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TUM

The so-called heat island effect in cities causes warmer temperatures and accelerates tree growth compared to rural trees. However, the faster growth also speeds up the ageing of trees.

16.11.2017 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Forestry

Urban climate speeds up tree growth

According to a new study by Munich researchers, warmer temperatures in cities speed up the growth of urban trees and let them age faster.

iGEM Team München 2017 wurde Vizeweltmeister in Boston

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iGEM Team München via @iGEM_Munich

15 German teams travelled to Boston for the iGEM finals. The result: eight gold medals, three silver, and three bronze medals.

15.11.2017 News

unspecific Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

German iGEM teams big in Boston

The 15 German teams at the finals of the iGEM competition for synthetic biology did very well: no overall win, but they received eight gold, three silver, and three bronze medals.

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TU Berlin/PR/Tobias Rosenberg

16.11.2017 News

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Intestinal bacteria produce mussel adhesive

Researchers from Berlin managed to reprogram the intestinal bacteria E. coli in such a way that they generate the underwater adhesives as seen in mussels.

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Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

The new Green Finance Cluster in Frankfurt is open: it will connect sustainable innovations and funding opportunities.

20.11.2017 News

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Frankfurt: opening of new Green Finance Cluster

The new Green Finance Cluster in Frankfurt is open for business. The goal: to pair up sustainable innovations and funding opportunities.

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Andreas Gregor

21.11.2017 Interview

Construction Plants Energy technologies

Sustainable reed and electricity for the Senegal

Heidi Schiller and her KAITO Projekt GmbH&nbsp; already introduced electricity from renewable resources to the Senegal. Now they are working to establish local reed as renewable building material.

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BIOCOM

28.11.2017 Product

Construction Plants

Decking boards

Plastic is produced from meadow grass in a resource-conserving manner using a recirculation process. Sustainable and environmentally friendly.

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Christian Hueller

Biodiverse fall forest in Germany with Norway spruce, beech and birch trees. A biodiverse forest provides higher ecological and economical yield.

22.11.2017 News

Construction Plants Biodiversity

High biodiversity equals high functionality

According to a new report by researchers from Leipzig University, the economic and ecological value of any forest increases with its level of biodiversity.

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Hassan Salem / Emory University

The thistle tortoise beetle feeds on thistle leaves. However, the beetle is only able to digest the plant cell walls because of a symbiont bacteria that compensates for the lack of digestive enzymes.

23.11.2017 News

Chemistry Microorganisms Chemistry

Bacteria enable beetles to digest leaves

Researchers from Jena report that the symbiosis of the thistle tortoise beetles with a specific bacterium allows them to digest plant cell walls.

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Pixabay

Munich-based researchers deciphered the complex genome sequence of goatgras. The original qualities of this wheat-ancestor could improve targeted breeding of the modern, cultivated plant.

23.11.2017 News

Food Plants Agriculture sciences

Original genes optimise wheat cultivation

Researchers in Munich deciphered the complex genome sequence of goatgras. This ancestor of the common wheat could improve targeted breeding.

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Jan-Peter Kasper/FSU

When the green algae come close to Pseudomonas protegens bacteria, the bacteria release orfamid A, a lipopeptide that causes the algae to lose their flagella and inhibits their growth.

28.11.2017 News

Chemistry Microorganisms Biodiversity

How bacteria and algae talk

Pseudomonas bacteria can immobilise microalgae within moments. Researchers from Jena identified orfamid A as the chemical culprit.

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Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH

Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH is specialised in the production of membrane adsorbers.

29.11.2017 Success story

Pharmaceutical industry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology

The gentle purification of valuable proteins

Membrane adsorbers can assist in the gentle and loss-free purification of proteins. Now, biotechnologists have optimised the technology in order to obtain cytokines for use in biomedicine.

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adidas | pixabay

29.11.2017 Product

Chemistry Plants

Running shoes

The demands on modern running shoes are high. They should be light and stable, tear-resistant and stretchy, even when wet.

Der ursprünglich aus Mittelamerika stammende Westliche Maiswurzelbohrer (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) tritt immer häufiger auch in Deutschland auf.

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Nowlan Freese / Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

The western corn rootworm is a devastating pest of maize plants, which originates from Central America but has spread throughout Europe. It uses the defensive toxins of the plant to ward off enemies of itself.

01.12.2017 News

Agriculture and forestry Animals Agriculture sciences

Maize pest turns plant defense on its head

Researchers in Jena found out why the corn rootworm is such a devastating pest: it exploits the plants defenses and then uses it against potential enemies.

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F. Melzner, GEOMAR

Mussels are developing their shells early in life: between their first and second day they form a calcified shell, which equals the weight of the rest of their body. If the pH levels in the water are too low they cannot form the shell.

30.11.2017 News

Chemistry Animals Biodiversity

Acidic oceans destroy mussel shells

According to researchers in Kiel, the increasing acidification of the oceans cause growing problems for mussels when developing their shells.

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01.11.2017 Product

Consumables Microorganisms

Diapers

A baby or toddler "produces" up to ten full diapers a day. Not only parents can imagine the huge mountains of rubbish.

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nova-Institut

The nova-Institute surveyed 224 biorefineries across Europe and categorized them according to the biomass used and their end products. The different categories are clustered depending on available raw material.

04.12.2017 News

Chemistry unspecific Energy technologies

Mapping European biorefineries

According to a recent study, there are 224 biorefineries online in Europe. The platforms differ by region, depending on the available resources.

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Cordula Giese

At the end of the GreenUp Invest event in Berlin two winners were chosen: Munich-based Hawa Dawa who develop a high-resolution air quality map (2nd from left), and Scandinavian Polylabs, who produce biobased plastic (2nd from right).

07.12.2017 News

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Greentech start-ups looking for investors

17 green start-ups were competing for potential investors in Berlin. Biobased plastic produced in Sweden and a map for air quality developed in Munich convinced the panel.

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Hendrik Dietz / TUM

A new DNA origami technique by Hendrik Dietz and colleagues allows for the self-organisation of „gear-wheels“ from V-shaped building blocks. In a next step, these gears form tubes with a size comparable to virus capsids or organelles.

12.12.2017 News

Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology

Nanotechnology allows for larger 3D structures

A new technique enables Hendrik Dietz at TU Munich to build DNA origami structures the size of viruses, while also reducing the cost of production substantially.

Fließbandarbeit: Das Chaperonin-System hilft dabei, die Rubisco-Untereinheiten korrekt zu falten und zum funktionellen Enzym zusammenzusetzen. Rubisco ist das Schlüsselenzym der Photosynthese.

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Metz/Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

18.12.2017 News

Food Microorganisms Agriculture sciences

Bioengineering improves photosynthesis

Biochemists in Munich managed to improve the photosynthesis process by generating the Rubisco enzyme in a bacterial host. This could also boost future crop yields.

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medorex e.K.

In order to efficiently cultivate microorganisms in bioreactors, optimal cultivating conditions are required. Ralf Pörtner and his team of bioprocess engineers calculate the best conditions in complex computer models.

15.12.2017 Success story

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Calculating the best conditions for cell factories

Microbes require optimised conditions in order to grow efficiently. To this end, Hamburg-based bioprocess engineers are developing smart computer models.

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wijld

15.12.2017 Product

Textiles Plants

T-Shirt

Wood has many different properties. There are obviously no limits to new ideas for products and areas of application. This is demonstrated by a young company from Wuppertal.

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Universität Hohenheim / Bettina Ziegelmann

Researchers at Hohenheim University have a new remedy against the Varroa mite: the chemical lithium chloride. It seems highly effective and is easy to dispense.

18.01.2018 News

Chemistry unspecific Agriculture sciences

Promising new weapon against bee parasite

Researchers at Hohenheim University found a possible new remedy against the Varroa mite: the chemical lithium chloride. It seems highly effective and is would be easy to dispense.

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Pixabay

Fraunhofer researchers have developed a bio-based and biodegradable alternative to microplastics: specially processed cellulose particles from wood or grain. Picture: Macro magnification of a wood chip.

17.01.2018 News

Chemistry Plants Chemistry

Face scrub with wood instead of plastic

Fraunhofer researchers are developing bio-based and biodegradable alternatives to microplastics. They use cellulose particles derived from wood or crops.

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Global Bioenergies

Clariant and Global Bioenergies develop a new biobased polymer from renewable resources for cosmetic creams and lotions.

19.01.2018 News

Chemistry unspecific Chemistry

Cosmetics based on bio-isobutene

Clariant and Global Bioenergies have developed a new polymer from renewable resources for cosmetic creams and lotions.

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Pixabay

23.01.2018 News

Food Plants Agriculture sciences

More active genes in hybrid high-yield maize

The offspring of two maize inbred lines provides higher yield than the parent plants. According to researchers at Bonn University this effect is caused by increased gene activity.

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Evonik Industries AG

Evonik and Siemens are starting a joint research project to generate valuable specialty chemicals from CO2 and green electricity. Special bacteria in a fermentation process (picture) transform CO-containing gases into these chemicals.

24.01.2018 News

Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology

Turning CO2 and green energy into green chemistry

Evonik and Siemens are developing a new technology that uses bacteria and electricity from renewable resources to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into specialty chemicals.

01.02.2018 Country

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China

In the current 12th Five-Year Plan, the bioindustry is one of the emerging industries in the spotlight. The Plan for the Development of Bioindustry is about sustainable growth, as it also contributes to smart urban development. Tradtionally, biotechnology has been strongly promoted in China.

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TU Braunschweig/ Kristina Rottig

13.02.2018 Interview

Chemistry Microorganisms Chemistry

Turning waste water into electricity

At TU Braunschweig, chemist Uwe Schröder is investigating how bacteria can generate electricity from waste water.

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Pixabay

A consortium of science and industry wants to develop a bio-based, biocompatible and bioresorbable surgical suture that will be used in a wide variety of medical applications.

09.02.2018 News

Pharmaceutical industry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology

New bio-fibers for medicine

In Thuringia, textile researchers are working on bio-based sutures for surgical operations. The new fibres dissolve in the body and are thus safer for the patients.

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Anderson Abel de Souza Machado/IGB

In the soil, in many places microplastics such as these polyacrylic fibers can be found.

12.02.2018 News

Chemistry unspecific Chemistry

Microplastic: just as dangerous on dry land

According to a meta-study by Berlin-based researchers, accumulations of microplastics in the soil are a much greater burden on the environment than in the seas.

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Folke Dammann

20.02.2018 Interview

Food Animals Nutritional sciences

Snacking on insects

Making insects popular as a new source for protein - that is the goal of "snack insects" founder Folke Dammann. Since 2013, the company based near Hamburg is focused on snacks and cooking ingredients based on insects.

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Fotostudio Neubiberg

27.02.2018 Interview

unspecific unspecific Bioökonomie mitgestalten

Protecting inland waters from microplastics

Water researcher Christian Schaum is looking for solutions to reduce the microplastics pollution of inland waters.

In der Natur bauen Bakterien mit bestimmten Enzymen PET-Abfälle ab. Auf dieser Basis könnten auch industrielle Verfahren entwickelt werden.

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Pixabay

In nature, bacteria degrade PET waste with certain enzymes. On this basis, industrial processes could also be developed.

20.02.2018 News

unspecific Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Diverse bacterial enzymes degrade plastic

Mother nature knows best: Biologists discovered that the diversity of bacteria that are able to eat and digest plastic is greater than expected.

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BIOCOM AG

Vom 26. bis 28. Februar fand in Berlin die BonaRes Konferenz statt. Unter den 300 Teilnehmern waren auch zahlreiche internationale Gäste.

27.02.2018 News

Agriculture and forestry unspecific Agriculture sciences

Focus on soil research

How can soil research support a sustainable bioeconomy? The network BonaRes provided the answer to this and other questions during their recent international conference in Berlin.

Fische und Pflanzen nutzen sich bei Aquaponic gegenseitig: Was die Fische ausscheiden, wird durch Bakterien aufbereitet und dient dann als Dünger für die Pflanzen. Die Pflanzen reinigen im Gegenzug das Wasser der Fische.

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K+S Gruppe

Aquaponic results in fish and plants supporting each other: What fish discharge is processed by bacteria and then serves as a fertilizer for plants. On the other hand, the plants purify the water in which the fish swim.

07.03.2018 News

Food Microorganisms Agriculture sciences

Fertilizer giant banks on aquaponics

From manure to lettuce: the German fertilizer manufacturer K+S is giving the circular economy a whirl and has set up an aquaponics container in Kassel for research purposes.

Spinnenseide von AMSilk als Beschichtung von Brustimplantaten

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AmSilk GmbH

The biotech spider silk is also suitable for a particularly compatible coating of breast implants.

08.03.2018 News

Pharmaceutical industry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Breast implants with biotech spider silk

The medical technology manufacturer Polytech is now working together with AMSilk on breast implants with biotechnologically produced spider silk. The first clinical study has just begun.

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Lena Balk | stock.adobe.com

15.03.2018 Product

Automobile Microorganisms

Deruster

Objects made of ferrous metals will develop rust over time, especially if they are not in constant use. Once rust has formed, there is no protection against further decomposition.

Bei der Erzeugung des Zuckerimpfstoffes entsteht das dargestellte Zwischenprodukt.

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MPI für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung / Claney Pereira

The intermediate product shown here arises during the production of a carbohydrate vaccine.

20.03.2018 News

Pharmaceutical industry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

Sugar-based vaccine protects against pneumonia

More effective vaccines against pneumonia could soon be available: A synthetic sugar protects against forms of pneumonia and meningitis that are unaffected by conventional vaccines.

01.03.2018 Country

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Iceland

Iceland plays a leading role in a bioeconomy alliance with Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Marine resources dominate the bio-based economy in Europe’s second largest island state. Iceland has teamed up with Greenland and the Faroe Islands to jointly develop a bioeconomy strategy.

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André Große-Stoltenberg

28.03.2018 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Detecting plant invasions via infrared sensors

German researchers are developing a warning system for ecosystem changes. Infrared sensors show how imported plants change the landscape of dunes in Portugal.

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Pixabay

The Leibniz Institute DSMZ in Braunschweig is the first collection of microorganisms in Europe that meets the requirements of the Nagoya Protocol. It therefore eases the bureaucratic effort for researchers.

04.04.2018 News

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Europe’s first registered microbe-collection

The Leibniz Institute DSMZ is the first collection of microorganisms in Europe that meets the requirements of the Nagoya Protocol. It eases the bureaucratic effort for researchers.

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Ralph Bock, MPI-MP

Researchers introduced the metabolic pathway of astaxanthin into the model plant tobacco. Subsequently they used horizontal gene transfer between the model plant and the tree tobacco, resulting in an orange-colored tree tobacco plant (left)

19.12.2017 News

Chemistry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences

Transforming plants into bio-factories

Molecular plant physiologists in Golm managed to engineer the chloroplast DNA of the tobacco plant. Via horizontal gene transfer they were able to produce the carotenoid astaxanthin.

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Mannheim University of Applied Sciences (M2Aind)

Researcher at the University Mannheim and BRAIN AG develop new 3D skin models in order to provide better tests for cosmetics. Picture: 3D spheroids aged 7 days; red: basal cell layer; green: differentiated epidermal layer.

27.12.2017 News

Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology

3D skin models to reduce allergens

Researchers at the Mannheim University of Applied Sciences and BRAIN AG develop new three-dimensional skin models. These allow for more realistic screenings for health care and cosmetics.

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Norddeutsche Pflanzenzucht Lembke KG

Project partners from all over Germany have developed new, more efficient rapeseed lines.

22.12.2017 Success story

Food Plants Agriculture sciences

More variety for rapeseed fields

Rapeseed is an important oilseed, however, it is genetically impoverished. Thus, 14 project partners from industry and science have developed rapeseed lines with additional features.

Kunst-und Designstudenten sind aufgerufen, ihre Visionen der Bioökonomie von Morgen zu entwerfen.

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Pixabay

Students are invited to submit their artistic visions of the future of bioeconomy in an art competition for the global bioeconomy summit taking place in April in Berlin.

21.12.2017 News

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Visions in bioeconomy

Students from all over the globe are invited to present new ideas for a biobased economy as part of an art competition. The winners will be exhibited at the global summit in Berlin.

Potentilla reptans (Kriechendes Fingerkraut) in der Simulation mit dichtwachsenden Nachbarn.

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Udi Segev

Plants can choose the best strategy to receive sufficient light – depending on the surrounding growth. Here: The plant Potentilla reptans is growing under simulated sparse vegetation.

02.01.2018 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Knowing when and where to grow

Plants have several strategies to receive sufficient light. Now, Biologists from Tübingen University demonstrate that plants can choose between alternative responses to competition.

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Pixabay

Fraunhofer researchers develop paintings and varnishes based on potato starch.

04.01.2018 News

Construction Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

More than mash: paints from potatoes

Fraunhofer researcher from Potsdam and Stuttgart develop new paints and varnishes based on potato starch. A special chemical process is optimising the starch for this application.

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Hans-Jürgen Ensikat/Uni Bonn

The thal cress protects itself against small insects with sharp and hardened hairs. The very tips of these trichomes are incrusted with calcium phosphate for increased stability and strength.

05.01.2018 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Teething plants

According to Bonner botanists many more plants than previously thought use calcium phosphate, a component of teeth and bones, to strengthen their defensive hairs and thorns.

Diese Computermäuse bestehen aus Polymilchsäure

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Kathrin Morawietz/ IfBB

A new computer mouse developed by Hannover researchers is made of 83% renewable raw materials based on sugar cane.

09.01.2018 News

Consumables unspecific Chemistry

Computer mouse made of sugar cane

Yoghurt cups and water bottles made from polylactic acid are en vogue. Material scientists in Hannover have developed a computer mouse housing material based on sugar cane.

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Marco Thines

11.01.2018 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Biodiversity

Genome of European Beech deciphered

Researchers at the Senckenberg research institute decoded the genome of the European Beech. The new genetic information will allow for targeted breeding of stress tolerant trees.

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Pixabay

The new EU Novel Food Regulation, in effect since January 2018, now allows insects or insect-based products as food across Europe. Particularly in Germany, however, the public opinion is still very sceptical when it comes to eating insects.

11.01.2018 News

Food Animals Nutritional sciences

EU paves way for insect-derived food

Since January 2018, insect-derived food can be commercialised according to the rules of the new Novel Food Legislation.

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Ricke 76 | pixabay

16.02.2018 Studies and statistics

unspecific Plants Agriculture sciences

FiBL and IFOAM (2018): The World of Organic Agriculture

The ‘Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL‘ and ‘IFOAM - Organics International‘ presented the latest edition of the study ‘The World of Organic Agriculture‘ at BIOFACH, the world's leading trade fair for organic food.

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Pixabay

Improving digitalisation could be the solution to improve the efficacy of the German waste management system.

24.08.2017 News

unspecific unspecific Environmental technology

Circular economy: digitalisation could close loops

Circular economy in Germany is not living up to its potential according to an analysis published by the Wuppertal Institute.

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dvi Deutsches Verpackungsinstitut e.V.

Biobased packaging, climate-neutral stand-up bags, and a novel surface structure for sealed bags won for best sustainable package.

25.08.2017 News

Food unspecific Materials sciences

Awards for sustainable packaging

Among the winners of the German Packaging Awards 2017 are three manufacturers that have developed the best packaging in the category of "sustainability".

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Icon Genetics

Icon Genetics uses plants as factories for biologics such as vaccines or antibodies.

25.08.2017 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Denka buys pharming pioneer Icon Genetics

Japanese company Denka pays €75 million to acquire German plant biotech Icon Genetics. The Halle-based company produces therapeutic proteins in plants.

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Pixabay

Scientists from China and Germany trace the origin of the hexaploid sweet potato genome back to crossbreeding 50,000 years ago.

30.08.2017 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Sweet potato: complex genome unlocked

Scientists from China and Germany trace the origin of the huge sweet potato genome back to a crossbreeding between two ancestors 50,000 years ago.

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Jennifer Zumbusch/ EFI

The new EFI office in Bonn was oficially opened in late August. The members will focus on the resilience of European forests.

31.08.2017 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Forestry

European Forest Institute opens its doors in Bonn

The new EFI office in Bonn has become operational. Above all experts will focus on the resiliency of European forests and an international knowledge exchange.

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BIOCOM

04.09.2017 Product

Automobile Plants

Engine cover

In October 1997 Mercedes Benz introduced the A-Class to the market. With this first generation of the A-Class, Mercedes pioneered minivans. Further generations and adaptations followed, since 2013, biobased plastics have also been used.

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Bugfoundation

06.10.2017 Product

Food Animals

Burger

It is well known that insects are rich in protein and vitamins. Compared to conventional livestock farming, rearing insects is much more environmentally friendly and they also have a lot to offer in terms of taste.

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Carlina Teteris

Researchers from KIT and ETH present the „MycoTree“ in Seoul. They created a stable structure made of mycelia and bamboo.

07.09.2017 News

Construction Fungi Biotechnology/Systems biology

Building blocks made of fungi

KIT researchers are testing fungi roots as an alternative and sustainable building material. They are presenting a “MycoTree“ made of fungi and bamboo at the Biennale in Seoul.