Marks and Spencer becomes first retailer to add vitamin D to packaged bread range

Ready and running – WACKER Biotechnology Center in Munich

The focus will be on research in manufacturing processes for biopharmaceuticals and ingredients for food and dietary supplements

Nestlé and IBM leverage AI and deep tech to unlock new packaging innovations

The EPO unveils the top 10 innovators of the first standalone edition of the Young Inventors Prize 2025

Prize recognises innovators under 30 who are tackling Global Challenges through groundbreaking science and technology

AI-controlled production of soft fruits using new sensor systems

Fi Europe Startup Challenge: Time to take centre stage

Entries for the Fi Europe Startup Challenge are now open with a submission deadline of 6 September.

Startup HyPhoX develops miniaturized biosensors with support from BAM

"The innovative thing about our sensor is that we combine optical, electrical and biochemical analytics on one chip, and we do it in a handy, portable device"

Green, sweet and crisp - New apple variety Pia41 approved

The apple bred at the Julius Kühn Institute receives variety protection

A microchip for Parmigiano Reggiano cheese

Consorzio del Parmigiano Reggiano, p-Chip Corporation, and Kaasmerk Matec Partner to Launch Breakthrough in Food-Safe Digital Tracking Technology

Ice cream will never be the same again

World’s first Solein® gelato now available to consumers in Singapore

"ChatGPT, develop a spice blend that ..."

Ankerkraut has had a spice blend mixed by ChatGPT

Lightest pizza box in the world

Low weight, great sustainability benefit

The physics of gummy candy

Dozens of ingredient and storage combinations reveal what factors make some gummies harder than others and how product formulation affects shelf life

Sustainable enjoyment: The first wine in paper bottles

Heura Launches Good Rebel Tech, a Multidisciplinary Scientific Approach to Redefine Plant-Based Food Manufacturing

Heura’s New Technological Platform Utilises Nutrient Dense Materials from Industry By-Product and Non-Utilized Plant Sources

Fruit prosecco or classic vanilla? The ice cream trends 2023

Vegan ice cream will continue to be trendy

The Hershey Company Introduces New Plant-Based Additions to Hershey's and Reese's Brands

The iconic brands' newest chocolate confections made with dairy alternatives are everything you love about milk chocolate… minus the milk

Chromologics raises additional funding, bringing the series seed to a total of EUR 12.6 M

Nestlé's latest plant-based beverage combines oats and fava beans

Trending ingredients: Calendula

BIOFACH and VIVANESS 2023: Best New Product Awards

Trend-conscious, innovative and award-worthy

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

Pineapple juice is scarce and expensive due to a small harvest

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

Compostable Single-Use Tableware

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

Antitrust proceedings against Delivery Hero and Glovo: EU Commission imposes heavy fines

Screw cap increasingly accepted for wine

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

Ready for summer with the PINK LEMONADE from waterdrop®

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

Vion: 2024 Strategy Execution Drives Strong Results in 2025

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

Design2Market: New delivery box for Frittenwerk in just 6 weeks

Label battle: Paulaner wins in dispute against Karlsberg brewery

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

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

analytica expands its international network to the USA

US laboratory market with top growth forecasts

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

Frequent nightmares triple risk of early death and accelerate ageing

"Our sleeping brains cannot distinguish dreams from reality"

Tumor diagnostics: AI model detects more than 170 types of cancer

Looking into the genome instead of into the tissue

Microbes transform plastic waste into paracetamol

How traditional chemistry can work with engineering biology to create sustainable chemical-producing living microbial factories

Colorectal cancer screening via smartphone?

App-based early detection is as accurate as laboratory tests and could motivate more people to undergo screening

Unmasking hazardous compounds in cosmetics, skincare products and perfumes

New analytical methodology: Significant detection of hazardous compounds and their effects on cells

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”

Possible anti-aging compounds found in blood bacteria

These findings could lead to new treatments for aging skin

How chemical bonds are formed: Observing energy flow in real time

Femtosecond spectroscopy makes chemical processes visible

How urea forms spontaneously

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

Short naps increase the likelihood of flashes of inspiration

Study on the effect of power naps

New Microscopy tool for energy research

Technique allows scientists to explore the properties of photoelectrodes more precisely

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

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

Berlin-based blood analysis innovator aescolab secures new capital

Start-up uses AI for personalized health analyses

Like in Mission Impossible: Self-Destructing Bacteria Battery

Researchers develop dissolvable biobattery using probiotics for bioresorbable electronics that can degrade in the body

Pharaoh's Curse fungus transformed to fight leukemia

Researchers turn toxic fungus into anti-cancer drug

A map for single-atom catalysts

The precise knowledge of the atomic environments can help produce single-atom catalysts that are more uniform, and thus more effective

Start-up wants to build the world's first stellarator-based fusion power plant in the 2030s

Proxima Fusion raises €130M Series A: “Fusion energy is entering a new era—moving from lab-based science to industrial-scale engineering”

Pigments that can do more

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

Pushing the resolution limits of scattering near-field optical microscopy

A valuable tool for characterizing surfaces with atomic-scale precision

Renewable gas from hydrogen and CO₂

New sorption-enhanced methanation plant at Empa

Ear wax as a possible screening medium for Parkinson’s disease

New Test Improves Quality Control of Allergy Therapeutics

This type of test has never been available before due to the complex structure of these medicines

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

Severe Polyneuritis Successfully Treated with CAR T-Cell Therapy

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

Bruker Announces Acquisition of biocrates

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