12.02.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Bioökonomie mitgestalten
In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, large areas of moorland are to be rewetted by 2027 and new options for utilising paludiculture tested.
21.02.2025 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
An international research team with the participation of GEOMAR researchers from Kiel is searching for robust microorganisms in extreme habitats on Earth in order to accelerate biotechnological applications.
14.02.2025 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
The world's first tampon made from seaweed from Berlin start-up Vyld has passed the certification hurdle and has recently started to make its way into the country's first sanitary facilities.
18.02.2025 News
unspecific unspecific Bioökonomie mitgestalten
A total of 14 clusters from various European countries, including Germany, have joined forces to promote a circular and sustainable bioeconomy.
27.02.2025 News
Textiles Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
As part of a Europe-wide project, a research team from Jülich has developed a bacterium that can convert various nylon building blocks into valuable substances – a new approach to combating plastic pollution.
25.02.2025 News
Pharmaceutical industry unspecific Materials sciences
Innovative cell culture systems that are set to revolutionise production processes in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry – the start-up Green Elephant Biotech is now receiving support from Bürkert Fluid Control Systems for this vision.
26.02.2025 News
Food Fungi Food technology
The start-up Kynda is working on the development of meat substitutes made from mushroom mycelium. It has now received funding totalling 3 million euros. The investors are EnjoyVenture, the PHW Group and Clima Now.
05.03.2025 News
Consumables unspecific Materials sciences
The Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging has developed and trialled a new bio-based, recyclable packaging film for food in collaboration with the Albstadt-Sigmaringen University of Applied Sciences.
07.03.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
A Bavarian scientific team has researched how plant protection products can be applied selectively and automatically using drones and artificial intelligence. The challenges and results have now been published.
10.03.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry unspecific Plant breeding research
Berlin researchers provide the data basis for including human excreta in the list of permitted source materials in the Fertilizer Ordinance.
12.03.2025 News
unspecific Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
For the first time, an international research team has been able to optimize synthetic carbon fixation to such an extent that it works more efficiently than natural metabolic pathways.
13.03.2025 News
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The Joachim Herz Stiftung is supporting three research teams with its new innovate! Fund with up to 1 million euros each. They are looking for innovative approaches that make biogenic resources usable.
17.03.2025 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
A team led by Max Planck researcher Caroline Gutjahr from Potsdam has been able to clarify how plants control the symbiosis with fungi under stress conditions.
20.03.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
As part of an EU project, researchers at Trier University are developing digital solutions to advise winegrowers on soil protection.
26.03.2025 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
Würzburg researchers have synthesized four dye molecules from photosynthesis in plant cells and thus artificially recreated one of the first steps of the natural metabolic pathway.
24.03.2025 News
Pharmaceutical industry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Max Planck researchers have functionalized microalgae with chitosan and magnetic nanoparticles in such a way that the movement of the unicellular organisms can be controlled - even through human tissue.
25.03.2024 News
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Although the proportion of green start-ups remains high, it is declining slightly due to the current difficult market and financing conditions. This is shown by the latest Green Startup Monitor.
28.03.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Under the leadership of the Julius Kühn Institute, a European research team wants to analyse fungus-resistant grapevines and identify molecular markers for grapevine breeding. The cuticle on the berry skin could play a key role.
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 12:00 In-depth report
unspecific unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
In recent years, AI technologies have revolutionized protein research and the possibilities for producing tailor-made protein molecules. This dossier highlights how AI-based tools are opening up new avenues for research and innovation.
03.04.2024 News
Construction Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
As an alternative to reinforced concrete, researchers at the German Institute of Textile and Fibre Research have developed a combined building material made of natural stone, carbon fibres and biochar that has a particularly good carbon footprint.
02.04.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
Not only the properties of the soil, but also the genetic make-up of a plant influence which microbes colonise its roots. This is shown by an international study in which researchers from Bonn and Gatersleben were involved.
08.04.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Many varieties of barley produce a substance called gramine, which is toxic to livestock. Researchers from Hanover and Gatersleben have discovered how the alkaloid is produced in the plant.
27.03.2025 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
On March 24, the first demonstration plant that converts biogas from wastewater into climate-neutral methanol was put into operation on the site of the Mannheim sewage treatment plant.
11.08.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
The meristem tissue in the shoot apex, which is important for growth, develops a memory for heat stress in plants that helps them survive. Researchers from Potsdam have observed this.
17.08.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Forestry
In adverse environmental conditions such as heat or drought, trees put survival processes before growth.
18.08.2021 Product
Consumables Plants
Instead of cotton pads and the like, sustainable makeup removal wipes are equally good for the skin and the environment.
19.08.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
A new method detects wild weeds, thereby reducing the need for herbicides in agriculture.
24.08.2021 News
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
Nonwovens made from the bioplastic polylactide can remove virus-laden aerosols from rooms equally well as conventional plastic filters.
24.08.2021 Product
Chemistry Plants
Sounds paradoxical, but works brilliantly: Beetroot, often known as the cause of stubborn stains, qualifies as an ecological cleaning agent.
01.10.2021 Success story
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
A special process makes natural fibers more heat-resistant, enabling them to be used in engineering thermoplastics.
31.08.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Forestry
Making satellite data on the forest ecosystem available quickly and seamlessly is the goal of the newly established Copernicus Network Office "Wald" ("Forest").
02.09.2021 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
The U.S. company Kalera acquires shares worth millions in the Munich-based indoor farming specialist &ever to further expand its global market position in the vertical farming sector.
10.09.2021 News
Consumables Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
The Munich-based cleantech start-up NxFoods wants to use biotechnological processes to bring a chocolate to market that does not contain cocoa but is produced in a climate-friendly and fair way.
13.09.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Ceravis AG and Fraunhofer FEP have founded a new company, E-Vita GmbH, to establish the Dresden researchers' innovative seed treatment method on the market.
14.09.2021 News
Automobile unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers at the Institute for Bioplastics and Biocomposites (IfBB) at Hannover University of Applied Sciences want to develop bioplastics for the automotive industry that can withstand high temperatures and stresses.
20.09.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is once again promoting structural change in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and providing millions for research into artificial intelligence in agriculture.
05.10.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Microbial decomposition of biodegradable PBSA films works well under climate change conditions. However, the plastic can endanger field yields.
28.09.2021 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
CleanTech start-up BIO-LUTIONS and Zelfo Technology have been awarded the Brandenburg Innovation Prize for developing a process for producing natural fibers.
22.10.2021 Success story
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Using shallow- and deep-rooted wheat varieties in one field, researchers aim to improve the plants' nutrient and water availability and make them more resilient.
27.09.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
An agri-photovoltaic system was set up on an organic fruit farm in Gelsdorf, Rhineland-Palatinate, to explore its potential for fruit cultivation.
11.10.2021 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
The first high-tech greenhouse of the new Phytotechnikum was officially opened on the campus of the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart.
12.10.2021 News
Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
A team led by Potsdam biochemist Peter Seeberger has succeeded in obtaining BMBF funding for the establishment of two large-scale research centers for the reorientation of chemical production in central Germany.
04.10.2021 Interview
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
The Potsdam molecular biologist Philip Wigge is researching the mechanisms by which plants detect and adapt to ambient temperatures.
04.10.2021 Studies and statistics
unspecific unspecific Energy technologies
A study recently published in the journal Science by RWTH Aachen University in collaboration with ETH Zurich shows that net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from plastics are possible.
19.10.2021 News
Chemistry Animals Biotechnology/Systems biology
Inspired by fish gills, researchers want to develop a sustainable filter that screens microplastics from washing machines.
27.10.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
The plant's appearance reveals nothing about its roots, according to a study. More attention should be paid to the characteristics of fine roots in future development forecasts.
08.11.2021 News
Machine and plant engineering Waste Plant and process engineering
A large-scale trial identifies key design elements for successful recycling of refrigerators and freezers.
Thu, 10/28/2021 - 12:00 In-depth report
Food Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Vegetarian and vegan alternatives to sausage and meat are booming and have hit the middle of society. This dossier looks at the plant-based alternatives. It presents the most important resources and meat substitute products, market development, economic players and relevant funding projects.
26.10.2021 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
The Hamburg-based start-up traceless materials was able to secure a multi-million euro grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC) for the further development of a process with which compostable biomaterials can be produced from agricultural residues.
02.11.2021 News
unspecific Microorganisms Biodiversity
The National Research Data Infrastructure for Microbiota Research has begun to create better data management nationwide.
09.11.2021 News
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
From base monomers to additives, the important plastics group is to become more bio- and residue-based.
22.11.2021 Interview
Agriculture and forestry unspecific Agriculture sciences
Martina Brockmeier, an agricultural economist from Hohenheim, was elected as the future president of the Leibniz Association in November 2021. She sees bioeconomy research as an important contribution to achieving the global sustainability goals.
16.11.2021 News
unspecific Plants Biodiversity
Seagrass is an important store of carbon dioxide. A bacterium enables the plant to thrive.
17.11.2021 Success story
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Fraunhofer researchers are working on an alternative to the CRISPR-Cas gene scissors. Initial successes have already been achieved.
22.11.2021 News
Pharmaceutical industry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
The Kykeon Biotech team wins the audience award of the Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus-Senftenberg.
18.11.2021 Studies and statistics
unspecific unspecific Biodiversity
Human impact reshapes ecological communities through the extinction and introduction of species. Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have studied these processes using the example of birds on ocean islands. They were able to show that the loss of species causes a long-term unification of ecosystems and their functions.
23.11.2021 News
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Two bioeconomy experts will head the Leibniz Association in the future: Martina Brockmeier, an agricultural economist from Hohenheim, was elected as the new president and Barbara Sturm, an agricultural engineer from Potsdam, was elected vice-president.
08.12.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Saving species-rich grasslands is the focus of a new project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research with a total of 3 million euros over the next three years.
17.01.2022 Interview
Food unspecific Agriculture sciences
Alternative agricultural systems such as "vertical farming" are a focus of Susanne Baldermann's research work. With a view to healthy, sustainable nutrition, the food chemist is targeting secondary plant compounds, among other things.
30.11.2021 News
Food unspecific Agriculture sciences
Artprojekt GmbH wants to establish a place of innovation for the future of European food production in Berlin: Construction of the Food Campus Berlin is scheduled to begin in spring 2022.
