30.11.2022 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers at TU Dresden work on sustainable stage design made of a composite material with fungal mycelium. The corresponding premiere is at the beginning of December in Munich.
02.12.2022 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
A flexible vertical greening system developed by Fraunhofer researchers has reached market maturity after years of research.
28.04.2023 Interview
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Carsten Paul has investigated how effective carbon farming measures are and what role so-called humus certificates play in this.
05.12.2022 News
Chemistry Plants Agriculture sciences
Researchers at the University of Hohenheim want to make proteins from plants from meadows and pastures usable for the bioeconomy. A protein extract for animal feed has already been obtained.
08.12.2022 News
unspecific Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Gene scissors are an important tool in genome editing, but they originated in the battle between bacteria and phages.
07.12.2022 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is funding 13 new collaborative research centers at universities with a total of 166 million euros - including two on the bioeconomy.
17.04.2023 Interview
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Agricultural scientist Hans W. Griepentrog wants to replace synthetic chemical pesticides with the help of state-of-the-art technology.
12.12.2022 News
Energy Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
With the help of an innovative plasma technology, researchers have paved the way to protect grain from pests and thus make it last longer.
14.12.2022 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Heat-resistant enzymes could be incorporated into biodegradable plastics to accelerate their decomposition.
20.12.2022 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
Traceless has developed a pilot product from its innovative biomaterial, which is currently being used in a Hamburg store of the C&A fashion chain.
19.12.2022 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
A worldwide consortium with the participation of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg aims to advance the genome sequencing of eukaryotic unicellular organisms and make it available as a resource for the bioeconomy.
15.12.2022 News
Energy Waste Chemistry
A new reforming process generates another source of fuel from biogenic waste.
16.05.2023 Interview
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
As director of the newly established Department of „Sustainable and Bio-inspired Materials“ at the MPIKG, Silvia Vignolini aims to research and develop materials with predominantly optical functions, following Nature`s example.
24.05.2023 News
Chemistry Plants Agriculture sciences
One-time fertilization with amorphous silicate could be enough to significantly improve nutrient and water availability and thus yields in wheat. This is shown by a recent study by ZALF.
22.05.2023 Success story
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
Researchers have further developed the process of torrefaction to improve the material and energy recovery of plant biomass.
01.06.2023 News
Food Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Food technologist Anja Maria Wagemans from TU Berlin has been awarded the Young Scientist Award of the Berlin Science Award for her research into novel biomaterials.
Wed, 07/26/2023 - 12:00 In-depth report
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Cell-free systems dispense with the use of living cells in biotechnological production. Instead, all biochemical components necessary for the biosynthesis of molecules are combined in one reaction vessel. This dossier highlights different cell-free approaches and presents important applications.
26.05.2023 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
In the 58th national Jugend forscht competition, three students from Hesse won first prize in the "world of work" category with their development of a compostable disposable bag.
30.05.2023 News
Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
Bioeconomy start-up traceless materials receives 5 million euros from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU) to build a demonstration plant.
03.06.2023 Product
Textiles Waste
A large proportion of all items of clothing produced world-wide is made of synthetic fibres such as polyester – and the amount is rising. A German textile company is looking for alternative solutions and presents biodegradable workwear from plant based raw materials.
