Geoffrey McDonough appointed President and CEO of Swedish Orphan Biovitrum

New imaging procedures in cancer surgery

Helmholtz High Impact Award for Oliver Bruns and Ellen Sletten

Andrea Ablasser, Glen Barber, and Zhijian J. Chen will be awarded the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize 2025

Award recognizes the discovery of a fundamental signaling pathway of innate immunity

Change of management at abberior instruments

Dr. Christine Munz becomes CEO at Eppendorf

Dr. Wilhelm Plüster completes term in office as planned

Biotage AB appointment of new CEO

GDCh Award for Biocatalysis for Sebastian Gergel

Synthetic biology reveals the secrets of life without oxygen

ERC Advanced Grant for natural product researcher Christian Hertweck

Future Insight Prize 2024 Awarded to Johns Hopkins University’s Lauren Gardner

Award is a research grant of € 500,000 for AI-based solutions to prevent future pandemics

From Novartis to Siegfried: Marcel Imwinkelried appointed as new CEO

altona Diagnostics announces leadership transition

New General Managers appointed

Dr. Roland Durner becomes new CEO of Bioengineering AG

End of an era: Sartorius boss steps down

Supervisory Board expresses great regret

Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators 2024 goes to Clemens Plaschka, Austria

In addition to the winner of the Eppendorf Award 2024, two finalists were honored: Irma Querques and Phong Nguyen

Lonza Welcomes New Group Chief Executive Officer Wolfgang Wienand

Albert M. Baehny will retire from Lonza Group following a transition period

Klaus Grohe Prize goes to Yimon Aye

50,000 euros for groundbreaking research into cell communication

British chemist is honoured for her groundbreaking work in mass spectrometry

​​Dame Carol Robinson opened a new era for protein analysis and drug development

Lab-Made Sugars and Nanobodies from Alpacas Against Cancer: Oren Moscovitz Wins Prestigious Hermann Neuhaus Prize

Two start-ups are already working to bring these findings closer to public fruition

Turning fallen leaves into sustainably made paper

Ukrainian scientist selected as a finalist for the Young Inventors Prize 2024

Portable AI-based test kit to identify bacterial infections

Dutch scientist selected as a finalist for the Young Inventors Prize 2024: Her startup focuses on the most common types of infection

Köttermann Ltd. in Great Britain under new management

“We are delighted that Joanna Speight will enrich our team in England with her extensive experience in the laboratory sector”

Ig Nobel Prize awarded to Takanori Takebe for "butt-breathing" study

Go ahead, crack a joke. Butt seriously, this research might save lives someday by helping people when they cannot get enough oxygen via their lungs

Study shows what your favourite film genres reveal about your brain

New vector vaccine against COVID-19 provides long-term protection

Yellow dye solution makes tissue transparent on living animals

"It will completely revolutionize existing optical research in biology"

Microbe of the Year 2023: Bacillus subtilis – for health and technology

Already, Bacillus subtilis is indispensable in many industries, and many more innovations are expected

Stopping and reversing Alzheimer's at an early stage

TUM study shows promising therapeutic approach

Strength Training Activates Cellular Waste Disposal

Regulated degradation of damaged cell components prevents heart failure and nerve diseases

Common salt activates anti-tumor cells

Evidence found that sodium chloride can increase the activity of certain immune cells against cancer

New pharmaceutically active substances from billions of newly combined molecules

“We’re seeing immense interest from industry and research, especially in cyclic molecules, which to date haven’t been accessible in large numbers”

How to live 400 years

Genome of the longest-lived vertebrate decoded: It is huge and has special repair capabilities

How cells generate heat by burning calories

“People who train their brown fat through regular cold exposure are thinner and less prone to developing diabetes and cardiovascular diseases”

When is the best time of day for cancer treatment?

Researchers are developing new methods to use the internal clock inside tumor cells to optimize cancer therapies

Alcohol as a storage medium

Power-to-methanol could become a mainstay of the energy transition

The banana apocalypse is near, but biologists might have found a key to their survival

Discovery of molecular mechanisms used by the banana-destroying microbe brings hope to the breakfast table

Evidence stacks up for poisonous books containing toxic dyes

Greenhouse gas HFC-23: Abatement of emissions is achievable

Novel measuring method for gas emissions

proFagus: Regenerated smoke is the safest alternative for food preservation and flavoring

Regenerated smoke is the safest alternative for food preservation and flavoring

Spectris Acquires SciAps Incorporated

Scientists achieve more than 98% efficiency removing nanoplastics from water

The liquid-based solution uses a solvent to trap the plastic particles, leaving clean water behind.

Vertical Farming – A Contribution to Protein Supply for the Growing Global Population

E-nose has mastered the art of detecting spoiled meat

A surprising way to jump-start battery performance

First charge determines lifespan of lithium-ion batteries

Breakthrough in cost-effective production of cultivated meat

"We were inspired by how Ford’s automated assembly line revolutionized the car industry 110 years ago”

Sulfurous acid H2SO3 - and it does exist

World's first proof under atmospheric conditions calls textbook opinion into question

The bee’s knees: New tests created to find fake honey

Rice-built reactor yields green ammonia and purified water

New reactor system could decarbonize ammonia production, treat nitrate-contaminated water

Two thirds of baby foods in US grocery stores are unhealthy, study shows

Wake-up call for parents and policymakers with widespread use of misleading claims

Take ... Baking Powder! Simple Ingredients for a Chemical Hydrogen Storage System

Easy to Store and Transport

86.800 tons of gingerbread produced in Germany in 2023

Production and export of gingerbread highest in late summer

Chemical plastics recycling is ready to go

“It’s every chemical engineer’s dream to have a formula like this at hand for their process”

Fi Europe Startup Challenge: Time to take centre stage

Entries for the Fi Europe Startup Challenge are now open with a submission deadline of 6 September.

Breaking open the AI black box, team finds key chemistry for solar energy and beyond

Screening process for new chemical candidates becomes dramatically simpler than blindly searching around chemical space

The current dietary recommendations would quickly empty the shelves in supermarkets

Researchers discover smarter way to recycle polyurethane

Researchers at Aarhus University have found a better method to recycle polyurethane foam

Can fungi turn food waste into the next culinary sensation?

UC Berkeley researcher makes the case for Neurospora-laced oat pulp and cheesy moldy bread