27.04.2016 Product
Consumables Plants
Lego bricks are still made of plastic, which consumes a lot of oil. However, there has been a recent change in thinking. In addition to manufacturing products from bio plastics, by-products accrued from the wood industry are gaining in importance as a basic raw material for toy manufacturers.
20.12.2019 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Poinsettias are not only beautiful to look at but also robust. Growers are constantly creating new color variations of the popular decorative plant.
19.12.2019 Interview
Agriculture and forestry Animals Agriculture sciences
The veterinarian Jens Baltissen talks about modern breeding approaches for dairy cows favored by bioeconomy researchers in the German Livestock Association.
09.01.2020 News
Pharmaceutical industry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Braunschweig researchers have discovered a new species of cold-loving yeasts in tree sap.
21.01.2020 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
Hamburg researchers are developing biodiesel without sulfur and nitrogen from french fry fat and electrolysis hydrogen.
22.01.2020 News
Food Animals Agriculture sciences
Overfertilization in fish farming pose a serious threat to ecosystems and food security, researchers find.
30.01.2020 News
unspecific Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Max Planck researchers have created a synthetic cell that enables biochemical reactions and reacts to environmental influences.
29.01.2020 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
If we were to modify the metabolism of plants, they could bind up to five times more carbon dioxide than is currently the case. Bioinformaticians from Würzburg have run a simulation.
31.01.2020 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Big news for the Leuna chemical site: The Finnish group UPM is investing EUR 550 million in an industrial biorefinery. The plant will produce green chemicals from wood.
05.02.2020 News
Food Plants Chemistry
Partners from research and industry want to develop multilayer packaging materials based on chitosan and at the same time work out a corresponding method for quality control.
06.02.2020 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
With the help of a new process, researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis in Rostock extract pentylene glycol, which is important for cosmetics, from bagasse, residual materials from the sugar cane industry.
04.07.2019 News
Pharmaceutical industry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
Bioengineers at the TU Munich have used artificial DNA to produce a hydrogel that can release several active substances in a specific order.
08.07.2019 News
Automobile Plants Materials sciences
Plastic reinforced with plant fibres will in future be used for lightweight construction in Porsche series production vehicles. Fraunhofer researchers have developed the material.
11.07.2019 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Microbiologists have discovered how the highly complex multiple sugar Ulvan from sea lettuce is broken down into its components by a dozen enzymes.
16.07.2019 News
unspecific Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Bremen microbiologists have researched bacteria in ciliates that live in close symbiosis with their host and perform unusual metabolic functions.
22.07.2019 News
Agriculture and forestry Animals Agriculture sciences
The soldier fly could help solve not one, but two problems of sustainable farming. Using the insect as feed could eliminate organic waste while also reducing the need for imported soya and fish meal.
25.07.2019 News
Consumables Waste Agriculture sciences
Together with European partners, researchers from the Julius Kühn Institute are investigating how far feedstocks for biobased fertilizers are contaminated with pollutants.
17.07.2019 News
Food Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
The joint venture of Evonik and DSM, Veramaris, has commissioned an industrial plant for the production of algae oil in the United States.
26.07.2019 Studies and statistics
unspecific unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
New figures show sustainable growth of the European bioeconomy. The 18.6 million people employed in the various sectors of the bioeconomy generate a turnover of 2.3 trillion euro.
02.08.2019 News
Energy Microorganisms Plant and process engineering
Extremely halophilic archaea have a natural mechanism to mineralize dissolved radioactive ions and prevent leaching.
01.08.2019 News
Chemistry Animals Biodiversity
A German research cooperation has analyzed the toxins of a species of the robber fly and found an underestimated potential for agriculture and pharmaceutical research.
24.07.2019 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
Plant researchers at the University of Halle-Wittenberg have compared the immune response of tobacco with thale cress and discovered surprising differences.
06.08.2019 News
Construction Plants Social sciences
Lawns and trees are good for people living in the city - neuroscientists from Heidelberg and Karlsruhe have measured how spending time in green spaces affects the well-being of volunteers.
07.08.2019 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Plant researchers from Germany have unlocked the genetic potential of old landraces for breeding robust maize varieties that can withstand harsh conditions caused by climate change.
12.08.2019 News
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In marine sediments, not only microorganisms but also chemical processes produce nitrous oxide that is harmful to the climate.
16.08.2019 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
A German-Ethiopian research cooperation aims to develop catalysts for the sustainable use of fatty oils from the seeds of Vernonia galamensis.
19.08.2019 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biodiversity
Dead or alive? Plant researchers at the University of Osnabrück have developed a method that can save seedbanks a lot of time and effort.
12.08.2019 Success story
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Scientists in Berlin have developed an adhesive protein inspired from mussels and are able to produce the substance from reprogrammed microbes. The adhesive can be used as superglue to treat wounds and bone fractures.
15.08.2019 News
Pharmaceutical industry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
Using epigenetic markers in the genome, Fraunhofer researchers can deduce the biological age of a cell sample. The software used is based on AI algorithms.
29.08.2019 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Fraunhofer researchers are developing processes and catalysts to produce chemicals and fuels from carbon dioxide. They have now demonstrated ethylene synthesis.
11.02.2020 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
Rostock chemists use the concept of artificial photosynthesis to produce high-quality hydrocarbons from carbon dioxide.
18.02.2020 News
Food unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
Eat the silverware instead of throwing it away: This idea is being pursued by the start-up Frenvi, which wants to offer an alternative to disposable plastic cutlery with its edible spoons.
10.02.2020 Success story
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Feeding the growing world population is one of the greatest tasks of our time. To meet this challenge, the crop yields of wheat must be increased and the most suitable varieties for changing environmental conditions must be found. This is the goal of the BRIWECS project.
19.02.2020 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
In the search for alternatives to plastic, researchers want to further develop packaging made of banana leaves and water hyacinths to better protect food.
03.03.2020 News
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
In order to make potatoes more resistant, researchers want to coat the seeds of the nightshade plants with beneficial fungi and thus help them grow.
12.02.2020 Country
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Modern agricultural technologies, bioenergy and biotechnology are on the agenda for research policy in the United Kingdom.
12.02.2020 Country
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The Baltic Latvia is strongly influenced by agriculture and forestry. A bio-economic strategy was adopted in 2017. As a "data-driven nation", Latvia is also a pioneer in digitisation.
12.02.2020 Studies and statistics
unspecific unspecific Nutritional sciences
This is the result of a study led by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). The study examined solutions that would enable ten billion people to eat healthy food within the limits of our planet.
26.02.2020 News
unspecific Microorganisms Biodiversity
At the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, scientists have compiled 15,000 metagenome data sets from soil samples of various origins according to uniform standards.
18.02.2020 Product
Chemistry Plants
Leather is a material with excellent properties. Nevertheless, the purchase of leather goods is controversial, because leather from conventional animal breeding is not only CO2-intensive, but also needs large amounts of chemicals for tanning.
18.03.2020 News
Chemistry Plants Materials sciences
Lignin is an attractive raw material for bioplastics. X-ray analyses have shown how the different molecular structures influence the properties of the biopolymer.
19.03.2020 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Animal feed must be high in protein, which is why soya is very well suited for this purpose. For ecological reasons, researchers are looking for domestic alternatives.
10.03.2020 News
unspecific unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
Biotechnologists from Halle and Berlin have produced an improved version of the genome editing tool CRISPR-Cas9. The gene scissors make fewer mistakes in cutting.
25.03.2020 News
Chemistry Waste Biodiversity
Following the example of grasshopper feet, bionics researchers from Kiel have created an adaptive frictional system that adheres even to rough and uneven surfaces.
31.03.2020 Interview
unspecific Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Microbiologist Jörg Overmann wants to investigate the diversity of bacteria and relies on artificial intelligence.
14.04.2020 Product
Consumables Plants
Finally, the time has come. The days are getting longer, the sunbeams warmer. Spring has arrived and the garden season begins. However, only a few plants are sown directly into the open field.
05.11.2020 News
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More than 1,800 attendees already registered for the Global Bioeconomy Summit 2020. The conference takes place virtually from November 16 to 20.
11.11.2020 News
Food Animals Food technology
The Berlin start-up Native Food is looking for investors on the crowdfunding platform Startnext to produce the first large batch of its insect crackers.
04.01.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
Genetic information from seed banks can help better equip today's arable crops for climate change.
18.11.2020 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
A new method provides seed banks and breeders with results after only hours, without having to waste the tested seed.
20.11.2020 News
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The digital Global Bioeconomy Summit 2020 successfully started its two-day plenary program yesterday morning. More than 1,000 participants followed the livestream at times.
17.12.2020 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
A team of researchers at Hof University of Applied Sciences wants to banish conventional plastic silage films from the fields and develop a bio-based alternative with better properties.
26.11.2020 News
unspecific unspecific Bioökonomie mitgestalten
The BMBF has published the new strategy "Research for Sustainability" (FONA) and doubled the funding to 4 billion euros. The bioeconomy also plays an important role.
02.12.2020 News
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By 2022, plastic bags are planned to disappear from the market for good. This has now been decided by the German Bundestag.
02.12.2020 Success story
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Bioelectrochemistry enables economically attractive microbial biofactories. In the future, the proteobacterium Shewanella oneidensis could be used in this way for acetoin production.
08.12.2020 News
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The 13th German Sustainability Day was dominated by the corona crisis. In virtual forums, around 100 experts discussed the opportunities of the pandemic for a sustainable future.
08.12.2020 News
unspecific unspecific Bioökonomie mitgestalten
The new Bioeconomy Council has met for the first time. For the next three years, the 20-member body will advise the German government on the implementation of the National Bioeconomy Strategy.
23.12.2020 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
It is not only eggs that can contain salmonella – but also almonds. Researchers have now been able to use compressed carbon dioxide to make these pathogenic bacteria harmless.
22.01.2021 Interview
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Sascha Peters is a materials expert and trend scout for new technologies. He is convinced: The recycling of resources must already be considered in product design.
12.12.2020 Studies and statistics
unspecific unspecific Biodiversity
We wear masks to protect others and ourselves. Empa researchers asked themselves what the environmental balance of this mass-produced product looks like and examined the environmental impact using the example of cotton and disposable masks by means of life cycle assessment analyses.
