Borealis head office moves to Vienna

LANXESS significantly increases earnings in fiscal year 2024

Transformation into specialty chemicals company completed

C1 raised €20 million in fresh capital to replace fossil resources in the shipping, aviation and chemical industries

Green methanol: Commercialisation of the circular raw material of the future

OE-A and LOPEC celebrate innovation with the OE-A Competition and Start-up Competition Awards 2025

LUMITOS and SPECTARIS present the first digital lab day in May 2025

Digital event for the laboratory sector offers a unique platform for innovation and networking

Data recycling with AI: How new knowledge is created from old information

Munich start-up combats data chaos

How can Europe boost its domestic battery production and what policy actions are needed?

Battery cell demand will highly increase by 2030

WACKER expects to grow in all business divisions in 2025, despite headwinds

Chemical divisions and biotechnology division perform in a weak market environment

POWTECH TECHNOPHARM 2025 – the hot spot for processing technology this September

Supporting programme offers balanced blend of old and new

Rigaku Wins Diana Nyyssonen Memorial Best Paper Award

Non-destructive visualization of nanoscale structures realized using ultra-high-resolution X-ray microscope

"Merck is back on a growth path with all three businesses"

Merck returned to profitable growth in 2024 and delivered on its guidance for the year

Between test tube and algorithm: the laboratory of the future under the microscope

Study on the transformation of laboratories

Bayer meets adjusted guidance and takes decisive action to tackle challenges

2025 to be a pivotal year for company’s turnaround – improved performance expected from 2026 onwards

LUM GmbH and Alpharmaca Inc. start working together

Strong demand from the pharmaceutical and semiconductor sectors leads to expansion of the Chinese sales network

Bionic revolution in surface treatment

Fusion Bionic Spin-off Wins Fraunhofer Founder Award 2024

Fast and scalable CO₂ emission reduction

ctrl+s Secures Seed Funding to Accelerate and Optimize Emission Reduction in Supply Chains

High-tech startup CrySyst provides quality-by-control solutions for pharmaceutical, fine chemical industries

“These tools reduce time, material usage and risk while enhancing process robustness and scalability”

technotrans lays the foundation for further growth

technotrans acquires neighboring property in Sassenberg

Eschbach receives the Best of Industry Award for Artificial Intelligence for the second time in a row

"AI technologies are increasingly becoming an integral part of process management..."

Ruland celebrates 25 years of success

BASF increases EBITDA before special items in 2024 due to strong performance of its core businesses

Decline of 13 percent in standalone businesses

"Merck is back on a growth path with all three businesses"

Merck returned to profitable growth in 2024 and delivered on its guidance for the year

Complete breakdown of PMMA plastic into its building blocks

Surprisingly simple process

Ruland celebrates 25 years of success

Novel method to synthesize valuable fluorinated drug compounds

Converting CO2 into fuel – with the help of battery waste

Upcycling as a climate game-changer: A nanocatalyst has been produced based on spent batteries and aluminium foil residues, converting CO2 into valuable methane

Triple Bond Formed Between Boron and Carbon for the First Time

Researchers are opening up new horizons in chemistry: They present the world's first triple bond between the atoms boron and carbon

Engineers discover key barrier to longer-lasting batteries

University of Texas at Dallas researchers have discovered why LiNiO2 batteries break down

Important technological milestone: production of sustainable aviation fuel becomes more efficient

KIT and Sunfire succeed in Kopernikus project P2X technology upgrade for CO2-neutral production of fuels

Potential for significant defossilisation of the chemical industry using biomass

Study Confirms Biomass Can Meet 20% of Carbon Demand in Chemicals Sector by 2050 without compromising food and feed supply

Medical infusion bags can release microplastics

Researchers estimate that each bag of infusion fluid could deliver about 7,500 microplastics directly into the bloodstream

Researchers are cracking the code on solid-state batteries

Using a combination of advanced imagery and ultra-thin coatings, researchers are working to revolutionize solid-state battery performance

Solving the case of the missing platinum

Natural substance spray against pulmonary fibrosis

Project receiving 800,000 euros from the biomedical start-up incubator IBT Lower Saxony

Pineapple juice is scarce and expensive due to a small harvest

Between test tube and algorithm: the laboratory of the future under the microscope

Study on the transformation of laboratories

Rare side effect discovered in cancer immunotherapy

Eating walnuts for breakfast may boost your brain function

Mayo Clinic researchers map prostate cancer relapse

By using C-11 choline PET and MRI

“Multi Organ Model” - Animal-free alternative for pharmacokinetics research

Dynamic42 and research partners present three-organ system to reduce animal testing

What happens when a diet targets ultra-processed foods?

Analyze odorous substances without errors

Comparative study confirms established method as gold standard

Fascinating new findings: Obesity starts in the brain

Even a short-term intake of highly processed, unhealthy foods can lead to serious changes in the brain

Eating mangos daily shown to improve insulin sensitivity and blood glucose control

New research finds mangos may be key to reducing insulin resistance in adults who are overweight or obese

analytica expands its international network to the USA

US laboratory market with top growth forecasts

A molecular fountain of youth for the brain

Ageing processes in “mini-brains” observed for the first time

From research to startup: Polybot receives order for AI-based harvesting robotics

"The Polybot project leverages recent breakthroughs in machine learning to make polyculture farming economically viable"

Science on the back burner: European laboratories struggle with massive restrictions

Great sustainability ambitions and willingness to innovate despite the need to save money

Antimalarial drug together with anticancer drug is efficient against leukemia

Combination of approved drugs offers new strategies for acute myeloid leukemia

We strip bare

Tony's Chocolonely makes a statement for transparency in supply chains with a "half-naked" chocolate bar

Why is Usain Bolt the fastest person on Earth?

Researchers observe muscles at work with the help of new microscopes

A method to purify proteins with light

Gentler and more efficient than previous procedures

Volcafe and Cotierra partner to generate carbon credits from biochar within coffee value chains

Partnership marks pioneering advance for Colombian coffee farmers

PFAS: Found 180 times more ‘forever chemicals’ in birds

New technology allows for much more precise measurements of these chemicals in organisms

Potential target for MS therapy discovered

Ahold Delhaize USA Renews Emphasis on Data-Driven Growth Supported by Advanced Analytics Tools from Circana

Super-sensitive spray-on explosive detector

Smoking and antibiotic resistance: How cigarette waste promotes the spread of resistant germs

Smoking becomes an indirect health risk

With bird flu in raw milk, many in U.S. still do not know risks of consuming it

How to save energy in the laboratory

Electricity Saving Challenge: Exploring savings potential in the laboratory

A new switch for the cell therapies of the future

A new gene switch can be activated using a commercially available nitroglycerine patch applied to the skin

Acai start-up The Rainforest Company is insolvent

Financial problems and investor dispute lead to the end

Refining the CRISPR scissors

Research team unveils novel anti-CRISPR protein mechanism for precise control of genome editing technologies