08.12.2023 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
The Swiss specialty chemicals company Clariant is discontinuing the loss-making production of cellulosic ethanol from straw at its plant in Romania, which was only opened in 2022. Corresponding activities in Straubing, Munich and Planegg will also be shut down.
14.12.2023 News
Construction Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers at Munich University of Applied Sciences have developed a process that for the first time enables the efficient cultivation of lime-producing bacteria and thus the commercial use of "self-healing concrete".
18.02.2025 News
unspecific unspecific Bioökonomie mitgestalten
A total of 14 clusters from various European countries, including Germany, have joined forces to promote a circular and sustainable bioeconomy.
27.02.2025 News
Textiles Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
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.
25.02.2025 News
Pharmaceutical industry unspecific Materials sciences
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.
26.02.2025 News
Food Fungi Food technology
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.
05.03.2025 News
Consumables unspecific Materials sciences
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.
07.03.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
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.
10.03.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry unspecific Plant breeding research
Berlin researchers provide the data basis for including human excreta in the list of permitted source materials in the Fertilizer Ordinance.
Wed, 05/07/2025 - 12:00 In-depth report
Machine and plant engineering unspecific Plant and process engineering
A digital twin is a virtual representation of a physical object or system that is updated in real time with data from the real world or from simulation runs. This short report explains how digital twins work and how they are used in the bioeconomy.
12.03.2025 News
unspecific Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
For the first time, an international research team has been able to optimize synthetic carbon fixation to such an extent that it works more efficiently than natural metabolic pathways.
13.03.2025 News
unspecific unspecific Bioökonomie mitgestalten
The Joachim Herz Stiftung is supporting three research teams with its new innovate! Fund with up to 1 million euros each. They are looking for innovative approaches that make biogenic resources usable.
17.03.2025 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
A team led by Max Planck researcher Caroline Gutjahr from Potsdam has been able to clarify how plants control the symbiosis with fungi under stress conditions.
20.03.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
As part of an EU project, researchers at Trier University are developing digital solutions to advise winegrowers on soil protection.
14.04.2025 Sector
Textiles unspecific
The textile industry has always used renewable raw materials, from plant fibres such as linen or cotton to animal products such as wool, silk or leather. With the increasing drive towards more sustainability, bio-based innovations are on the rise. Examples include biotech silk, vegan leather and vegetable tanning and dyeing agents.
26.03.2025 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
Würzburg researchers have synthesized four dye molecules from photosynthesis in plant cells and thus artificially recreated one of the first steps of the natural metabolic pathway.
14.04.2025 Sector
Pharmaceutical industry unspecific
Medicinal herbs have been used against illnesses for thousands of years. Today, medicines are more and more often produced using biotechnological processes. Biopharmaceuticals, which include active ingredients such as antibodies, enzymes and vaccines, account for about one third of the pharmaceutical market – and their share is growing rapidly.
18.04.2025 Success story
Food Waste Agriculture sciences
In the joint project CUBES Circle, a consortium of researchers from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is developing and testing a symbiotic production system for the preparation of food in cities.
24.03.2025 News
Pharmaceutical industry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Max Planck researchers have functionalized microalgae with chitosan and magnetic nanoparticles in such a way that the movement of the unicellular organisms can be controlled - even through human tissue.
31.03.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Growing biomass on rewetted moors and generating electricity at the same time: the feasibility of this innovative concept is currently being investigated in the MoorPower project.
