BRITA SE strengthens international expansion in North America by acquiring the innovative start-up LARQ, Inc.

Macronutrient protein: myths and how it can really be used to lose weight

Nestlé launches Nespresso in India to grow its premium coffee category

Limited Edition for the Wacken Open Air 2024

Krombacher blasts Pilsner with heavy metal music

Cultimate Foods raises 2.3 million EUR seed funding from leading Biotech and Foodtech investors to revolutionize the alternative meat industry

Coca-Cola FEMSA Mexico professionalizes its drivers with the acquisition of driving simulators

Now with a vegan recipe: Cereola oat cookies from De Beukelaer

Sustainable recipe adaptation for conscious enjoyment

Why the BfR is shooting at gelatine or how the food safety of game meat can be guaranteed

New bisphenol A limit value for drinking water

Trade with China: Paving the way for beef and apples from Germany

Federal Minister Özdemir signs two bilateral agreements for further steps towards market opening for German agricultural exports

Press statement by the World Avocado Organization on the dpa report "Controversial superfruit - avocado boom in Germany"

Milk producers warn of lower production

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

Opening a window to the food industry’s future: the world’s first factory growing food out of thin air launches

More sustainability on the chocolate shelf

nucao also wraps chocolate bars in paper with Koehler Paper

Colorful and healthy: a new gem in the potato chip range

Magnum leads in mood-food trend with innovative new range

75% of global consumers seek new ice cream experiences

Olive oil in crisis: what to do?

Three questions for Silvia Monetti, team leader for food prices and food poverty at the NRW consumer advice center

111 years of ALDI: from baked goods to discount pioneer

Online fashion and food sales stabilize

18.000 gamers worldwide turn vegetables into the ultimate gaming power-up - Knorr shows that vegetables are still lagging behind

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

Milk on ice: Antarctic time capsule of whole milk powder sheds light on the enduring qualities—and evolution—of dairy products past and present

A new Journal of Dairy Science® comparative study demonstrates that the milk powder fueling our ancestors is remarkably similar to the milk powder we enjoy today

Asparagus enjoyment - that's what counts

Valuable tips on the white and green heralds of spring

Green light from the antitrust authorities

Rügenwalder Mühle allows the family holding Pfeifer & Langen to acquire a majority stake

Smart formulation in food technology

Harnessing infrared spectroscopy for consistent and predictable apple puree quality

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"

Gustavo Gusto calls the "Ghostbusters"

AI predicts the taste and quality of beer

Revolutionizing the beverage industry and making better beer

Do sweeteners increase your appetite?

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

Easter egg without cruelty to animals

Also use vegan alternatives

Battery material for the sodium-ion revolution

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

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

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

Artificial intelligence boosts super-resolution microscopy

New generative model calculates images more efficient than established approaches

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

Bacteria beyond Earth?

Signs of life detectable in single ice grains emitted from moons orbiting Saturn and Jupiter

Common household chemicals pose new threat to brain health

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

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

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

More efficient, lighter, more sustainable: researchers develop next-generation batteries

Completely new approach

Gut microbiota and antibiotics: Missing puzzle piece discovered

HIRI scientists identify small RNA that influences the sensitivity of the intestinal pathogen Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron to certain antibiotics

Flexible microspectrometer for mobile applications

Fraunhofer IOF presents high-resolution spectral measurements with miniaturized optics

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

Important step for the Circular Economy

Music and Genomes: Beethoven’s Genes Put to the Test

What the Exceptional Composer’s DNA Tells Us About Genetics

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’

Highest power efficiency achieved in flexible solar cells using new fabrication technique

With the Flick of a Switch: Shaping Cells with Light

The therapeutic potential of this research is immense

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"

Atomic-scale semiconductor process technology and clean hydrogen technology join hands

How your eye color affects your health

Iris color - a little noticed risk factor

Researchers 3D print key components for a point-of-care mass spectrometer

The low-cost hardware outperforms state-of-the-art versions and could someday enable an affordable, in-home device for health monitoring

New reactor could save millions when making ingredients for plastics and rubber from natural gas

With oil production dropping, a process using natural gas is needed to avert a shortage of a workhorse chemical used for automotive parts, cleaning products and more

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”

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

New materials discovered for safe, high-performance solid-state lithium-ion batteries

Scientists have discovered a stable and highly conductive lithium-ion conductor for use as solid electrolytes for solid-state lithium-ion batteries

Pregabalin and gabapentin in combination with other drugs - a potentially lethal cocktail

Particle surface properties and their understanding - a trend also among young scientists

Three candidates nominated for the LUM Science Prize YSA in June 2024