Xceleron expands U.S. operations

KNAUER acquires Labomatic and strengthens its leading position in preparative HPLC

Merck to Acquire the Chromatography Business of JSR Life Sciences

Acquisition aims to strengthen company’s downstream process offering of advanced filtration and chromatography solutions

Laboratory innovations and expert knowledge at analytica 2026

Key topics: digitalization, automation, sustainability

PlasmidFactory and Fraunhofer IZI join forces to advance non-viral cell and gene therapies

BioNTech can acquire CureVac

The largest ever Italian biotech Series A round

NanoPhoria Bioscience secures €83.5 million Series A to advance breakthrough heart failure therapy

HeartBeat.bio Joins Forces with Boehringer Ingelheim to Advance Gene Therapies for Inherited Heart Muscle Disorders

StratifAI Raises €12.5M for Clinical Validation of AI Biomarker Platform for Precision Oncology

Oversubscribed round expand global reach, and unlock multi‑billion‑euro cancer diagnostics market

Tres Alchemix Closes $4.4 Million Series A To Advance AI Drug-Design Platform

“We believe our technology can be a game changer for the drug-discovery field”

Terumo strengthens pharmaceutical location in Germany with establishment at CHEMPARK Leverkusen

Innovative saliva test decodes biological clock and optimizes cancer therapies

TimeTeller wins Hamburg Founder Award 2025

EUR 8 million for Berlin-based MedTech company DiaMonTech

International follow-up financing with business angels and Samsung Next

Biovance Capital leads Series A Financing in Mondego Bio together with OrbiMed and Torrey Pines

Mondego Bio is a new Portuguese startup developing breakthrough cancer treatments.

KNAUER nominated for the German Sustainability Award 2026

ibidi awarded the "Bavaria's Best 50" state prize

BioTech company shines with economic success

Kerry Establishes New Biotechnology Centre in Leipzig

Centre to facilitate cutting-edge innovations with wide range of applications across food, beverage and pharma

Grand finale of Ilmac Basel

Confirmed as the leading platform for chemistry and life sciences with 12,800 participants

3D multi-omics platform reduces development timelines for new therapies targeting common diseases

Enhanced Genomics extends Series A funding to USD $19 million to drive development of therapeutics pipeline

Merck & Siemens Deepen Partnership to Accelerate AI Drug Discovery & Development

Joint projects include developing AI-driven tools and digital interfaces that simplify complex scientific processes

A completely new approach in cancer therapy

KyDo secures €4.45 million seed funding

AI model predicts disease risks decades in advance

New AI tool can forecast the risk and timing of over 1,000 diseases

Sugary Drinks Influence the Psyche via the Intestine

Soft Drink Consumption Associated with Higher Risk of Depression

Using deep learning for precision cancer therapy

The tool finds the root of the disease

Risks for offspring from curcumin supplements?

Curcumin could have transgenerational effects that have been little researched to date

Possible breakthrough in the development of effective biomaterials

The results could be groundbreaking for tissue engineering

Nanobodies against cancer: A wrecking ball against tumour cells?

New research project: Approach offers great potential for personalised cancer medicine

Pioneers of epigenetics receive the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize 2026

The prizewinners' discovery shook the foundations of classical genetics and opened the door to the vast field of modern epigenetics

Nobel Prize in Medicine for immune system guardians

Two Americans and one Japanese scientist honored for revolutionary discoveries on the balance of the immune system in autoimmune diseases

The Sex of the Body: Why Our Organs Cannot Simply Be Classified as Male or Female

Much more complex than expected

Does a late breakfast shorten your lifespan?

Meal timing in later life may matter for health and longevity

Key Mechanism for Alzheimer’s Disease Discovered

Researchers identify neurotoxic protein complex

A completely new approach in cancer therapy

KyDo secures €4.45 million seed funding

Boron replaces metal: Element forms complexes with olefins

Eliminating toxic and expensive heavy metals in the chemical industry

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

New and simple detection method for nanoplastics

The “optical sieve” works like a test strip

Edible biodegradable battery could replace lithium-ion batteries

Researchers develop battery material from substances found in the body

German frozen food market remains on course for success

Strong performance in the first half of 2025

Analytik Jena and Thuringian partners develop innovative sensor technology for monitoring micropollutants in wastewater

Starting signal for "MikroGraph" research project

A new way to produce ammonia more efficiently

By boosting ammonia production, the price of electricity from hydrogen could drop

Did you know how long water lasts?

How MXenes truly work

Novel technique shines light on an exciting new nanomaterial with potential for better batteries, flexible electronics, and clean energy devices

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 for the development of metal-organic frameworks

“Metal-organic frameworks have enormous potential, bringing previously unforeseen opportunities for custom-made materials with new functions”

Pineapple juice is scarce and expensive due to a small harvest

BASF, Porsche, and BEST successfully complete pilot project on chemical recycling

Complex waste streams from end-of-life vehicles can be processed through chemical recycling into raw materials for new vehicle components such as foam for steering wheels

Meat is macho: Why masculinity concepts get in the way of green initiatives to cut meat and dairy consumption

Study recommends ways forward to encourage men to change their diet

PFAS filter from a ball mill

A team of researchers is developing an environmentally friendly material that could help remove these ‘forever chemicals’

Making yogurt with ants

How traditional practices can inspire new approaches to food science

Researchers turn coffee and plastic waste into climate solution

“What begins with a Starbucks coffee cup and a discarded plastic water bottle can become a powerful tool in the fight against climate change...”

Metsä Tissue scores its sixth consecutive Platinum-level recognition in the EcoVadis assessment

Splitting water: How order and disorder direct chemical reactivity

New study reveals mechanism behind water ionization under electrochemical conditions

MrBeast chocolate comes to Germany

Exclusively at EDEKA, Netto Marken-Discount and Marktkauf

New Batteries make 12minute charge for 800km drive a reality​

The long-standing dendrite problem has been solved

BUND evaluates official data on PFAS: contamination in animal products widespread

Eternity chemicals found in 14 of 22 chicken egg samples

Turning plastic waste into fuel

The work paves the way for energy-efficient plastic upcycling, reducing plastic pollution and promoting sustainable fuel production

Nighttime pistachio snacking may reshape gut microbiome in prediabetic adults

Eating pistachios every night for 12 weeks altered bacteria in the gut, according to new study