25.07.2022 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
France's Carbios joins forces with PUMA and other sporting goods and apparel companies to establish a biotech-based circular economy in the textile industry.
26.07.2022 News
Food Waste Nutritional sciences
Researchers want to replace sugar in ice cream with dietary fiber from food production by-products.
03.08.2022 News
Food Animals Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers in Mainz have developed a model that can be used to modify the texture of vegetarian and vegan sausages to produce the right crunch.
01.08.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
The Swabian Jura could soon become the Provence of southern Germany: Researchers want to grow lavender here for essential oils and textile fibers.
09.08.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Active ingredients from medicinal plants such as thyme and chamomile can now be used even more effectively thanks to a new process.
28.07.2022 Studies and statistics
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Earth Overshoot Day 2022 is even earlier than last year. According to calculations by the Global Footprint Network, the world's population would need 1.75 Earths measured by its resource consumption.
08.08.2022 News
Energy Waste Chemistry
A new process improves the economic viability of synthetic fuels from biogenic residues.
02.08.2022 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
The TUM WACKER Institute for Industrial Biotechnology is scheduled to begin operations in the 2022/23 winter semester.
Fri, 08/05/2022 - 12:00 In-depth report
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New molecular tools, modern bioprocessing technology and powerful IT are enabling the biotechnology industry to tailor-make biomolecules with interesting properties. This dossier presents the emerging field of precision fermentation.
15.08.2022 News
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According to the latest Green Startup Monitor, most green startups are in the energy and agriculture sectors.
16.08.2022 News
Pharmaceutical industry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
A new process enables the optimization of numerous drugs, including antibiotics, antidepressants and cholesterol-lowering agents.
18.08.2022 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
Food tech start-up Bluu Seafood presents fish sticks and fish balls, its first products made directly from cultured fish cells.
10.08.2022 Product
Food Plants
Anyone who loves fish can now leave it in the ocean and go for a slightly different salmon - made from pea protein instead of fish, 3D printed instead of caught.
16.08.2022 Success story
Chemistry Plants Agriculture sciences
In the BIOSDG joint project, a research team is investigating what contribution the bioeconomic transition can make to achieving the global sustainability goals.
17.08.2022 Interview
Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
Prateek Mahalwar of start-up BIOWEG on microspheres made of bacterial cellulose that are biodegradable and can replace microplastics in many products.
22.08.2022 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Cultivating microalgae can be profitable in agriculture. According to researchers, however, it depends on which products are to be produced for which industry.
25.08.2022 News
Construction Plants Materials sciences
An EU project is testing sustainable structures made of flax fibers and bio-resin. One of the three bridges is to be built in Ulm.
22.08.2022 Interview
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Leibniz Prize winner Almut Arneth researches the interactions and feedbacks between terrestrial ecosystems and climate change.
29.08.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Growing a variety of crops in the field can prevent unwanted weeds from spreading and reducing yields.
30.08.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
BayWa Venture GmbH becomes new strategic partner of Austrian start-up Kern Tec, which processes fruit pits into new food products.
01.09.2022 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
Proper lighting allows edible algae to produce twice as many nutrients.
05.09.2022 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
A German-Turkish collaboration recycles residual materials from the fruit juice industry into epoxy resins.
06.09.2022 News
Construction Plants Biodiversity
Multi-story houses made of wood could save more than 100 billion tons of greenhouse gases in cities by 2100, according to a study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
01.09.2022 Success story
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A research project examines mentalities, their backgrounds and consequences regarding the ecological-social transformation.
14.09.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Researchers are investigating whether the cultivation of hemp as an intercrop can lead to a reduction in nitrate concentrations in the soil and whether hemp leaves can replace the soy content in the feed of dairy cows.
13.09.2022 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
A research project has developed dimethylfuran as a solvent for paints and coatings. Production is now being scaled up.
05.04.2022 Success story
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
Researchers have developed a selenium-rich apple that can replace dietary supplements.
06.04.2022 News
Chemistry Animals Biotechnology/Systems biology
How is chitin produced by nature? Researchers want to uncover this in order to make the biopolymer useful for medicine.
07.04.2022 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
BASF's Care Chemicals is expanding its portfolio of sustainable cosmetic products with a bio-based surfactant made from soy protein.
11.04.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
Researchers from Osnabrück, Munich and Berlin have developed ZIN 168 and ZIN 186, the first apple varieties in Europe to be officially certified as allergy-friendly.
13.04.2022 News
Energy Plants Agriculture sciences
The Giant Miscanthus is intended to become a feedstock for sustainable fuel alternatives on marginal lands.
19.04.2022 News
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Researchers want to optimize existing recycling concepts for the efficient reuse of raw materials from rotor blades of old wind turbines.
11.04.2022 Product
Consumables Waste
Instead of producing polymers synthetically, take what nature has already produced: A special technology can be used to extract biopolymers from agricultural residues - making them not only naturally degradable, but even edible.
21.04.2022 News
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This year, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research is once again calling on young researchers from all over the world to apply for the Green Talents Award with innovative ideas for a sustainable future.
20.04.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Forestry
An international research project is developing sustainable forestry concepts for Mediterranean, continental, alpine and boreal forests.
03.05.2022 Success story
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
Originally, a research team was looking for a bio-based flame retardant - but they found much more.
27.04.2022 News
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A research alliance is developing iron-containing molecules that will save energy and raw materials in important chemical processes.
22.04.2022 Studies and statistics
Food unspecific Nutritional sciences
According to a study by the University of Osnabrück on the acceptance of in vitro meat, 47% of consumers surveyed said they would eat a lab-grown burger more often instead of conventional meat.
29.04.2022 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
To secure the world's food supply, industrialised countries would not have to give up meat completely, but drastically reduce their consumption - according to an overview study by researchers at the University of Bonn.
03.05.2022 News
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Two-thirds of the biodiversity targets the United Nations plans to adopt this fall also slow global warming.
