MeaTech’s Subsidiary to Open 21,530 Square Foot Pilot Plant in Belgium in 2023

Quinoa meets AI: New climate-resilient varieties for the Peruvian highlands

Breeding success: Three new quinoa varieties adapted to the extreme climate of the Altiplano secure food and income for small farmers

Researchers develop ‘vegan meat’ based on sunflower flour

Bread of the future: making wheat bread even more nutritious

How nutritious and healthy a loaf of bread is depends not only on the type of wheat - but also on the baking process

Food packaging is a source of micro- and nanoplastics in food

New research analyzes 103 scientific studies related to microplastics and nanoplastics from food packaging and other food contact articles

Researchers discover how caffeine could slow cellular ageing

Coffee might do more than just wake you up

How fructose increases the risk of inflammation

Even short-term high fructose consumption influences the immune system

Intentional stress in the habitat of Latilactobacillus sakei

Cream cheese alternatives: not only vegan, but also balanced

New method may transform yoghurt production

Ultra-processed foods may affect the brain and lead to overeating

Not all processed foods are problematic

Brewed for longevity: drinking coffee linked with healthy aging in women

Tea, decaf didn’t show the same benefits and colas were strongly associated with lesser likelihood of healthy aging

Screw cap increasingly accepted for wine

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

Sniffing out hunger: a nose-to-brain connection linked to appetite

Nerve cells with a direct connection from the olfactory bulb trigger a feeling of fullness

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

Benefits diminished with additives

Could new technology save your daily cup of coffee?

Smart farming for everyone: How small farms can think big

More competitiveness, more sustainability, more animal welfare

Eating more fruits and veggies could help you sleep better

Uncovering the connection between diet and sleep

Turning tomatoes golden: Scientists engineer camellia flavonols into fruit flesh

New avenues for enhancing the health benefits of common fruit crops

Chemical fingerprints reveal fast food consumption

Molecules in blood and urine could reveal how much ultra-processed food you eat

Edible, biodegradable fibers made from milk protein, cellulose

Sustainable food packaging, wound dressings, cosmetics, filtration and more are all areas in which work is showing promise

Daily almond snack improves health of people with metabolic syndrome

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

Ready for summer with the PINK LEMONADE from waterdrop®

Design2Market: New delivery box for Frittenwerk in just 6 weeks

Eating more sweet food may not sway sweet preference

Randomized controlled trial shows that eating more — or less — sweet-tasting foods didn’t change how much people liked sweet flavors

Label battle: Paulaner wins in dispute against Karlsberg brewery

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

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

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

Mondelēz International Continues Progress Against “Snacking Made Right” Priorities

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

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

Newly identified group of nerve cells in the brain regulates bodyweight

Potential for novel obesity treatments

New Microscope Brings Glowing Cells into Focus

A New Tool for Studying Life in Motion

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

Tumor profiling: 43,000 data points against melanoma

Data-driven personalized treatments are about to become a reality

analytica expands its international network to the USA

US laboratory market with top growth forecasts

New Prospects for Green Ammonia

Study provides a blueprint for load-flexible production plant – and lower costs

Yeast Produces Human DNase1 for the First Time

The human protein is currently produced only in mammalian cells with considerable effort and money

Lab in a tube: Monitoring soil chemistry without disturbing it

Green hydrogen from Africa much more costly than previously assumed

Imports without guarantees are not competitive

Possible anti-aging compounds found in blood bacteria

These findings could lead to new treatments for aging skin

Bruker Announces Acquisition of biocrates

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

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”

Colorectal cancer screening via smartphone?

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

Ultra-thin lenses that make infrared light visible

Researchers have achieved this using a special metal-oxide lens material called lithium niobate and through nanoscale pattern, stamped into the material

Microbes transform plastic waste into paracetamol

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

Billion-Dollar Deal for Cancer Antibody: BioNTech and Bristol Myers Squibb Join Forces

"...an asset with significant potential for transforming the standard of care for patients with solid tumors"

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

Looking into the genome instead of into the tissue

Like in Mission Impossible: Self-Destructing Bacteria Battery

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

Cancer cells have an Achilles heel

"This basic research can form the basis for new therapeutic strategies against cancer"

New Body-Fluid Biomarker for Parkinson’s Disease Discovered

A misfolded protein facilitates reliable diagnosis even in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease in body fluids

Insects as mini molecule-making factories, marking a breakthrough in chemical engineering

Caterpillar factories produce fluorescent nanocarbons

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

New hope against superbugs: A completely new molecule has been identified

Promising antibiotic candidate discovered

Two plant species invent the same chemically complex and medically interesting substance

Different building blocks: The plants use similar chemical pathways to biosynthesize these compounds, but use different starting materials and enzymes

Frequent nightmares triple risk of early death and accelerate ageing

"Our sleeping brains cannot distinguish dreams from reality"

Significant breakthrough in the chemistry of fluorinated compounds

Overcoming the “Fluoro Wall”: Researchers observe tunneling effect of heavy atoms for the first time

Brenntag opens first CO2-emission-free chemical distribution site

A global milestone in the industry

Silent X chromosome awakens with age

New explanation for sex differences in age-related diseases

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

Femtosecond spectroscopy makes chemical processes visible