27.05.2019 News
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At the ICCA climate conference in Heidelberg, political and economic actors stressed the need for cooperation between government decision-makers.
28.05.2019 News
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In a statement on genome editing, the Max Planck Society argues for the targeted use of CRISPR-Cas9 in plant breeding and urges legislative changes.
03.06.2019 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
Researchers at the University of Düsseldorf are developing genetic approaches to accelerate the path to new varieties.
05.06.2019 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
A Franco-German research project is investigating how efficient agriculture could largely do without chemical-synthetic crop protection.
07.06.2019 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
The sustainable production of crops is the focus of a cooperation between agricultural research institutions in Germany and Brazil.
05.06.2019 News
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Max Planck Researchers are working to develop sustainable alternatives for each component of the ecologically problematic electricity storage systems.
07.06.2019 News
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Using artificial intelligence, researchers at TU Munich have improved protein analysis on the basis of mass spectrometry data.
12.06.2019 News
Pharmaceutical industry Animals Biotechnology/Systems biology
An international team of researchers has obtained a special variant of pluripotent stem cells from pigs. They hold potential for agriculture and medicine.
11.06.2019 Success story
Energy Plants Bioökonomie mitgestalten
Using the bioenergy sector as an example, Jena researchers are investigating the extent to which the transition process towards a bioeconomy is affecting the existing global social inequalities.
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Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
The Göttingen agricultural scientist Andreas von Tiedemann is researching plant diseases in order to eliminate fungal pathogens threatening our crops.
13.06.2019 News
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With a total of 8.4 million euros, the European Union is backing a project coordinated by Hamburg University of Applied Sciences that aims to initiate innovations in bioplastics production.
26.04.2018 News
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The European Investment Bank launches a new financing initiative that allocates €400 million to support developments and investments across the agriculture and bioeconomy sector.
03.05.2018 News
Chemistry Plants Agriculture sciences
Tobias Erb, scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg, received the Otto Bayer Award for his achievements regarding artificial photosynthesis.
08.05.2018 News
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The start-up competition "PlanB- Biobased.Business.Bavaria" is entering its third round and is looking for innovative bioeconomy business-ideas.
09.05.2018 Product
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Sitting in a bar, drinking a cocktail and chewing on the plastic straw, which is then disposed of as a matter of course - there's hardly anything less sustainable. A German start-up now wants to change this and produces the straws from fruit residue.
16.05.2018 Interview
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Sonja Berensmeier uses computer models to design complex peptides for technical applications.
16.05.2018 News
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Swedish researcher developed a new ultra-strong and bio-based material at Hamburgs DESY institute by transferring superior nanoscale mechanics to macroscopic fibres.
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Researcher Profile
Consumables Plants Materials sciences
Uwe D'Agnone is committed to a sustainable and resource-efficient industry and is breaking new ground with his grass-based paper and packaging.
24.05.2018 News
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About 200 bioeconomy experts met in Cologne to discuss the newest developments regarding biomaterials.
04.06.2018 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
The mega-merger of Bayer and Monsanto has overcome its last obstacle: The United States Department of Justice gave their conditional approval for the US$62.5 billion acquisition.
11.06.2018 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
UK-based Green Biologics and German Kreussler Inc. have developed a bio-based dry cleaning solvent made from corn.
13.06.2018 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
Researcher at Munich’s TU have developed a bio-based and biodegradable crop protection agent based on CBT-ol, a chemical in the leaf of the tobacco plant.
22.06.2018 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
Munich food chemists found that ingredients such as citric acid and 6-gingerol from ginger stimulate the molecular defences in human saliva.
26.06.2018 News
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39 Nobel Laureates and 600 young scientists across 84 different nations come together this week for the prestigious Lindau meeting. This year’s focus: medicine and physiology.
03.07.2018 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
The Aquaponic startup ECF Farmsystem gained a new investor: Since June, a Swiss investor group holds shares of the Berlin-based company.
05.07.2018 News
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Researchers from Karlsruhe have built an apartment near Zurich that consists exclusively of compostable and recyclable materials.
06.07.2018 News
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Before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decides on the regulation of genome-edited plants, environmental and industrial associations advocate their positions.
16.07.2018 Success story
Food Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
Researchers from Kiel have put the product milk under the proverbial microscope and examined the entire value chain from the producer to the consumer.
18.07.2018 News
Food Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Munich natural product researchers have investigated and identified allergenic proteins in strawberries and tomatoes: The variety of fruit determines the allergy potential.
20.07.2018 News
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Not only is fine dust unhealthy for humans, it also affects the vegetation: According to an international study, the particulate matter makes trees more susceptible to drought.
24.07.2018 News
Food unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
The German pharma company Merck is investing in the development of cultured meat by the Dutch start-up Mosa Meat.
23.07.2018 News
Food Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
Bacteria protect the eggs of the wool beetle from fungal attack. According to Mainz researchers, the bacteria obtained the mechanism through natural gene transfer - possibly even from marine organisms.
30.07.2018 News
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Molecular biologists from Freiburg have constructed intelligent materials from biological modules that can absorb and process information.
25.07.2018 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
The Court of Justice of the European Union declared that crops bred via the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas are "GMOs" and are to be regulated as such.
06.08.2018 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Munich biotechnologists have developed a highly efficient method to extract large amounts of the amino acid methionine from climate-damaging CO2.
13.08.2018 News
Food Microorganisms Food technology
Researchers from Hannover have found a way to make food safer: Cold plasma succeeded in killing bacteria in sausages.
02.08.2018 News
Automobile Plants Chemistry
Manufacturing carbon fibres from sustainable resources is expensive – until now. A researcher at TU Dresden develops new and efficient manufacturing processes.
08.08.2018 News
Pharmaceutical industry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Using DNA snippets from tomatoes, researchers hope to identify breast implants in a way that prevents them from being falsified. This will enable them to track down inferior forgeries more quickly.
15.08.2018 News
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Bionic scientists at the University of Kiel have designed silicone material surfaces based on the model of a leaf beetle, thus significantly increasing its adhesion to other materials.
03.12.2018 Success story
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A database of the RWTH Aachen simplifies the analysis of new molecular genetic information from plant research.
07.12.2018 News
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Many types of soft PVC are harmful to one's health. Thus, a consortium of the Hamburg and Bielefeld universities as well as BASF SE is looking for biobased alternatives.
06.12.2018 News
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The European Commission calls for a pan-European long-term strategy for a prosperous and climate neutral economy and names the bioeconomy as key to achieving these goals.
11.12.2018 News
Food Animals Bioökonomie mitgestalten
According to Cologne-based researchers, praising insect food as a luxury object rather than advertising it as environmentally-sound motivates more people to actually eat it.
17.12.2018 Product
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Decorating finger and toe nails is not a recent trend. The oldest proof for decorated nails is about 5000 years old and comes from China.
12.12.2018 News
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Materials researchers from Karlsruhe are using enzymes as a biobased, energy-saving and sustainable alternative to conventional catalysts.
17.12.2018 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
Ecologists from Germany and Switzerland report that maize and wheat use the metabolite benzoxazinoid differently depending on which pest attacks them.
21.12.2018 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
Nuts are traditional winter and Christmas treats. However, they are not only tasty and nutritious, they also have a huge potential as source material for the bioeconomy.
18.12.2018 News
Consumables Plants Chemistry
Are bioplastics really a "green" alternative to petroleum-based plastics? According to researchers in Bonn, bioplastics are only sustainable if crop residues are used for its production.
19.12.2018 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Jasmonic acid is widely known as a defence hormone of plants. Researchers from Würzburg have now identified another function: it also causes the closure of stomata.
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Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Andrea Kruse wants to promote the material use of biomass. The chemist from Hohenheim hopes to establish a biorefinery on the farm in order to produce basic chemicals from plant feedstocks.
08.01.2019 News
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Zoologists in Kiel have discovered highly adhesive cellulose nanofibres in the slimy protective layer of plant seeds, which may be very useful for biomedical applications.
07.01.2019 News
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Due to its magnetic properties, the microbial species Magnetospirillum has enormous potential for biotechnological applications and was voted Microbe of the Year 2019.
10.01.2019 News
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The European project PANBioRA is investigating and developing tools and methods in order to assess the risks of new biobased medical products in a standardised way.
15.01.2019 News
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Fraunhofer physicists have developed a pocket-sized food scanner that uses infrared light and intelligent algorithms to determine the shelf life of food.
15.01.2019 News
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Materials scientists at TU Dresden have developed wood fibre-based oil binders that can clean water in the event of an oil spill.
15.01.2019 Studies and statistics
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A new study by the nova-Institut investigates the sustainability of biobased raw materials for the chemical industry, both quantitatively and qualitatively.
15.02.2019 Interview
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The Berlin biologist Michael Ohl wants to record the diversity of animal species on earth with the help of innovative technologies - at the new Center for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery.
18.01.2019 News
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Cosmetics are a growing market but mostly based on petrochemicals. During a trade show in Paris Covestro is now presenting a new sustainable hair gel and sun protect lotion.
22.01.2019 Interview
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Thomas Helle, Managing Director of Tübingen-based Novis GmbH, is developing a biogas plant using mushroom compost as part of the EU project "Smartmushroom".
