Meissner Expands Operations with Move to New Headquarters

Merck and imec Collaborate to Develop Disruptive Microphysiological Systems Platform

The collaboration programme is open to further partners

Overwhelming success: digital lab day 2025 impresses across the board

International platform for laboratory digitization extended by one week

QIAGEN acquires Genoox

"As part of QIAGEN, we can together drive the next wave of precision medicine"

World's first artificial human platelet lysate

BioScience Raises the Bar in Cell Culture Technology with artificial HPL

analytica USA: New meeting place for the laboratory industry

Premiere in September 2025 in Columbus, Ohio

Trilobio Raises $8M to Deliver Whole Lab Automation for Biologists

"It’s time for true automation–connecting and fully automating all processes in the modern biology lab and making the dream of walk-away capabilities a reality”

Federal Ministry supports start-up project on pioneering filter technology

Novel spectral filters will enable future sensors to work more accurately and reliably

Chemeleon to Collaborate with Mayo Clinic to Finalize Ultra-Rapid Assay, Launches $10M Series A

Results in seconds rather than hours: Groundbreaking instrument-free assay nears completion

Munich-based lab automation startup raised €2.77M

AI-driven biotech research: Connected labs for faster scientific progress

EXIST start-up grant for virtual reality laboratory training

"Wet-Lab-VR": Virtual reality technology revolutionises training for molecular biology laboratories

mo:re launches lab platform to set a new standard in animal-free drug development

Life Science startup introduces a laboratory platform to automate the planning, culture, and analysis of complex 3D cell culture models

Management changes at hte

Wolfram Stichert will hand over the management of the company to Markus Bold on April 1, 2025.

Brainomix Completes £14M ($18M) Series C Round to Advance Its Transformative AI Imaging Technology in Healthcare

University of Oxford spinout accelerates commercial expansion in the US of its innovative stroke AI imaging solution, with its demonstrated impact on vital treatments

Revvity Expands Alliance with Genomics England

New agreement to support newborn health

Rigaku Wins Diana Nyyssonen Memorial Best Paper Award

Non-destructive visualization of nanoscale structures realized using ultra-high-resolution X-ray microscope

Science on the back burner: European laboratories struggle with massive restrictions

Great sustainability ambitions and willingness to innovate despite the need to save money

Between test tube and algorithm: the laboratory of the future under the microscope

Study on the transformation of laboratories

Arrivederci, laboratory waste

Starlab expands sustainable recycling program to Italy

KNAUER invests and strengthens itself for international competition

The management of the Berlin-based manufacturer of high-tech laboratory instruments reports on current plans to ensure sustainable business success

Identifying pathogens within minutes instead of days

Mass spectrometry detects bacteria without time-consuming isolation and multiplication

Battery research: visualisation of aging processes operando

‘A lot happens at the interfaces between the anode, separator and cathode while a battery is charging or discharging’

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

Promising antibiotic candidate discovered

Viruses under the super microscope: How influenza viruses communicate with cells

Researchers uncover new mechanisms for influenza viruses to enter cells

New model predicts a chemical reaction’s point of no return

Chemists could use this quick computational method to design more efficient reactions that yield useful compounds, from fuels to pharmaceuticals

Observing the ultrafast electrical charging of liquids

Results extend applicability to diverse systems, from biological membranes to next-generation energy storage devices

Significant breakthrough in the chemistry of fluorinated compounds

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

analytica USA: New meeting place for the laboratory industry

Premiere in September 2025 in Columbus, Ohio

New Method for Detecting Nanoplastics in Body Fluids

TU Graz and start-up BRAVE Analytics have developed a method for detecting nanoplastics in liquids and determining their composition

Virtual reality goes AI

Paderborn University develops AI assistance for virtual chemistry lab

Viewing Organs in 3D

High-resolution mapping of enzyme activity in tissues

Heidelberg start-up develops system for precise drug monitoring with just one drop of blood

Start-up portrait: QuantiLight revolutionizes blood tests with home monitoring platform

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

Swiss start-up gives yesterday's plastics a new purpose

DePoly to launch 500-tonne-per-year showcase plant, as it secures $23M

Power vaccination against cancer boosts the immune system

New hope: Researchers are mobilising the immune system's defence against tumour cells within just two weeks using a two-phase vaccination regimen

Pineapple juice is scarce and expensive due to a small harvest

Glyphosate can come from detergent additives

Research team produces evidence of a previously unknown source of the controversial herbicide in bodies of water

Chronic Sleep Disorder or Busy Whiling Away Time?

A meta-study shows that sleep disorders and sleep deprivation leave different traces in the brain

Label battle: Paulaner wins in dispute against Karlsberg brewery

Record-breaking efficiency achieved in all-organic solar cells!

While conventional solar panels generate problematic waste, all-carbon based solar cells promise an environmentally friendly alternative

Artificial sweeteners cause confusion in the brain

Artificial sugar substitutes stimulate the appetite in the brain and influence the ability to make decisions

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

“We’re working at full force to put Bayer back on a profitable growth path”

Progress on strategic priorities

Highly Reactive Catalyst Enables Labeling of Biologically Active Compounds

New reactivity enables conversion of seemingly “unreactive” molecule parts

Meat consumption remains at a low level

ProVeg speaks of "intermediate plateau" and underlines call for a future nutrition plan

French start-up develops biosourced polymer as a plastic alternative for industrial companies

Start-up portrait: Lactips - Natural revolution against microplastics in the industry

Chlorotonil: Game-Changer in the Fight Against Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens

Researchers decipher novel mode of action of natural product antibiotic

UtZ® Introduces New Limited-Time Flavors and A Redesigned Barrel For Cheese Balls

Renewable hydrogen producer Hy2Gen secures EUR 47 million

Understanding which proteins work together

Findings could improve the search for new drugs with fewer side effects.

Mondelēz International Continues Progress Against “Snacking Made Right” Priorities

Bacterium Produces “Organic Dishwashing Liquid” to Degrade Oil

A study has illuminated the mechanism by which this marine creature produces the detergent

Gene-editing in spiders for the first time

Offspring produce red fluorescent silk fibres

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

elementarhy Revolutionizes with New Technology Previously Costly Hydrogen Production

Start-up aims to become a pioneer for green hydrogen

An unexpected bacterial blocker

Researchers discover novel compound that inhibits the growth of tumor-associated Fusobacteria

Design2Market: New delivery box for Frittenwerk in just 6 weeks

Solid-state batteries: powerful alternative to lithium-ion batteries developed

Revolution through liquid alkali metal anodes

Research breakthrough: Lab-grown teeth might become an alternative to fillings

This research offers a potential way to repair teeth and a natural dental treatment alternative

Blackberries with no thorns? Scientist assembles genome of a blackberry in major step to breed better fruit