12.09.2025 Success story
unspecific Fungi Biotechnology/Systems biology
In the ‘Fungi 4 VectorControl’ project, researchers at Darmstadt Technical University are working with Argentine teams to develop a fungicide from fungi to combat mosquitoes.
02.09.2025 News
unspecific unspecific Bioökonomie mitgestalten
As part of the EU project ShapingBio, researchers led by Fraunhofer ISI have formulated recommendations for utilising the potential of bio-based innovations and thereby advancing the bioeconomy within the EU.
11.09.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
As part of the EARL soil protection project, a globally unique pilot plant has been inaugurated in Ruhstorf, Lower Bavaria. The aim is to investigate the effect of cultivation systems on soil erosion.
10.09.2025 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
The biotech company Amsilk, which specialises in the production of spider silk proteins, has raised tens of millions in fresh capital in a financing round to expand production of the high-tech biomaterial.
12.09.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
The VitiForst project is entering its second phase, in which researchers from the Universities of Hohenheim and Freiburg aim to further develop the combined cultivation of vines and trees and put it into practical use.
15.09.2025 News
Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) have developed a new process that will make the production of methanol from biomass significantly easier and more decentralised in the future.
16.09.2025 News
Food Fungi Nutritional sciences
The Berlin-based start-up Nosh.bio is launching a hybrid minced beef product based on koji. It is the first German company to demonstrate the use of koji protein in hybrid minced meat.
24.09.2025 News
Chemistry Fungi Biotechnology/Systems biology
In the ‘Mycobuild’ project, researchers at Hof University of Applied Sciences aim to demonstrate that thermal insulation materials made from fungal mycelium can also be produced industrially, economically and ecologically.
23.09.2025 News
Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
The Cologne-based start-up PAPACKS will work even more closely with the US specialty chemicals company Solenis in future to produce sustainable packaging based on hemp on an industrial scale.
25.09.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Freiburg researchers have discovered a cellular growth switch that regulates the plant hormone auxin and thus plant growth in response to environmental changes.
29.09.2025 News
Food Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
An international research team led by the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) has discovered the genetic cause of late flowering in barley, which leads to higher yields.
02.10.2025 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
A comparative study by the University of Bayreuth shows that the cup plant is a more sustainable alternative to silage maize as an energy crop.
06.10.2025 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
This year's Joachim Herz Prize, worth €500,000, goes to physicist Hans Kleemann from TU Dresden for developing a bio-based and recyclable printed circuit board.
07.10.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Forestry
Drones and robots could carry out planting work in forest areas in the future. Researchers at Kempten University of Applied Sciences want to realise this vision in the AI flagship project ‘DraAuf’.
28.10.2025 Product
unspecific Plants
Whether in muesli, as a crunchy salad topping, or to refine baked goods – sunflower seeds are incredibly versatile and packed with nutrients. They provide magnesium, folic acid, vitamin E, fiber, and high-quality plant-based protein.
08.10.2025 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
Daniel Eggerichs has developed a process at Ruhr University Bochum in which genetically modified bacteria convert waste from the paper industry into plastic precursors. He was honoured by the German Chemical Society for this method.
15.10.2025 News
Textiles unspecific Materials sciences
The EU project FABULOSE receives €3.5 million in funding for biotechnologically produced vegan leather alternatives based on cellulose. Four partners from Baden-Württemberg are involved.
16.10.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
A research team at Heidelberg University has discovered a previously unknown molecular mechanism that plants use to prevent water loss during extreme drought and strong sunlight.
20.10.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Research into sustainable and future-proof agriculture using artificial intelligence (AI) is the focus of the newly opened Living Lab for Agriculture, which is run by the University of Osnabrück.
22.10.2025 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers at Chemnitz University of Technology, Leipzig University and the Fraunhofer Institute FEP are developing microalgae as ‘cell factories’ that can produce the important basic chemical glycolate from carbon dioxide and sunlight.
