BYK-Chemie Awarded for Best Marketing Campaign in Southeast Asia

CARBIOS celebrates the groundbreaking of its PET biorecycling plant

CARBIOS’ first plant is also a world first using revolutionary enzymatic depolymerization technology

Returning rare earth element production to the United States

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

Wanhua Chemical Launches Barcelona R&D Center

Unveiling Signified Focus and Commitment in Europe and Beyond

BASF with solid start to the year

The global chemical industry recovered slightly in the first quarter of 2024

“Best CO2 Utilisation 2024” innovation prize awarded

Dioxycle, D-CRBN and Twelve showcase winning solutions that pave the path for a renewable carbon society

Start-up Polytives starts a partnership with Nordmann

Bio-based insulation textiles instead of synthetic insulation materials are set to revolutionise the construction world

Start-up SA-Dynamics won Techtextil and Texprocess Innovation Award

Schenck Process becomes Qlar

Arkema strengthens its range of solutions for next-generation batteries with the acquisition of a majority stake in start-up Proionic

BASF, SABIC, and Linde celebrate the start-up of the world's first large-scale electrically heated steam cracking furnace

Technology with the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by at least 90% compared to conventional steam crackers

The energy and mobility transition: Sending demand for critical raw materials soaring

Demand for important minerals such as lithium, nickel and copper will be as much as 15 times higher in 2040 than in 2020

Breakthrough technology to rapidly identify unknown molecules at scale

Start-up Isospec Analytics raises $1.9m

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

AI start-up helps companies to use their data to make the best possible decision under any circumstances

Scavenger AI secures €1.1m pre-seed funding

How to Enable the Transition From Fossil to Renewable Carbon in the Chemical and Material Sector?

In a comprehensive member survey, the Renewable Carbon Initiative collected ideas and opinions

ACME Group and Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies to jointly explore hydrogen value chains from Oman to Europe

BASSETTI GROUP acquires the German software provider MAQSIMA

Neste and Lotte Chemical team up on renewable chemicals and plastics

Potential to provide lower-emission solutions for chemicals and plastics used in various industries

Advancements in Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) Technology Pave the Way for Novel Applications From Ethylene, to Polymers, Syngas and Even Diamonds

Tough competition of outstanding innovations unveiled at the CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals Conference 2024

Female scientist strives for sustainability in chemical industry

Dr. Özgül Agbaba is on the road to success with her start-up "MechSyn"

Battery material for the sodium-ion revolution

Nadja Håkansson appointed Chief Executive Officer of thyssenkrupp Uhde

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

Breakthrough in overcoming the current limitations of energy storage systems

Common household chemicals pose new threat to brain health

Research shows chemicals in countless household items harm specialized cells in the brain

More efficient, lighter, more sustainable: researchers develop next-generation batteries

Completely new approach

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

Important step for the Circular Economy

Highest power efficiency achieved in flexible solar cells using new fabrication technique

Atomic-scale semiconductor process technology and clean hydrogen technology join hands

New reactor could save millions when making ingredients for plastics and rubber from natural gas

With oil production dropping, a process using natural gas is needed to avert a shortage of a workhorse chemical used for automotive parts, cleaning products and more

New materials discovered for safe, high-performance solid-state lithium-ion batteries

Scientists have discovered a stable and highly conductive lithium-ion conductor for use as solid electrolytes for solid-state lithium-ion batteries

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

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..."

Common household chemicals pose new threat to brain health

Research shows chemicals in countless household items harm specialized cells in the brain

Children, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers should avoid Brazil nuts

Brazil nuts can contain unusually high levels of radioactive radium

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

The mother's protein intake affects the newborn's face

"The findings emphasize the importance of maintaining a well-balanced diet during pregnancy, with particular attention to protein intake"

Sweet success: researchers crack sugarcane’s complex genetic code

Scientists created a highly accurate reference genome for one of the most important modern crops and found a rare example of how genes confer disease resistance in plants

Artificial intelligence boosts super-resolution microscopy

New generative model calculates images more efficient than established approaches

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

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

Milk on ice: Antarctic time capsule of whole milk powder sheds light on the enduring qualities—and evolution—of dairy products past and present

A new Journal of Dairy Science® comparative study demonstrates that the milk powder fueling our ancestors is remarkably similar to the milk powder we enjoy today

Bacteria beyond Earth?

Signs of life detectable in single ice grains emitted from moons orbiting Saturn and Jupiter

Sustainable plastics from agricultural waste

The production of these materials is now being scaled up by the EPFL spin-off, Bloom Biorenewables, in an effort to get them into the market

Asparagus enjoyment - that's what counts

Valuable tips on the white and green heralds of spring

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

Memory self-test via smartphone can identify early signs of Alzheimer’s disease

German-US research team and Magdeburg-based start-up have proven that memory problems can be recognised using an app

Green light from the antitrust authorities

Rügenwalder Mühle allows the family holding Pfeifer & Langen to acquire a majority stake

Flexible microspectrometer for mobile applications

Fraunhofer IOF presents high-resolution spectral measurements with miniaturized optics

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

Smart formulation in food technology

Harnessing infrared spectroscopy for consistent and predictable apple puree quality

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’

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

Gustavo Gusto calls the "Ghostbusters"

Non-destructive on-site analysis of organic substances using a small modular spectrometer platform

A compact and cost-effective alternative to expensive benchtop devices based on line sensors

Gut microbiota and antibiotics: Missing puzzle piece discovered

HIRI scientists identify small RNA that influences the sensitivity of the intestinal pathogen Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron to certain antibiotics

AI predicts the taste and quality of beer

Revolutionizing the beverage industry and making better beer

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"

Music and Genomes: Beethoven’s Genes Put to the Test

What the Exceptional Composer’s DNA Tells Us About Genetics

Do sweeteners increase your appetite?

Researchers 3D print key components for a point-of-care mass spectrometer

The low-cost hardware outperforms state-of-the-art versions and could someday enable an affordable, in-home device for health monitoring

With the Flick of a Switch: Shaping Cells with Light

The therapeutic potential of this research is immense

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

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