10.11.2020 News
Food Plants Nutritional sciences
Views on plant-based substitute products
Hohenheim researchers are investigating the acceptance of plant-based alternatives to milk and meat as part of an EU project.
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21.10.2020 News
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Incorporating Bio-IT in the high-tech strategy
An analysis of the High-Tech Forum on Bio-IT shows the potential of innovations - also for the bio-economy. The panel advises to put the topic on the political agenda.
15.10.2020 News
Agriculture and forestry Waste Agriculture sciences
A bioeconomy model farm for Brandenburg
Over the next six years, the state of Brandenburg will provide 25 million euros to support the establishment of a model farm for biobased recycling management at the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB) in Potsdam.
28.10.2020 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Scenarios for microbial plastic recycling
Researchers have formulated six principles for getting plastics back into the cycle - because progress in microbial recycling is currently only being made with PET.
28.09.2020 News
Food Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Danish concern Chr. Hansen buys Jennewein
Surprise in the German biotechnology industry: For 310 million euros the Danish group Chr. Hansen takes over Jennewein Biotechnologie GmbH, which specializes in human lactose.
27.10.2020 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Europe's canopies are thinning
Using satellite images, researchers have identified gaps in the canopies of European forests and visualized the changes in their condition on a map.
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Landpack
24.12.2020 Product
Consumables Waste
Insulated packaging
As a sustainable alternative to the conventional insulation packaging made of polystyrene, straw enables to put an end to packaging waste in the parcel industry.
23.06.2021 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
With biotechnology to sustainable innovations
In its latest edition, the talk format "Karliczek.Impulse" devoted its latest edition to the smallest players in biotechnology - microorganisms and enzymes - and their important role for a sustainable circular economy.
28.06.2021 News
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Darmstadt-based textile start-up scores in PlanB start-up competition
With a functional fiber made from green waste, the young company nakt convinced the jury at the Bavarian PlanB competition for bio-based business ideas.
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Jan Winkler/Universität Hohenheim
17.08.2021 Interview
Agriculture and forestry unspecific Bioökonomie mitgestalten
"Sustainable bioeconomy can only succeed with society's involvement"
As co-chair of the German government's new Bioeconomy Council, Iris Lewandowski wants to stimulate public debate on the topic of biobased management. The agricultural scientist from the University of Hohenheim is an advocate of modern as well as ecologically compatible agriculture.
07.07.2021 News
Pharmaceutical industry Waste Materials sciences
Biobased wound dressing awarded a prize
A Fraunhofer IMWS research team has been awarded the Halle IQ Innovation Prize for the development of a wound dressing made of natural elastin.
12.07.2021 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
BASF: New biopolymers for skin care products
BASF has developed a new biopolymer from the konjac plant tuber to replace synthetic ingredients in cosmetic products.
19.07.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Smart farming cooperation clears antitrust hurdles
Bosch and BASF develop Smart Spraying solution to automatically detect and control weeds.
22.07.2021 News
Construction Plants Materials sciences
Premiere for pavilion made of flax fibers
Inspired by nature and built with natural fibers: the pavilion in the Botanical Garden of the University of Freiburg shows what sustainable building can look like.
01.07.2021 Studies and statistics
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IINAS | NABU (2021): Sustainable Bioeconomy
In order not to push the earth beyond its carrying capacity, global CO2 emissions and resource consumption must be significantly reduced. A study by the International Institute for Sustainability Analysis and Strategies (IINAS) commissioned by the Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V. (NABU) shows where the potential for sustainable use of raw materials is greatest.
29.07.2021 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
Biobased foams from agricultural residues
In the EU project BIOMAT, researchers from eight EU countries, including Germany, are working on sustainable foam and composite materials, more than half of which are made from renewable raw materials.
02.08.2021 News
Pharmaceutical industry Fungi Biodiversity
Natural products of lichens are site dependent
The genes carried by the fungi of a lichen differ depending on whether they are found at the base and summit of mountains. This is relevant for drug research.
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Anne Schroll
30.08.2021 Interview
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Biodiversity
"Excessive nutrient inputs can alter ecosystems"
Jena geoecologist Söhnke Zaehle is researching how nutrients such as nitrogen affect the material cycles of ecosystems.
04.08.2021 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
Furniture made from fermentation residues
Researchers at the German Institute of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf, together with industrial partners, have processed plant fermentation residues from biogas plants into a composite material, which they used to make a piece of furniture.
29.07.2021 Studies and statistics
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Global Footprint Network (2021): Earth Overshoot Day
Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. In 2021, Earth Overshoot Day lands on July 29. This is according to calculations by the Global Footprint Network.