Analytics giant builds new global headquarters for 1 trillion-yen vision

Japanese corporation invests in new headquarters and aims to massively increase annual revenue

19-Feb-2026 - HORIBA, Ltd. announces plans to build a new global headquarters on the site of its current head office in Kisshoin, Minami-ku, Kyoto. Construction began in December 2025, and completion is planned for January 2028. HORIBA’s current Kyoto head office building was completed in March 1997 and will ...

​​​analytica supporting program: Ready for the smart laboratory of tomorrow

Experience laboratory innovations live

19-Feb-2026 - Digital technologies, artificial intelligence, and increasing sustainability requirements are noticeably changing the world of laboratories. Alongside, the need for information and discussion among lab users is also growing. This is precisely where the analytica supporting program comes in: From ...

Element cobalt exhibits surprising properties

"This completely changes our current understanding of the fundamental properties of this elemental material"

13-Feb-2026 - The element cobalt is considered a typical ferromagnet with no further secrets. However, an international team led by HZB researcher Dr. Jaime Sánchez-Barriga has now uncovered complex topological features in its electronic structure. Spin-resolved measurements of the band structure (spin-ARPES) ...

Seeing How Atoms Vibrate at the Angstrom Scale

12-Feb-2026 - Probing the vibration of atoms provides detailed information on local structure and bonding that define material properties. Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) offers extremely high resolution to probe such vibrations. Krystof Brezina and Mariana Rossi from the MPI for the Structure and ...

Waters Completes Combination with BD's Biosciences & Diagnostic Solutions Businesses

Announces appointment of Claire M. Fraser, Ph.D., to its Board of Directors

11-Feb-2026 - Waters Corporation announced it has completed the previously announced combination with the Biosciences & Diagnostic Solutions businesses of Becton, Dickinson and Company. The transaction forms a global life sciences and diagnostics leader, equipped with best-in-class technologies, and an ...

analytica conference 2026: From diagnosing leukemia to detecting opioids

45 sessions on cutting-edge research in analytical chemistry, bioanalytics and diagnostics

05-Feb-2026 - Under the motto “Science meets industry”, the analytica conference covers the broad spectrum of analytical chemistry and bioanalytics. From March 24 to 26, researchers from all over the world will present their latest findings in Munich, at the same time as analytica, the world’s leading trade ...

Sartorius achieves considerable profitable growth in 2025 and maintains positive outlook

Group sales revenue rises by 7.6 percent to around 3.5 billion euros

04-Feb-2026 - According to preliminary figures, the life science group Sartorius continues its profitable growth path, closing fiscal year 2025 with a considerable increase in sales revenue and earnings as expected. Management forecasts further growth and continued high profitability for 2026. “Across the ...

A quantum leap in optical microscopy

Researchers from Regensburg and Birmingham overcome a fundamental limitation of optical microscopy

03-Feb-2026 - From smartphone cameras to space telescopes, the desire to see ever finer detail has driven technological progress. Yet as we probe smaller and smaller length scales, we encounter a fundamental boundary set by light itself. Because light behaves as a wave, it cannot be focused arbitrarily sharply ...

X-ray view into chemical reactions

How iron-sulfur nanolayers are formed

29-Jan-2026 - Researchers at the University of Hamburg, the University of Toulouse, and the DESY and ESRF research institutes have observed for the first time in real time how iron-sulfur nanostructures form in solutions. Using time-resolved X-ray methods, the researchers were able to visualize the entire ...

trinamiX with new management

BASF considers restructuring or partial sale of its subsidiary

28-Jan-2026 - BASF is examining strategic options for its subsidiary trinamiX GmbH. trinamiX specializes in biometric imaging and mobile material analysis. These activities are not part of BASF’s core business, on which the company is focusing as part of the implementation of its new strategy. In the ...