Simple synthesis of three-dimensional microstructures by time-delayed electrodeposition

Evolutionary algorithm generates tailored “molecular fingerprints”

Research team develops an improved method for explaining machine predictions of chemical reactions

Scientists convert chicken fat into energy storage devices

Cost-effective method for converting waste chicken fat into electrically conductive nanostructures

Getting dirty to clean up the chemical industry’s environmental impact

Chemical reactions in water can be dramatically sped up by adding a water-resistant material to an electrode

Electron vortices in graphene detected

“Thanks to our extremely sensitive sensor and high spatial resolution, we didn’t even need to cool down the graphene...”

An AI leap into chemical synthesis

AI navigates and performs chemical research tasks with unprecedented efficiency

Researchers can now accurately measure the emergence and damping of a plasmonic field

This is crucial for renewable energy and other technologies

New discovery reveals key role of nickel ions in the Simons process

This groundbreaking research enables a targeted improvement of the Simons process, which is of great importance for the chemical industry

Synthetic chemistry approach yields new compounds with potential biomedical applications

The study marks a significant advancement in chemical synthesis techniques, leveraging modern organic chemistry and engineered enzymes

A Second Life for Batteries

13 indicators characterise the ageing process

Using AI as an exam tutor

Artificial intelligence is set to help human examinees study more effectively

TU Graz Bundles Its Strengths in Biotechnology and Artificial Intelligence

Molecular dynamics in real time

A novel spectroscopic method allows ultrafast processes within molecules to be observed

The Clues for Cleaner Water

Pitt, Drexel, and Brookhaven engineers solve the “catalysis vs corrosion” mystery in electrochemical ozone production

Cost-effective, high-capacity, and cyclable lithium-ion battery cathodes

A crucial chemical aspect of the enhancement proved to be the formation of strong ‘covalent’ bonds

Toxic chemicals can be detected with new AI method

The number of animal experiments could be reduced, as well as the economic costs when developing new chemicals

Light, flexible, efficient: Perovskite-based tandem solar cells

From the lab to the roof

Germany’s hydrogen strategy: More consistent focus on green hydrogen needed

Now is the time to establish viable hydrogen supply chains

New approach in the synthesis of complex natural substances

New approach for total synthesis paves the way for new drug developments

Researchers create new chemical compound to solve 120-year-old problem

Accessing these molecules can have major impacts on agriculture, pharmaceuticals, and electronics

How green cities could remove CO2 from the atmosphere

One gigatonne per year by mid-century: An study determines the potentials, various co-benefits and possible barriers to implementation

Nadja Håkansson appointed Chief Executive Officer of thyssenkrupp Uhde

Researchers create new chemical compound to solve 120-year-old problem

Accessing these molecules can have major impacts on agriculture, pharmaceuticals, and electronics

Research team develops sodium battery capable of rapid charging in just a few seconds

Breakthrough in overcoming the current limitations of energy storage systems

“Restore trust and get Bayer on track for better performance”

Three-year process of rejuvenation launched

Toxic chemicals can be detected with new AI method

The number of animal experiments could be reduced, as well as the economic costs when developing new chemicals

Novel hydrogel removes microplastics from water

The material has a unique intertwined polymer network that can bind the contaminants and degrade them using UV light irradiation

Longer-lasting and more sustainable green hydrogen production

The findings impact the ability to achieve a lasting and sustainable hydrogen-based energy economy

BASF has started prototype metal refinery for battery recycling

Innovative technology extracts lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese and copper from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries and battery production scrap

Chemists pioneer work to reduce carbon emissions

“My team and I have been hard at work trying to find more sustainable ways to separate, purify and trap ethylene..."

Tests confirm quality of purified graphite from used lithium-ion batteries

Important step for the Circular Economy

Safer alternative for an explosive reaction

The chemical industry has been using a reaction with explosive chemicals for over 100 years - now scientists have discovered a safer alternative

Returning rare earth element production to the United States

ReElement Technologies licenses Purdue critical mineral refining tech and will begin production in late 2024

Unfavourable carbohydrates early in the morning - a potential problem for "owls"

"Larks" and "owls" react differently to carbohydrate-rich meals

Children, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers should avoid Brazil nuts

Brazil nuts can contain unusually high levels of radioactive radium

Bruker to acquire the NanoString business in an asset deal

Innovative treatment helmet from a Basel spin-off promises advances in the treatment of Alzheimer’s

There is a huge market for the treatment of patients with degenerative brain diseases

Map of feelings of happiness

Finally back in the ice cream parlor! Researchers have now discovered how our brain guides us to such "reward places".

Novel UV Broadband Spectrometer Revolutionises Air Pollutant Analysis

The laser-based technology developed at TU Graz enables the continual real-time analysis of air pollutants and their interaction with other gases and sunlight

Breakthrough in research on brown fat

Hope for strategies that support weight loss: Researchers from Denmark and Germany have found brown fat’s “off-switch"

Take it from the rats: A junk food diet can cause long-term damage to adolescent brains

Rats that were fed a diet chock-full of fat and sugar in their adolescence suffered memory impairment, USC researchers found

analytica 2024 confirms its position as the world’s leading trade fair for the laboratory sector

Focus on digitalization and sustainability in the lab of the future

How a “date” between immune cells makes rheumatism disappear

Major success: New approach for treating autoimmune diseases

Krombacher Brewery launches three unusual beer mix drinks with party liqueur Berliner Luft

Scientists accelerate spectroscopic analysis

"This innovation expands the application of compressed sensing to real-time spectroscopic measurement"

Microbe of the Year 2023: Bacillus subtilis – for health and technology

Already, Bacillus subtilis is indispensable in many industries, and many more innovations are expected

Asahi Brands relies on Warsteiner

Focus of cooperation on efficiency and sustainability

Discovery of the first fractal molecule in nature

‘We stumbled on this structure completely by accident and almost couldn’t believe what we saw when we first took images of it using an electron microscope’

New AI platform designs tomorrow’s cancer drugs

“A few years ago, AI was a dirty word in the pharmaceutical industry, but now the trend is definitely the opposite...”

Opening a window to the food industry’s future: the world’s first factory growing food out of thin air launches

Electrified bacteria: Method developed for faster determination of antibiotic resistance

"The results are available to us after just five to ten hours"

With the Flick of a Switch: Shaping Cells with Light

The therapeutic potential of this research is immense

Did you know that parents should be careful with rice cakes?

New insights into the genetics of the common octopus: genome at the chromosome level decoded

Scientific milestone provides deeper insights into the evolution and biology of Octopus vulgaris

AI designs new drugs based on protein structures

“It’s a real breakthrough for drug discovery”: Process ensures right from the start that the molecules can be chemically synthesised

Milk will continue to play an important role in our diet in the future

Breakthrough technology to rapidly identify unknown molecules at scale

Start-up Isospec Analytics raises $1.9m

Biotechnologists want to replace petroleum-based substances with a bacterium from bovine stomachs

The cow as climate savior?

Newly sequenced genome reveals coffee’s prehistoric origin story — and its future under climate change

Study charts family history of Arabica, world’s most popular coffee species, through Earth’s heating and cooling periods over last millennia

Innovative bioreactor research processes and cryotechnologies improve active ingredient tests using human cell cultures

This is paving the way for efficient real-world use of these cell cultures in toxicity testing and drug discovery

How your eye color affects your health

Iris color - a little noticed risk factor

E-tongue can detect white wine spoilage before humans can

Advanced imaging techniques on a semiconductor material reveal ‘surprising’ hidden activity

"This surprising and previously overlooked observation completely changes how we need to view this technology"