Agreement between Bayer and Schering in force

The future of chemistry is taking shape in the lab: exære wins the From Lab to Market Challenge 2026

ReduCO₂, based in Munich, received a special award for converting CO₂ and hydrogen into battery graphite

Oxyle: Industrial pilot validates performance basis for full-scale system targeting >99.9% degradation of C3-PFAS

Oxyle successfully validated its PFAS destruction solution on-site at an industrial facility, demonstrating readiness for industrial-scale implementation

Which universities produce the most successful start-up founders in the DACH region?

Start-ups create 25,000 jobs in 10 years

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

Endress+Hauser expands its presence in the U.S.

44 million euros are being invested in the new facility in Greenwood, Indiana

Renewable hydrogen from Denmark for Europe

Hy2gen secures EU funding for Albatros projectHy2gen receives EU funding

POWTECH TECHNOPHARM 2026: Competitive advantages through cross-industry exchange

From smart sensor patches to wireless charging: Science4Life honors the year’s most innovative startup teams

First place in the Science4Life Venture Cup goes to SoreAlert, while Voltalyon wins the Science4Life Energy Award

Saxon Founder Award 2026: Oxaphil is ‘Newcomer of the Year’

Startup Develops Polyoxazolines as a Biocompatible Alternative to PEG for Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Products

ProChem Strengthens Its Hanau Location

ProChem Acquires Active Ingredient Production Facilities from Evonik at the Wolfgang Industrial Park

Westlake expands global chlorovinyls manufacturing capacity with acquisition of PVC and VCM plants in Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Materials In Works: From ISC3 Start-up of the Month to a Pioneer in Circular Raw Materials From Label WasteS

ustainable Chemistry Changemakers: The Path to a More Sustainable Future

Start-ups in Europe: Significant Potential Remains Untapped

Study Shows Differences Between Start-ups in France, Germany and the United Kingdom

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

Evonik extends efficiency program “Tailor Made”

Companywide restructuring and savings measures through 2029: About 3,200 jobs to be cut

VEGA Opens New Plant in China

Production at the headquarters will continue and will be supplemented by the new plant

Empa spin-off Swiss Cluster wins the Swiss Economic Award

Thin layers, high performance

BDG acquires EP Ehrler from ABB

Bürkert subsidiary expands its portfolio in testing, measurement, and calibration technology

Deep tech startup Reduciner introduces novel technology to turn captured carbon into sustainable fuels

Raising 3.6 million euros in its initial funding round, the Finnish startup plans to build its first industrial-scale pilot

ZEISS Half-Year Figures: Solid Performance, Clear Future Course

Geopolitical uncertainty contributes to even greater market caution

Atomic reshuffle paves way for record-breaking catalysts for hydrogen production

"This opens a new strategy for designing adaptive catalysts for a wide range of applications"

Festo is cutting approximately 1,300 jobs in Germany

Family-owned company responds to intensifying competition in Asia and geopolitical crises with a global transformation program

Focused Energy secures US$240 million: the world’s first laser fusion power plant is set to be built in Germany

Record funding round positions the start-up at the forefront of the international fusion industry

Water splitting catalyst creates hydrogen at low temperatures

Birmingham researchers’ novel way of producing hydrogen fuel has a lower cost than existing methods

German plastics recycling on the brink of collapse

Six proposals to save the industry

Cooking plastics into oil

University of Amsterdam pilot plant brings advanced plastic recycling technology closer to industry

Magnetic field during catalyst synthesis triples ammonia yield

A scalable strategy for developing next-generation electrocatalysts for efficient and sustainable chemical production

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

Bacterial factories: A key to climate-friendly chemistry

ETH spin-off uses genetically modified microorganisms and green methanol as an intermediate step in fossil-free chemical production

Faster and more energy-efficient: Catalysts boost hydrogen-based steel production

Nickel oxides accelerate hydrogen-based steel production by a factor of two

MIT researchers develop a low-cost technique to get lithium out of rocks

MIT spinout Rock Zero aims to make U.S. lithium production less dependent on China

A Step Forward for Solar-Driven Ammonia Production

Iron-containing MOF catalysts enable ammonia synthesis without the extreme conditions of the Haber-Bosch process.

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

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

Detecting heavy metals in soil and water: New method for on-site analysis

Simple technology replaces expensive laboratory procedures

New drug could slow the development of Alzheimer’s

The active ingredient also shows anti-ageing effects

New research finds that almost all plant-based meat alternatives contain mycotoxins

Grains, legumes and seeds used in vegan products are particularly prone to mould exposure during cultivation and storage

Why doesn't coffee taste like caffeine?

Compounds created by the Maillard reaction during coffee bean roasting tame caffeine’s bitterness

New antibiotics discovered to treat multi-resistant germs

A well-known soil bacterium produces a previously unknown antibiotic that was discovered through improved fractionation methods

Could cultured chocolate unlock the next food revolution?

Chocolate from a bioreactor: UC Davis and food-tech start-up California Cultured aim to reinvent cocoa

Holography meets spectroscopy: Ultrafast microscopy method for optical processes

Research team from Heidelberg and Milan develops novel microscopy technique to study energy materials

Mini-Brains from Patient Cells Point to Vitamin B3 as Treatment for Rare Childhood Disease

Lab-grown brain organoids revealed cholesterol build-up in astrocytes as the driver of DHDDS-related neurodegeneration.

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

Nestlé manager Jolanda Schwirtz takes over as head

Researchers solve a 50-year-old mystery: how acid removes water from proteins

Cryo-electron microscopy reveals for the first time which amino acids bind water and which ones release it when acidified

Insect larvae as a screening tool

How wax moth larvae can help reduce the need for mammalian testing in infection research

Less hunger, more environmental problems?

Study investigates tradeoffs between human health and sustainability

Haga Bioscience raises $2.3m in oversubscribed seed round to bridge spatial biomarker discovery and clinical translation

Egg consumption is associated with a lower risk of Alzheimer’s Disease

Eating one egg per day for at least five days a week reduces risk of Alzheimer’s by up to 27%

Green light for Arla Foods and DMK Group merger ​

The combined milk pool totals 19.4 billion kilograms annually

Common structural analysis of interfacial water is inadequate, according to a new study

Water molecules at the air-water interface characterised layer by layer for the first time

Cytospire Therapeutics announces oversubscribed £61 million Series A financing

London-based start-up aims to activate gamma-delta T cells in both the blood and the tumour to fight cancer

Researchers find fructose sends a weaker “I’m full” signal to the brain than glucose

Findings shed light on how sugar type influences what and how much we decide to eat

Pyrolysis oil instead of crude oil: Faster fluorine analysis reduces the risk for refineries

New method solves a key analytical challenge

First European biotech with CAR-T and LNP technology under one roof

T-CURX integrates Pantherna Therapeutics, bringing together 16 patent families and 35 employee

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

PFAS detection in minutes rather than weeks: deep-tech start-up Grapheal secures €2.5 million in EU funding

The new EU Drinking Water Directive is driving demand for mobile PFAS analysis

Fewer animal experiments thanks to virtual mouse

AI-supported in silico mouse model for biomedical research

Invisible battle between bacteria determines the flavour and safety of salami

Research could lead to safer products, more consistent quality, and potentially new flavours and textures

New technology detects bacteria on surfaces in five minutes using a smartphone

UMass spun off HertZ Innovation launches smartphone-based bacterial test

Daily glass of 100% fruit juice could help support mental wellbeing

Simple diet change cuts depression scores in adults with low fruit intake

Turning food waste into carbon captors

Expected to be cheaper than other capture methods

For the first time, researchers are peering inside record-breaking superconductors

Atomic-level insights into lanthanum superhydrides are expected to enable more energy-efficient technologies in the long term