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Mycorrhizal network using the example of Monotropa uniflora, here connected with tree roots via common fungi. Original illustration from the publication modified and supplemented.

Insempra uses its technology platform to produce functional ingredients such as flavours and fragrances for the cosmetics industry.

The INP is the largest non-university research centre for low-temperature plasmas in Europe.

The green algae Ulva spp. and the red algae Furcellaria lumbricalis are soon to be cultivated in the Baltic Sea.

The Cultimate Foods team has already carried out several commercial pilot projects with leading food companies.

Maize plants on a cultivated area

The seaweed used by BettaF!sh is cultivated in Norway.

Antimicrobial coating on 3D-printed shoe soles

Three different maize plants after a drought and subsequent re-watering. In the two plants on the right, a gene was switched off, causing them to form fewer seminal roots and more lateral roots. Left plant with intact gene

Founding of IG HELIX: from left: Advisory board member Florian Gerold Lukowski, Florain Köster, board member Beatrice Großjohann, René Glas-Albrecht, Birgit Pscheidl, honorary member Christian Pattermann was present online (computer screen in background)

Thomas Happe, Rieke Haas and Ulf-Peter Apfel (from left) investigated the catalytic centre of an algae enzyme in detail in order to better understand the requirements for hydrogen production.

Combined soil research expertise: The BonaRes conference took place at the Leipzig KUBUS in the Leipzig Science Park.

From single fibres to card slivers: the Recycling Atelier Augsburg has all the necessary equipment for processing recycled textiles.

Using drone photos or other images from early growth stages, the software can visualise the future development of the plants.

Sampling of microplastics in the effluent of the Petershausen wastewater treatment plant using a rotating sieve filter

Maize cultivation with appropriate nitrogen application at the Syferkuil research station of the University of Limpopo

The new PLA material can be processed into films on conventional systems similarly to LDPE.

BASF wants to use the bacterium Basfia succiniciproducens to produce an important intermediate product for chemical production from sugar and carbon dioxide.

This is what the marketplace in Stuttgart could look like in 2045: This vision of the future was designed for the illustrated book ‘Zukunftsbilder 2045’ by Reinventing Society and the Wire Collective.

Permaculture is a sustainable form of agriculture. With the interplay of raised beds, ponds and shrubs, in this example it offers not only food but also many ecosystem services and a habitat for animals and plants.

The bright colours of the peacock's eye are also due to ordered structures that form a photonic crystal and cause interference effects.

The Flora Incognita app makes it easy to identify plants with a smartphone.

Wheat in a field before harvest

As natural nitrogen collectors, legumes such as beans and peas could help to significantly reduce the use of fertilizers in the fields.

Michael Prokein (left) and Jannick Armenat from Ruhrstoffbauwerke at the pre-industrial plant for hardening building materials and CO2 storage.

Christian Hertweck has already been awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize and the Ernst Jung Prize for Medicine for the identification of new active substances from neglected microorganisms.

Stefanie Meier and Prof. Dr. Andreas Möglich examining an agar plate with bacteria that respond to red light