Oxford Instruments: Board Changes

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

hte is getting a dual leadership structure: Denis Hürtgen and Michael Paul take over leadership

Markus Bold is stepping down from hte's executive board

Carlos Negro Assumes Chairmanship of the World Chemical Engineering Council

Making Chemistry Greener: The 2026 Gerhard Ertl Lecture Award goes to Professor Marc Koper

His findings are crucial to advancing the use of renewable energy and the development of sustainable chemistry

BASF focuses on strengthening and growing its core businesses in the next phase of its “Winning Ways” strategy

BASF to operate core businesses at up to 20­% lower net cash fixed costs by 2029

LEVACO invests in Brazil

Specialty chemicals company further expands Brazil as a strategic growth market for agrochemicals and food chemicals

Recovering critical materials from batteries

Chinese inventors selected as finalists for the European Inventor Award 2026

Kai Beckmann to become Merck's new CEO on May 1, 2026

At the 31st Annual General Meeting, Belén Garijo symbolically handed over leadership of the DAX company to her successor after five years

Evonik reorganizes its executive leadership: CEO stays on, CFO joins

Christian Kullmann to remain CEO until 2030

Leonhard Zirkler takes over management of HÖFER CHEMIE

Izatt-Christensen Award 2026 for Frank Würthner

A professor of chemistry at the University of Würzburg receives the highest international honour in the field of supramolecular chemistry

Endress+Hauser tops four-billion-euro mark for the first time

Swiss Group invests 370.8 million euros – more than ever before

Alfa Laval appoints Olaf van Heerikhuizen as new Managing Director for the DACH region

The manager will take over the management of Alfa Laval Mid Europe and will be responsible for activities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

From cleaner “cracking” to black gold

Pitt startup finds a cooler, cleaner method to produce battery-quality graphite and hydrogen

Scenarios for a New “Iron Age”: Iron Complements Hydrogen as an Energy Source

Study Shows the Potential of Iron Powder for Long-Term Energy Storage, Energy Transmission, and the Use of Existing Power Plant Infrastructure in the Energy System of the Future

Plastic bottles could find new life in batteries as graphite

Penn State researchers converting PET waste into synthetic graphite that outperforms natural graphite

Siemens and Ucaneo partner to scale direct air capture

Germany's largest Direct Air Capture facility to be inaugurated in Berlin on July 2, 2026

India builds first large-scale hydrometallurgical plant for battery circular economy

N.A.N. GreenMet and Silox set up joint venture for lithium-ion battery recycling

European Inventor Award 2026 winners revealed

Awards for oat-based drinks, a malaria vaccine, battery recycling and more

Efficient Production of Solar Hydrogen Through Direct Coupling of Concentrating Solar Cells and Electrolyzer

Fraunhofer ISE is seeking investors for a spin-off

8 million euros for the materials of tomorrow

Deep tech startup alqem is scaling its AI platform for materials research

Europe is heavily dependent on imports for lithium: The LiSA Consortium aims to change that

Nobian and partners launch pilot project to scale circular, low-carbon lithium refining in Europe

Two speciality chemicals companies join forces

Solstice Advanced Materials acquires Element Solutions for 14.5 billion dollars

Ultrasound opens supramolecular cages and releases anticancer drug cisplatin

Palladium-based nanostructures can be opened mechanically, their payload released, and fully restored

New membrane technology could transform hydrocarbon processing by slashing energy use

Re‑thinking a century‑old process

Inducing cell death in pancreatic cancer cells

New therapeutic approach identified for treating particularly aggressive pancreatic cancer

Plant-based supermarket products contain twice as many additives as animal-based equivalents

A UK study analysed 71 like-for-like product pairs and counted 199 additives in plant-based items versus 100 in animal-based ones

Artificial intelligence evaluates chemical spectra in minutes

Researchers from the University of Jena, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, and Zakodium develop AI system for chemical structure analysis

Breakthrough in tailor-made enzyme design

New possibilities for biotechnology and green chemistry

According to the report, one in five cups of coffee contains toxic pesticide residues

An analysis by four organizations shows that 59 percent of the active ingredients in pesticides used in coffee cultivation are banned in the EU

Shimadzu acquires European electron microscopy pioneer for $711 million

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

The Kitchen Sponge: A Microcosm—Bacterial Contamination Isn't Always Visible, Smellable, or Palpable

Pathogens also multiply there and can spread from that location

Carbon nanotubes make the electronic nose suitable for everyday use for the first time

The smart fridge of the future: E-nose warns of off chicken and nut allergens

Social inequality is linked to faster biological aging

Large meta-analysis finds consistent evidence across epigenetic measures worldwide

Strüngmann Award 2026: Who is transforming the life sciences in the DACH region?

Three finalists have been selected: Award Recognizes Entrepreneurial Excellence and Significant Innovation Potential in Life Sciences

300 beverage companies call for: No sugar tax on beverages

Five industry associations are warning of price increases and questioning the effectiveness of the planned tax in terms of public health policy.

ABB Robotics collaborates with Roche to bring physical AI to laboratories

Agreement lays the foundation for a new era of digitally connected labs enabled by intelligent robotics to provide significant efficiencies in laboratory workflows

New drug could slow the development of Alzheimer’s

The active ingredient also shows anti-ageing effects

Nestlé to acquire smart food pioneer yfood to accelerate the brand’s international expansion

Nestlé manager Jolanda Schwirtz takes over as head

Tentamus acquires BioMeca and strengthens its life sciences portfolio

Acquisition strengthens presence in France

EMBL spin-off Epitome Therapeutics secures 4 million euros for its epigenome-editing platform

Precise Control of Gene Expression

Multinational Outbreak of Salmonella Stanley Infections Linked to Flavored Pasta Products

Recalls Underway: Salmonella in Flavored Pasta Affects Children Most of All

Hospital "Fingerprint" Helps AI Identify Misdiagnoses in Cancer Tissue

The origin of a sample must not influence the result: Evaluation criteria for trustworthy clinical AI

It may not just be what’s in ultra-processed foods, but how they’re made

New observational study suggests processing itself could partly explain links to diabetes, heart disease, and early death

Solar Foods receives EUR 77,8 million for the construction and commissioning of Factory 02

2026 Future Insight Prize Goes to Spear’s Vasilis Ntziachristos

The € 300,000 research grant award recognizes Ntziachristos’ pioneering work in enabling non-invasive and continuous monitoring of human biology

Do sugar substitutes disrupt gut health and metabolism?

Study examines the emerging science suggesting a link between calorie-free sweeteners and blood sugar control

Nordzucker is revising its beet pricing model and investing €160 million in its factories

Two high-yield beet harvests in succession, high stocks in the EU sugar market and decreasing prices have impacted the earnings position

Lab-on-a-Chip platform shows how immune cells attack cancer cells

CellTrap runs on a standard laboratory microscopes and visualizes individual cell contacts

Merck expands life science portfolio with $11.3 billion Bio-Techne deal

Bio-Techne to bring portfolio with industry-leading multi-omics offering, analytical technologies and integrated workflow solutions across the scientific journey

25-year study: Sugar-sweetened beverages from childhood significantly increase high blood pressure risk

Fruit juice also raises the risk – replacing it with whole fruit reduced it by up to 22% in the analysis

Change at TOPTICA Executive Board

Wilhelm Kaenders steps down as CTO

Pathoblockers instead of antibiotics

DZIF project nominated for the “Science Breakthrough of the Year 2026” award

Chemists achieve breakthrough: Editing molecules instead of rebuilding them

Modern drug research enables simple testing of hundreds of variants of a molecule