Dow Ends Force Majeure for Polyether Polyols

WACKER commissions new production line for semiconductor-grade polysilicon at Burghausen site

Worth over €300 million, the new production facility is the Group’s largest single investment in the last ten years

Breakthrough in lithium refining from lithium chloride

Strengthening the European battery industry: Nobian joins forces with Veolia to advance lithium production for batteries

Dow will shut down three upstream European assets

Reducing merchant sale exposure, and removing higher-cost, energy-intensive assets

Multi-million investment to drive the de-fossilization of the chemical industry

Verbio flagship project in bio-based chemicals: groundbreaking for catalyst production in Hungary

Höchst Industrial Park: Carbon capture pilot plant goes into operation

Project by Infraserv Höchst and GEA

Europe’s largest e-Fuel production plant goes into operation

INERATEC opens ERA ONE

New Prospects for Green Ammonia

Study provides a blueprint for load-flexible production plant – and lower costs

AkzoNobel takes next steps to optimize its European industrial footprint

WACKER commissions new plants for specialty silicones in China

WACKER continues its successful “in China for China” strategy with this expansion

WACKER starts production of hybrid polymers at its Nünchritz site

Expansion measure underscores focus on specialties offering high innovation potential

BASF invests in new semiconductor-grade sulfuric acid plant in Ludwigshafen

New capacity meets growing demand for the manufacturing of chips in Europe

thyssenkrupp Uhde and Praj Industries Ltd join forces to revolutionize polylactic acid production and circular economy

End-to-end offering for PLA (polylactic acid) production

thyssenkrupp Uhde secures landmark contract for GNFC's new nitric acid plant

Third project for GNFC will increase nitric acid production capacity by more than 50

World premiere: "Mannheim 001" production plant produces marine fuel from wastewater and electricity

e-Methanol is a climate-neutral fuel alternative and therefore key to the sustainable transformation of the shipping industry

Hy2gen reaches milestone for ammonia project in Canada

Hy2gen's COURANT project was awarded the contract last year for a capacity of 307 MW to produce 230,000 tons of renewable ammonia per year.

OQ Chemicals to Launch Heptanoic Acid Production in Germany

Investment in Growth

BASF commissions 54-megawatt water electrolyzer

Direct integration of the technology into a chemical production environment is a world first

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

Battery cell demand will highly increase by 2030

Sustainable Battery Manufacturing in Sight

Successful Completion of the BMBF-Funded Project IDcycLIB

Green hydrogen economy: Evonik is building a plant for anion exchange membranes

Pilot plant for production of anion exchange membranes in Marl to start operation at the end of 2025

A Breakthrough in PFAS Destruction

Claros Successfully Demonstrates High-Throughput PFAS Destruction in Landmark Pilot

Temporary tattoo could detect an unwanted drug in your drink

A chemical receptor turns red when it detects the drug γ-hydroxybutyrate

CO₂ as a raw material: Power2Polymers sets milestone for climate-friendly chemistry

New materials with real added value

Syensqo and Start-up cylib reach a milestone in lithium recovery from spent electric vehicle batteries

Innovative process enables successful pilot-scale materials recovery from end-of-life electric vehicle batteries to meet future lithium needs

Magnetic cooling – using a frustrated desert mineral

Research team identifies atacamite as a magnetocaloric material

A more climate-friendly way to produce nitrogen fertilizer

Ammonia can be produced from water and nitrogen gas using electricity from solar and wind

Nina Energy: From ISC3 Start-up of the Month to global climate protection innovation

Sustainable Chemistry Changemakers: The path to a more sustainable future

Rethinking Batteries: Raw material sovereignty and a boost to innovation for Europe

With BMFTR funding, start-up theion and partners advance new generation of lithium-sulphur battery cells - resource-efficient, powerful and scalable

An intelligent catalyst for sustainable chemistry

A breakthrough in the field of single-atom catalysts

Breakthrough smart plastic: Self-healing, shape-shifting, and stronger than steel

Progress toward decarbonizing the chemical industry

Positive interim results for the Air2Chem project

Merck Closes Divestment of Surface Solutions to GNMI

The selling price amounts to € 665 million

Unexpected side-effect: how common medications clear the way for pathogens

Many non-antibiotics weaken the natural protective function of the intestine – with consequences for the colonization with pathogenic bacteria

Unilever reaches new business arrangement for Ben & Jerry’s in Israel

Unilever announced it has reached a new arrangement for Ben & Jerry’s in Israel which will ensure the ice cream stays available to all consumers

Simple color-changing sensor quickly identifies poisonous gases

A durable, paper-based sensor array enables quick and accurate measurements within minutes

Could lithium explain — and treat — Alzheimer’s disease?

Lithium loss ignites Alzheimer’s, but lithium compound can reverse disease in mice

MrBeast chocolate comes to Germany

Exclusively at EDEKA, Netto Marken-Discount and Marktkauf

Testing chemicals for a safer, more sustainable future

EU-project TOXBOX reaches 18 month-milestone

This protein slows the aging brain and we know how to counter it

Pineapple juice is scarce and expensive due to a small harvest

New method for protein analysis

The process can be used universally without the need for expensive special equipment

New method loads mRNA into exosomes in 10 minutes—just mix and go

KIST team develops cubosome-based method for loading large therapeutics without damaging exosomes

Nighttime pistachio snacking may reshape gut microbiome in prediabetic adults

Eating pistachios every night for 12 weeks altered bacteria in the gut, according to new study

Temporary tattoo could detect an unwanted drug in your drink

A chemical receptor turns red when it detects the drug γ-hydroxybutyrate

How immune cells switch into attack mode

New insights into macrophage biology

Sweet and climate-friendly: Kaufland's first own-brand products with a cocoa-free chocolate alternative

An advanced imaging technique detects cancer with unprecedented precision

New endoscopy technology enables early detection of esophageal cancer

Study finds caffeine can weaken effectiveness of certain antibiotics

Researchers discover substances bacteria can find in their natural environment trigger their alert systems

Did you know how long water lasts?

How Molecules Break and Form Bonds

A crucial step toward truly understanding chemical processes

These immune cells eat molecular trash to keep Alzheimer's at bay

A molecular receptor enables microglia to gobble up and digest amyloid beta plaques

Metsä Tissue scores its sixth consecutive Platinum-level recognition in the EcoVadis assessment

New MRI technology makes cancer visible at an early stage

MRI signal amplified 24,000-fold: University start-up QuantView develops highly sensitive contrast agent

Sunny side up for eggs and cholesterol

It’s time to rethink the reputation of eggs

Beetroot juice lowers blood pressure in older people by changing oral microbiome

"Encouraging older adults to consume more nitrate-rich vegetables could have significant long term health benefits"

analytica expands its international network to the USA

US laboratory market with top growth forecasts

Researchers identify a potential biomarker for long COVID

Extracellular vesicles in study participants contain SARS-CoV-2 peptides

Vion: 2024 Strategy Execution Drives Strong Results in 2025

From COVID to cancer, new at-home test spots disease with startling accuracy

A new technology uses the "coffee-ring effect," paired with plasmonics and AI, for rapid diagnostics

First Human Implantation of a Brain-Computer Interface made in Germany

CorTec Announces Neurotech Milestone: “This breakthrough opens the door to therapies that were once unimaginable”

Allergy-Triggering Proteins in Barley Measured Precisely for the First Time

New Basis for More Tolerable Foods

How to detect the amount of microplastics in food

Focus on fish and seafood