25.04.2019 News
Food unspecific Nutritional sciences
Food Innovation Award for Berlin Uni teams
Students from TU Berlin triumphed in the TROPHELIA ideas competition with a triple victory and a special prize for vegan product ideas.
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26.04.2019 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
EU: Plant raw materials mostly imported
A study shows that the EU obtains almost two thirds of all plant-based raw materials from Asia. Cotton and palm oil are at the top of the list.
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As nitrogen fixers, lupins are great fertilisers for soil. Their seeds are rich in protein and can be used as an alternative source of protein in the food industry.
24.04.2019 News
unspecific unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
New Max Planck Center for Minimal Biology
In Bristol, England, the Max Planck Society is establishing a research center for synthetic biology with the local university: the Max Planck-Bristol Center in Minimal Biology.
30.04.2019 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
Genome analysis: The relatives of the grapevine
Chinese plant researchers have deciphered and analysed the genomes of 472 different wild grapevine forms. A vine archive from Karlsruhe contributed material.
06.05.2019 News
Chemistry Plants Agriculture sciences
Massive field study supports insecticide ban
The insecticide clothianidin, which is banned in the EU, damages bumble bees, a field study confirms. Honey bees, on the other hand, remain unaffected.
02.05.2019 News
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
Bio-based adhesives with added value
Bio-based adhesives are not only more sustainable. They also have other advantages over their petrol-based counterparts, as an analysis by the Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research shows.
02.05.2019 News
Consumables Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Givaudan takes over cosmetics business of AMSilk
Givaudan, the world's largest manufacturer of fragrances and flavours, opts for the biotechnologically produced spider silk proteins from AMSilk in Martinsried, Germany.
08.05.2019 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
Artificial photosynthesis improved
Researchers at the University of Bochum have improved the lifetime of bioelectrodes by making a protein complex involved in the photosynthetic process more durable.
09.05.2019 News
unspecific Microorganisms Biodiversity
One of eight species under threat
The global assessment of the World Biodiversity Council IPBES paints a dramatic picture of the situation of biological diversity on earth and calls for profound change.
09.05.2019 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Turning off the potato's thermostat
Using a simple genetic trick, biochemists at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg have induced potatoes to form tubers even at high temperatures.
14.05.2019 News
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
Building with wooden nails
Researchers from Wismar and Hamburg want to develop the wooden nail further for use in ecological wood construction.
14.05.2019 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
New bioglues from vegetable oil
Fraunhofer researchers are developing new biobased adhesives that consist almost entirely of vegetable oils - including resins and hardeners.
15.05.2019 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Comeback of the yellow lupin
Plant researchers at the Julius Kühn Institute want to breed new varieties to make yellow lupins more resistant and thus more attractive for agriculture.
16.05.2019 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
Genomes of 487 wheat varieties deciphered
An international study confirms the theory of the origin of bread wheat and opens up new breeding potentials for the crop.
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13.05.2019 Interview
Agriculture and forestry Waste Agriculture sciences
Getting the best from biowaste with worms
Michael Quintern breeds earthworms to transform biowaste into precious humus.
22.05.2019 News
Food Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
Purifying saline wastewater with algae
Algae are in high demand as food. A German-Chinese research team now wants to develop macroalgae for new applications.
23.05.2019 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
Plant cells need lack of oxygen
Oxygen deficiency usually harms plants. However, an international team of plant researchers reports that too much air is even harmful for the development of new leaves and flowers.
24.05.2019 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
New parsley virus discovered
Leibniz researchers from Braunschweig have identified a new pathogen from dwarf parsley plants that is responsible for blocking growth.
21.05.2019 Success story
Machine and plant engineering Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Power generation with microbes
A fuel cell with a textile anode could make various sewage treatment plants almost energy neutral and also make other biotechnological processes more economical.