21.07.2025 News
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
The development of bio-based adhesives, coatings and fibres for the construction industry is the focus of a new EU project involving researchers from the Steinbeis Europe Centre and the Fraunhofer Society.
25.07.2025 News
Machine and plant engineering Plants Agriculture sciences
The collaboration between agricultural research and robotics has resulted in a novel 3D laser scanner system that enables precise plant analysis.
30.07.2025 News
Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
As part of the EU project MATE4MEAT, Fraunhofer researchers are working on bio-based and antimicrobial meat packaging that extends the shelf life of food.
31.07.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
A research team led by Geisenheim University points to the potential of wild plants and their interaction with soil microbes for sustainable agriculture and calls for the establishment of protected areas to study this sensitive relationship.
01.08.2025 News
Textiles Plants Materials sciences
The European BioFibreLoop project aims to establish lignin as a bio-based fibre source for the textile industry. The main challenge is to establish a supply chain.
23.07.2025 Studies and statistics
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The pollution of the oceans, air, and soil by microplastics is well documented. However, much less research has been conducted on the occurrence of even smaller nanoplastic particles in the environment.
31.07.2025 Success story
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Agricultural crops urgently need new plant protection methods. The KombiAktiv2 project has evaluated a new bio-based approach.
04.08.2025 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
A research team led by the Technical University of Munich has developed a process for producing carbon fibres from renewable raw materials.
05.08.2025 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
The Power2Polymers project uses sustainable methanol to produce usable chemicals such as paraformaldehyde and polyols on a large scale – as a basis for adhesives and other industrial applications.
29.08.2025 Product
Construction Fungi
When neighbours play loud music at home or colleagues in the office are constantly on the phone, it can be not only annoying, but persistent noise often causes stress and is harmful to health.
18.08.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
Researchers have developed a genome-based metabolic model for potatoes that can improve the breeding of new stress-tolerant varieties.
13.08.2025 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
In the Texroh joint project, researchers at TU Dresden are seeking to develop cellulose-containing residues and waste materials for the production of sustainable Lyocell fibers.
18.08.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research has established new funding guidelines to promote the development and application of new methods for the sustainable protection of crops against insect pests and plant pathogens.
14.08.2025 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Mastering structural change in the Western Palatinate with microorganisms: Alexander Schweitzer, Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate, saw for himself how this can be achieved during a visit to the Pirmasens campus of Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences.
19.08.2025 News
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With a new round of tenders for the “Bioeconomy International” funding initiative, the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR) is once again supporting the establishment of international research networks.
17.10.2025 Interview
Construction Waste Materials sciences
Wood fibers are the raw material the company Willowprint uses in 3D printing to create a building material that is completely recyclable and compostable.
19.10.2023 News
Chemistry Fungi Chemistry
The chemical company BASF SE is investing a high double-digit million amount in a new fermentation plant in Ludwigshafen for the production of sustainable crop protection products.
24.10.2023 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biodiversity
Diatoms have developed a way to grow successfully even in nutrient-poor marine regions.
20.10.2023 News
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The Potsdam Science Park Conference focused on innovations for the food industry and medicine. Around 160 interested people came to find out about new developments on the Golm Campus and in the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region.
02.10.2023 Studies and statistics
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Replacing 50% of meat and dairy products with plant-based alternatives by 2050 can reduce agriculture and land use related greenhouse gas emissions by 31% and halt the degradation of forest and natural land, according to a recent study.
