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How to detect the amount of microplastics in food

Focus on fish and seafood

From COVID to cancer, new at-home test spots disease with startling accuracy

A new technology uses the "coffee-ring effect," paired with plasmonics and AI, for rapid diagnostics

Cryo-electron microscopy – Reaction cycle of an enzyme for CO2 fixation decoded

A promising enzyme candidate for biofuel production from carbon dioxide

More than 100-year-old flu virus sequenced

Swiss Genome of the 1918 Influenza Virus Reconstructed

New Label-Free Imaging Tracks Cancer Treatment in Single Cells

One Tool, Many Applications

Investigating kinase activity in living cells: Scientists build molecular recording tool

Overcoming limitations of optical imaging

The evolution of cancer cells decoded

"Our vision is a new type of early cancer detection"

Research team achieves breakthrough in environmentally friendly control of invasive pests

Solving a 35-year-old puzzle paves the way for sustainable control of insect pests worldwide

What the sea spider genome reveals about their bizarre anatomy

The first high-quality pycnogonid genome provides novel insights in chelicerate evo-devo

Making fibrosis visible – before it’s too late

With planned ETH spin-off to market maturity

Heaviest tin isotopes provide insights into element synthesis

New microscope 96 times faster: watching immune cells race

shoot 384 films simultaneously

Waters and BD's Biosciences & Diagnostic Solutions Business to Combine

Creating a Life Science and Diagnostics Leader Focused on Regulated, High-Volume Testing

analytica USA: Expert knowledge for research and practice

Special show Digital Transformation: a hands-on Smart Lab

HORIBA opens new Analytical Solution Plaza to support UK science and research

Making fibrosis visible – before it’s too late

With planned ETH spin-off to market maturity

GenNext Technologies and Thermo Fisher Scientific Collaborate

Simplify Structural Biology for Faster Biotherapeutic Development

Berlin-based blood analysis innovator aescolab secures new capital

Start-up uses AI for personalized health analyses

Biotech Fluidics opens office in Germany

LUMITOS Celebrates Anniversary – From University Vision to Leading B2B Online Marketing Expert

Organic Growth Instead of Venture Capital: How LUMITOS Survived the Dot-com Crisis and Became Market Leader

Rigaku Completes New Building at Yamanashi Plant

Dramatic 2.7-fold increase in floor space to serve global demand

Nuclera and Cytiva Join Forces to Accelerate Drug Discovery

Bruker Announces Acquisition of biocrates

The acquisition further enhances Bruker’s MS-based metabolomics solutions

Great expertise on small particles - expert days on particle characterization at LUM France

Chemists produce hexa-nitrogen for the first time - the most energy-rich substance ever formed

"...a huge advance in nitrogen chemistry": future application as environmentally friendly energy storage conceivable

Hold the cream and sugar: black coffee linked to lower risk of death

Benefits diminished with additives

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

How urea forms spontaneously

New reaction discovered: Potential for sustainable and low-energy urea synthesis

How fructose increases the risk of inflammation

Even short-term high fructose consumption influences the immune system

Sweet and climate-friendly: Kaufland's first own-brand products with a cocoa-free chocolate alternative

Small but Mighty: Miniaturized Hydrogen Production

“We asked the biologically somewhat crazy question of whether we can’t just find a shortcut and let ferredoxin produce hydrogen”

Amphibian skin mucus as a potential weapon against multi-resistant bacteria and cancer

Researchers find antimicrobial peptides on axolotl skin that not only fight dangerous hospital germs but also tumour cells as an effective antibiotic alternative

Pineapple juice is scarce and expensive due to a small harvest

Magnetic cooling – using a frustrated desert mineral

Research team identifies atacamite as a magnetocaloric material

Frequent nightmares triple risk of early death and accelerate ageing

"Our sleeping brains cannot distinguish dreams from reality"

Compostable Single-Use Tableware

Mechanically stable, water-resistant polymer films thanks to bio-based coatings

Breakthrough in lithium refining from lithium chloride

Strengthening the European battery industry: Nobian joins forces with Veolia to advance lithium production for batteries

Short naps increase the likelihood of flashes of inspiration

Study on the effect of power naps

Screw cap increasingly accepted for wine

A few years ago, this was unthinkable, as a recent study now shows

Sevenfold boost in lifespan of anode-free all-solid-state batteries using MoS₂ thin films

Employing cost-effective MoS₂ thin films in place of expensive noble metals resolves issues of non-uniform lithium plating and interfacial instability in anode-free all-solid-state batteries

Researchers discover how caffeine could slow cellular ageing

Coffee might do more than just wake you up

MrBeast chocolate comes to Germany

Exclusively at EDEKA, Netto Marken-Discount and Marktkauf

From 0 to 100 in 12 minutes: timetable for lithium-sulphur batteries

International study shows potential of fast-charging lithium-sulphur batteries for e-mobility and the energy transition

Virtually indefinitely durable: the world's only heart valve prosthesis made from the body's own tissue implanted for the first time

Technology was transferred to the Berlin start-up GrOwnValve

Vion: 2024 Strategy Execution Drives Strong Results in 2025

Multi-million investment to drive the de-fossilization of the chemical industry

Verbio flagship project in bio-based chemicals: groundbreaking for catalyst production in Hungary

Pharaoh's Curse fungus transformed to fight leukemia

Researchers turn toxic fungus into anti-cancer drug

Replacing animal products with plant-based foods leads to weight loss in people with type 1 diabetes

thyssenkrupp nucera Signs an Agreement to Acquire Key Technology Assets from Green Hydrogen Systems

Pigments that can do more

New discovery sheds light on the bacterial use of biomass with potential for biofuels and new antibiotics

Ready for summer with the PINK LEMONADE from waterdrop®

PFAS: A novel path to breaking down “forever chemicals”

A new catalyst capable of cleaving strong carbon-fluorine bonds has been developed – potential use in pharmaceutical production

Severe Polyneuritis Successfully Treated with CAR T-Cell Therapy

"We are starting a new chapter in the treatment of severe autoimmune diseases"

A new method identifies rancid hazelnuts without removing them from the bag