Sustainable insect farming with AI
Researchers at the August-Wilhelm Scheer Institute want to make the breeding of insects more efficient, resource-saving and comprehensible by expanding the InsectAI technology platform.
Volkswagen Foundation supports ideas for a circular bioeconomy
The Volkswagen Foundation is supporting nine projects that address closed raw material-product cycles with a total of 11.6 million euros - including innovations for the bioeconomy.
Restoring arable soils with catch crops
Not only legumes, but also crops such as sunflowers are suitable as catch crops to remove pollutants from agricultural soils. This is shown in a study by the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research.
Root barriers regulate bacterial partnership
An international research team has deciphered how legumes control the symbiotic relationship with bacteria in their root nodules via signaling pathways.
Paludiculture under PV systems
Growing biomass on rewetted moors and generating electricity at the same time: the feasibility of this innovative concept is currently being investigated in the MoorPower project.
