06.05.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Can soils be protected from heat, drought and heavy rainfall through reduced cultivation and permanent planting? A research team from Hesse has produced some promising initial results.
13.05.2024 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
Shell Deutschland recently commissioned Germany's largest bio-LNG plant at the Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland in Cologne. A liquefied fuel mixture of biomethane and fossil natural gas is produced here for heavy goods transport.
07.05.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
An international research team with the participation of the University of Bayreuth sees mycoheterotrophic plants as the key to the previously controversial existence of the underground mycorrhizal network in forests.
25.04.2024 News
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The Bioeconomy Showcase is presenting bio-based innovations in high density in Hall 2 of the Hannover Messe: 18 federally funded projects are providing information about their research and development.
08.05.2024 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
The start-up Insempra has raised 20 million US dollars in a financing round. The Munich-based company specialises in the biotechnological production of natural ingredients for the food, cosmetics and textile industries.
14.05.2024 News
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The Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP) in Greifswald is receiving millions in funding from the federal and state governments to expand research in the fields of agriculture, bioeconomy and the environment.
22.05.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Under the leadership of the Rostock-based Alles Alge association, researchers and companies want to jointly develop a system for cultivating macroalgae in the Baltic Sea.
23.05.2024 News
Food Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
The Berlin-based biotech start-up Cultimate Foods has raised €2.3 million from investors for the development of cultured fat ingredients to give plant-based meat substitutes an authentic flavour.
24.05.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
The RhizoTraits joint project aims to investigate the extent to which different mixtures of maize varieties can guarantee higher yields despite climate change. The focus is on the plant's root zone – the rhizosphere.
27.05.2024 Interview
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
The Potsdam junior research group TAILOR, led by Lena Hochrein, aims to optimize baker's yeast and other yeasts so that they can be used in a variety of ways as a cell factory for the bioeconomy.
27.05.2024 News
Food Plants Nutritional sciences
The Berlin start-up BettaF!sh will contribute its expertise in the development of new technologies for the production of healthy food from cultivated seaweed to the new EU research project FunSea.
30.05.2024 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
The development of new products from plant-based raw materials was the focus of an EU project in which Fraunhofer researchers from the ISC utilised their innovative coating called bioORMOCER for new fields of application – such as shoe soles and vehicles.
11.06.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
The domestication of maize has greatly changed the root system of the food plant. This is the conclusion of a study involving researchers from Bonn. They also identified a gene that is crucial for the breeding of drought-resistant plants.
07.06.2024 News
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At the BioEconomy Centre Anklam, an alliance of research and business has been established under the name IG Helix, which aims to increase the focus on the use of plant-based raw materials from the region – especially for health products.
03.06.2024 News
Food Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
In the BMBF funding programme ‘Agricultural Systems of the Future’, eight large consortia are researching innovative approaches for the sustainable food production of tomorrow. A new brochure, which bioökonomie.de has produced in cooperation with the participants, provides information on their concepts, objectives and successes to date.
18.06.2024 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have been able to clarify how the algal enzyme HydF is structured and what role a so-called cofactor plays in the production of hydrogen.
06.06.2024 Studies and statistics
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Intensive agriculture is considered to be one of the causes of species extinction worldwide. However, a diverse landscape can significantly promote biodiversity in the fields.
06.06.2024 News
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More fresh capital flowed into the German biotechnology sector in 2023 than in the previous year. There was also an increase in venture capital investments.
10.06.2024 News
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Experts from science and agricultural practice discussed the key results of the soil research funding programme at the BonaRes conference in Leipzig.
11.06.2024 Interview
Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
With his company SmartLab Solutions, Felix Lenk is paving the way for the digital and automated laboratory of the future. One of his team's sensor developments, funded by the BMBF, has now made it onto the market.
