Martin Babilas newly appointed CFO of ALTANA Chemie AG

Claus Rettig to serve as interim CEO of Evonik

Christian Kullmann on the road to recovery

Rainer Brehm Named President of Siemens’ Automation Business

New organization brings together key automation capabilities and further advances Siemens’ ONE Tech Company strategy

A change of generations on the Advisory Board of the HOYER Group

A third generation of the family undertakes responsibility

Mehdi Hireche is the managing director of Air Liquide in Germany

KIT Researcher Patrick Lott Receives the 2026 DECHEMA Prize

The award, worth 20,000 euros, recognizes his research on dynamic reactor operation

Outstanding research into sustainable battery materials

Science Prize for Professor Birgit Esser

Klaus Grohe Prize 2026 awarded for the first time to two researchers

Edward Tate and Nicolas Winssinger share the €75,000 prize for medicinal chemistry

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

Energy Transition: Electrify First—Then Use Methanol Instead of Hydrogen for the Rest

Three-dimensional molecules through “domino cascade”

Chemists develop light-driven triple catalysis

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

They uncovered something far more promising than a recycling method

Wearable patch vibrates when it detects environmental hazards

How Magnetic Nanoparticles Remove "Eternity Chemicals" from Water

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

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

blue activity relies on biodegradable cooling water chemistry

Merck upgrades its full-year guidance and expects revenue of up to €21.8 billion

Performance driven by continued demand in Process Solutions, Rare Diseases and Semiconductor Solutions

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

New cathode material brings aqueous zinc-ion batteries closer to reality

The researchers used ball milling as a cost-effective way to engineer oxygen defects in electrolytic MnO₂

Biosensor detects nanoplastics in water within minutes

Peptide-based biosensor enables direct detection of polystyrene nanoparticles

LANXESS Powers Large-Scale Plant with Hydrogen

Advantage of Verbund site: Hydrogen is produced at Covestro as a byproduct of chlorine electrolysis

Scientists turn COVID-19 immune memory into a powerful new ally against cancer

Celloram, Inc., University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University unveil PROTEXI, a novel cancer vaccine platform advancing toward first-in-human clinical trials in sarcoma patients.

New Strategies for Preserving Native Cocoa Varieties

Astorg completes acquisition of Microbiology business from Thermo Fisher Scientific

Former PerkinElmer CEO heads the new company

Novo Nordisk and AWS enter strategic partnership to accelerate drug discovery through AI

New AI hub in London brings together engineers, AI specialists and scientists to reduce the time to market for future medicines

Gen Z drinks significantly more mocktails and fruit juice

Non-alcoholic drinks are becoming a habit for young people

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

MicroHarvest is building Europe's first industrial facility for microbial protein at the Leuna Chemical Park

Biotech scale-up invests a mid-double-digit million amount and creates about 25 new jobs at the site

This cookie started its life as a plastic bottle

Specialized microbes transform inedible material into protein-rich snacks

A new light on the microbiome and its metabolites

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

AI predicts which plant varieties can withstand heat and drought

FDA Takes Further Steps to Remove Outdated Authorizations for Color Additives in Food

Two petroleum-based food dyes lose FDA approval or face revocation

Laser spectroscopy helps reveal hidden nuclear properties in fermium

First high-precision measurements of the fermium-255 nucleus validate modern nuclear models and advance the search for superheavy elements

Peptide isolated from a Cerrado frog increases strawberry shelf life

Study shows that the molecule preserves the fruit's firmness without affecting its flavor and has potential as a postharvest treatment

Do sugar substitutes disrupt gut health and metabolism?

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

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 quantum computer microscope

A new invention is set to significantly improve electron microscopy

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

Danaher appoints Julie Sawyer Montgomery as president and chief executive officer

Rainer Blair to retire

Brain cravings: Impaired neural protein affects dietary fat intake

Mitochondrial protein in brain neurons regulates appetite and body weight

Nestlé and Platinum Equity to create Peranel, a leading player in water and premium beverages

S.Pellegrino, Perrier and Acqua Panna are to grow more independently under their own roof

Teledyne acquires Varex Imaging for around 1.1 billion dollars

Vitamin B3 for the gut: From basic discovery to clinical translation

Innovation Transfer Award recognizes a long-standing collaboration

Why apples react differently to climate change than wheat

Early Detection of the Smallest Defects

Dyadic Expands Commercial Non-Animal Dairy Pipeline Through New Strategic Development Agreement

New agreement builds on commercialization and development of precision- fermented dairy proteins and enzymes while reinforcing Dyadic's diversified commercialization strategy

Industrial poultry farming is accelerating the spread of a major foodborne disease

Bruker announces strategic collaboration with Atinary Technologies to advance self-driving laboratories

Xcellon Biologics acquires GMP manufacturing facility from NextCure

Co-founder Abhishake Chhibber takes over as CEO

Dietary Supplements in Old Age: When They Help and When They Harm

The Consumer Advice Center of North Rhine-Westphalia warns: Vitamin D can cause kidney damage if taken in excessive amounts

NMR reveals hidden electrolyte states for better batteries

Battery electrolytes are not fixed formulations, but evolving liquid states