11.10.2022 News
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
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
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
The ETOS future cluster aims to enable the production of numerous fine chemicals without fossil raw materials.
12.10.2022 Success story
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
In the PepTight project, researchers want to identify peptides that are able to filter special rare earths, known as lanthanides, from industrial water.
18.10.2022 News
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
Researchers from Halle have used a 3D printer to encapsulate an insect repellent in a biopolymer and molded it into a finger ring that protects against mosquitoes.
19.10.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
The salt protection mechanism now demonstrated in plant leaves is superior to that in roots and opens up potential for plant breeding.
14.10.2022 Studies and statistics
unspecific unspecific Biodiversity
According to the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) 14th Living Planet Report, declines in all observed populations of mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, and reptiles averaged 69% between 1970 and 2018.
25.10.2022 News
Pharmaceutical industry Plants Chemistry
A pilot plant for the production of two biobased pharmaceutical raw materials has performed well in test operation.
27.10.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
A new study concludes that breeding new wheat and rye varieties can significantly reduce agriculture's carbon footprint.
26.10.2022 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
The biotech company AMSilk has moved into new laboratory and office space on the Neuried campus southwest of Munich - partly in order to continue growing outside Europe.
01.11.2022 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Cologne-based researchers have tapped safflower oil as a resource for the production of biobased polyamides.
02.11.2022 News
Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
In the sustainability category of the FSK industry association's innovation award, this year's prize went to Fraunhofer researchers from Pfinztal.
07.11.2022 News
Construction Plants Agriculture sciences
A new research project aims to tap the potential of residual and waste materials from hemp processing - especially their use for energy.
09.11.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
Genetic analyses of old landraces of winter barley have led plant researchers from Gatersleben to discover a molecular mechanism that can be used to produce virus-resistant barley varieties.
10.11.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
Plant researchers from Tübingen have investigated epigenetic marks in a crop plant - the field penny-cress. These adapt to the climatic conditions of a site.
14.11.2022 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
The Potsdam-based start-up Targenomix uses systems biology and bioinformatics to develop new crop protection products.
15.11.2022 Success story
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers have developed a novel microbiological manufacturing process that can produce prebiotics and sweeteners sustainably and efficiently.
21.11.2022 News
Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers in Hamburg want to tap new sources of raw materials - straw, to be precise - in order to obtain cellulose fibers for the textile industry.
25.11.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biodiversity
Researchers reconstructed the distribution of global plant diversity and used it to create a world map showing where and how many plant species exist.
23.11.2022 News
unspecific Microorganisms Biodiversity
A silicone sponge can be used to detect bacteria that cannot be cultured in the laboratory and to analyze their DNA.
Thu, 11/24/2022 - 12:00 In-depth report
unspecific Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Producing new, high-quality plastics from plastic waste - not only chemistry but also biotechnology offers promising recycling approaches for this. This dossier explores how enzymes help degrade polymers and how bio-based plastics can be optimized for the circular economy.
22.11.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
The Gregor Mendel Foundation has awarded the Innovation Prize to researchers Nils Stein and Martin Mascher from the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) in Gatersleben for their contributions to decoding the complex genomes of wheat, barley and rye.
30.11.2022 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers at TU Dresden work on sustainable stage design made of a composite material with fungal mycelium. The corresponding premiere is at the beginning of December in Munich.
02.12.2022 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
A flexible vertical greening system developed by Fraunhofer researchers has reached market maturity after years of research.
28.04.2023 Interview
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Carsten Paul has investigated how effective carbon farming measures are and what role so-called humus certificates play in this.
05.12.2022 News
Chemistry Plants Agriculture sciences
Researchers at the University of Hohenheim want to make proteins from plants from meadows and pastures usable for the bioeconomy. A protein extract for animal feed has already been obtained.
08.12.2022 News
unspecific Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Gene scissors are an important tool in genome editing, but they originated in the battle between bacteria and phages.
07.12.2022 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is funding 13 new collaborative research centers at universities with a total of 166 million euros - including two on the bioeconomy.
17.04.2023 Interview
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Agricultural scientist Hans W. Griepentrog wants to replace synthetic chemical pesticides with the help of state-of-the-art technology.
12.12.2022 News
Energy Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
With the help of an innovative plasma technology, researchers have paved the way to protect grain from pests and thus make it last longer.
14.12.2022 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Heat-resistant enzymes could be incorporated into biodegradable plastics to accelerate their decomposition.
20.12.2022 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
Traceless has developed a pilot product from its innovative biomaterial, which is currently being used in a Hamburg store of the C&A fashion chain.
19.12.2022 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
A worldwide consortium with the participation of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg aims to advance the genome sequencing of eukaryotic unicellular organisms and make it available as a resource for the bioeconomy.
15.12.2022 News
Energy Waste Chemistry
A new reforming process generates another source of fuel from biogenic waste.
16.05.2023 Interview
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
As director of the newly established Department of „Sustainable and Bio-inspired Materials“ at the MPIKG, Silvia Vignolini aims to research and develop materials with predominantly optical functions, following Nature`s example.
24.05.2023 News
Chemistry Plants Agriculture sciences
One-time fertilization with amorphous silicate could be enough to significantly improve nutrient and water availability and thus yields in wheat. This is shown by a recent study by ZALF.
22.05.2023 Success story
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
Researchers have further developed the process of torrefaction to improve the material and energy recovery of plant biomass.
01.06.2023 News
Food Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Food technologist Anja Maria Wagemans from TU Berlin has been awarded the Young Scientist Award of the Berlin Science Award for her research into novel biomaterials.
Wed, 07/26/2023 - 12:00 In-depth report
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Cell-free systems dispense with the use of living cells in biotechnological production. Instead, all biochemical components necessary for the biosynthesis of molecules are combined in one reaction vessel. This dossier highlights different cell-free approaches and presents important applications.
26.05.2023 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
In the 58th national Jugend forscht competition, three students from Hesse won first prize in the "world of work" category with their development of a compostable disposable bag.
30.05.2023 News
Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
Bioeconomy start-up traceless materials receives 5 million euros from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU) to build a demonstration plant.
