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Companies honored for transparency

German companies comply with their sustainability reporting obligations, a current ranking shows. The top six were awarded in Berlin.

The processing of sugar cane results in bagasse, a residual material with great bio-economic potential.

Chemistry Waste Agriculture sciences

Fertilizer from bagasse ash

A German-Brazilian research association has succeeded in producing fertilizers and biopolymers from residual materials from sugar cane processing.

Ein Beispiel für eine besonders hohe Variation an Waldtypen – und entsprechend hoher regionaler Artenvielfalt – ist das bergige Waldgebiet Harenna in Äthiopien.
An example of an area with an exceptionally high variety of forest types and thus, high regional diversity are the Mountains in Harenna Forest, Ethiopia.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Biodiversity

Putting tree diversity on the map

For the first time, German biodiversity researchers were able to use a statistical model to calculate the diversity of tree species in different regions of the world and produce a complete world map.

FAO-Studie zur Biodiversität (Titelbild)

Food unspecific Biodiversity

FAO (2019): The State of the World’s Biodiversity

On 22 February 2019, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) published the first report on the State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture.

Kaffeekapsel

Food Plants

Coffee capsule

Coffee is the favorite drink in Germany. According to the German Coffee Association, 86% of all adults in Germany drink it every day or at least several times a week.    

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.

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.

Zellulose
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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

Chemistry Microorganisms Chemistry

Turning waste water into electricity

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Christian Schaum

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

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.

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

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.
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.

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

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.