immatics receives €22 million final tranche of Series D fundraising

Beckman Coulter and Fujirebio enter into partnership

The goal is a patient-friendly, blood-based Alzheimer's disease test

Merck Enters Two Strategic Collaborations to Strengthen AI-driven Drug Discovery

Partnerships with BenevolentAI and Exscientia to drive accelerated drug discovery with higher probability of success

Successful exit: adivo joins Zoetis

adivo’s team and platform will strengthen Zoetis’ capabilities in therapeutic antibody drug discovery for companion animals

Bertelsmann Investments acquires stake in AI-powered Israeli healthcare startup QuantHealth

AI-supported start-up company for clinical trial planning

Moderna and Immatics Announce Strategic Multi-Platform Collaboration

Develop Innovative Oncology Therapeutics

Microplate Dx secures £2.5 million to develop rapid diagnostic technology for better antibiotic use

In minutes rather than days to prescribe the optimal antibiotic

RIANA Therapeutics enters into collaboration agreement with LDC

"This cooperation has the great potential to lay the groundwork for new, urgently needed therapeutic approaches for AML patients"

Six companies enter BioInnovation Institute's Venture House program receiving additional financial support

Hong Kong firm invests in Jena-based Oncgnostics GmbH

Nestle sells peanut allergen Palforzia

AaviGen raises 17 million € in second financing round to advance precision gene therapies for heart failure towards the clinical stage

Life Science Factory to Open a New Location at Helmholtz Munich in 2024

Strategic partnership between Life Science Factory and Helmholtz Munich to promote spin-offs

Danaher to Acquire Abcam

Takara Bio and Eppendorf cooperate

Automation of Takara Bio’s Chemistries on Eppendorf’s Automated Pipetting Systems for Significantly Higher Efficiency

Mysthera Therapeutics Launches to Develop First-in-Class Autoimmune Disease Therapies

Seed Capital from Forty51 Ventures to Advance Pipeline of Pan-PIM Kinase Inhibitors

Valuable raw materials from olive waste

ETH spin-​off Gaia Tech transforms waste from olive oil production into high-​quality antioxidants for use in cosmetics or food

Qualifyze raises $12m to transform supply chain compliance in pharma by leveraging tech and audit data

KNAUER invests in Dresden-based start-up company

Both companies will offer integrated solutions in the field of material separation and laboratory organisation

Bruker Corporation and PhenomeX Inc. Announce Definitive Agreement for Bruker to Acquire PhenomeX in All-Cash Transaction

Acquisition initiates Bruker’s entry into functional single-cell biology research solutions

EVIDENT Corporation Appoints New CEO and COO

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’