29.05.2022 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
Food system: Only growth is not enough
A combination of dietary change and emissions pricing would make the food system more sustainable, concludes a study by the Potsdam Institute.
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01.06.2022 News
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
Solvents are to become greener
An international research project is seeking sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based products.
07.06.2022 News
Energy Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Biobattery as a green hydrogen storage system
Specially adapted bacteria enable the energy carrier to be bound and released again in a controlled manner.
08.06.2022 News
Construction Waste Plant and process engineering
Climate-friendly cement from mining sludge
A new recycling process cleans mine water and sludge from toxins and recovers contained valuable materials.
31.05.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
New enzyme class for natural product synthesis discovered
A recently discovered enzyme from cyanobacteria opens up new options for biotechnology.
09.06.2022 News
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Bioeconomy research alliance with Australia
Germany and the Australian state of Queensland want to cooperate more in the future on green hydrogen - and in bioeconomy research.
15.06.2022 News
Energy Plants Chemistry
Biogas without carbon dioxide emissions
A new process will use green hydrogen to convert CO2 produced during biogas production into methane.
10.06.2022 News
Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
Brewer's grains as a flour substitute for bread and veggie burgers
Saarbrücken researchers show the potential that spent grain could have for healthy and sustainable food production in the sense of a circular economy.
09.06.2022 Success story
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
The search for the perfect plasticizer
Many plastic and rubber products cannot do without plasticizers, but a bio-based alternative is not easy to develop.
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Biobased upcycling: From residual to resource
Organic residual and waste streams have considerable but often untapped potential as a resource for a sustainable bioeconomy. This dossier presents innovative research approaches to waste utilization.
14.09.2022 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
German Founder's Award for Traceless Materials
The Hamburg-based bioeconomy company has been awarded the German Founder's Award in the StartUp category for its development of a biomaterial from agricultural residues.
19.09.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
It's all in the mix
The right mix of wildflowers and miscanthus grass in the field not only promotes biodiversity, it also makes energy production from Chinese reed more sustainable and efficient.
27.09.2022 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
Effects of the food transition on agriculture
A largely plant-based diet would require 40% less arable land and drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as a study by the Öko-Institut shows.
21.09.2022 Success story
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Thermoformable paper as a plastic substitute
Paper has a better recycling cycle than plastics. Researchers therefore want to develop a new paper-based packaging material.
21.09.2022 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
First running shoe made from recycled industrial emissions
A step toward the carbon circular economy: a consortium led by Swiss sporting goods manufacturer On has developed a shoe whose foam plastic components are biotechnically produced from carbon-containing waste gases.
26.09.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
Cultured meat from the farm
The RESPECTfarms project explores concepts for farms in the field of cultured meat. A pilot farm is being planned.
28.09.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Fungi Agriculture sciences
Reanimate soils with mushrooms
Researchers have succeeded in using a mix of sewage sludge compost and fungal substrate to make fallow land at a landfill bloom again.
05.10.2022 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Bavaria promotes establishment of bioeconomy production facilities
As part of the BayBioeconomy Scale-Up funding program, Bavaria is again supporting companies in setting up bioeconomy production facilities on an industrial scale.
07.10.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Inheriting good plant traits only
Using the molecular gene scissors CRISPR/Cas, researchers have succeeded in silencing chromosomes and thus preventing genetic exchange.
10.10.2022 News
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Genome research to save biodiversity
Using state-of-the-art genomics methods, a new pan-European consortium aims to accelerate the mapping of global biodiversity and thus fundamentally change the understanding of biodiversity.