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Cellulose-Ethanol kann aus Weizen- oder Maisstroh hergestellt werden.
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Manfred Richter/Pixabay; CC0
Cellulosic ethanol can be produced from wheat or corn straw.

26.09.2019 News

Chemistry Waste Chemistry

Polish group goes for cellulosic ethanol

The specialty chemicals company Clariant has won a second licensee for its biorefinery technology in the Polish petroleum group PKN Orlen.

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Mit zeitaufgelöster, serieller Synchrotron-Kristallographie können alle Schlüsselzustände der enzymatischen Katalyse dargestellt werden. Sie zeigt auch, wie die beiden Untereinheiten des Enzyms Fluoressigsäure-Dehalogenase miteinander kommunizieren.
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MPSD
Time-resolved, serial synchrotron crystallography can be used to show all key states of enzymatic catalysis. It also shows how the two subunits of the enzymefluoroacetate dehalogenase communicate with each other.

25.09.2019 News

unspecific unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology

Enzyme filmed in action

Molecular cinema: German and Canadian structural biologists have observed an enzyme at work and produced a time-lapse film.

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Spinnennetz, überlagert mit der Strukturoberfläche der Domänen eines Spinnenseidenproteins. Die Methionin-Seitenketten sind als farbige Stäbchen hervorgehoben.
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Pixabay / Collage: Hannes Neuweiler
Spider web superimposed with the structural surface of the domains of a spider silk protein. The methionine side chains are highlighted as colored rods.

01.10.2019 News

unspecific Animals Biotechnology/Systems biology

The secret of spider silk strength

It is an amino acid that makes the silk proteins in the spider thread tensile, researchers from the University of Würzburg have discovered.

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BASF erweitert das Portfolio um natürliche Inhaltsstoffe wie Vanillin, Nootkaton und Valencen.
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BASF
BASF expands its portfolio to include natural ingredients such as vanillin, nootkatone and valencene.

30.09.2019 News

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

BASF buys flavor maker Isobionics

The Dutch biotechnology company Isobionics specializes in natural fragrances and flavors and is now expanding BASF's portfolio.

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RUB, Kramer
Peter O'Mara from Sydney (left) and Patrick Wilde from Bochum are working on an electrochemical cell for CO2 reduction.

02.10.2019 News

unspecific unspecific Chemistry

Feedstocks made from CO2

Enzymes were their inspiration: Using nanoparticles as catalysts, German and Australian researchers succeeded in converting carbon dioxide into valuable resources.

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Pflanzenproben werden im Labor für weitere Versuche vorbereitet.
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Bayer AG
Plant samples are prepared in the laboratory for further trials.

07.10.2019 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Bayer founds crop protection join venture

Bayer and the US company Arvinas have teamed up to launch the joint venture Oerth Bio. It uses biotechnologically produced protein molecules to protect plants from pests.

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Durch Borkenkäfer abgetötete Fichten am Lusen im Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald. Ökologen plädieren dafür, diese Form des Totholzes vermehrt im Wald zu belassen.
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Simon Thorn / University of Würzburg
Spruces killed by bark beetles in the Bavarian Forest National Park. Ecologists advocate leaving more of dead wood in the forest.

08.10.2019 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Biodiversity

Reforestation makes forests vulnerable

Germany plans large-scale reforestation to help ailing forests. According to Würzburg forest ecologists, this will have the opposite effect and make forests even less resilient.

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lebensmittelabfälle
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pixabay

02.10.2019 Studies and statistics

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Thünen-Institute (2019): Reducing food waste

Since June 2015, the REFOWAS (REduce FOod WASte) project has been investigating reasons for the generation of food waste along the entire value chain and analyzing  environmental impacts and economic aspects.

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Bei 2900 °C werden am Fraunhofer IAP Bio-Fasern aus Cellulose graphitisiert. Sie erreichen die mechanischen Eigenschaften erdölbasierter Carbonfasern.
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Fraunhofer IAP
At 2900 °C, the Fraunhofer IAP graphitizes cellulose biofibers. They achieve the mechanical properties of petroleum-based carbon fibers.

10.10.2019 News

unspecific Plants Plant and process engineering

Biocarbon fibers are pulling their weight

High-tech fibers made from renewable resources can be a real alternative to their petroleum counterparts, thanks to a new ultra-high-temperature process.

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Stickstoffdüngung ist wichtig, kann aber auch zu viel sein.
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Pascvii/Pixabay; CC0
Nitrogen fertilization is important, but it can also be too much.

14.10.2019 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Nitrogen fertilizers: less is more

Too much nitrogen increases the protein content in wheat. But it also reduces the yield, a research team has found.

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Nicolas Plumeré entwickelt günstige Katalysatoren als Alternative zu Edelmetallen.
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RUB, Marquard
Nicolas Plumeré develops inexpensive catalysts as an alternative to precious metals.

21.10.2019 News

Chemistry Microorganisms Chemistry

Immortal catalysts for biofuel cells

Up until now, biocatalysts were short-lived. Bochum researchers have now developed a thin protective film that can make the hydrogenases last thousands of years.

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arabidopsis
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Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
Point mutations generated by genome editing are similar to spontaneous mutations.

25.10.2019 News

unspecific unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology

Genome Editing: What Max Planck researchers say

The Ethics Council of the Max Planck Society has announced its position on genome editing in plant breeding, medicine and pest control.

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Bathymodiolus-Muscheln und andere Bewohner der Hydrothermalquellen am Mittelatlantischen Rücken vor der Küste der Azoren.
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MARUM - Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen
Bathymodiolus mussels and other inhabitants of the hydrothermal springs on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge off the coast of the Azores.

18.10.2019 News

unspecific Microorganisms Biodiversity

Mussels with many partners

Deep-sea mussels enter into symbioses with a large number of bacteria and are thus well prepared for changing environmental conditions.

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Bei vielen Industrieprozessen fällt Kohlendioxid als Abfall an. Wirtschaftlichere Prozesse sollen dazu führen, dass das Treibhausgas stofflich recycelt wird.
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LEEROY Agency/Pixabay
Many industrial processes produce carbon dioxide as waste. More economical processes are designed to allow the recycling of the greenhouse gas.

30.10.2019 News

Chemistry Waste Chemistry

Alcohol made from CO2

Production of alcohols from CO2 through electrochemical reduction is the goal of a research consortium that wants to use a new process to reduce the energy required for electrosynthesis.

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Gelatine is often used for preparing desserts and baking.

28.10.2019 News

Food Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Alliance for biotech gelatine

Collagen protein supplier Gelita and the US company Geltor are cooperating in the development of biotechnologically produced collagen proteins for the vegan food market.

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Pixabay
Every year, millions of tons of plastic end up in the environment and pollute the oceans.

30.10.2019 News

Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

Algae versus plastic waste

Using a bacterial enzyme, Marburg researchers have made it possible for diatoms to degrade plastic waste in salt water.

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Viele Kleinbauern in Asien und Afrika leben vom Reisanbau.
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Tuan Hoang / Pixabay
Many small farmers in Asia and Africa make their living from rice cultivation.

04.11.2019 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

Tackling plant disease in rice

With two multi-resistant rice varieties and a diagnostic kit, an international team of researchers hopes to eradicate the plant disease bacterial blight.

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Pestizide können bereits in geringsten Konzentrationen Wirkungen auf sensitive Individuen haben. Das zeigen auch Versuche mit Wasserflöhen.
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André Künzelmann / UFZ
Pesticides can have effects on sensitive individuals even at very low concentrations. This was also shown by experiments with water fleas.

12.11.2019 News

Chemistry unspecific Agriculture sciences

Pesticides: even low doses harmful

Pesticides pose greater risks than previously thought: Helmholtz researchers have shown that pollutants can affect sensitive people and ecosystems even at very low concentrations.

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Insektenarten, wie diese Kleine Goldschrecke (Chrysochraon dispar), sind in ihren Beständen deutlich zurückgegangen.
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Martin Fellendorf, University Ulm
The populations of insect species such as Chrysochraon dispar have shrunk considerably.

05.11.2019 News

Agriculture and forestry Animals Agriculture sciences

Insects disappear faster than suspected

In Germany, most insect groups are affected by species extinction - and more so than previously assumed, as a study led by the Technical University of Munich shows.

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FAU-Wissenschaftler haben zusammen mit internationalen Kollegen das Rätsel um die Härte von Perlmutt (im Bild das Perlmutt einer Abalone-Schnecke) geknackt.
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Stephan E. Wolf
Together with international colleagues, FAU scientists have cracked the mystery of the hardness of nacre (the picture shows the nacre of an abalone snail).

13.11.2019 News

Pharmaceutical industry Animals Materials sciences

As strong as mother-of-pearl

Researchers have shed light on the structure of nacre in mussels, paving the way for break-resistant ceramic materials.

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