25.08.2020 News
Food Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
Extract nutrients from spent grain
Researchers from Freiberg are developing a process to filter proteins or probiotics from brewing residues and make them usable for the food industry.
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13.08.2020 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
Making apple trees fit for climate change
Researchers have identified a gene that plants use to control bud dormancy. This could help prevent frost damage to the flower in the future.
18.08.2020 News
Chemistry Plants Bioökonomie mitgestalten
Software evaluates packaging recycling
Whether plastic, paper or tinplate - a program from Henkel determines how easily materials can be recycled.
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26.08.2020 Interview
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Understanding the bioeconomy system
The Leipzig Helmholtz researcher Daniela Thrän systematically examines Germany's path to bioeconomy. As co-author of the first Bioeconomy Monitoring, she knows the strengths and weaknesses of bio-based change – especially with regard to bioenergy systems.
23.09.2020 News
Food Fungi Biotechnology/Systems biology
Sausage and burgers made of mushroom mycelium
The Berlin start-up Mushlabs uses mycelia to produce meat substitutes. The team has now raised €8.7 million for further development.
21.09.2020 Success story
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Making the rhizosphere fit for the future
Modern agricultural systems must be able to meet the challenges of climate change. In the rhizosphere properties of older crops, researchers are looking for solutions for coping with environmental stress and increasing yield security.
01.10.2020 News
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Bundestag votes for ban on single-use plastics
The end for plastic drinking straws and similar products is approaching: the Bundestag has approved the bill to ban disposable plastic products, including bioplastics.
07.10.2020 News
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European Bioeconomy Fund makes investments
The European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF) has raised 82 million euros and has already invested in two companies
08.10.2020 News
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Biodiversity
With gene scissors to the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The discoverers of the CRISPR-Cas gene scissors receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020. The tool for genetic modification has revolutionized biomedicine and breeding research.
05.10.2020 Studies and statistics
Food Animals Nutritional sciences
University of Queensland (2020): Mikroplastics in seafood
Scientists at the University of Queensland examined a wide variety of seafood for microplastic contamination. The result is alarming.
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Susanne Kambor
05.11.2020 Interview
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"Bioeconomy is the core of sustainability policy"
Sustainability researcher Dirk Messner has been President of the Federal Environment Agency since January of this year. In an interview he talks about the opportunities and challenges on the way to a bio-based economy, the corona pandemic and the value of global networking.
07.01.2021 News
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New design for bioökonomie.de
The information portal bioökonomie.de has a new look! Cleaner, more visual and technically up-to-date – our website has been given a new, elegant design.
12.01.2021 News
Textiles Fungi Biotechnology/Systems biology
Mushroom threads as a leather substitute
In 2021, the sporting goods manufacturer Adidas will launch shoes using a fabric made of mushroom threads instead of leather.
19.01.2021 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
Chemistry prize for sustainable drug production
Potsdam biochemist Peter Seeberger has been awarded the International Green Chemistry Prize for the production of a particularly sustainable and cost-effective antimalarial agent.
21.01.2021 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
GFFA: World Food in Times of Pandemic and Climate Change
At the virtual Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA), experts from all over the world are currently discussing resilient food systems in times of pandemic and climate change.
26.01.2021 News
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Berlin Fashion Week: Showcase for sustainable fashion
Berlin Fashion Week is focusing more than ever on sustainability by launching several new formats for "green fashion".
01.02.2021 News
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Ten more teams win university competition
The projects of the second funding round in the extended Science Year of the Bioeconomy have been determined.
26.01.2021 Standard post
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Bioeconomy Exhibition
The bioeconomy has rapidly developed in recent years. What has been accomplished in the last five years alone is truly impressive: Many bioeconomy products have become bestsellers. Bio-based start-ups have grown into medium-sized companies. And established, traditional industrial companies are integrating bio-based production steps into their existing structures.
05.02.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Animals Agriculture sciences
Protecting grain from insect pests with natural substances
The combination of silica and a parasitic fungus has proven to be an effective long-term protection against insect pests in grain storage.
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17.02.2021 Product
Food Animals
Meat substitute
When it comes to producing healthy and sustainable meat substitutes, there are no limits to creativity: Research is currently being conducted to develop an alternative made from apple residues.