09.08.2022 News
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.
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28.07.2022 Studies and statistics
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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.
08.08.2022 News
Energy Waste Chemistry
More efficiency for fuels from biogas
A new process improves the economic viability of synthetic fuels from biogenic residues.
02.08.2022 News
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.
Fri, 08/05/2022 - 12:00 In-depth report
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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.
15.08.2022 News
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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.
16.08.2022 News
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.
18.08.2022 News
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.
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10.08.2022 Product
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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.
16.08.2022 Success story
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.
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17.08.2022 Interview
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“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.
22.08.2022 News
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.
25.08.2022 News
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.
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22.08.2022 Interview
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.
29.08.2022 News
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.
30.08.2022 News
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.
01.09.2022 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
More light makes for better sea grapes
Proper lighting allows edible algae to produce twice as many nutrients.
05.09.2022 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
Epoxy resin from orange peel
A German-Turkish collaboration recycles residual materials from the fruit juice industry into epoxy resins.
06.09.2022 News
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.
01.09.2022 Success story
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Not everyone wants the bioeconomic transformation
A research project examines mentalities, their backgrounds and consequences regarding the ecological-social transformation.
14.09.2022 News
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.
13.09.2022 News
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.
Fri, 02/03/2023 - 12:00 In-depth report
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Biobased upcycling: From residual to resource
Organic residual and waste streams have considerable but often untapped potential as a resource for a sustainable bioeconomy. This dossier presents innovative research approaches to waste utilization.
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
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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
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Electrolysis for CO2-neutral chemical processes
The ETOS future cluster aims to enable the production of numerous fine chemicals without fossil raw materials.
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JLU / Rolf K. Wegst
18.12.2023 Interview
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
“Bioinformatics can make agriculture more sustainable”
Agnieszka Golicz uses "big data" for the genome-based improvement of crops.
15.12.2023 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Leibniz Prize for Marburg bioengineer
Molecular biologist Tobias Erb receives the Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation, endowed with 2.5 million euros, for his pioneering work in the field of synthetic biology.
20.12.2023 Success story
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
Bio-based plastic building blocks from domestic vegetable oil
Researchers in Bielefeld have developed an environmentally friendly process to produce bio-based polyurethanes for high-performance composites.
20.12.2023 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
ERC: millions in funding for Potsdam symbiosis researcher
Max Planck researcher Caroline Gutjahr from Potsdam has been awarded one of the coveted Consolidator Grants from the European Research Council (ERC) for her research into the coexistence of plants and symbiotic fungi in soil.
27.12.2023 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Understanding the enzymatic binding of carbon dioxide
Researchers have elucidated the structure of the enzyme complex iron nitrogenase in order to better utilize its function.