SUSONITY, a leading company in effect pigments, functional materials, and cosmetic actives, has completed the inauguration of its new Innovation and Application Center (InA) at Industriepark Höchst in Frankfurt. The opening marks one of the most significant milestones since SUSONITY began operating ...

In Götz Veser’s lab at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, then-PhD candidate Aime Laurent Twizerimana was pumping ethane through molten metal at temperatures below 1,000 degrees Celsius when something unexpected happened. The carbon byproduct that rose to the surface appeare...

The TUD Dresden University of Technology spin-off Oxaphil has been awarded the 2026 Saxon Founder Award in the "Newcomer of the Year" category. The expert jury selected the team led by Dr Erik Wegener, David Bonnaire, Laura Fietzke and Leonardo Matassini from a total of 116 entries. At the Chair of ...

A team of international researchers have developed a new class of ultrathin polymer membranes that can rapidly and selectively separate complex hydrocarbon mixtures, potentially transforming how crude oil is refined and refinery streams are processed, significantly reducing the energy required for o...

Evonik and ProChem have signed an agreement for the sale of selected active ingredient production facilities at the Hanau site. The ProChem Group, an established contract manufacturer of chemical and pharmaceutical products, took over the facilities in June. For many years, Evonik manufactured activ...

Determining which substance has actually been produced in a test tube or flask is one of the central tasks of chemistry. Particularly in the case of complex or novel compounds, however, this can be extremely time-consuming, even for experienced specialists. A research team from Friedrich Schiller Un...

Westlake Corporation announced that its German subsidiary, Westlake Vinnolit GmbH & Co. KG, has completed the previously-announced acquisition of a polyvinyl chloride and vinyl chloride monomer production site located in Wilhelmshaven, Germany (the “Wilhelmshaven plant”). The Wilhelmshaven plant, wh...

In recognition of its contribution to Sustainable Chemistry, Materials In Works (MIW), winner of the ‘Best Regional Impact’ award at the ISC3 Innovation Challenge 2022, was named Start-up of the Month by the International Sustainable Chemistry Collaborative Centre (ISC3) in November 2022. The Malays...

In France, Germany and the United Kingdom, substantial growth potential remains untapped. A ZEW policy brief examines where start-ups are founded, and which regions perform best in terms of using this potential. Drawing on data from more than nine million firm foundations in Europe, the analyses sho...

N.A.N. GreenMet, the advanced manufacturing platform founded by Navin Agarwal, Vice Chairman of Vedanta, and Silox announced the formation of NAN Silox GreenMet Pvt. Ltd., a 50:50 joint venture to establish India’s most advanced Li-ion battery recycling and critical minerals recovery platform. Closi...

Evonik will implement further structural and cost-cutting measures in the coming years to drive forward the company’s transformation. "The global political situation remains uncertain, and economic growth is persistently weak. At the same time, international competition is becoming increasingly fier...

Most of us have used the sniff test to decide whether a slightly expired bottle of milk or a week-old box of takeout is still good to eat. But while the human nose can be quite astute, it doesn’t always catch everything. Each year, millions of people in the U.S. are sickened by food-borne pathogens ...

Gelatin is a versatile natural material. To tailor its properties specifically to the requirements of various applications in medicine, diagnostics, and cosmetics, the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB has developed a toolbox for chemical functionalization. With ...

The DECHEMA Research Institute (DFI) officially opened its new premises in Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe. Modern laboratory and office facilities have been built at Benzstraße 1–3, offering optimal conditions for cutting-edge research in the fields of hydrogen technologies, electrochemistry, high-performan...

Mechanoluminescent materials convert mechanical energy such as stress, strain, and vibration directly into light, making them attractive as self-powered sensors that require no batteries or wiring. From biomedical sensors to self-powered infrastructure monitoring sensors, mechanoluminescent material...

Lignin is one of the most abundant renewable aromatic resources on Earth. As a major component of plant biomass, it contains rich benzene-ring structures that could be transformed into high-value chemicals and fuel molecules. However, lignin is also highly complex and difficult to break down efficie...

A research team led by Professor Taesung Kim of the School of Mechanical Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU, President Ji-beom Yoo) developed an optoelectronic synaptic device that mimics the functions of human neurons and synapses at the device scale. The researchers designed a designable...

To simulate the properties of materials, researchers use crystal structures of materials stored in databases. Often, however, these lack the positions of the hydrogen atoms. Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have now trained an artificial intelligence system to reconstruct these positio...

For more than a hundred years, chemists have been building complex molecules step by step – bond by bond, atom by atom. But what if, instead of painstakingly reassembling molecules, they could be directly "rewritten"? This is exactly what a research team led by organic chemist Nuno Maulide from the ...

From paints and inks to catalysts and drug-delivery materials, many advanced technologies rely on substances dispersed in organic solvents. Yet directly observing these materials in their native liquid environments has remained a major challenge, limiting scientists' ability to understand how micros...