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Das adaptive, selbstanpassende Verschattungssystem „Solar Gate“ unterstützt die Klimaregulierung von Gebäuden.
The adaptive, self-adjusting Solar Gate shading system supports the climate regulation of buildings.

Construction Plants Materials sciences

Bio-based sun protection for building facades

Pine cones served researchers from Stuttgart and Freiburg as a model for a new bio-based shading system for building facades that adapts itself to the weather and is energy self-sufficient.

Auflauf mit ziehendem Käse

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

GFI (2025): Consumer survey on precision fermentation

A recent study, conducted by the Good Food Institute (GFI) in collaboration with Accenture, analysed consumer attitudes and preferences towards precision fermentation products in five key markets: France, Germany, Spain, the UK and the US.

Interaktive Karte zum globalen Patentdatensatz für bioökonomiebezogene Erfindungen
Interactive map of the global patent dataset for bioeconomy-related inventions

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AI generates world map of bioeconomy patents

The BMBF-funded junior research group TRABBI has used artificial intelligence (AI) to create a global overview of over 5.6 million bioeconomy-related patents for bio-based products, services and processes.

Marinierte Stücke vegan
Marinated vegan pieces as a meat alternative

Food Waste

Meat substitute

More and more people are looking not only for a healthy diet, but also a plant-based one. Yet there is no need to give up eating meat - an alternative comes from Switzerland.

Mustergewebe aus Lignin-Zellulose-Mischung
Sample fabric made from a lignin-cellulose blend

Textiles Plants Materials sciences

Textile coatings made from lignin

In the EU project BioFibreLoop, researchers are developing textile patterns and coatings made from renewable and recyclable materials - also for outdoor clothing.

Insektenkost
At the networking meeting to mark the establishment of Endosolutions, mealworms were served as a taster.

Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology

Upswing for insect breeding in Giessen

Insect biotechnology in Giessen is getting a boost: the Fraunhofer IME has announced that the start-up Endosolutions is to set up at the research centre and breed insects on a large scale.

Moor
Only 5 % of the moors in Germany are still considered near-natural and intact.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Bioökonomie mitgestalten

Major project launched to restore the moors

In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, large areas of moorland are to be rewetted by 2027 and new options for utilising paludiculture tested.

Tiefseeschwämme und ihre symbiotischen Bakterien sind ein Forschungsschwerpunkt am GEOMAR. Im Projekt XTREAM werden sich die beteiligten Wissenschaftler:innen besonders auf die Suche nach neuen Biokatalysatoren fokussieren.
Deep-sea sponges and their symbiotic bacteria are a research focus at GEOMAR.

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Tracking down biocatalysts in the deep sea

An international research team with the participation of GEOMAR researchers from Kiel is searching for robust microorganisms in extreme habitats on Earth in order to accelerate biotechnological applications.

Tampon aus Meeresalgen
Tampon made from seaweed

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Vyld algae tampon in use

The world's first tampon made from seaweed from Berlin start-up Vyld has passed the certification hurdle and has recently started to make its way into the country's first sanitary facilities.

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Argentina

The agricultural sector is one of the most important economic driving forces in the country.

Bioeconomy in Germany - Background

In view of scarce fossil natural resources, climate change and the growing world population, sustainability and climate action have become key issues of the 21st century. The objective of the bioeconomy is to combine economy and ecology to ensure a more sustainable use of biological resources. The German Federal Government has introduced a wealth of innovative initiatives to set the course towards a bioeconomy. These activities dovetail in the new National Bioeconomy Strategy which was published in January 2020. The achievement of a biobased economy will represent a significant contribution to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals set out in the UN’s 2030 Agenda.

Tomo Breelow, Geschäftsführer von Wijld und Erfinder des Woodshirts

Consumables Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

T-shirts made of wood

The „WoodShirts“ offered by the start-up wijld, which is headed by Timo Beelow, prove that products made of renewable resources such as wood are not just eco-friendly but also stylish and comfortable. 

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Plant breeding using CRISPR-Cas molecular scissors

Holger Puchta is one of the first researchers worldwide to utilise the CRISPR-Cas molecular ‘scissors’ in the area of plants. For the biotechnologist at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, the editing tool heralds a new era of precision in plant breeding.

Bundestag, Plenum, Parlament, Gesetzgeber

Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Genetic Engineering Act discussed in German Parliament

Certain aspects of the Federal Genetic Engineering Act are to be supplemented to include a ban on cultivating genetically engineered crops. Today the German parliament focused on the draft amendment.

Strommaste und Windräser

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Biofuel cell stores energy

Researchers in Bochum have developed a new 'bio-supercapacitor' that, with the aid of enzymes, not only generates energy, but can also store it.

Im mikroskopischen Fluoreszenzbild lassen sich die Strukturen aus Molekülen erkennen, die zu Testzwecken auf die bioabbaubare Beschichtung gedruckt wurden.

Pharmaceutical industry Microorganisms Materials sciences

Biodegradable implant coatings

In a first, chemists in Karlsruhe have developed a biodegradable surface coating for implants.

Ameisen auf Fiji züchten in den baumwipfeln Kaffeepflanzen und nutzen die Gewächse als Unterschlupf.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Biodiversity

Ants with a talent for gardening

Ants are social insects with many talents. Biologists from Munich found a species of ants on the Fijian Islands that cultivate coffee plants with the aim of later inhabiting them.

Organobalance Mikroorganismen-Stammbank
A secret treasure trove of different bacterial strains and yeasts: the master-strain-collection of Organobalance

Food Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Gentle germ removal

The biotech company Organobalance found lactic acid bacteria in its archive that are able to gently disinfect hands and other surfaces. The microbes are now being refined for use in cleaning and care cosmetics.

Helmut Hillebrand leitet seit Januar das neue Helmholtz-Zentrum für Funktionelle Marine Biodiversität.

Chemistry Microorganisms Biodiversity

Conserving ocean biodiversity

The marine biologist Helmut Hillebrand has always been fascinated by biodiversity. As the head of the new Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity, the Oldenburg-based expert is developing tools that will help to improve predictions about changes in ocean biodiversity.

Papier

Construction Plants Agriculture sciences

CEPI (2016): Roadmap Bioeconomy

The European paper industry has unveiled a major investment agenda to drive towards its 2050 vision of a low-carbon, resource-efficient bioeconomy.