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Renewable Materials Conference 2025: Nominees for the Innovation Award Unveiled

hte and Heraeus Precious Metals collaborate on catalytic ammonia cracking

OQ Chemicals Rebrands as Oxea

EEW and GEA launch strategic partnership for CO₂ capture

akeno receives 4.5 million euros for real-time production planning

From BASF project to international rollout

Siemens and TURN2X join forces to scale up green energy production

Partnership directly contributes to expanding the availability of green energy alternatives

Merck Continues to Deliver Growth in Turbulent Times

The company remains confident it will deliver sustainable growth for the year

thyssenkrupp nucera Improves Sales and Earnings in Second Quarter

Both thyssenkrupp nucera business areas, green hydrogen and chlor-alkali electrolysis, contributed to sales growth

Overwhelming success: digital lab day 2025 impresses across the board

International platform for laboratory digitization extended by one week

Bayer confirms 2025 targets after solid start to the year

Five-year plan for Crop Science to strengthen the company

Less than a month to go: E-Waste World, Battery Recycling, Metal Recycling, ITAD & Circular Electronics Conference & Expos 2025 enter final phase

elementarhy Revolutionizes with New Technology Previously Costly Hydrogen Production

Start-up aims to become a pioneer for green hydrogen

Heidelberg start-up develops system for precise drug monitoring with just one drop of blood

Start-up portrait: QuantiLight revolutionizes blood tests with home monitoring platform

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

analytica expands its international network to the USA

US laboratory market with top growth forecasts

Power vaccination against cancer boosts the immune system

New hope: Researchers are mobilising the immune system's defence against tumour cells within just two weeks using a two-phase vaccination regimen

Pineapple juice is scarce and expensive due to a small harvest

Battery research: visualisation of aging processes operando

‘A lot happens at the interfaces between the anode, separator and cathode while a battery is charging or discharging’

Breakthrough in methane research: Activation mechanism of methane-producing enzyme decoded

"Nature" publication reveals the evolutionary link between two fundamental biological processes

UtZ® Introduces New Limited-Time Flavors and A Redesigned Barrel For Cheese Balls

New hope against superbugs: A completely new molecule has been identified

Promising antibiotic candidate discovered

Chronic Sleep Disorder or Busy Whiling Away Time?

A meta-study shows that sleep disorders and sleep deprivation leave different traces in the brain

Label battle: Paulaner wins in dispute against Karlsberg brewery

Viruses under the super microscope: How influenza viruses communicate with cells

Researchers uncover new mechanisms for influenza viruses to enter cells

Artificial sweeteners cause confusion in the brain

Artificial sugar substitutes stimulate the appetite in the brain and influence the ability to make decisions

A new method identifies rancid hazelnuts without removing them from the bag

New model predicts a chemical reaction’s point of no return

Chemists could use this quick computational method to design more efficient reactions that yield useful compounds, from fuels to pharmaceuticals

Identifying pathogens within minutes instead of days

Mass spectrometry detects bacteria without time-consuming isolation and multiplication

Meat consumption remains at a low level

ProVeg speaks of "intermediate plateau" and underlines call for a future nutrition plan

Observing the ultrafast electrical charging of liquids

Results extend applicability to diverse systems, from biological membranes to next-generation energy storage devices

Chlorotonil: Game-Changer in the Fight Against Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens

Researchers decipher novel mode of action of natural product antibiotic

Design2Market: New delivery box for Frittenwerk in just 6 weeks

Significant breakthrough in the chemistry of fluorinated compounds

Overcoming the “Fluoro Wall”: Researchers observe tunneling effect of heavy atoms for the first time

Highly Reactive Catalyst Enables Labeling of Biologically Active Compounds

New reactivity enables conversion of seemingly “unreactive” molecule parts

Mondelēz International Continues Progress Against “Snacking Made Right” Priorities

New Method for Detecting Nanoplastics in Body Fluids

TU Graz and start-up BRAVE Analytics have developed a method for detecting nanoplastics in liquids and determining their composition

Bacterium Produces “Organic Dishwashing Liquid” to Degrade Oil

A study has illuminated the mechanism by which this marine creature produces the detergent

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

Virtual reality goes AI

Paderborn University develops AI assistance for virtual chemistry lab

Understanding which proteins work together

Findings could improve the search for new drugs with fewer side effects.

The EPO unveils the top 10 innovators of the first standalone edition of the Young Inventors Prize 2025

Prize recognises innovators under 30 who are tackling Global Challenges through groundbreaking science and technology

Scientists achieve breakthrough in laser-alignment for macromolecular single-particle imaging

Visualization of molecular structures with unprecedented detail