21.05.2020 News
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The majority of Germans are in favor of sustainable economic activity, but still have difficulty making sacrifices. This is shown by the latest TechnikRadar conducted by acatech and the Körber Stiftung.
22.05.2020 Studies and statistics
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Since 2018, the TechnikRadar of acatech and the Körber Stiftung has been asking what Germans think about technology. In its third edition in 2020, the study focuses on the topic "Bioeconomy".
16.06.2020 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers from Bayreuth have discovered an enzyme with which important components of complex biologically active connections can be produced precisely.
09.06.2020 Interview
Construction Animals Biotechnology/Systems biology
Vera Meyer is fascinated by fungi: As a biotechnologist, she wants to use the metabolic potential of the living organisms to breathe life into the bioeconomy – but she also wants to inspire with art.
05.06.2020 News
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The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is providing 25 million euros to advance projects for the conservation of biodiversity.
Researcher Profile
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Systems biologist Nadja Alina Henke uses bacteria as cell factories to produce the red pigment astaxanthin. Now, the 28-year-old hopes to bring the process to market with her start-up company Bicomer.
28.08.2019 News
Chemistry Plants Agriculture sciences
Chemistry giant BASF and Californian molecular diagnostics expert Ontera are cooperating to produce mobile devices that can detect and name infections of diseases at an early stage.
02.09.2019 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Materials sciences
Materials researchers at the University of Kiel have measured how strongly pollen adheres to certain flower organs.
10.09.2019 News
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Bee researchers from Würzburg show that there are great differences between the microbial communities of social bee colonies and the more species-rich solitary bees.
02.09.2019 Interview
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
Plant researcher Tonni Andersen is the 2019 Kovalevskaja Award winner. He seeks to understand how roots exchange information with soil microbes and is setting up a new research group at the Max Planck Institute in Cologne.
04.09.2019 News
Chemistry Plants Agriculture sciences
At Clariant's Straubing biorefinery, 30 metric tons of Miscanthus grass were successfully processed into sugars and ethanol.
06.09.2019 News
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More money from the federal government, protection of habitats and a foreseeable end to the pesticide glyphosate are intended to counter the decline of insects.
13.09.2019 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
In the right places, jojoba plantations can influence the microclimate and increase precipitation, reveals a simulation by researchers at the University of Hohenheim.
17.09.2019 News
Chemistry Waste Bioökonomie mitgestalten
A research team from North Rhine-Westphalia has developed a process to produce building blocks for important plastics from carbon dioxide.
16.09.2019 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
A research project coordinated by the University of Hohenheim has developed a system that detects fungal infections in the field at an early stage and greatly reduces the use of fungicides.
26.09.2019 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
The specialty chemicals company Clariant has won a second licensee for its biorefinery technology in the Polish petroleum group PKN Orlen.
25.09.2019 News
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Molecular cinema: German and Canadian structural biologists have observed an enzyme at work and produced a time-lapse film.
01.10.2019 News
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It is an amino acid that makes the silk proteins in the spider thread tensile, researchers from the University of Würzburg have discovered.
30.09.2019 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
The Dutch biotechnology company Isobionics specializes in natural fragrances and flavors and is now expanding BASF's portfolio.
02.10.2019 News
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Enzymes were their inspiration: Using nanoparticles as catalysts, German and Australian researchers succeeded in converting carbon dioxide into valuable resources.
