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Naturkosmetik
BASF's newly developed cosmetic active ingredients are based on a bacterium that is part of the skin's natural microflora.

Chemistry Microorganisms Chemistry

BASF: Skin care with bacteria

BASF Care Creations has developed two new cosmetic active ingredients based on probiotics.

Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler der Universität Göttingen haben ein Verfahren entwickelt, mit dem sich Paneele aus Hanf, Flachs und Popcorngranulat herstellen lassen.
Affordable housing made from environmentally friendly and CO2-neutral building materials: Scientists at the University of Göttingen have developed a process for producing panels from hemp, flax and popcorn granules.

Construction Plants Agriculture sciences

Panels made of popcorn for drywall

The University of Göttingen has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Munich-based start-up Smarter Habitat to produce building materials from popcorn granules.

Bier
Brewing beer produces many valuable residues that can also be used as raw materials for new food products.

Food Fungi Biotechnology/Systems biology

Mushroom mycelium from brewery remains

Mushlabs and Bitburger are expanding their partnership: The biotechnology start-up will use brewery residues as raw materials to feed the fungal mycelia, which in turn will be used to produce new foods.

Bunte T-Shirts
Giving textiles a second life - this is the goal of a new industry partnership of Carbios, of which PUMA is also a member.

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Textile recycling with PET-degrading enzymes

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.

Fruchteis
Ice cream is delicious, but also very high in calories.

Food Waste Nutritional sciences

Ice cream without sugar

Researchers want to replace sugar in ice cream with dietary fiber from food production by-products.

Grillwurst am Stock
A network of proteins in the animal tissue provides the right crunch to the sausage.

Food Animals Biotechnology/Systems biology

Veggie sausage with 'crunch'

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.

Lavendelfeld
Lavender fields like those in Provence will also soon be found in Baden-Württemberg.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

Lavender as a raw material for the bioeconomy

The Swabian Jura could soon become the Provence of southern Germany: Researchers want to grow lavender here for essential oils and textile fibers.

Echte Kamille
Chamomile, like thyme, is a raw material on which scientists test essential oil production processes.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Refining active plant ingredients

Active ingredients from medicinal plants such as thyme and chamomile can now be used even more effectively thanks to a new process.

Planet Erde

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Global Footprint Network (2022): Earth Overshoot Day

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.

Eine Laborantin zeigt Wachs und einen Kolben mit Kohlenwasserstoffen.
In a globally unique recycling plant in Thallwitz near Leipzig, biological waste is converted into hydrocarbons and wax.

Energy Waste Chemistry

More efficiency for fuels from biogas

A new process improves the economic viability of synthetic fuels from biogenic residues.

Zwei Anzugträger beim Handschlag
Wacker Chemie AG, represented by CEO Christian Hartel (left), and the Technical University of Munich, represented by its president Thomas F. Hofmann (right), have jointly founded an institute for industrial biotechnology.

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Wacker and TUM establish Institute for Industrial Biotechnology

The TUM WACKER Institute for Industrial Biotechnology is scheduled to begin operations in the 2022/23 winter semester.

Bioreaktoren Versuchsreihe

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Precision fermentation: Tailor-made bioproduction

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.

Roboter mit Pflanzensprössling
Cover of the Green Startup Monitor 2022

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Share of green startups remains high

According to the latest Green Startup Monitor, most green startups are in the energy and agriculture sectors.

Mix unterschiedlicher Tabletten
Fluorine atoms can improve many drugs

Pharmaceutical industry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Biosynthesis for fluorinated drugs

A new process enables the optimization of numerous drugs, including antibiotics, antidepressants and cholesterol-lowering agents.

Fischstäbchen von Bluu Seafood aus Forellenzellen und pflanzenbasierten Proteinen
Bluu Seafood fish sticks made from trout cells and plant-based proteins.

Food Plants Agriculture sciences

Cell-based fish ready for market

Food tech start-up Bluu Seafood presents fish sticks and fish balls, its first products made directly from cultured fish cells.

Lachs

Food Plants

Salmon

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.

Plakat mit 11 SDGs

Chemistry Plants Agriculture sciences

Addressing the global trade-offs of bioenergy

In the BIOSDG joint project, a research team is investigating what contribution the bioeconomic transition can make to achieving the global sustainability goals.

Prateek Mahalwar, Gründer und geschäftsführer von BIOWEG

Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology

“Cellulose capsules are a direct replacement for petroleum-based microbeads”

Prateek Mahalwar of start-up BIOWEG on microspheres made of bacterial cellulose that are biodegradable and can replace microplastics in many products.

Für die Herstellung des Carotinoids Fucoxanthin mit der Kieselalge Phaeodactylum tricornutum rechnet sich die Algenkultivierung mit künstlicher LED-Beleuchtung.
For the production of the carotenoid fucoxanthin with the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, algae cultivation with artificial LED lighting pays off.

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Algae farming pays off for farmers

Cultivating microalgae can be profitable in agriculture. According to researchers, however, it depends on which products are to be produced for which industry.

Brücke über einen Kanal
The first bridge made of the flax-based biocomposite material is located in Almere in the Netherlands.

Construction Plants Materials sciences

Bridges made from biocomposites

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.

Almuth Arneth

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

“Climate change and land use are closely linked”

Leibniz Prize winner Almut Arneth researches the interactions and feedbacks between terrestrial ecosystems and climate change.

Für die einen Unkraut, für die anderen schöne Sommerblumen: drei Kamillearten.
A weed for some, a beautiful summer flower for others: chamomile.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Plant diversity keeps weeds in check

Growing a variety of crops in the field can prevent unwanted weeds from spreading and reducing yields.

Samen aus Steinobstkernen, zum Beispiel von Aprikosen, Kirschen und Pflaumen (von links), sind gesunde Kraftpakete und stecken voller Nährstoffe, Mineralien und Vitamine.
Seeds from stone fruits, for example from apricots, cherries and plums (from left), are healthy powerhouses and are full of nutrients, minerals and vitamins.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

BayWa invests in fruit pit rescuers

BayWa Venture GmbH becomes new strategic partner of Austrian start-up Kern Tec, which processes fruit pits into new food products.

Meerestrauben, die auf einer Hand liegen
Sea grapes, here from an aquaculture in Vietnam, are rich in antioxidants.

Food Plants Agriculture sciences

More light makes for better sea grapes

Proper lighting allows edible algae to produce twice as many nutrients.

Orange, Glas mit brauner Flüssigkeit und Proben von Bioverbundwerkstoffen
The OrangeOil project aims to obtain epoxy resin from orange peels for use in biocomposites.

Chemistry Waste Chemistry

Epoxy resin from orange peel

A German-Turkish collaboration recycles residual materials from the fruit juice industry into epoxy resins.

Holzhaus bPart im Park am Gleisdreieck
Wooden houses like the bPart in Berlin's Park am Gleisdreieck could curb climate change in cities.

Construction Plants Biodiversity

Wooden buildings have enormous potential as carbon stores

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.

Hügellandschaft mit Olivenanbau
Olive cultivation in Spain is one of the case studies in the Flumen research project.

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Not everyone wants the bioeconomic transformation

A research project examines mentalities, their backgrounds and consequences regarding the ecological-social transformation.

Hanf (Cannabis sativa) ist von der Anbauzeit eine Zwischenfrucht.
Hemp is an intercrop in terms of cultivation time.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Industrial hemp for climate-friendly agriculture

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.

Laboraufbau mit Reaktionsgefäßen und Schläuchen
With this apparatus, researchers at the Ruhr University Bochum are testing the biobased production of the solvent dimethylfuran on a small scale.

Chemistry Plants Chemistry

Biobased solvent to be ready for the market

A research project has developed dimethylfuran as a solvent for paints and coatings. Production is now being scaled up.

Im Sinne der verbraucher wird der Selstar in einer umweltfreudlichen Verpackung aus Karton verkauft.
The Selstar is sold in environmentally friendly cardboard packaging.

Food Plants Agriculture sciences

From Elstar to Selstar

Researchers have developed a selenium-rich apple that can replace dietary supplements.

Sehr reines Chitin findet sich in den Deckflügeln des Maikäfers.
High purity chitin is found in the cockchafer's mating wings.

Chemistry Animals Biotechnology/Systems biology

Cracking the natural code of chitin

How is chitin produced by nature? Researchers want to uncover this in order to make the biopolymer useful for medicine.

Flüssige Lotion
BASF's new biosurfactant is suitable for numerous products - including washing lotions.

Chemistry Plants Chemistry

BASF: New biosurfactant for natural cosmetics

BASF's Care Chemicals is expanding its portfolio of sustainable cosmetic products with a bio-based surfactant made from soy protein.

Früchte der allergikerfreundlichen Apfelsorte 'ZIN 168'.
The allergy-friendly apple variety ZIN 168.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research

New apple varieties for allergy sufferers

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.  

Zwei Forscher in einem Miscanthus-Feld
Bioethanol from the Giant Miscanthus combined with carbon storage in depleted petroleum reservoirs can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Energy Plants Agriculture sciences

Chinese reed as a climate-friendly bioethanol source

The Giant Miscanthus is intended to become a feedstock for sustainable fuel alternatives on marginal lands.

Windräder auf dem Feld
The majority of the approximately 30,000 wind turbines are located on land.

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Better recycling of rotor blades

Researchers want to optimize existing recycling concepts for the efficient reuse of raw materials from rotor blades of old wind turbines.

Cookie in Folie von traceless materials

Consumables Waste

Packaging film

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.

Flyer für Nachwuchswettbewerb Green Talents Award 2022
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is once again looking for the best "green talents".

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Green Talents competition: Call for innovative ideas

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.

Alpenwälder
Alpine forests are also suffering from the climate crisis, which is why they need new forms of management.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Forestry

Climate-smart management of European forests

An international research project is developing sustainable forestry concepts for Mediterranean, continental, alpine and boreal forests.

Weizenfeld
Wheat served as a raw material for phytic acid in the NPBioPhos project.

Chemistry Waste Chemistry

Phytic acid is biobased and surprisingly versatile

Originally, a research team was looking for a bio-based flame retardant - but they found much more.

Thorsten Glaser im Chemielabor
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Glaser from Bielefeld University heads the new research group "Bioinspired oxidation catalysis with iron complexes".

Chemistry unspecific Chemistry

Catalysts modeled on nature

A research alliance is developing iron-containing molecules that will save energy and raw materials in important chemical processes.