Bioeconomy News

The Technical University in Munich is expanding its Straubing site: The new campus will focus on industrial biotechnology and bioeconomy.

Scientists in Würzburg and Munich have developed innovative molecular building blocks to create smart windows and self-recycling packaging.

Researchers of the University of Freiburg have deciphered the 3D structure of an enzyme that might be used for the biotechnological production of fertilizers and fuels.

For the first time the distribution and utilisation of the ubiquitous energy currency ATP was visualised in living plants. This may aid future plant breeding schemes.

The specialty chemicals company Evonik aims to invest €100 million in digitalisation. The company will use the artificial intelligence capacities of IBM's supercomputer „Watson“.

Using zeolite catalysts, Munich-based chemists have managed to reduce temperature and energy requirements to efficiently turn waste into biofuels.

A new study has analysed the wood pellet market in more than thirty countries. The study was published by the German Centre for Biomass Research.

A closed-loop greenhouse using Aeroponics to grow vegetables will be tested in Antarctica by German scientists. The set-up of the test run was recently presented to the public.

A team including researchers from Gatersleben and Munich has published the genome sequence of Wild Emmer wheat. It is the wild form of nearly all the domesticated wheat in the world.

Bayer aims to further build its Animal Health sector by investing €92 million in its production site in Kiel.

Pesticides such as neonicotinoids damage bee health and survival. This is only one result of three remarkable field trial studies.

Both the Silver and the Douglas fir are more tolerant to drought than the Norway spruce, researchers from Freiburg found out by studying hundreds of trees across the black forest.

This year's Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting at Lake Constance covers topics such as the future of chemistry, climate change and the trust in scientific data.

The updated roadmap of the European Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) includes new sectors and focuses on multi-value-chain approaches.

A participatory ecological experiment involving anglers and scientists has resulted in a more sustainable management of freshwater fisheries ressources.

Researchers from Kaiserslautern, Bochum, and Rostock modified biodiesel. The new product can now be used for conventional engines without further dilution.

Plant molecular biolologists from Gatersleben and Kaiserslautern use the CRISPR-Cas system to visualise genomic sections and to decipher their functions. 

Evonik and the Taiwanese company Sungo team up to create a drinking bottle made from more than 50 percent renewable raw materials, such as palm kernel and coconut oil.

Brazilian scientist Marcelo Tabarelli received the Humboldt Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He investigates how mankind affects biodiversity in rainforests.

Advances in biotechnology have paved the way for resurrection biology. But naming the “new-old” species might be tricky according to German law experts.