Biogen Idex announces appointment of Nancy L. Leaming to board of directors

Evotec appoints Dr Christian Wojczewski as CEO

Antiviral nasal spray for common colds or more severe respiratory diseases

Start-up G.ST Antivirals reports start of Phase II trial and announces appointment of Ronald Bruce Turner as new Chief Medical Officer

New CEO at the GUS Group

Thorsten Schlechtriem takes the helm

Lonza Appoints Wolfgang Wienand as New CEO

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

Ilke Panzer appointed new Greiner Bio-One Division Manager

"We were convinced by her impressive career at major US companies such as General Electric and Johnson & Johnson"

Michael Kleinemeier Chairman of the Merck Supervisory Board until the 2024 AGM

Jean-Marc Huët to succeed Albert M. Baehny as Chairman of Lonza

Longstanding Chairman of Lonza, Albert Baehny will not stand for re-election

Revvity Elects Sophie Vandebroek and Michael Klobuchar to its Board of Directors

Sylvie Gregoire leaves Revvity Board of Directors

Seita Hagihara Takes Over as President of Yokogawa Europe

Biotage CEO & President steps down from his role

Evotec announces CEO transition

Dr Werner Lanthaler to step down as CEO

Tobias Erb receives the Leibniz Award 2024

Innovative, interdisciplinary research approach opens up new possibilities for developing technologies to address the global climate crisis

How stem cells and immune cells communicate

Lisec Artz Award for Simon Haas: Groundbreaking discovery of an unknown protective mechanism against blood cancer from stem cells

Danaher appoints Christopher Riley to Executive Vice President for Biotechnology

Lonza manager joins Cellbox Solutions GmbH as new CEO

Changes in the management of Hermann Waldner GmbH & Co. KG

New management structure

Innovative research aims to improve wound healing and cancer therapy

Freiburg researcher Priscilla Briquez receives ERC Starting Grant for innovative approach to protein engineering

Eppendorf realigns Management Board structure

The position of the CEO will be filled

Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 goes to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier

The laureates’ contributions have enabled the investigation of processes that are so rapid they were previously impossible to follow

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman receive Nobel Prize for discoveries in the fight against corona

The mother's protein intake affects the newborn's face

"The findings emphasize the importance of maintaining a well-balanced diet during pregnancy, with particular attention to protein intake"

Unfavourable carbohydrates early in the morning - a potential problem for "owls"

"Larks" and "owls" react differently to carbohydrate-rich meals

Innovative treatment helmet from a Basel spin-off promises advances in the treatment of Alzheimer’s

There is a huge market for the treatment of patients with degenerative brain diseases

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

Memory self-test via smartphone can identify early signs of Alzheimer’s disease

German-US research team and Magdeburg-based start-up have proven that memory problems can be recognised using an app

Breakthrough in research on brown fat

Hope for strategies that support weight loss: Researchers from Denmark and Germany have found brown fat’s “off-switch"

Common household chemicals pose new threat to brain health

Research shows chemicals in countless household items harm specialized cells in the brain

With the Flick of a Switch: Shaping Cells with Light

The therapeutic potential of this research is immense

Sustainable plastics from agricultural waste

The production of these materials is now being scaled up by the EPFL spin-off, Bloom Biorenewables, in an effort to get them into the market

Game changer in fighting cancer: BioCopy expands corporate portfolio with acquisition of start-up Perspix Biotech

"BioCopy is able to accelerate the development time from a decade long marathon to a fast sprint"

AI designs new drugs based on protein structures

“It’s a real breakthrough for drug discovery”: Process ensures right from the start that the molecules can be chemically synthesised

Click, click, boom—150 new molecules within days instead of months

A new study calls accelerated SuFEx click chemistry “a robust platform for drug discovery”

Nadja Håkansson appointed Chief Executive Officer of thyssenkrupp Uhde

Map of feelings of happiness

Finally back in the ice cream parlor! Researchers have now discovered how our brain guides us to such "reward places".

Novel UV Broadband Spectrometer Revolutionises Air Pollutant Analysis

The laser-based technology developed at TU Graz enables the continual real-time analysis of air pollutants and their interaction with other gases and sunlight

Research team develops sodium battery capable of rapid charging in just a few seconds

Breakthrough in overcoming the current limitations of energy storage systems

Smart formulation in food technology

Harnessing infrared spectroscopy for consistent and predictable apple puree quality

Scientists accelerate spectroscopic analysis

"This innovation expands the application of compressed sensing to real-time spectroscopic measurement"

Tests confirm quality of purified graphite from used lithium-ion batteries

Important step for the Circular Economy

Take it from the rats: A junk food diet can cause long-term damage to adolescent brains

Rats that were fed a diet chock-full of fat and sugar in their adolescence suffered memory impairment, USC researchers found

Advanced imaging techniques on a semiconductor material reveal ‘surprising’ hidden activity

"This surprising and previously overlooked observation completely changes how we need to view this technology"

Novel hydrogel removes microplastics from water

The material has a unique intertwined polymer network that can bind the contaminants and degrade them using UV light irradiation

Krombacher Brewery launches three unusual beer mix drinks with party liqueur Berliner Luft

The Big Quantum Chill: NIST Scientists Modify Common Lab Refrigerator to Cool Faster With Less Energy

The time and energy required to chill materials to temperatures near absolute zero has been dramatically reduced

BASF has started prototype metal refinery for battery recycling

Innovative technology extracts lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese and copper from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries and battery production scrap

Size of salty snack influences eating behavior that determines amount consumed

Study suggests pretzel size affects intake by governing how quickly a person eats and how big their bites are

Particle surface properties and their understanding - a trend also among young scientists

Three candidates nominated for the LUM Science Prize YSA in June 2024

Longer-lasting and more sustainable green hydrogen production

The findings impact the ability to achieve a lasting and sustainable hydrogen-based energy economy

Newly sequenced genome reveals coffee’s prehistoric origin story — and its future under climate change

Study charts family history of Arabica, world’s most popular coffee species, through Earth’s heating and cooling periods over last millennia

Chemists pioneer work to reduce carbon emissions

“My team and I have been hard at work trying to find more sustainable ways to separate, purify and trap ethylene..."

Did you know that parents should be careful with rice cakes?

Battery material for the sodium-ion revolution

Opening a window to the food industry’s future: the world’s first factory growing food out of thin air launches

BASF, SABIC, and Linde celebrate the start-up of the world's first large-scale electrically heated steam cracking furnace

Technology with the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by at least 90% compared to conventional steam crackers

Swapping red meat for herring/sardines could save up to 750,000 lives/year in 2050

Adopting forage fish diet would be especially helpful in the Global South, say researchers

Eco-friendly textiles without PFAS

"The technology is environmentally friendly and also has interesting economic potential"

Why the BfR is shooting at gelatine or how the food safety of game meat can be guaranteed