15.12.2022 News
Energy Waste Chemistry
Biodiesel from sewage sludge
A new reforming process generates another source of fuel from biogenic waste.
15.12.2022 News
Energy Waste Chemistry
A new reforming process generates another source of fuel from biogenic waste.
21.12.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Researchers have discovered how the cabbage white butterfly detoxifies toxic mustard oils from its food source.
22.12.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Exotic spices are key to baking cookies. But instead of coming from India, vanilla and pepper could soon come from domestic indoor farms.
02.01.2023 News
Food Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Improving the taste and consistency of plant-based meat substitutes is the focus of a new research partnership between Holzminden-based Symrise AG and Wageningen University in the Netherlands.
12.12.2022 Product
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Leather is as much in demand as it is controversial - although the chemically preserved animal skin is robust and versatile, its production takes place at the expense of animals, humans and the environment - not so with a new, plant-based imitation leather.
22.12.2022 Product
Consumables Plants
Conventional disposable tampons are made of up to 90% plastic - and are therefore not only harmful to the environment but also to the health of those wearing them. A new tampon offers a sustainable alternative.
09.01.2023 News
Food Plants Food technology
Researchers have succeeded in developing a domestic alternative to palm oil from rapeseed oil.
05.01.2023 News
Pharmaceutical industry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Bacillus subtilis is a multi-talent - equally important for human and animal health as well as for industry.
10.01.2023 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
A German-Japanese research team wants to enable algae to produce green hydrogen without photosynthesis even at night.
16.01.2023 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Soy production in Europe could be further increased by breeding new drought- and heat-tolerant varieties.
11.01.2023 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
Max Planck researchers have presented a combination method that produces plants without traces of the gene scissors.
25.01.2023 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
Plants protect their cells from too much sun with the help of color pigments. The signal for this is given by the sugars from photosynthesis.
27.01.2023 News
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
A special polyester has properties comparable to thermoplastics and is both recyclable and microbially degradable.
19.01.2023 News
Food Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Berlin-based food tech startup Project Eaden receives another €2 million in a seed round to further develop its fiber technology for producing plant-based meat.
13.07.2023 Interview
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Ian O`Hara is a biotechnology professor in Brisbane and a leading expert on the Australian and international bioeconomy scene. He recently visited Germany.
21.07.2023 News
Agriculture and forestry unspecific Biodiversity
Even in remote mountain lakes, the researchers found higher concentrations of microplastics than in subtropical trash swirls.
24.07.2023 News
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The implementation of the bioeconomy strategy in North Rhine-Westphalia can only succeed if the population is involved and the benefits of biobased technologies are highlighted more clearly.
25.07.2023 News
Chemistry Animals Materials sciences
Researchers have discovered an effect in springtails that could be used to make new materials.
26.07.2023 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
Researchers at Munich University of Applied Sciences want to establish annual plants such as miscanthus as an alternative raw material to wood for the paper industry.
05.10.2023 Success story
Food unspecific Social sciences
A study has analyzed the innovation systems of insect, plant and cultured meat products.
01.08.2023 News
Food Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
A survey by Bitkom Research shows: More and more people can imagine eating cell-based meat from 3D printers and see this as a contribution to more sustainable food production.
04.08.2023 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
Partners from research and industry have developed new synthetic routes for the use of plant-based polymer thickeners for rolling bearing greases, making them almost 100% bio-based.
Mon, 08/21/2023 - 12:00 In-depth report
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Space is an extraordinary and fascinating environment. Biobased innovations can help open up the universe as a space suitable for living. At the same time, satellites and other innovations in space research help to further develop the bioeconomy on Earth.
09.08.2023 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Konstanz researchers have shown that the mineral plastic they developed with self-healing properties can now also be degraded by microorganisms through the use of a biopolymer.
08.08.2023 News
Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
As a novel class of materials, biocatalysts are particularly durable and active.
03.08.2023 Interview
Food Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
Hamburg-based startup MicroHarvest uses microorganisms to produce healthy and tasty proteins.
11.08.2023 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
Plant researchers from Cologne have unraveled the molecular arms race in the evolution of plants and harmful fungi.
15.08.2023 News
Chemistry Plants Agriculture sciences
The fungus Pandora cacopsyllae, which attacks the leaf fleas feared in orchards, could serve as a biological control agent in the future, according to a study.
21.08.2023 News
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
According to a recent study, microplastic particles are not only blown by the wind, but also enter the atmosphere directly from seawater.
17.08.2023 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
The cooling evaporation effect is reduced when plants shift their photosynthesis activity to the morning hours during a heat wave. The researchers have now been able to demonstrate this using satellite data.
11.08.2023 Studies and statistics
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Marine air worldwide contains microplastic particles that enter the atmosphere both from land sources and via seawater. A research team led by the Institute of Chemistry and Biology of the Sea (ICBM) at the University of Oldenburg conducted air sampling studies along the Norwegian coast to the Arctic.
25.08.2023 News
Agriculture and forestry Animals Biodiversity
Until 2010, biodiversity in European rivers was still recovering - since then, this development has stagnated. An international study shows that biodiversity is under pressure, especially downstream from urban areas and agricultural land.
23.08.2023 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Giessen researchers have developed a new system for the tailored control of gene expression in bacteria. Bioplastics production would also benefit from this.
28.08.2023 News
Energy Waste Energy technologies
In the Leuna100 project, the partners involved want to combine technological innovations into a process suitable for industrial use.
01.09.2023 News
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Using micro-computed tomography, a research team has succeeded in observing the growth of mold cultures in the bioreactor in 3D.
04.09.2023 News
Energy Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
The fermentation of liquid fractions from residual materials such as liquid manure taps unused biomass potential.
07.09.2023 News
Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers at the University of Hohenheim develop a bio-based and recyclable plastic for food packaging from agricultural residues.
06.09.2023 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Bayer AG invests 220 million euros in a new research and development center at the Monheim site.
11.09.2023 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
A pilot plant for the production of high-performance fibers from beech pulp went into operation at the Technikum Laubholz in Göppingen.
13.09.2023 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Markus Jeschek, Professor of Synthetic Microbiology at the University of Regensburg, has received the European Research Council's 1.5 million euro ERC Starting Grant for the development of novel biosensors based on proteins and RNA.