Akela and Nventa announce merger

ZEISS expands its Innovation Hub in Dresden

ZEISS moves into new premises in Dresden with the Innovation Hub to further expand research activities in the life sciences and health sector

Investors focus on therapies for untreatable serious diseases

Start-up 4P-Pharma secures another million-euro investment

Life sciences industry accelerates growth through volume and efficiency

"With the decline in inflation, the optimism in the life sciences sector, which has never really been lost, is also receiving a new boost"

Solvias to Build Biologics and Cell & Gene Therapy Testing Center in Research Triangle Park

Expanding analytical service capabilities for life science companies developing advanced treatments for cancer and rare diseases

16th BioVaria honours SurvivX and QUASAR Therapeutics with Startup Pitch & Partner Awards

Among the GO-Bio initial and ForTra projects, Innovade, Cognisa and Mallia Therapeutics were selected as winners

Bio-Techne announces new distribution agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific

Eco-friendly and cost-effective biosurfactants derived from waste

Ghent-based start-up will revolutionize the surfactant market: AmphiStar secures €6 million

Bio-based alternatives to single-use plastics

Suzano Ventures invests up to US$5 million into Bioform Technologies to further develop bio-based plastic alternatives

Norwegian start-up aims to unlock the potential of marine bioactives for cancer treatment

KinSea announces first closing of seed financing

Revolution in the pharmaceutical industry? Swiss startup launches AI-based software for clinical trials

Protocol AI accelerates clinical trial development and patient access to therapies

“Restore trust and get Bayer on track for better performance”

Three-year process of rejuvenation launched

CARBIOS celebrates the groundbreaking of its PET biorecycling plant

CARBIOS’ first plant is also a world first using revolutionary enzymatic depolymerization technology

SeaBeLife awarded over €1.5 million in i-Nov innovation competition

Funding for company’s SeaBeEYE project will be used to develop new therapeutic approach for geographic atrophy – advanced form of dry AMD

Merck Invests More Than € 300 Million in New Life Science Research Center in Germany

Research center to accelerate biopharmaceutical product development

Discover the world of biopharmaceutical manufacturing

bionity.com presents new topic world for biopharmaceutical production

Bruker to acquire the NanoString business in an asset deal

AI for medical documentation is a rapidly growing future market

Smart Reporting successfully closes financing round for 23 million euros

Start-up aims to open the door to an entirely new approach to immunotherapy

Pathios Therapeutics raises $25M in first close of Series B financing to advance first-in-class immunotherapy approach into clinic

Labguru joins Titian Software in Battery Ventures Life-Science Platform

Labguru will combine forces with Titian Software to create a global tier-1 lab-management and sample-management platform

Breakthrough technology to rapidly identify unknown molecules at scale

Start-up Isospec Analytics raises $1.9m

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

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"

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

How a “date” between immune cells makes rheumatism disappear

Major success: New approach for treating autoimmune diseases

With the Flick of a Switch: Shaping Cells with Light

The therapeutic potential of this research is immense

Common household chemicals pose new threat to brain health

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

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

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"

Biotechnologists want to replace petroleum-based substances with a bacterium from bovine stomachs

The cow as climate savior?

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

Researchers create new chemical compound to solve 120-year-old problem

Accessing these molecules can have major impacts on agriculture, pharmaceuticals, and electronics

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"

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

Breakthrough in overcoming the current limitations of energy storage systems

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"

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

Important step for the Circular Economy

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

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

Asahi Brands relies on Warsteiner

Focus of cooperation on efficiency and sustainability

Longer-lasting and more sustainable green hydrogen production

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

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

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

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

Toxic chemicals can be detected with new AI method

The number of animal experiments could be reduced, as well as the economic costs when developing new chemicals

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

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..."

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

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

E-tongue can detect white wine spoilage before humans can