21.06.2017 Success story
Pharmaceutical industry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Xell AG in Bielefeld develops specific culture media for use in cell cultures. Because inside a bioreactor, each cell type requires a distinct working environment, necessitating the use of carefully designed media.
22.06.2017 News
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Researchers from Kaiserslautern, Bochum, and Rostock modified biodiesel. The new product can now be used for conventional engines without further dilution.
23.06.2017 News
Food Animals Agriculture sciences
A participatory ecological experiment involving anglers and scientists has resulted in a more sustainable management of freshwater fisheries ressources.
28.06.2017 News
unspecific unspecific Agriculture sciences
The updated roadmap of the European Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) includes new sectors and focuses on multi-value-chain approaches.
27.06.2017 Interview
Food Animals Nutritional sciences
SWARM founder Christopher Zeppenfeld and his team are hoping to popularise insect-based snacks with a first fitness bar made from crickets. Their new product is set to open the market to innovative protein alternatives.
29.06.2017 News
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
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.
30.06.2017 Success story
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Different shapes, colours, and aromas - the tomato is a truly diverse plant. The Gatersleben-based company TraitGenetics deciphers new molecular markers within the genetic material of plants – including tomatoes – with the aim of speeding up the breeding of new varieties.
04.07.2017 News
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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.
Researcher Profile
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Johannes Gescher investigates the many and varied metabolic capacities of bacteria. With his work he is trying to get microbes to produce bioplastics from the carbon dioxide contained in waste gases.
06.07.2017 News
Agriculture and forestry Animals Agriculture sciences
Pesticides such as neonicotinoids damage bee health and survival. This is only one result of three remarkable field trial studies.
07.07.2017 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
Bayer aims to further build its Animal Health sector by investing €92 million in its production site in Kiel.
11.07.2017 Interview
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
As part of the project ‘DropIn Biofuels’, Johannes Kabisch and his team of researchers are synthesising microbial hydrocarbons for use in the production of biofuels. The end product is hoped to serve as a potential future replacement for kerosene and diesel, and could thus also contribute to making air traffic more environmentally friendly.
10.07.2017 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
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.
10.07.2017 Studies and statistics
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A study conducted for the International Energy Agency (IEA) provides a comprehensive inventory regarding the wood pellet industry and the markets of more than 30 countries.
11.07.2017 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
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.
13.07.2017 News
Energy Plants Forestry
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.
Researcher Profile
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
With his fully compostable coffee capsule, the founder of the company Original Food, Florian Hammerstein, once again proves to be a pioneer of sustainable ideas. Above all, the work of the entrepreneur serves as a reminder that things can be done differently.
14.07.2017 News
Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
Using zeolite catalysts, Munich-based chemists have managed to reduce temperature and energy requirements to efficiently turn waste into biofuels.
14.07.2017 Product
Construction unspecific
The first plastic dowel revolutionized the possibilities of wall mounting in 1958. About 50 years after its invention, there is another innovation: the dowel turns green", and will now be made of a plastic, that consists of more than 50% of castor oil.
18.07.2017 News
Consumables unspecific ICT
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“.
31.08.2017 Product
Chemistry Plants
Straw, in former times hats were made out of it as well as baskets or drinking-straws. It is still used for insulation in house building. Recently it has also been used for cleaning agents.
20.07.2017 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
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.
24.03.2017 Product
Chemistry Plants
The times when people with celiac disease (gluten intolerance) had to renounce beer are over. Due to specific methods, the gluten protein can be separated out, after the brewing process.
24.07.2017 Studies and statistics
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About 70 years ago, plastic became a mass product. 8.3 billion tons have been produced since then - the majority of which (79%) are stored on landfill sites or in the environment.
21.07.2017 News
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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.
01.08.2017 News
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
How is water transported in the soil as well as through roots of plants? Using 3D neutron imaging, a team of researchers have visualized the waters path to the lupine roots.
26.07.2017 News
Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
Scientists in Würzburg and Munich have developed innovative molecular building blocks to create smart windows and self-recycling packaging.
27.07.2017 News
unspecific unspecific Biodiversity
The Technical University in Munich is expanding its Straubing site: The new campus will focus on industrial biotechnology and bioeconomy.
27.07.2017 Product
Agriculture and forestry Plants
Coffee grounds are not noxious, but they do produce a lot of waste. The founder of the Berlin start-up company Kafform combined this so-called waste with biopolymers and formed a cup from it.
28.07.2017 News
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The European Commission has launched a Bioeconomy Knowledge Centre that provides scientific data and background information to facilitate informed policy decisions.
31.07.2017 Success story
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
What will be the consequences of climate change on agriculture and nutrition in Europe? Simulation models created by climate researchers in Potsdam are looking to the future.
01.08.2017 Product
Chemistry Plants
Waste that accumulates during food production is usually thrown away. This is also true for rice husks. German sportswear manufacturer Puma uses this waste material for their eco-friendly trainers `Re-Suede´.
02.08.2017 News
Food Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
The German industrial enzyme specialist evoxx has become part of global biotech company Advanced Enzyme Technologies Limited.
02.08.2017 Studies and statistics
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The Earth Overshoot Day is the date on which humanity’s resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources that year.
03.08.2017 News
unspecific unspecific Biodiversity
Researchers in Oldenburg found that the health of an ecosystem is not directly related to how many species inhabit it.
04.08.2017 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
Dodder, a parasitic vine, transfers warning signals from one host-plant to another if one of them is attacked by herbivores.
15.08.2017 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Rice blight is a plant disease causing severe harvest losses in Asia. A consortium led by German researchers is now funded with US$6 million by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation.
17.08.2017 News
unspecific Plants Forestry
A global study by 62 scientists found that drought-induced tree death is based on their mechanistic inability to suck in water with their roots.
18.08.2017 News
Food Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute in Freising developed a new technique to brew a refreshing sports drink made of the seeds of sweet lupins.
23.08.2017 News
unspecific unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers developed a new non-toxic coating for underwater surfaces that prevents mussels and other organisms from sticking to them and damaging them.
