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.
24.10.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
The combined cultivation of alfalfa and ribwort plantain doubles yields and reduces nitrate levels in the soil. This is shown by a study conducted in collaboration with the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research.
27.10.2025 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers from Marburg and Kaiserslautern have elucidated the structure of a bacterial enzyme that is capable of producing the basic chemical ethylene without releasing CO2.
30.10.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Researchers at the Universities of Göttingen and Kassel demonstrate how multifunctional landscapes such as paludiculture can promote nature conservation and ecosystem restoration.
05.11.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
In the EU project UPSCALE, researchers led by Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) are demonstrating how insects can be gently lured away from crops using push-pull technology, thereby improving yields and soil fertility.
03.11.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry unspecific Agriculture sciences
Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy in Potsdam are developing a laser module that removes weeds from fields with pinpoint accuracy.
04.11.2025 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
The conversion of biogenic residues into sustainable chemicals such as green methanol is the focus of two new projects that the BMFTR is funding with around €1.8 million through the WIR! innovation alliance ‘biogeniV’.
11.11.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
A new study by the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) and Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg shows how rye rearranges its genes in response to environmental stress.
12.11.2025 News
Food Plants Nutritional sciences
A research team involving the Technical University of Munich has decoded the genomes of 33 different oat varieties, thereby recording the entire genetic diversity of this plant.
17.11.2025 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology and Philipps University of Marburg have developed an automated platform that enables high-throughput research into genetic changes in chloroplasts for the first time.
20.11.2025 News
Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
The German federal government and the state of Baden-Württemberg are providing around €3 million in funding to support the establishment of a biofabrication centre at Fraunhofer IGB in Stuttgart.
27.05.2025 Interview
Food Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
In the “Single Cell Protein” working group, a team led by Monika Konarzycka-Bessler is looking for bacterial strains that utilise CO2 as a source of raw materials for the production of proteins used in the food industry.
04.07.2025 Product
Food Microorganisms
For many, cheese is a staple – enjoyed with bread, pasta, or on its own at the end of a meal. For centuries, it has been a cornerstone of culinary traditions around the world.
21.05.2025 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
How can the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii be reliably cultivated in the laboratory? - A handbook by researchers from Bayreuth and Göttingen provides answers.
Publication
Research and sustainable use for the bioeconomyPublished by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), November 2024Edited by: bioökonomie.de/BIOCOM Interrelations GmbHOur soils are an indispensable basis for life and, as sensitive ecosystems, are at the beginning of the value chains of a bio-based economy. Application-oriented research is a key to the sustainable use of soils in the context of a bioeconomy. With the BonaRes and Rhizo4Bio initiatives, the BMBF has set a funding focus on applied soil research that is unique in Europe. The brochure describes the joint projects and presents the most important results in a compact and understandable form. The brochure also integrates the activities into the European Research Area. Download PDF
23.05.2025 News
Food unspecific Agriculture sciences
The Leibniz Research Network ‘Green Nutrition - Healthy Society’ provides recommendations for the reorganisation of food and agricultural systems, taking sustainability and resilience into account.
22.05.2025 News
unspecific unspecific Plant breeding research
The Cologne-based start-up SenseUP has concluded seed financing totalling 2.4 million euros. It will use the capital to drive forward its research activities in order to bring new biopesticides to market maturity.
28.05.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry unspecific Agriculture sciences
Photovoltaics on agricultural land is more accepted by the population than solar installations on unused open land. This is the result of a survey conducted by the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
30.05.2025 News
Construction Microorganisms Bioökonomie mitgestalten
An international research team involving Graz University of Technology is working on integrating microorganisms into facade paints. The aim is to protect the exterior walls of buildings, bind CO2 and break down air pollutants.
