Merck Serono Appoints Luciano Rossetti as Global Head of R&D

Dennis L. Kasper to be awarded the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize 2024

iOmx Therapeutics appoints Dr. Nils Peter Debus as Chief Business Officer

EVIDENT Corporation Appoints New CEO and COO

BioGaia appoints Theresa Agnew as new CEO

Samanta Cimitan Appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Celonic

leon-nanodrugs appoints Dr. Hans Frickel as Chief Executive Officer

CureVac Announces Update to the Management Team

Chief Scientific Officer resigned

Future Insight Prize 2023 Awarded to Khalid Salaita for Early Detection of Pandemics

Khalid Salaita awarded a research grant for the development of sensors to detect pathogens automated by DNA motors

Innovation Award awarded for breakthrough in X-Ray Fluorescence Tracking for Medical Imaging

Florian Grüner from the University of Hamburg receives the Innovation Award for Synchrotron Radiation

Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators 2023 goes to Maurice Michel, Sweden

„These ground-breaking discoveries may have far-reaching applications in the treatment of cancer or age-related degeneration“

Columbia University’s prestigious Schaefer Award goes to biochemist Robert Tampé of Goethe University

First woman to head research & development at Sanofi in Germany

Marion Zerlin succeeds Jochen Maas, who is retiring

Chemist Jörn Piel receives Inhoffen Medal 2023

HZI and Technische Universität Braunschweig honour specialist for marine natural products

T-CURX announces senior leadership appointments

T-CURX completes formation of highly experienced clinical team to rapidly advance clinical translation of its next-generation CAR-T cell therapies

Merck chief financial officer steps down

Helene von Roeder appointed Chief Financial Officer and Executive Board Member, effective July 1, 2023

LenioBio announces new CEO

Founder will be stepping down as CEO

The Jung Foundation for Science and Research awards the 2023 Jung Prize for Medicine to Özlem Türeci

Stefan Rose-John receives a prize for his life’s work and Achmed Mrestani is awarded as young researcher

Alexandra Gatzemeyer joins Executive Board of Sartorius to lead the Lab Products & Services division

Waters Corporation Appoints Richard Fearon to Board of Directors

High honor for pioneers of cancer immunotherapy

Meyenburg Prize goes to Katalin Karikó, Uǧur Șahin and Özlem Türeci

Cells with an ear for music release insulin

For the first time, researchers are using music, including Queen's global hit "We will rock you," to stimulate insulin release from cells

"Anti-obesity drugs" normalises brain in obesity

Anti-obesity drug improves associative learning in people with obesity

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

Younger generation gets sick earlier and more often than older generation

In spite of their advanced age, they are in the middle of life, healthy, active and mentally alert – they are referred to as the “young old”

How sleep deprivation can harm the brain

Sleep deprivation decreases the amount of a factor that protects neurons

How internal clocks control fat metabolism

Modern lifestyle can disrupt "cycle of lipids"

A whole new order of bacteria could hold the key to improving biogas production

The discovery was made by researchers from Germany, Spain and the Netherlands

How to inactivate common cold viruses

In the cold season, cold viruses are everywhere. But we can do something about it

How minimal genetic differences can turn healthy food into a deadly danger

You are what you eat - this old saying could take on a new dimension according to latest research results

New approach to testing for long Covid

Blood vessels in the eye altered with persistent coronavirus symptoms

Researchers decode new antibiotic

Combined attack minimizes resistance development

At which age we are at our happiest

An evaluation of over 400 samples shows how subjective well-being develops over the course of a lifespan

Major breakthrough in the development of electric vehicle batteries

New study finds ways to suppress lithium plating in automotive batteries for faster charging electric vehicles

Blender Bites launches at Walmart USA

The products are to be introduced in about 1,600 stores across the country

Benchtop NMR spectroscopy can accurately analyse pyrolysis oils

More accessible analysis could help develop the potential of bio-oils as an alternative to fossil fuels

Green methanol for shipping and industry: € 10.4 Mio. for the "Leuna100" project

A consortium of two Fraunhofer institutes, DBI-Gastechnologisches Institut Freiberg, Technical University of Berlin and C1 makes industrial history at the Leuna site

Clean water from fog

A property known as photocatalytic memory ensures that this also functions when skies are overcast and at night

Can an artificial nose detect food spoilage?

The trio - nickel, palladium, and platinum - for enhanced hydrogen evolution

Green, sweet and crisp - New apple variety Pia41 approved

The apple bred at the Julius Kühn Institute receives variety protection

Taste secret of sourdough bread decoded

Consistent quality of sourdoughs as a goal

Research shows table salt could be the secret ingredient for better chemical recycling

Table salt as the key to the plastics recycling revolution?

Sugar: Small increase in production despite record prices

EU sugar market more than in need of reform to keep medium-sized processing companies competitive

Researchers “film” novel catalyst at work

Graphene discovery could help generate hydrogen cheaply and sustainably

Microscopic insights into electrochemical interfaces

Stanford study shows how the meat and dairy sector resists competition from alternative animal products

Scientists use quantum device to slow down simulated chemical reaction 100 billion times

What happens in femtoseconds in nature can now be observed in milliseconds in the lab

New battery holds promise for green energy

Redox-flow battery eliminates costly and inefficient membrane

People Misjudge the Amount of Sugar in Foods

Limited Information Can Already Help

Fondant under the magnifying glass

New insights into the properties of sweet coating: The results could be used to optimize the industrial production process in the future

Leipzig-based start-up converts CO₂ into green chemicals with patented plasma catalysis

CO₂ recycling as a useful complement to carbon capture and storage

A microchip for Parmigiano Reggiano cheese

Consorzio del Parmigiano Reggiano, p-Chip Corporation, and Kaasmerk Matec Partner to Launch Breakthrough in Food-Safe Digital Tracking Technology

Altmann Analytik acquires Technolab GmbH

Cleaning water with ‘smart rust’ and magnets

New method for pollutants such as crude oil, glyphosate, microplastics and hormones

Alpirsbacher increases sales and turnover

Beer volumes up 6.1 percent, sales up 15 percent

Recycling the non-recyclable

New epoxy resin resists flames and reduces waste

Germany: Food and energy keep inflation high

Inflation rate of +6.1% in August 2023

A Second Life for Electric Car Batteries

Scientists develop a decision model for retired lithium-ion batteries

Making plant-based meat more ‘meaty’ — with fermented onions

When fermented with specific type of fungus, normally pungent onions can produce the same sort of chemicals that make meats smell ‘meaty’