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Typical for the popular cod fish: protruding upper jaw, chin barb and light contrasting side line

Food Animals Biodiversity

Calculating the cod stock

Coastal researchers at the Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht have developed a statistical method with which cod stocks in the Barents Sea can be predicted more accurately.

The British start-up OPTIfarm aims to boost the productivity of poultry farms by digitally monitoring feed, water, and temperature. Essen-based Evonik now holds shares in OPTIfarm.

Food Animals Agriculture sciences

Evonik invests in digital poultry farm

Essen-based specialty chemicals company Evonik invests in British start-up OPTIfarm, which aims to improve poultry production via digitalisation.

During the panel discussion, policy officials and climate experts from Ghana, Colombia and Germany shared the stage to discuss the progress regarding the SDGs.

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Successful sustainable development

In early November, international experts from Ghana, Colombia and Germany gathered in Berlin to discuss the state of the implementation of the sustainable development goals.

Innovation made easy

Ideas contest "New Products for the Bioeconomy" Published by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research Berlin; October 2018 Produktion: bioökonomie.de / BIOCOM AG The brochure illustrates how creative ideas can be turned into innovative, biobased products for the bioeconomy – with support of the BMBF as part of the "New products for the bioeconomy" ideas competion. Download PDF

The taste of fermented foods such as cheese, yoghurt, beer or soy sauce is very popular with consumers. Munich-based biochemists have now developed a process that identifies the respective flavour molecules.

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

New method identifies taste molecules

Certain protein fragments give cheese, beer, soy and the likes their characteristic taste. Munich biochemists have developed a new method to identify these fragments.

Differing domestic regulations regarding products derived from precision biotechnology will affect international trade relations and put the EU at a disadvantage.

Food Plants Agriculture sciences

Restricting GMOs affects global trading

Scientific advisors and a WTO-committee are urging European legislators to revise their verdict regarding GMOs to reflect current scientific knowledge and protect EU trade relations.

Biokohle kann dazu beitragen, Biogas in Erdgasqualität zu produzieren.
Biocoal can help to produce biogas of natural gas quality.

Energy Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology

Biocoal from fermentation waste

Biogas contains too much carbon dioxide compared to natural gas. Researchers have now produced a new type of active carbon from the fermentation residues of the biogas plant, which removes carbon dioxide from the biogas.

Waldwachskundler aus München fanden heraus, dass Bäume wie Buchen zwar schneller wachsen, dass Holz aber auch leichter ist.
Munich-based forest growth experts discovered that the wood of traditional trees such as beech is becoming lighter and lighter.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Forestry

Climate change reduces weight of wood

Domestic trees are growing faster and faster, but the wood is also losing weight, according to Munich forest researchers.

Microbes and fungi are in a constant state of war for resources in the soil, globally. The balance between them is also affected by human activity, regional differences and climate change.

Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences

War of the soil microbes

An international research team analysed the soil microbiome. Bacteria and fungi are constantly fighting for resources and fungi even produce antibiotics to gain an advantage.

Wheat provides mankind with nearly one fifth of its caloric input and is thus one of the most important crops worldwide. An international research team with vital support by Munich- and Gatersleben-based researchers deciphered its genome.

Food Plants Agriculture sciences

Complex wheat genome decoded

An international research team managed to decipher the gigantic and complex wheat genome. The new information is hoped to help in breeding more yield-efficient wheat varities.

Genome editing is a promising tool for plant breeding

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Bioeconomy Council calls for new GMO laws

Following the EU's decision to classify crops created by genome editing technologies as GMOs, the German Bioeconomy Council urges politicians to modernize genetic engineering laws.

Pflanzendünger

Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms

Fertilizer

Along with nitrogen, phosphorus is one of the most important components in fertilizers. As the world's population grows, so does the demand for food and therefore for phosphorus. However, the resources are finite.

Bremsspuren Stopschild

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Fraunhofer-UMSICHT (2018): Plastics in the environment

According to a study by the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology (UMSICHT), around 330,000 tons of microplastics are released into the environment every year in Germany alone - a good four kilograms per capita.

Dandelion aren't just fun for kids or can be used as a rubber source. Dandelion root inulin is also often used as a food additive.

Food Plants Chemistry

Dandelion inulin crystallizes in foods

Researchers from Mainz have found out why the addition of inulin from dandelion changes the texture of food: The colder the mixture, the more it crystallizes.

Bauingenieur Wolfram Schmidt

Construction Plants Materials sciences

The concrete mixer

Civil engineer Wolfram Schmidt aims to make concrete a more sustainable building material. Together with African partners, he has developed a bio-concrete based on manioc shells and other agricultural residues. For this achievement, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research has awarded him an innovation prize.

Corn plants treated with an iron-gramibactin complex show increased chlorophyll synthesis and develop darker leaves (four leaves on the right) than controls with iron-free gramibactin (left).

Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences

New iron transporter discovered

Iron is essential for plant growth and harvest yields. Now, researchers in Jena discovered a new iron transporter that significantly improves the productivity of plants.

Die Symbiose mit Mykorrhiza-Pilzen ist äußerst vorteilhaft für Pflanzen. Jenaer Forscher konnten die Besiedelung nun erstmals auch in oberirdischen Pflanzenteilen der Tabakart Nicotiana attenuata nachweisen.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Mycorrhizal markers in leaves

For the first time, researchers identified metabolites in above-ground parts of a plant that reveal its symbiosis with mycorrhizal fungi. This will advance targeted breeding endeavors.

Over the last few years the aerospace industry has worked towards decreasing a plane's weight in an effort to save fuel. Now, Airbus and AMSilk have joined forces to develop a new biocomposite for lightweight but sturdy planes.

Machine and plant engineering Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Airplanes made of biopolymers

The German biotechnology company AMSilk is partnering with Airbus to develop novel biocomposite fibers for lightweight, high-performance planes that will require less fuel.

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Focus on sustainability research

How far has the implementation of the UN sustainability goals come? This and other questions were at the core of a Leibniz Association conference in Berlin in mid-September.

Für den Wald ist Stress normal – die Zunahme der Störungen durch den Klimawandel hingegen nicht.
Forests are of irreplacable worth for ecosystems and they provide the sustainable raw material wood. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is now funding projects towards the sustainable use of forest wood.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Forestry

Funding for sustainable use of wood

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research launched its first funding measure towards the sustainable use of forest wood. This is part of the "Bioeconomy in the North" initiative.