The inverse beta decay in organic liquid scintillators is the basis for antineutrino detection in many experiments at nuclear reactors. The development of highly stable gadolinium loaded scintillators contributed to the success of recent experiments determining neutrino oscillation parameters and searching for sterile neutrinos. New scintillator developments based on opaque, gel-like and safe materials might find applications in the upcoming generation of detectors. Another detection channel is the coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering as studied in the CONUS experiment using germanium detectors with very low energy thresholds. This interaction has the advantage of a larger cross section offering the possibility for more compact neutrino detectors.