14.06.2024 Success story
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
In the BigPharm project, researchers from Munich and Constance want to biotechnologically produce the cannabinoid delta-9-THC. In their search for enzymes for biosynthesis, they found what they were looking for in beard flowers and lichens.
17.06.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
The German Research Foundation is funding a new Collaborative Research Centre at the University of Halle-Wittenberg. The focus is on mutations in the genetic material of plants and how these affect proteins.
18.12.2023 Interview
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Agnieszka Golicz uses "big data" for the genome-based improvement of crops.
15.12.2023 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Molecular biologist Tobias Erb receives the Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation, endowed with 2.5 million euros, for his pioneering work in the field of synthetic biology.
20.12.2023 Success story
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
Researchers in Bielefeld have developed an environmentally friendly process to produce bio-based polyurethanes for high-performance composites.
20.12.2023 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Max Planck researcher Caroline Gutjahr from Potsdam has been awarded one of the coveted Consolidator Grants from the European Research Council (ERC) for her research into the coexistence of plants and symbiotic fungi in soil.
27.12.2023 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers have elucidated the structure of the enzyme complex iron nitrogenase in order to better utilize its function.
19.12.2023 News
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The state government has decided to set up a Bioeconomy Council to drive forward the expansion of a bio-based and sustainable economy in North Rhine-Westphalia. The 15-member advisory body will begin its work in January 2024.
03.01.2024 News
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The microbe Electronema is a current-conducting bacteria. They promote the breakdown of pollutants and reduce the formation of greenhouse gases in seas and lakes.
11.02.2024 Interview
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Biochemist Birte Höcker from the University of Bayreuth uses artificial intelligence to create customized proteins. In this interview, she talks about the potential of language models, which work much like ChatGPT, for the development of completely new biomolecules.
08.01.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Paludiculture in rewetted fens not only promotes biodiversity, but also provides a new habitat for endangered animal and plant species. This is shown by a study by the University of Greifswald.
12.01.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry unspecific Agriculture sciences
Soils are a key resource for the bioeconomy. However, climate change and industrial agriculture have damaged around 60% of soils in Europe, as the recently published Soil Atlas 2024 reveals.
15.01.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Waste Agriculture sciences
The resource database of the German Biomass Research Center now provides a complete overview of all biogenic residual and waste materials available in Germany and the EU.
22.06.2024 Product
Consumables Microorganisms
Many cleaning products are based on surfactants derived from crude oil. They have been proven to fulfil their main task of dissolving dirt and grease. Bio-based alternatives do this in a more environmentally friendly way using renewable resources.
25.04.2024 Product
Construction Plants
Stable, heat-resistant, scratch-proof. These are the properties that a washbasin should have. Sanitary ceramics are ideal for manufacturing the basins - but so is a bio-based composite.
18.01.2024 News
Food Plants Plant breeding research
A Franco-German research team has used genome editing to produce rice plants that are resistant to the Rice Yellow Mottle Virus (RYMV).
05.04.2024 Product
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Maize is first and foremost a foodstuff. Many of its plant components that are not edible are also suitable for the production of environmentally friendly products. For example, for products that bring other foods fresh to the consumer.
19.01.2024 News
Construction Plants Materials sciences
Regional hop harvest residues are the raw material used by a founding team at the Technical University of Munich to develop sustainable building materials. Acoustic panels made from hops are to be launched on the market this year.
22.01.2024 News
Food unspecific Agriculture sciences
A new English-language Master's degree course that combines agricultural science, economics and politics will start at the Technical University of Munich in the winter semester 2024/2025 and is the only one of its kind in Europe.
27.09.2024 Product
Consumables Waste
Orange peel, lemon peel and coffee grounds. What do these elements have in common? They are not necessarily a case for the organic waste bin, but can be reprocessed into practical everyday helpers and beautiful home accessories.
23.01.2024 News
Chemistry Plants Bioökonomie mitgestalten
A new EU project involving researchers from Ruhr University Bochum is focusing on the development of unused biomass resources in Europe.
04.09.2024 Product
unspecific Plants
Without it, many floral arrangements wouldn't make much of an impression. Floral foam is commonly used in floristry to stabilise cut flowers, grasses, and branches in bouquets, and to provide them with water and nutrients.
29.01.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Under the leadership of the University of Magdeburg, a European research consortium wants to combine two medical imaging techniques for the first time and make them usable for agriculture.
18.01.2024 Studies and statistics
Food unspecific Agriculture sciences
The Green Alliance think tank has analysed how a switch to a plant-based diet could affect land use in ten European countries.
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 12:00 In-depth report
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
Plant roots are hotspots of the soil ecosystem and an important starting point for arable farming and soil management. The interaction between plant roots and their immediate environment is a key biological process that researchers want to better understand and utilise in order to make agriculture more sustainable.
31.01.2024 News
Food Fungi Biotechnology/Systems biology
The Hamburg-based biotech company Infinite Roots - formerly Mushlabs - has secured 58 million US dollars in a Series B financing round for the development and production of new meat substitutes based on mushroom mycelium.
06.02.2024 News
Food unspecific Agriculture sciences
A global report involving researchers from Potsdam shows how the global economy would benefit from an agricultural and food transition and underlines the urgent need to revise the political framework.
02.02.2024 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
The Berlin start-up Vyld has raised millions from investors as part of an early-stage financing round, thereby securing the further development of its seaweed products.
12.02.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
According to a study, the combined cultivation of maize and runner beans is characterized by lower yields, but lower nutrient losses and greater biodiversity compared to a maize monoculture.
15.02.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
An international research team led by Munich agricultural scientist Senthold Asseng has modeled for the first time how the fungal disease wheat blast affects wheat production as a result of climate change.
08.02.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
The EU Commission's amended proposal to relax genetic engineering legislation for certain genome-edited plants was adopted by the European Parliament by a narrow majority.
16.02.2024 News
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With the new "BioKreativ" funding initiative, the BMBF is enabling young researchers from the natural, IT and engineering sciences to set up a junior research group for bioeconomy research. Apply by April 15.
20.02.2024 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Chemistry
Researchers at Cologne University of Applied Sciences have commissioned a pilot plant to test the cultivation of microalgae in a biofilm to purify landfill leachate.
27.02.2024 News
Food Fungi Biotechnology/Systems biology
The Berlin and Leipzig-based start-up Pacifico Biolabs has raised 3.3 million US dollars in a financing round for the development of alternative fish and seafood.
26.02.2024 News
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The German Federal Environmental Foundation has launched a new funding initiative to support innovative projects in which stakeholders work together on concrete change processes for sustainable development. Submit project ideas by May 15.
22.02.2024 News
Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
A research team at TU Braunschweig has combined various methods to make a scanning tunneling microscope usable for the surface analysis of peptides.
28.02.2024 News
Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
As part of the ReMatBuilt project, Fraunhofer researchers and partners from China have developed sustainable building materials made from recycled concrete and plant residues.
02.07.2024 Interview
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Luisa Gronenberg and her team from the Munich start-up Insempra are developing an innovative bioprocess to produce polyester and polyamides from residual and waste materials. The team is receiving millions in funding from SPRIND.
04.03.2024 News
Food unspecific Agriculture sciences
An 18-member panel of experts forms the new Senate Commission of the German Research Foundation for the transformation of agricultural and food systems.
11.03.2024 Success story
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
As part of the Biogasohol project, researchers from Rostock are working with Vietnamese partners to develop new catalysts and processes to convert carbon dioxide and methane from biogas into synthesis gas and make it usable for the chemical industry.
07.03.2024 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
The biotech companies AMSilk and BRAIN Biotech are announcing their first successes as part of their research and development alliance, which has only been running for a year: the optimization of a structural protein using computer-aided design and the patent application for the process.
14.03.2024 News
Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
The bioeconomy start-up traceless materials will launch the first large-scale production of its biomaterials in the former Wedemann bakery in Hamburg-Harburg.
20.03.2024 News
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Researchers and students at TH Köln and the University of Cologne have developed an experimental platform that illustrates how climate change affects plant growth.
12.03.2024 News
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In its annual report, the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI) focused on new technologies for sustainable agriculture, among other things. The most important points at a glance.
22.03.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
In a new EU project, researchers led by the Julius Kühn Institute want to investigate how innovative technologies can be used to reduce the use of plant protection products in arable farming.
13.03.2024 News
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As part of the European partnership AGROECOLOGY, the call for proposals for actors from Germany has now started. Submit your ideas by April 26!
21.06.2024 Success story
Chemistry unspecific Agriculture sciences
A German-Thai team is developing a biological pesticide that can withstand rain and heat. This means that certain insect larvae such as armyworms can be combated more effectively.
28.04.2024 Interview
Food unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
Anja Wagemans wants to give meat substitute products more "bite". To this end, the food technologist is working on the structure formation of alternative plant-based and microbiological biopolymers.
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.
22.06.2023 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
A biodegradable support material for 3D printing was developed at the University of Stuttgart from the bioplastic PHBV and common salt.
19.06.2023 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Seed specialist KWS Saat and Berlin-based start-up VF Nutrition GmbH entered into a multi-year partnership to further develop plant-based foods.
06.06.2023 Studies and statistics
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The Earth Commission, an international coalition of scientists, warns that life on Earth is threatened by global warming, dwindling freshwater reserves, pollution and a reduction in biodiversity.
20.06.2023 News
Energy Microorganisms unspecific
Archaea decompose alkanes from petroleum naturally produced near hydrothermal vents on the seafloor.
26.06.2023 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Leibniz researchers in Jena have demonstrated that bacteria use hydrogen for microbial electrosyntheses.
06.07.2023 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
For the cultivation of food crops, Veganz, a company specializing in vegan foods, has secured the licensing rights to the vertical farming technology developed by Fraunhofer IME.
29.06.2023 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
UPM and VAUDE plan to produce the first fleece jacket from wood-based polyester. The biobased chemical is to be produced on a large scale at UPM's new biorefinery in Leuna.
