23.01.2024 News
Chemistry Plants Bioökonomie mitgestalten
Residual biomass as a resource
A new EU project involving researchers from Ruhr University Bochum is focusing on the development of unused biomass resources in Europe.
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04.09.2024 Product
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Floral foam
Without it, many floral arrangements wouldn't make much of an impression. Floral foam is commonly used in floristry to stabilise cut flowers, grasses, and branches in bouquets, and to provide them with water and nutrients.
29.01.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Detecting stressed wheat with MRI and PET
Under the leadership of the University of Magdeburg, a European research consortium wants to combine two medical imaging techniques for the first time and make them usable for agriculture.
18.01.2024 Studies and statistics
Food unspecific Agriculture sciences
Green Alliance (2024): A new land dividend
The Green Alliance think tank has analysed how a switch to a plant-based diet could affect land use in ten European countries.
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Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
Understanding and shaping the root habitat
Plant roots are hotspots of the soil ecosystem and an important starting point for arable farming and soil management. The interaction between plant roots and their immediate environment is a key biological process that researchers want to better understand and utilise in order to make agriculture more sustainable.
31.01.2024 News
Food Fungi Biotechnology/Systems biology
Infinite Roots: Fresh capital for mushroom mycelium technology
The Hamburg-based biotech company Infinite Roots - formerly Mushlabs - has secured 58 million US dollars in a Series B financing round for the development and production of new meat substitutes based on mushroom mycelium.
06.02.2024 News
Food unspecific Agriculture sciences
Food transition creates trillions in profit
A global report involving researchers from Potsdam shows how the global economy would benefit from an agricultural and food transition and underlines the urgent need to revise the political framework.
02.02.2024 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Vyld: Fresh capital for the world's first algae tampon
The Berlin start-up Vyld has raised millions from investors as part of an early-stage financing round, thereby securing the further development of its seaweed products.
12.02.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Combined maize and bean cultivation pays off
According to a study, the combined cultivation of maize and runner beans is characterized by lower yields, but lower nutrient losses and greater biodiversity compared to a maize monoculture.
15.02.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Wheat disease threatens global food supply
An international research team led by Munich agricultural scientist Senthold Asseng has modeled for the first time how the fungal disease wheat blast affects wheat production as a result of climate change.
08.02.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
EU Parliament votes in favour of relaxing rules on genetic modification
The EU Commission's amended proposal to relax genetic engineering legislation for certain genome-edited plants was adopted by the European Parliament by a narrow majority.
16.02.2024 News
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Creative young talent wanted for the bioeconomy
With the new "BioKreativ" funding initiative, the BMBF is enabling young researchers from the natural, IT and engineering sciences to set up a junior research group for bioeconomy research. Apply by April 15.
20.02.2024 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Chemistry
Cleaning wastewater with microalgae biofilm
Researchers at Cologne University of Applied Sciences have commissioned a pilot plant to test the cultivation of microalgae in a biofilm to purify landfill leachate.
27.02.2024 News
Food Fungi Biotechnology/Systems biology
Millions for mushroom mycelium-based seafood
The Berlin and Leipzig-based start-up Pacifico Biolabs has raised 3.3 million US dollars in a financing round for the development of alternative fish and seafood.
26.02.2024 News
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DBU: Shaping a sustainable future together
The German Federal Environmental Foundation has launched a new funding initiative to support innovative projects in which stakeholders work together on concrete change processes for sustainable development. Submit project ideas by May 15.
22.02.2024 News
Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
Examining amino acids down to the nanometer
A research team at TU Braunschweig has combined various methods to make a scanning tunneling microscope usable for the surface analysis of peptides.
28.02.2024 News
Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
Rice husk ash as a cement substitute
As part of the ReMatBuilt project, Fraunhofer researchers and partners from China have developed sustainable building materials made from recycled concrete and plant residues.
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02.07.2024 Interview
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
“Our robust yeast can process a wide range of waste streams”
Luisa Gronenberg and her team from the Munich start-up Insempra are developing an innovative bioprocess to produce polyester and polyamides from residual and waste materials. The team is receiving millions in funding from SPRIND.
04.03.2024 News
Food unspecific Agriculture sciences
New DFG commission: A holistic view of agricultural and food systems
An 18-member panel of experts forms the new Senate Commission of the German Research Foundation for the transformation of agricultural and food systems.
11.03.2024 Success story
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
Sustainable production of synthesis gas from biogas
As part of the Biogasohol project, researchers from Rostock are working with Vietnamese partners to develop new catalysts and processes to convert carbon dioxide and methane from biogas into synthesis gas and make it usable for the chemical industry.