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26.06.2024 News

Food Microorganisms Agriculture sciences

Green ERA-Hub: EU alliances for innovative plant breeding wanted

As part of the European "Green ERA-Hub" initiative, the BMBF is funding innovative approaches for a sustainable bioeconomy. A new round of calls for proposals is focussing on the breeding of resistant crops.

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Probenahme von Mikroplastik im Ablauf der Kläranlage Petershausen mithilfe eines rotierenden Siebfilters durch Samuel Schmucker
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Julian Eckert / HSWT
Sampling of microplastics in the effluent of the Petershausen wastewater treatment plant using a rotating sieve filter

02.07.2024 News

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Removing microplastics from sewage treatment plants

Researchers at Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences have developed a biological process in which worms and microbes help to break down microplastics in wastewater.

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Maisanbau mit angemessener Stickstoffgabe auf der Forschungsstation Syferkuil der Universität Limpopo
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Reimund Rötter
Maize cultivation with appropriate nitrogen application at the Syferkuil research station of the University of Limpopo

03.07.2024 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Study: Redistributed nitrogen consumption increases global food security

An optimal redistribution of global nitrogen quantities in fertilisation would also ensure food security and sustainability in countries of the Global South. This is the conclusion of an international study involving researchers from Göttingen.

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Das neuartige PLA-Material lässt sich auf gängigen Verarbeitungsanlagen ähnlich wie LDPE zu Folien verarbeiten
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Piotr Banczerowski
The new PLA material can be processed into films on conventional systems similarly to LDPE.

04.07.2024 News

Chemistry Waste Chemistry

Innovative bioplastic film made from PLA

Fraunhofer researchers have developed a flexible film material from the bioplastic PLA that does not require plasticisers and is recyclable.

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BASF möchte in Zukunft mit dem Bakterium Basfia succiniciproducens aus Zucker und Kohlenstoffdioxid ein für die Chemieproduktion wichtiges Zwischenprodukt herstellen.
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BASF SE
BASF wants to use the bacterium Basfia succiniciproducens to produce an important intermediate product for chemical production from sugar and carbon dioxide.

09.07.2024 News

Chemistry Microorganisms Chemistry

Turning CO2 from industrial emissions into a platform chemical

Using bacteria from bovine rumen, researchers led by the chemical company BASF want to produce the platform chemical fumaric acid from industrial emissions from chemical production.

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Trauben an einem Rebstock, mit Schäden an Blättern und Früchten
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SelWineQ
Damage caused by downy mildew on Sauvignon blanc

07.08.2024 Success story

Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research

Twice as effective towards more resistant grape varieties

In the SelWineQ project, viticulture researchers are looking for genetic markers in grape varieties in order to predict the quality of future wine by analysing leaves and to speed up breeding.

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Eine Biene sitzt an einer weißen Blüte mit gelben Staubblättern
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Beneficial insects on the potato blossom would not notice the RNA active ingredient.

04.09.2024 Success story

Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences

RNA-based insecticides become competitive

In an SME innovation project, the SenseUp team has found a method to reduce the production costs of RNA molecules for crop protection by more than a factor of 1000.

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"Stuttgart in Zukunft: Für den Bildband "Zukunftsbilder 2045" haben Reinventing Society und das Wire Collective eine Vision für den Stuttgarter Marktplatz entworfen."
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Reinventing Society/Wire Collective (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)
This is what the marketplace in Stuttgart could look like in 2045: This vision of the future was designed for the illustrated book ‘Zukunftsbilder 2045’ by Reinventing Society and the Wire Collective.

10.07.2024 News

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Stuttgart sets its own bioeconomy strategy

The state capital of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, is the first city in Germany to present a municipal bioeconomy strategy with 22 specific measures to drive forward the transition to a bio-based future.

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Permakultur ist eine nachhaltige Form der Landwirtschaft. Mit dem Wechselspiel aus Hügelbeeten, Teichen und Gehölzen bietet sie in diesem Beispiel neben Lebensmitteln auch viele Ökosystemdienstleistungen und Lebensraum für Tiere und Pflanzen
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Thomas Baumann, CC-BY-NC (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en)
Permaculture is a sustainable form of agriculture. With the interplay of raised beds, ponds and shrubs, in this example it offers not only food but also many ecosystem services and a habitat for animals and plants.

18.07.2024 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Permaculture: Better soils, more biodiversity

Permaculture has the potential to combine agriculture, environmental protection and nature conservation. This is the conclusion of a study involving the Technical University of Kaiserslautern-Landau.

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Kolonien des Meeresbakteriums Marinobacter alginolytica. So wie die Federn des Pfaus leuchtende Farben aufweisen, sind diese Farben auf geordnete Strukturen zurückzuführen, die einen photonischen Kristall bilden und Interferenzeffekte verursachen.
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Urheber: Colin Ingham
The bright colours of the peacock's eye are also due to ordered structures that form a photonic crystal and cause interference effects.

15.07.2024 News

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Sustainable colours with iridescent bacteria

A research team from the Jena Cluster of Excellence ‘Balance of the Microverse’ has decoded the mechanism that enables some bacterial strains to reflect light and form colours in a similar way to butterfly wings.

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Die „Flora Incognita“-App hat neue Künstliche Intelligenz erhalten
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Flora Incognita
The Flora Incognita app makes it easy to identify plants with a smartphone.

19.07.2024 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Biodiversity

Deriving climate consequences with data from plant app

With the help of a newly developed algorithm, Leipzig researchers can use data from the plant identification app Flora Incognita to determine the effects of climate change on the plant world.

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Weizen auf einem Feld vor der Ernte.
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Wheat in a field before harvest

22.07.2024 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

New strategies required in wheat cultivation

An international research team involving the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research is calling for new sustainable cultivation practices to improve nitrogen uptake in wheat cultivation instead of applying more fertilizer.

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Hülsenfrüchte wie Erbsen, Bohne und Soja anbauen
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As natural nitrogen collectors, legumes such as beans and peas could help to significantly reduce the use of fertilizers in the fields.

24.07.2024 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

More legumes in Europe's fields

As part of a newly launched EU project, researchers at the University of Hanover want to tap into the benefits of pulses in order to promote the acceptance and cultivation of beans, lentils and the like in European agriculture.

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Michael Prokein (l.) und Jannick Armenat von Ruhrstoffbauwerke an der vorindustriellen Anlage zur Härtung von Baustoffen und CO2-Speicherung
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Fraunhofer UMSICHT
Michael Prokein (left) and Jannick Armenat from Ruhrstoffbauwerke at the pre-industrial plant for hardening building materials and CO2 storage.

29.07.2024 News

Construction Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology

Using biogenic residues to create climate-positive building materials

Fraunhofer researchers want to use biogenic carbon from biomass as a carbon sink for the production of sustainable concrete and bricks.

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24.07.2024 Studies and statistics

Food Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

University of Göttingen (2024): Acceptance of animal-free cheese

Both companies and research institutes are currently working on biotechnological processes for the production of animal-free alternatives to dairy products. Researchers at the University of Göttingen investigated the acceptance of such products by consumers.

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Omar Khalaf, Gründer und Geschäftsführer des Berliner Start-ups Alganize
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Omar Khalaf

21.08.2024 Interview

Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences

“We force microalgae to excrete valuable signaling substances”

Soil regeneration with the help of microalgae is the focus of the Berlin start-up Alganize, which develops solutions to improve soil health.

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Prof. Dr. Christian Hertweck ist vom Europäischen Forschungsrat mit dem renommierten ERC Advanced Grant ausgezeichnet worden.
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Anna Schroll/Leibniz-HKI
Christian Hertweck has already been awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize and the Ernst Jung Prize for Medicine for the identification of new active substances from neglected microorganisms.

30.07.2024 News

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

ERC funding for anaerobic bacteria research

Jena-based natural product researcher Christian Hertweck has been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant by the European Research Council for his pioneering research into new active substances from anaerobic bacteria.

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Stefanie Meier und Prof. Dr. Andreas Möglich beim Begutachten einer Agarplatte mit auf Rotlicht antwortenden Bakterien.
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UBT/Andreas Möglich
Stefanie Meier and Prof. Dr. Andreas Möglich examining an agar plate with bacteria that respond to red light

02.08.2024 News

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Red light sensor modified for bacteria

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have changed the sensitivity of bacterial systems for controlling gene activity to red light, opening up new possibilities in the biotechnological application of bacteria.

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Unternehmen werden zunehmend auch nach ihrem sozial-ökologischen Verhalten bewertet.
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05.08.2024 News

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G20 Science Academies: Communiqué for a sustainable economy

In the run-up to the meeting of the G20 countries in Brazil in September, the G20 science academies, including Lepoldina, defined measures for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals - also for the bioeconomy.

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05.08.2024 Studies and statistics

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Capgemini (2024): Engineering biology: The time is now

According to a study by the Capgemini Research Institute on the Bioeconomy, companies across industries are focusing on the transformative potential of synthetic biology. 

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