30.03.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Biological plant protection for blueberries
A research network is developing defense methods against cherry vinegar flies, pine weevils and white grubs.
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04.04.2022 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
More bioeconomy in the garden
"Gardening without plastic waste" is the motto of a research consortium that develops innovative products such as plant pots from poplar wood and bark.
14.08.2019 Studies and statistics
Consumables Plants Biodiversity
WWF (2019): Global forest report (Copy)
According to the "Below The Canopy" analysis conducted by the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF), the 455 populations studied shrank by an average of 53% between 1970 and 2015.
05.03.2021 News
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Developing the bioeconomy model region
The further development of the "Bioeconomy Model Region in the Rhineland" is to be supported by comprehensive accompanying research. The experience is also intended to benefit other regions.
11.03.2021 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
Selenium-rich apple from Altes Land
With "Selstar," researchers at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences have developed an apple with a high selenium content. The fruit could possibly replace food supplements.
31.03.2021 News
Food Plants Plant breeding research
More robust berries
The EU research project BreedingValue aims to expand the genetic base of cultivars of strawberry, raspberry and blueberry.
16.03.2021 News
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Update on the German Sustainability Strategy
The German government has decided on the further development of the German Sustainability Strategy to address new developments such as the European Green Deal and the Corona pandemic, and repeatedly emphasizes the contribution of the bioeconomy.
Tue, 06/08/2021 - 12:00 In-depth report
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Global Bioeconomy Summit 2020 – The Report
The Global Bioeconomy Summit (GBS) is the leading international forum on the biobased economy. The third edition of the conference took place in mid-November 2020 as a digital event. This report summarizes the most important sessions of the plenary program.
26.03.2021 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
BASF invests in Chinese synbio start-up
BASF Venture Capital GmbH expands its commitment in the field of synthetic biotechnology and invests in the Chinese start-up Bota Biosciences.
21.03.2021 Product
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Beer
Beer - a traditional German drink. Although beer consumption is declining, hardly any other country in the world records such high beer consumption as Germany.
09.04.2021 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Field test for organic bags launched
Compostable fruit and vegetable bags have been tested for customer acceptance since mid-March in some supermarkets in Straubing, Bavaria.
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Privat
13.04.2021 Interview
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
"Perennial grain crops are a resource-saving alternative"
Plant researcher Maria von Korff Schmising wants to make food production more sustainable by breeding perennial cereal crops.
02.04.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Forestry
Research platform on biomass as a raw material
The German Biomass Research Center (DBFZ) has expanded its online database on the potentials and benefits of various biogenic raw materials in agriculture, forestry and waste management.
14.04.2021 News
Food Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Discovering new sources of protein
Six Fraunhofer institutes want to use insects, algae, fungi and plants as protein sources for new foods.
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Universität Stuttgart/IGVP
07.05.2021 Interview
Construction Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
"Microalgae on building facades can green the city"
Linus Stegbauer wants to use microalgae to improve the urban climate by developing facade elements for buildings that are coated with a special biofilm of living microalgae.
16.04.2021 News
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Startup scene is becoming greener and greener
The third edition of the Green Startup Monitor shows: The proportion of green startups in Germany continues to increase. 30% of young companies are now attributed to the Green Economy.
26.08.2019 In-Depth Report
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2019 Research Survey on the Bioeconomy (Copy)
In Germany, almost 800 research institutions in the natural sciences and humanities deal with the bioeconomy. Every two years, biookonomie.de contacts these research institutes and asks them about their priorities regarding R&D, their raw materials, industrial applications, financing and number of employees. In addition to the data collected, this year six bioeconomy experts were interviewed about their assessments of the local research landscape.
23.04.2021 News
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Hackathon: Bio-based fibers for sustainable fashion
Bio-based materials for sustainable textiles are the focus of the third online hackathon of the Science Year project “Hack Your Fashion”: Free workshops give insights into new developments and invite participants to experiment together.
06.05.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry unspecific Nutritional sciences
Literature as inspiration for nutrition concepts
In search of new concepts for tomorrow's nutrition, the joint project Food4Future wants to analyze science fiction novels together with students from the University of Potsdam.
13.05.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Creating new food additives from hemp
The start-up Becanex wants to extract cannabidiol from industrial hemp. The Berlin-based company has now successfully acquired funding from the Central Innovation Program for SMEs (Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand, ZIM).
29.04.2021 News
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Biotechnology industry registers record growth
In 2020, the German biotechnology sector grew faster than it has in years. According to the sector association of the biotechnology industry BIO Deutschland, the 710 local companies generated sales of almost 6.5 billion euros. The industry stars BioNTech and CureVac were the main contributors.
28.04.2021 Studies and statistics
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Leibniz-IZW (2021): How the loss of forest fauna undermines the achievement of the SDGs
A study by scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) and the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) looks at the link between increasingly animal-less tropical forests and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
30.04.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
ERC funding for pioneering plant research
Molecular biologist Philip Wigge and biochemist Gert Bange have been awarded the highly endowed ERC Advanced Grants by the European Research Council for their innovative projects in plant research.
21.05.2021 News
Food Animals Biotechnology/Systems biology
Accelerator promotes Innocent Meat
The start-up for cell culture-based meat is making great progress and relocates to the campus of the University of Rostock.
07.05.2021 Success story
Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
Using bacteria to produce plastic from waste
Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is the plastic that researchers in the PHABIO APP joint project have produced biotechnologically: It is produced from animal waste fats with the help of bacteria and is completely degradable in nature.
14.05.2021 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
Impregnating outdoor textiles sustainably
The textile chemicals company Rudolf GmbH receives funding from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment for the construction of a manufacturing plant for an impregnating agent based on renewable raw materials.
14.09.2022 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
German Founder's Award for Traceless Materials
The Hamburg-based bioeconomy company has been awarded the German Founder's Award in the StartUp category for its development of a biomaterial from agricultural residues.
19.09.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
It's all in the mix
The right mix of wildflowers and miscanthus grass in the field not only promotes biodiversity, it also makes energy production from Chinese reed more sustainable and efficient.
27.09.2022 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
Effects of the food transition on agriculture
A largely plant-based diet would require 40% less arable land and drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as a study by the Öko-Institut shows.
21.09.2022 Success story
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Thermoformable paper as a plastic substitute
Paper has a better recycling cycle than plastics. Researchers therefore want to develop a new paper-based packaging material.
21.09.2022 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
First running shoe made from recycled industrial emissions
A step toward the carbon circular economy: a consortium led by Swiss sporting goods manufacturer On has developed a shoe whose foam plastic components are biotechnically produced from carbon-containing waste gases.
26.09.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
Cultured meat from the farm
The RESPECTfarms project explores concepts for farms in the field of cultured meat. A pilot farm is being planned.
28.09.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Fungi Agriculture sciences
Reanimate soils with mushrooms
Researchers have succeeded in using a mix of sewage sludge compost and fungal substrate to make fallow land at a landfill bloom again.
05.10.2022 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Bavaria promotes establishment of bioeconomy production facilities
As part of the BayBioeconomy Scale-Up funding program, Bavaria is again supporting companies in setting up bioeconomy production facilities on an industrial scale.
07.10.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Inheriting good plant traits only
Using the molecular gene scissors CRISPR/Cas, researchers have succeeded in silencing chromosomes and thus preventing genetic exchange.
10.10.2022 News
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Genome research to save biodiversity
Using state-of-the-art genomics methods, a new pan-European consortium aims to accelerate the mapping of global biodiversity and thus fundamentally change the understanding of biodiversity.
11.10.2022 News
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
Making reusable plastic recyclable
Using a to-go food tray, partners from research and industry want to show that even reusable products made from sustainable plastics can be fully recycled at the end of their life cycle.
12.10.2022 News
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
Electrolysis for CO2-neutral chemical processes
The ETOS future cluster aims to enable the production of numerous fine chemicals without fossil raw materials.
12.10.2022 Success story
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Recycling rare earths with peptides
In the PepTight project, researchers want to identify peptides that are able to filter special rare earths, known as lanthanides, from industrial water.
18.10.2022 News
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
Ring shaped mosquito repellent
Researchers from Halle have used a 3D printer to encapsulate an insect repellent in a biopolymer and molded it into a finger ring that protects against mosquitoes.