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Naturkosmetik
BASF's newly developed cosmetic active ingredients are based on a bacterium that is part of the skin's natural microflora.

Chemistry Microorganisms Chemistry

BASF: Skin care with bacteria

BASF Care Creations has developed two new cosmetic active ingredients based on probiotics.

Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler der Universität Göttingen haben ein Verfahren entwickelt, mit dem sich Paneele aus Hanf, Flachs und Popcorngranulat herstellen lassen.
Affordable housing made from environmentally friendly and CO2-neutral building materials: Scientists at the University of Göttingen have developed a process for producing panels from hemp, flax and popcorn granules.

Construction Plants Agriculture sciences

Panels made of popcorn for drywall

The University of Göttingen has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Munich-based start-up Smarter Habitat to produce building materials from popcorn granules.

Bier
Brewing beer produces many valuable residues that can also be used as raw materials for new food products.

Food Fungi Biotechnology/Systems biology

Mushroom mycelium from brewery remains

Mushlabs and Bitburger are expanding their partnership: The biotechnology start-up will use brewery residues as raw materials to feed the fungal mycelia, which in turn will be used to produce new foods.

Die Mitglieder im "Bündnis für nachhaltige Textilien" verpflichten sich, mehr Verantwortung für Nachhaltigkeit in der eigenen Lieferkette zu übernehmen.
Giving textiles a second life - this is the goal of a new industry partnership of Carbios, of which PUMA is also a member.

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Textile recycling with PET-degrading enzymes

France's Carbios joins forces with PUMA and other sporting goods and apparel companies to establish a biotech-based circular economy in the textile industry.

Fruchteis
Ice cream is delicious, but also very high in calories.

Food Waste Nutritional sciences

Ice cream without sugar

Researchers want to replace sugar in ice cream with dietary fiber from food production by-products.

Grillwurst am Stock
A network of proteins in the animal tissue provides the right crunch to the sausage.

Food Animals Biotechnology/Systems biology

Veggie sausage with 'crunch'

Researchers in Mainz have developed a model that can be used to modify the texture of vegetarian and vegan sausages to produce the right crunch.

Lavendelfeld
Lavender fields like those in Provence will also soon be found in Baden-Württemberg.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

Lavender as a raw material for the bioeconomy

The Swabian Jura could soon become the Provence of southern Germany: Researchers want to grow lavender here for essential oils and textile fibers.

Echte Kamille
Chamomile, like thyme, is a raw material on which scientists test essential oil production processes.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Refining active plant ingredients

Active ingredients from medicinal plants such as thyme and chamomile can now be used even more effectively thanks to a new process.

Planet Erde

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Global Footprint Network (2022): Earth Overshoot Day

Earth Overshoot Day 2022 is even earlier than last year. According to calculations by the Global Footprint Network, the world's population would need 1.75 Earths measured by its resource consumption.

Eine Laborantin zeigt Wachs und einen Kolben mit Kohlenwasserstoffen.
In a globally unique recycling plant in Thallwitz near Leipzig, biological waste is converted into hydrocarbons and wax.

Energy Waste Chemistry

More efficiency for fuels from biogas

A new process improves the economic viability of synthetic fuels from biogenic residues.

Zwei Anzugträger beim Handschlag
Wacker Chemie AG, represented by CEO Christian Hartel (left), and the Technical University of Munich, represented by its president Thomas F. Hofmann (right), have jointly founded an institute for industrial biotechnology.

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Wacker and TUM establish Institute for Industrial Biotechnology

The TUM WACKER Institute for Industrial Biotechnology is scheduled to begin operations in the 2022/23 winter semester.

Bioreaktoren Versuchsreihe

Food unspecific unspecific

Precision fermentation: Tailor-made bioproduction

New molecular tools, modern bioprocessing technology and powerful IT are enabling the biotechnology industry to tailor-make biomolecules with interesting properties. This dossier presents the emerging field of precision fermentation.

Roboter mit Pflanzensprössling
Cover of the Green Startup Monitor 2022

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Share of green startups remains high

According to the latest Green Startup Monitor, most green startups are in the energy and agriculture sectors.

Mix unterschiedlicher Tabletten
Fluorine atoms can improve many drugs

Pharmaceutical industry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Biosynthesis for fluorinated drugs

A new process enables the optimization of numerous drugs, including antibiotics, antidepressants and cholesterol-lowering agents.

Fischstäbchen von Bluu Seafood aus Forellenzellen und pflanzenbasierten Proteinen
Bluu Seafood fish sticks made from trout cells and plant-based proteins.

Food Plants Agriculture sciences

Cell-based fish ready for market

Food tech start-up Bluu Seafood presents fish sticks and fish balls, its first products made directly from cultured fish cells.

Lachs

Food Plants

Salmon

Anyone who loves fish can now leave it in the ocean and go for a slightly different salmon - made from pea protein instead of fish, 3D printed instead of caught.

Plakat mit 11 SDGs

Chemistry Plants Agriculture sciences

Addressing the global trade-offs of bioenergy

In the BIOSDG joint project, a research team is investigating what contribution the bioeconomic transition can make to achieving the global sustainability goals.

Prateek Mahalwar, Gründer und geschäftsführer von BIOWEG

Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology

"Cellulose capsules are a direct replacement for petroleum-based microbeads"

Prateek Mahalwar of start-up BIOWEG on microspheres made of bacterial cellulose that are biodegradable and can replace microplastics in many products.

Für die Herstellung des Carotinoids Fucoxanthin mit der Kieselalge Phaeodactylum tricornutum rechnet sich die Algenkultivierung mit künstlicher LED-Beleuchtung.
For the production of the carotenoid fucoxanthin with the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, algae cultivation with artificial LED lighting pays off.

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Algae farming pays off for farmers

Cultivating microalgae can be profitable in agriculture. According to researchers, however, it depends on which products are to be produced for which industry.

Brücke über einen Kanal
The first bridge made of the flax-based biocomposite material is located in Almere in the Netherlands.

Construction Plants Materials sciences

Bridges made from biocomposites

An EU project is testing sustainable structures made of flax fibers and bio-resin. One of the three bridges is to be built in Ulm.