Creator of the Big Mac dies at age 98

New CEO at the GUS Group

Thorsten Schlechtriem takes the helm

Seita Hagihara Takes Over as President of Yokogawa Europe

Change in the Management of Conditorei Coppenrath & Wiese KG

Peter Schmidt retires

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

New management structure

US beverage giant Pepsico gets new CFO

PROFILE: Organic baby food pioneer Claus Hipp turns 85

Changes in the Executive Board of Nestlé S.A.

Lars Wagener new boss at fruit juice producer Eckes-Granini

Prof. Thomas Henle from Dresden University of Technology elected to the "Hall of Fame" of food chemistry

Thomas Modder appointed new sales manager for the branded spirits business

Niels E. Hower is a new member of the management board at BENEO

HEINEKEN appoints new Chief Commercial Officer

New Head of Arla Foods UK

From tour guide to CEO, Ben & Jerry's announces top position for 34 year veteran Dave Stever

Oatly Names Jean-Christophe Flatin Chief Executive Officer

Accomplished Business Leader Promoted From Global President; Toni Petersson Transitions to Co-Chairman of Board of Directors

Kraft Heinz Announces Humberto Alfonso as New Independent Board Member

CPG Industry Veteran and Current EVP and CFO of Information Services Group, Inc. Joins Board and Audit Committee

Peter Feld appointed as CEO at Barry Callebaut

Change in the Executive Committee of Barry Callebaut

Sir Ivan Menezes to retire from Diageo - Debra Crew to be appointed Chief Executive Officer

Nobell Foods Hires Former Impossible Foods VP, Sergey Solomatin, as New Leader of Food Science and Product Development

Carlsberg Group: CEO Cees 't Hart has decided to retire

Children, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers should avoid Brazil nuts

Brazil nuts can contain unusually high levels of radioactive radium

Sweet success: researchers crack sugarcane’s complex genetic code

Scientists created a highly accurate reference genome for one of the most important modern crops and found a rare example of how genes confer disease resistance in plants

Asparagus enjoyment - that's what counts

Valuable tips on the white and green heralds of spring

Smart formulation in food technology

Harnessing infrared spectroscopy for consistent and predictable apple puree quality

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".

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"

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

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

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

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

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

Do sweeteners increase your appetite?

Nadja Håkansson appointed Chief Executive Officer of thyssenkrupp Uhde

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

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

Battery material for the sodium-ion revolution

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

Bruker to acquire the NanoString business in an asset deal

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

Breakthrough in overcoming the current limitations of energy storage systems

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

Artificial intelligence boosts super-resolution microscopy

New generative model calculates images more efficient than established approaches

Common household chemicals pose new threat to brain health

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

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"

analytica 2024 confirms its position as the world’s leading trade fair for the laboratory sector

Focus on digitalization and sustainability in the lab of the future

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

Important step for the Circular Economy

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

Scientists accelerate spectroscopic analysis

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

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

Three-year process of rejuvenation launched

With the Flick of a Switch: Shaping Cells with Light

The therapeutic potential of this research is immense

Discovery of the first fractal molecule in nature

‘We stumbled on this structure completely by accident and almost couldn’t believe what we saw when we first took images of it using an electron microscope’

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

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"

Flexible microspectrometer for mobile applications

Fraunhofer IOF presents high-resolution spectral measurements with miniaturized optics

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

How your eye color affects your health

Iris color - a little noticed risk factor

Electrified bacteria: Method developed for faster determination of antibiotic resistance

"The results are available to us after just five to ten hours"

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..."

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”

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"

Longer-lasting and more sustainable green hydrogen production

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

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

New insights into the genetics of the common octopus: genome at the chromosome level decoded

Scientific milestone provides deeper insights into the evolution and biology of Octopus vulgaris