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Mikroskopische Aufnahme mit verschiedenen Holzarten und deren automatischer Erkennung
Microscopic image with different types of wood and their automatic recognition

Agriculture and forestry Plants Forestry

Detecting wood species in fibre materials with AI

Together with the Thünen Institute, Fraunhofer researchers are developing AI-based software for the microscopic identification of wood species. The aim is to ensure that timber products originate from legal trade.

Computergestützte Entwicklungszyklen in der Biologie. Zahnräder steht für die Synergie und das kontinuierliche Zusammenwirken von rechnergestützter (in silico) und synthetischer (in vivo) Arbeit.
Computer-aided development cycles in biology. Cogwheels represent the synergy and continuous interaction of computational (in silico) and synthetic (in vivo) work.

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Synthetic biology: Designing microbial communities

Thanks to increasingly sophisticated tools, bioengineers can now not only construct individual organisms, but even design complex microbial communities. A team of authors looks into the future of synthetic biology.

Bioreaktor von FORMO
In this bioreactor, FORMO uses microorganisms to produce bioidentical milk proteins.

Food Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Berlin-based foodtech Formo raises 61 million US dollars

Retailer REWE is one of the new investors in Berlin start-up Formo: the company, which specializes in animal-free cheese alternatives, has raised fresh capital as part of a Series B financing round.

Schweinefleisch aus dem Bioreaktor: Wie nah kommt es seinem natürlichen Vorbild?
Pork from the bioreactor

Food Animals Biotechnology/Systems biology

Producing meat with stem cells from umbilical cord blood

A research consortium has succeeded in producing laboratory meat from stem cells obtained painlessly from the umbilical cord blood of piglets.

Vorbereitung eines Verdunstungsbeetes
The planting of six evaporation beds on the former site of Berlin-Tegel Airport took place in August 2024.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Building sponge cities with plant islands

On the former site of Tegel Airport, researchers are testing which plant mix is best suited for so-called evaporation beds and thus for the realisation of sponge cities.

Feldversuch der Universität Hohenheim
In the NOcsPs joint project, state-of-the-art technologies were utilised alongside organic cultivation principles.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Cultivation system without chemical crop protection shows its potential

Good yields and product quality can also be achieved in plant cultivation without the use of synthetic chemical pesticides. This is shown by field trials conducted by the NOcsPS research consortium.

Zweistufiges Bioreaktor-System, in dem mit Proteinen und dem Vitamin B9 angereicherte Hefe produziert wird.
Two-stage bioreactor system in which yeast enriched with proteins and vitamin B9 is produced.

Food Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Folic acid from the bioreactor

Researchers at the University of Tübingen have used CO₂ and green electricity to produce valuable proteins and vitamins that can be used to make meat substitutes.

Das Bild zeigt ein BASF-Mitarbeiter auf einem Testfeld für Weizen in Rheinland-Pfalz.
BASF employees on a test field for wheat in Rhineland-Palatinate

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Climate-friendly arable farming: BASF reports on worldwide field trials

BASF is testing solutions for ‘climate-optimised’ agricultural production with practitioners in field trials around the world. The goal of reducing the carbon footprint by 30% has been achieved in some cases, the company reports.

Agrarroboter
Researchers at DFKI have been working on enabling robots to find their way around a farm autonomously. The technology could be used for spot farming.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Future lab for agriculture: Small fields and smart helpers

The ‘Future Lab Agriculture’ project presents initial results on the concept of spot farming, highlighting both the potential and current obstacles to its use.

Photovoltaikanlagen im Vordergrund, rechts die Äste eines Baumes. Im Hintergrund ein gelbes Rapsfeld und eine Industrie mit qualmenden Schornsteinen.
Agri-PV research facility in Morschenich-Alt in the Rhenish mining district

unspecific unspecific Bioökonomie mitgestalten

Rhenish mining district as a bioeconomy region: at the heart of structural change

In the collaborative project "Bioeconomy – Understanding. Connecting. Supporting," a team led by RWTH Aachen is investigating the conditions under which the structural change in the Rhenish mining district can succeed in transforming it into a model bioeconomy region.

vier rote Tomaten an einer grünen Pflanze
The Tomaitech project is developing a way to achieve new tomato varieties more quickly.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research

Faster development of new tomato varieties

Plant biotechnologists in Freiburg, in collaboration with Chinese partners, have chemically reprogrammed the microspores of tomato plants. This innovation can significantly accelerate the breeding of new varieties.

Internationale Zusammenarbeit

Automobile unspecific Agriculture sciences

Research alliance with Queensland: first projects launched

The first projects with Queensland have been launched as part of the ‘Bioeconomy International’ research cooperation programme.

Weizenfeld
Nitrogen is an important nutrient for food crops such as wheat, and is supplied in the form of fertiliser.

Food Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

Securing food supplies with new wheat varieties

New wheat varieties utilise nitrogen better and can deliver higher yields under current climatic conditions. This is the conclusion of an international study conducted in collaboration with the Technical University of Munich.

Constanze Schultz (rechts) vom Leibniz-IPHT und Dr. Thomas Wichard von der Universität Jena untersuchen das Wachstum der Grünalge Ulva mit Raman-Spektroskopie.
Constanze Schultz (right) from Leibniz IPHT and Dr Thomas Wichard from the University of Jena investigate the growth of the green alga Ulva using Raman spectroscopy.

Chemistry Microorganisms Chemistry

Symbiosis of a green alga investigated

Using Raman spectroscopy, researchers in Jena have succeeded in analysing the interaction between the green alga Ulva and its bacterial community in real time without disturbing the sensitive interaction.

Flaggen der EU
Clusters from eleven European countries have joined the new bioeconomy alliance EBCA.

unspecific unspecific Bioökonomie mitgestalten

New EU alliance for a circular bioeconomy

A total of 14 clusters from various European countries, including Germany, have joined forces to promote a circular and sustainable bioeconomy.

Ein gentechnisch verändertes Pseudomonas putida-Bakterium, das Nylon abbauen und in wertvolle Stoffe umwandeln kann.
A genetically modified Pseudomonas putida bacterium that can break down nylon and convert it into valuable substances.

Textiles Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Bacteria for recycling nylon waste

As part of a Europe-wide project, a research team from Jülich has developed a bacterium that can convert various nylon building blocks into valuable substances – a new approach to combating plastic pollution.

Die innovative innere Struktur der CellScrew® bietet für Zellkulturen eine große Wachstumsfläche auf kleinstem Raum und ermöglicht optimale Wachstumsbedingungen mit geringen Scherkräften und hervorragendem Gasaustausch.
The innovative internal structure of the CellScrew offers cell cultures a large growth surface in a very small space.

Pharmaceutical industry unspecific Materials sciences

Investment in innovative cell culture systems

Innovative cell culture systems that are set to revolutionise production processes in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry – the start-up Green Elephant Biotech is now receiving support from Bürkert Fluid Control Systems for this vision.

Myzel, das wurzelartige Geflecht von Pilzen, wird mittlerweile in vielen Bereichen als vielseitiges, biobasiertes Material eingesetzt.
Fungi form an extensive underground network called mycelium.

Food Fungi Food technology

Financing capital for fungal protein start-up Kynda

The start-up Kynda is working on the development of meat substitutes made from mushroom mycelium. It has now received funding totalling 3 million euros. The investors are EnjoyVenture, the PHW Group and Clima Now.

Sensible Lebensmittel werden häufig unter Schutzgasatmosphäre verpackt, um sie vor Keimen zu schützen und die Haltbarkeit zu verlängern.
Sensitive foods are often packaged in a modified atmosphere to protect them from germs and extend their shelf life.

Consumables unspecific Materials sciences

Optimising bio-based food packaging

The Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging has developed and trialled a new bio-based, recyclable packaging film for food in collaboration with the Albstadt-Sigmaringen University of Applied Sciences.

Die Wissenschaftler entwickelten ein KI-Modell, das auf Drohnenbildern Beikräuter von Sorghum unterscheiden kann. Als Datengrundlage dienten Drohnenaufnahmen der TFZ-Versuchsflächen in Straubing
The scientists developed an AI model that can distinguish weeds from sorghum in drone images. Drone images of the TFZ trial areas in Straubing served as the data basis.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research

Automated and selective plant protection

A Bavarian scientific team has researched how plant protection products can be applied selectively and automatically using drones and artificial intelligence. The challenges and results have now been published.