Kevin Downing Named Reichhold Distribution Manager for Composites in North America

Merck Honors Alán Aspuru-Guzik with the Heinrich Emanuel Merck Award for Computational Sciences

Chemist wins prestigious science award worth € 15,000

Leadership change at Köttermann B.V. in the Netherlands

Christoph Schell Appointed CEO of KUKA Group

Haltermann Carless expands its Executive Committee team

The smallest test tube in the world

Prof. Dr. Helmut Schwarz receives the "BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award"

Dr. Lorenza Sartorelli becomes new Chief Operating Officer of the CHT Group

Management changes at hte

Wolfram Stichert will hand over the management of the company to Markus Bold on April 1, 2025.

Leadership change at KRAHN Chemie

Martin John takes over as CEO

Innovative Methods for Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry

Fresenius Award for Kathrin Breuker

Insights into the Nanoworld: Volker Deckert Receives the 2025 Lamb Award

A Pioneer in Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

Jochen Block Award 2025 for Dr. Thomas Seidensticker

Start-up “simplyfined” wants to make the chemical industry more sustainable

DMC Biotechnologies announces Dr. Jim Flatt as CEO

DMC seeking to transform how the world makes chemicals

Key Position Changes at Brückner Group

A Veteran Departs

Appointment of Dr. Werner Ponikwar as CEO of thyssenkrupp nucera extended by five years

Dr. Stefan Hahn to become new CFO

Michael Grosse to succeed Joachim Kreuzburg as Chief Executive Officer of Sartorius AG

Grosse to take over as Group CEO on July 1, 2025

New general manager at Oxford Instruments WITec in Ulm

LIKAT chemist receives award for digital data management and AI in catalysis

3D printer as a reactor for new materials

Chemist Katharina Ehrmann receives the Dr. Ernst Fehrer Prize

Innovations for the operational reliability of modern lithium-ion batteries

Meyer-Galow Award for Business Chemistry 2024 goes to Ruth Bieringer

Generation Change in the Management of JÜKE

Chemists produce hexa-nitrogen for the first time - the most energy-rich substance ever formed

"...a huge advance in nitrogen chemistry": future application as environmentally friendly energy storage conceivable

PFAS: A novel path to breaking down “forever chemicals”

A new catalyst capable of cleaving strong carbon-fluorine bonds has been developed – potential use in pharmaceutical production

New Prospects for Green Ammonia

Study provides a blueprint for load-flexible production plant – and lower costs

Green hydrogen from Africa much more costly than previously assumed

Imports without guarantees are not competitive

Microbes transform plastic waste into paracetamol

How traditional chemistry can work with engineering biology to create sustainable chemical-producing living microbial factories

Small but Mighty: Miniaturized Hydrogen Production

“We asked the biologically somewhat crazy question of whether we can’t just find a shortcut and let ferredoxin produce hydrogen”

Like in Mission Impossible: Self-Destructing Bacteria Battery

Researchers develop dissolvable biobattery using probiotics for bioresorbable electronics that can degrade in the body

Two plant species invent the same chemically complex and medically interesting substance

Different building blocks: The plants use similar chemical pathways to biosynthesize these compounds, but use different starting materials and enzymes

Insects as mini molecule-making factories, marking a breakthrough in chemical engineering

Caterpillar factories produce fluorescent nanocarbons

Material substitution: artificial intelligence helps in the search for alternatives

Intelligent system searches scientific publications for substitutes for critical raw materials, e.g. in batteries

Brenntag opens first CO2-emission-free chemical distribution site

A global milestone in the industry

What we really breathe in

Filtered car emissions turn toxic after sunlight exposure

Hold the cream and sugar: black coffee linked to lower risk of death

Benefits diminished with additives

Unilever reaches new business arrangement for Ben & Jerry’s in Israel

Unilever announced it has reached a new arrangement for Ben & Jerry’s in Israel which will ensure the ice cream stays available to all consumers

New Microscope Brings Glowing Cells into Focus

A New Tool for Studying Life in Motion

Newly identified group of nerve cells in the brain regulates bodyweight

Potential for novel obesity treatments

Pineapple juice is scarce and expensive due to a small harvest

analytica expands its international network to the USA

US laboratory market with top growth forecasts

Tumor profiling: 43,000 data points against melanoma

Data-driven personalized treatments are about to become a reality

Ready for summer with the PINK LEMONADE from waterdrop®

Lab in a tube: Monitoring soil chemistry without disturbing it

How fructose increases the risk of inflammation

Even short-term high fructose consumption influences the immune system

Design2Market: New delivery box for Frittenwerk in just 6 weeks

Ear wax as a possible screening medium for Parkinson’s disease

Yeast Produces Human DNase1 for the First Time

The human protein is currently produced only in mammalian cells with considerable effort and money

Eating more sweet food may not sway sweet preference

Randomized controlled trial shows that eating more — or less — sweet-tasting foods didn’t change how much people liked sweet flavors

Bruker Announces Acquisition of biocrates

The acquisition further enhances Bruker’s MS-based metabolomics solutions

Possible anti-aging compounds found in blood bacteria

These findings could lead to new treatments for aging skin

Label battle: Paulaner wins in dispute against Karlsberg brewery

Ultra-thin lenses that make infrared light visible

Researchers have achieved this using a special metal-oxide lens material called lithium niobate and through nanoscale pattern, stamped into the material

Colorectal cancer screening via smartphone?

App-based early detection is as accurate as laboratory tests and could motivate more people to undergo screening

Replacing animal products with plant-based foods leads to weight loss in people with type 1 diabetes

Tumor diagnostics: AI model detects more than 170 types of cancer

Looking into the genome instead of into the tissue

Amphibian skin mucus as a potential weapon against multi-resistant bacteria and cancer

Researchers find antimicrobial peptides on axolotl skin that not only fight dangerous hospital germs but also tumour cells as an effective antibiotic alternative

The EPO unveils the top 10 innovators of the first standalone edition of the Young Inventors Prize 2025

Prize recognises innovators under 30 who are tackling Global Challenges through groundbreaking science and technology

New Body-Fluid Biomarker for Parkinson’s Disease Discovered

A misfolded protein facilitates reliable diagnosis even in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease in body fluids

Billion-Dollar Deal for Cancer Antibody: BioNTech and Bristol Myers Squibb Join Forces

"...an asset with significant potential for transforming the standard of care for patients with solid tumors"

A new method identifies rancid hazelnuts without removing them from the bag

New hope against superbugs: A completely new molecule has been identified

Promising antibiotic candidate discovered

Frequent nightmares triple risk of early death and accelerate ageing

"Our sleeping brains cannot distinguish dreams from reality"

Mondelēz International Continues Progress Against “Snacking Made Right” Priorities

digital lab day 2025 celebrates international success

virtual battery day 2025 follows in November