02.12.2022 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
Vertical greening for climate-friendly cities
A flexible vertical greening system developed by Fraunhofer researchers has reached market maturity after years of research.
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28.04.2023 Interview
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
“Carbon management measures must have a long-term impact”
Carsten Paul has investigated how effective carbon farming measures are and what role so-called humus certificates play in this.
05.12.2022 News
Chemistry Plants Agriculture sciences
Protein feed from on-farm biorefinery
Researchers at the University of Hohenheim want to make proteins from plants from meadows and pastures usable for the bioeconomy. A protein extract for animal feed has already been obtained.
08.12.2022 News
unspecific Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Better understanding of the natural function of CRISPR
Gene scissors are an important tool in genome editing, but they originated in the battle between bacteria and phages.
07.12.2022 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
DFG funds microbial and plant research
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is funding 13 new collaborative research centers at universities with a total of 166 million euros - including two on the bioeconomy.
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17.04.2023 Interview
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
“Digital systems will optimize agricultural production”
Agricultural scientist Hans W. Griepentrog wants to replace synthetic chemical pesticides with the help of state-of-the-art technology.
12.12.2022 News
Energy Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Control grain weevil with plasma
With the help of an innovative plasma technology, researchers have paved the way to protect grain from pests and thus make it last longer.
14.12.2022 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Precise measurement of heat resistance of enzymes
Heat-resistant enzymes could be incorporated into biodegradable plastics to accelerate their decomposition.
20.12.2022 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
Traceless: Test run for plant-based sock hooks
Traceless has developed a pilot product from its innovative biomaterial, which is currently being used in a Hamburg store of the C&A fashion chain.
19.12.2022 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Tapping euglenoids as a new source of raw materials
A worldwide consortium with the participation of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg aims to advance the genome sequencing of eukaryotic unicellular organisms and make it available as a resource for the bioeconomy.
15.12.2022 News
Energy Waste Chemistry
Biodiesel from sewage sludge
A new reforming process generates another source of fuel from biogenic waste.
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16.05.2023 Interview
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
“Nature has always been an impetus for technical developments”
As director of the newly established Department of „Sustainable and Bio-inspired Materials“ at the MPIKG, Silvia Vignolini aims to research and develop materials with predominantly optical functions, following Nature`s example.
24.05.2023 News
Chemistry Plants Agriculture sciences
Higher wheat yields with silicon fertilizers
One-time fertilization with amorphous silicate could be enough to significantly improve nutrient and water availability and thus yields in wheat. This is shown by a recent study by ZALF.
22.05.2023 Success story
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
Producing basic chemicals with wood and hot steam
Researchers have further developed the process of torrefaction to improve the material and energy recovery of plant biomass.
01.06.2023 News
Food Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Award for research on meat substitutes
Food technologist Anja Maria Wagemans from TU Berlin has been awarded the Young Scientist Award of the Berlin Science Award for her research into novel biomaterials.
Wed, 07/26/2023 - 12:00 In-depth report
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Cell-free biotech production
Cell-free systems dispense with the use of living cells in biotechnological production. Instead, all biochemical components necessary for the biosynthesis of molecules are combined in one reaction vessel. This dossier highlights different cell-free approaches and presents important applications.
26.05.2023 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Organic disposable bag made from hemp fibers impresses at the Jugend forscht competition
In the 58th national Jugend forscht competition, three students from Hesse won first prize in the "world of work" category with their development of a compostable disposable bag.
30.05.2023 News
Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
Million euro funding for traceless
Bioeconomy start-up traceless materials receives 5 million euros from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU) to build a demonstration plant.
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Engelbert Strauss GmbH und Co. KG
03.06.2023 Product
Textiles Waste
Work trousers
A large proportion of all items of clothing produced world-wide is made of synthetic fibres such as polyester – and the amount is rising. A German textile company is looking for alternative solutions and presents biodegradable workwear from plant based raw materials.
31.05.2023 News
Chemistry Plants Materials sciences
Starch based foam film
A research project aims to create an alternative to packaging materials made from fossil plastic.