03.06.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
A long-term study by the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart shows that agroforestry makes agricultural systems in temperate climate zones more resilient to climate risks. It therefore represents a resilient and sustainable alternative to conventional agriculture in Europe.
05.06.2025 News
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With funding totalling 11 million euros from the British innovation agency ARIA, the Potsdam MPI of Molecular Plant Physiology is launching the SyncSol project: a universal plant genome is to make crops more efficient, climate-resilient and pharmaceutically usable.
01.09.2025 Success story
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
A soil bacterium strengthens wheat and barley under stress and improves the beneficial components of the grain.
06.06.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Fungi Biodiversity
The fungal disease yellow rust jeopardises wheat cultivation worldwide. Researchers at the University of Zurich have now discovered genes with natural resistance in Asian wheat varieties. These could help to breed robust wheat in the future and thus strengthen global food security.
10.06.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry unspecific Agriculture sciences
A study by the European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture shows that regenerative farming can achieve yields that are comparable to or even higher than those of conventional agriculture. It is considered to be the world's largest study of regenerative farming systems carried out by farmers to date.
01.07.2025 Interview
Food Waste Food technology
The start-up ValueGrain, led by co-founder Tim Gräsing, has developed a technology that processes spent grain into ‘liquid flour,’ making it usable for the food industry.
13.06.2025 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
Magdeburg chemists are working with partners to research solvents made from renewable raw materials in order to replace petroleum-based substances and make chemical processes recyclable. The work is supported by the German Research Foundation.
16.06.2025 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
Using the Augsburg region as an example, a research consortium is showing how plastics can be recycled and replaced by bio-based plastics.
17.06.2025 News
Food Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
With the opening of a new technology centre in the US state of Wisconsin, Düsseldorf-based plant manufacturer GEA is taking a further step towards advancing food innovations based on alternative proteins.
18.06.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Researchers show how digitalisation can also make small farms ready to compete.
24.06.2025 News
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At the 13th International Bioeconomy Conference in Halle, the spotlight was on the role of the bioeconomy in a world shaped by overlapping crises and evolving geopolitical priorities. In a global economy that is increasingly fragile, companies are under pressure to future-proof their operations - while also confronting the complexities of transitioning away from fossil-based systems.
25.06.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Forestry
German forestry and timber research is strategically realigning itself with forest living labs in the Harz Mountains and Lower Bavaria. The SURVEY joint project combines scientific expertise and practical experience in an interdisciplinary approach.
27.06.2025 News
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Two newly founded research groups at the Max Planck Society are developing more efficient methods of photosynthesis to break down and bind CO2 with the help of sunlight.
30.06.2025 News
Food Plants Nutritional sciences
With the help of artificial intelligence (AI), an international research team, including the University of Hohenheim, was able to develop three climate-adapted quinoa varieties for the Peruvian highlands.
04.07.2025 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Jena researchers have elucidated the molecular structure of the so-called Yellow Affinity Substance (YAS) and provide new insights into how the yellow pigments produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium thermocellum convert cellulose into sugar.
03.07.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
By analysing the genetic material of the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae, researchers in Jena have identified two new families of natural substances that could be of interest for agriculture and pharmaceutical research.
08.07.2025 News
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As part of the new life sciences strategy, the European Union intends to provide 10 billion euros annually to make Europe competitive in the field of life sciences. Innovations in sustainable bioeconomy solutions are a key driver of growth.
10.07.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
The Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development is launching a research project to improve agroforestry systems in arid regions of eastern Germany.
14.07.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers from Dresden and Vienna have developed a method to precisely analyse the stability of plant cell membranes. The findings provide clues as to how plants react to rising temperatures.
15.07.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry unspecific Agriculture sciences
As part of the zukunft.niedersachsen science funding programme, two new large-scale projects are being supported with a total of 43.6 million euros in order to advance the transformation of the agricultural and food sector in the federal state.
15.07.2025 Interview
Food Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Munich-based food technologist Ute Weisz specialises in the extraction, characterisation and modification of plant proteins in order to make them usable for the food industry.
16.07.2025 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers at the University of Potsdam and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin have succeeded in explaining the working steps of an enzyme involved in anaerobic carbon fixation.
21.07.2025 News
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
The development of bio-based adhesives, coatings and fibres for the construction industry is the focus of a new EU project involving researchers from the Steinbeis Europe Centre and the Fraunhofer Society.
25.07.2025 News
Machine and plant engineering Plants Agriculture sciences
The collaboration between agricultural research and robotics has resulted in a novel 3D laser scanner system that enables precise plant analysis.
30.07.2025 News
Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
As part of the EU project MATE4MEAT, Fraunhofer researchers are working on bio-based and antimicrobial meat packaging that extends the shelf life of food.
31.07.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
A research team led by Geisenheim University points to the potential of wild plants and their interaction with soil microbes for sustainable agriculture and calls for the establishment of protected areas to study this sensitive relationship.
01.08.2025 News
Textiles Plants Materials sciences
The European BioFibreLoop project aims to establish lignin as a bio-based fibre source for the textile industry. The main challenge is to establish a supply chain.
23.07.2025 Studies and statistics
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The pollution of the oceans, air, and soil by microplastics is well documented. However, much less research has been conducted on the occurrence of even smaller nanoplastic particles in the environment.
31.07.2025 Success story
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Agricultural crops urgently need new plant protection methods. The KombiAktiv2 project has evaluated a new bio-based approach.
04.08.2025 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
A research team led by the Technical University of Munich has developed a process for producing carbon fibres from renewable raw materials.
05.08.2025 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
The Power2Polymers project uses sustainable methanol to produce usable chemicals such as paraformaldehyde and polyols on a large scale – as a basis for adhesives and other industrial applications.
29.08.2025 Product
Construction Fungi
When neighbours play loud music at home or colleagues in the office are constantly on the phone, it can be not only annoying, but persistent noise often causes stress and is harmful to health.
18.08.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
Researchers have developed a genome-based metabolic model for potatoes that can improve the breeding of new stress-tolerant varieties.
13.08.2025 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
In the Texroh joint project, researchers at TU Dresden are seeking to develop cellulose-containing residues and waste materials for the production of sustainable Lyocell fibers.
18.08.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research has established new funding guidelines to promote the development and application of new methods for the sustainable protection of crops against insect pests and plant pathogens.
14.08.2025 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Mastering structural change in the Western Palatinate with microorganisms: Alexander Schweitzer, Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate, saw for himself how this can be achieved during a visit to the Pirmasens campus of Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences.
19.08.2025 News
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With a new round of tenders for the “Bioeconomy International” funding initiative, the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR) is once again supporting the establishment of international research networks.
17.10.2025 Interview
Construction Waste Materials sciences
Wood fibers are the raw material the company Willowprint uses in 3D printing to create a building material that is completely recyclable and compostable.
19.10.2023 News
Chemistry Fungi Chemistry
The chemical company BASF SE is investing a high double-digit million amount in a new fermentation plant in Ludwigshafen for the production of sustainable crop protection products.
24.10.2023 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biodiversity
Diatoms have developed a way to grow successfully even in nutrient-poor marine regions.
