28.11.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Two innovative projects at the University of Koblenz show how technological innovations and fast 5G data transmission can make viticulture more climate-resilient and sustainable.
29.11.2024 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
The Bavarian company Electrochaea has concluded a licence agreement and technology transfer for its patented power-to-gas technology with Japan's Hitachi Ltd.
03.12.2024 Product
Chemistry Plants
An Italian start-up is utilizing waste from tomato processing to develop an eco-friendly alternative to conventional packaging coatings. A bio-resin is extracted from tomato peels that is free of BPA and biodegradable.
04.12.2024 News
Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
As part of the new funding guideline ‘Future technologies for the industrial bioeconomy’, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research is funding innovative projects that address bio-based products and processes for a climate-neutral and recyclable industry.
02.12.2024 News
Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
Under the leadership of the Technical University of Munich, an international research team has developed a method with which proteins can be designed even better on a computer and produced with the desired properties.
03.12.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
The Wetscapes 2.0 project is receiving 10 million euros from the German Research Foundation to research complex processes in the rewetting of fenland landscapes.
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 12:00 In-depth report
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
Plant roots are hotspots of the soil ecosystem and an important starting point for arable farming and soil management. The interaction between plant roots and their immediate environment is a key biological process that researchers want to better understand and utilise in order to make agriculture more sustainable.
11.12.2024 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
A research team led by Marburg microbiologist Tobias Erb has found a new way to effectively fix CO2 and transfer it into the cell metabolism. A completely new enzyme was designed for this purpose and optimised through evolution in the laboratory.
10.10.2015 Country
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The Baltic country is known worldwide for its industrial enzyme production. Since the middle of the 1970s, industrial biotechnology - particularly enzyme production - has been concentrated in Lithuania.
10.10.2015 Country
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Estonia, the most northern of the Baltic States, is still working on its own bioeconomy strategy.
13.12.2024 News
Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
The Hamburg-based biotech start-up Infinite Roots wants to utilise whey as a nutrient for mycelium fermentation and thus pave the way for new alternative dairy products.
29.10.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
How do plants control their guard cells and thus their water loss? Scientists at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg have made discoveries that could be of interest for future agriculture.
