electron microscopy

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

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

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

Three Tools in One Software – and Little Data Suffices

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

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

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

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

Almost a third of the British government's nutrition advisers have connections to the food industry

A BMJ analysis of the SACN register of interests reveals: Coca-Cola, Nestlé, and Danone are among the funders of affected members

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

Staying One Step Ahead of the Development of Resistance

How Bacteria Develop Resistance to Antisense Antibiotics—and How Future Therapies Can Be Made Less Susceptible to It

Animal-Free Chemical Testing

Fraunhofer ITEM is driving new approaches to risk assessment