13.10.2016 Success story
Automobile Plants Social sciences
Bioenergy: Looking at the downsides
The bioeconomy has a few drawbacks, too. Sociologists from Jena are investigating the bioenergy sector with regard to social inequality.
13.10.2016 Success story
Automobile Plants Social sciences
The bioeconomy has a few drawbacks, too. Sociologists from Jena are investigating the bioenergy sector with regard to social inequality.
12.10.2016 Studies and statistics
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
The geographical distribution of food and agricultural research and development (AgR&D) is changing.
04.02.2016 Product
Consumables unspecific
A smartphone falls to the ground and gets scratched across the display. Who doesn’t know this problem? Now the first mobile phone with a biobased plastic touchscreen has come on the market.
25.10.2016 Interview
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
Chemist and Fairwindel founder Dominic Franck has found a way of manufacturing babies' nappies largely out of renewable raw materials.
27.10.2016 Success story
Textiles Plants Agriculture sciences
How can flax be used for composite materials? Researchers from Bremen have developed a toolbox for plant breeders.
01.11.2016 Interview
Food Animals Nutritional sciences
Insects as an alternative to meat: This is the business idea with which Max Krämer and his team from Bugfoundation want to make fast food in Europe more healthy and sustainable.
08.11.2016 Success story
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers from Karlsruhe are fermenting biomass under high pressure to produce the base chemical methanol. The OptiMeOH project is being funded by the German Research Ministry with 1.4 million euros.
29.01.2016 Product
Consumables Waste
Olive leaves are a waste product from olive harvests and are frequently burned as green waste. They contain valuable ingredients with which biodegradable and skin-compatible premium leather can be produced.
18.11.2016 Interview
Consumables unspecific Chemistry
Thorsten Perl has the head behind the start-up Bioinspiration. Its focus is on 3D printing with bioplastics.
18.03.2016 Studies and statistics
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The bioeconomy employs 18.3 million people in total and generates a turnover of €2.1 trillion
23.11.2016 Success story
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Material researchers in Berlin have developed an enzymatic process for making lubricants out of used oil. The new bio-lubricant is based on oil that has been used for deep frying and it is biodegradable.
21.06.2024 News
Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
Of the 20 innovation communities selected as part of DATIpilot, two are focussing on innovations in biotechnology and one on textile recycling. The consortia are being funded by the BMBF with up to 5 million euros.
28.06.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Researchers in Bonn have developed software that can be used to visualise the future growth of arable crops and predict important parameters such as yield.
26.06.2024 News
Food Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
As part of the European "Green ERA-Hub" initiative, the BMBF is funding innovative approaches for a sustainable bioeconomy. A new round of calls for proposals is focussing on the breeding of resistant crops.
02.07.2024 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers at Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences have developed a biological process in which worms and microbes help to break down microplastics in wastewater.
03.07.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
An optimal redistribution of global nitrogen quantities in fertilisation would also ensure food security and sustainability in countries of the Global South. This is the conclusion of an international study involving researchers from Göttingen.
04.07.2024 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
Fraunhofer researchers have developed a flexible film material from the bioplastic PLA that does not require plasticisers and is recyclable.
09.07.2024 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Chemistry
Using bacteria from bovine rumen, researchers led by the chemical company BASF want to produce the platform chemical fumaric acid from industrial emissions from chemical production.
07.08.2024 Success story
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
In the SelWineQ project, viticulture researchers are looking for genetic markers in grape varieties in order to predict the quality of future wine by analysing leaves and to speed up breeding.
04.09.2024 Success story
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
In an SME innovation project, the SenseUp team has found a method to reduce the production costs of RNA molecules for crop protection by more than a factor of 1000.
10.07.2024 News
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The state capital of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, is the first city in Germany to present a municipal bioeconomy strategy with 22 specific measures to drive forward the transition to a bio-based future.
18.07.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Permaculture has the potential to combine agriculture, environmental protection and nature conservation. This is the conclusion of a study involving the Technical University of Kaiserslautern-Landau.
15.07.2024 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
A research team from the Jena Cluster of Excellence ‘Balance of the Microverse’ has decoded the mechanism that enables some bacterial strains to reflect light and form colours in a similar way to butterfly wings.
19.07.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biodiversity
With the help of a newly developed algorithm, Leipzig researchers can use data from the plant identification app Flora Incognita to determine the effects of climate change on the plant world.
22.07.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
An international research team involving the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research is calling for new sustainable cultivation practices to improve nitrogen uptake in wheat cultivation instead of applying more fertilizer.
24.07.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
As part of a newly launched EU project, researchers at the University of Hanover want to tap into the benefits of pulses in order to promote the acceptance and cultivation of beans, lentils and the like in European agriculture.
29.07.2024 News
Construction Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
Fraunhofer researchers want to use biogenic carbon from biomass as a carbon sink for the production of sustainable concrete and bricks.
24.07.2024 Studies and statistics
Food Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Both companies and research institutes are currently working on biotechnological processes for the production of animal-free alternatives to dairy products. Researchers at the University of Göttingen investigated the acceptance of such products by consumers.
21.08.2024 Interview
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
Soil regeneration with the help of microalgae is the focus of the Berlin start-up Alganize, which develops solutions to improve soil health.
30.07.2024 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Jena-based natural product researcher Christian Hertweck has been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant by the European Research Council for his pioneering research into new active substances from anaerobic bacteria.
02.08.2024 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have changed the sensitivity of bacterial systems for controlling gene activity to red light, opening up new possibilities in the biotechnological application of bacteria.
05.08.2024 News
unspecific unspecific Bioökonomie mitgestalten
In the run-up to the meeting of the G20 countries in Brazil in September, the G20 science academies, including Lepoldina, defined measures for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals - also for the bioeconomy.
05.08.2024 Studies and statistics
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According to a study by the Capgemini Research Institute on the Bioeconomy, companies across industries are focusing on the transformative potential of synthetic biology.
08.08.2024 News
Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
In a position paper, the industry association BIO Deutschland calls for measures to accelerate the implementation of bioeconomic activities in the industry. Market entry for bio-based products must also be made easier.
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 12:00 In-depth report
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Producing food on agricultural land while simultaneously generating electricity – this concept is called agri-photovoltaics. This dossier sheds light on the potential of agri-PV for climate protection and the bioeconomy, and it depicts some approaches that are being researched and tested in Germany.
12.08.2024 News
Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers from Zittau provide proof that hemp fibers can be a real alternative to glass fibers in composite materials.
13.08.2024 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
An international research team led by Heidelberg University has succeeded for the first time in obtaining biocompatible materials from microalgae for high-resolution 3D laser printing.
16.08.2024 News
Construction Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers at the University of Siegen have succeeded in producing a beam construction made of Miscanthus grass that is more resilient than conventional beams made of solid wood.
21.08.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
The newly developed HypoWave system for hydroponic vegetable cultivation with recycled wastewater is now being used in a large-scale trial on a farm in the district of Gifhorn.
16.11.2024 Interview
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The ‘Biomaterials’ research group led by Ronja Breitkopf at the industrial research organisation INNOVENT not only develops its own sustainable products and processes for the bioeconomy, but also supports research partners to advance innovations.