19.03.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Biofertilizer for teak trees
Researchers in Bremen have discovered bacteria that can be used to fertilize teak trees naturally and thus grow them sustainably.
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11.02.2021 Studies and statistics
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UNEP (2021): Food System Impacts on Biodiversity Loss
Biodiversity, which is crucial for the health of people and the planet, is declining faster than ever before in human history. Meat consumption is the world's biggest destroyer of nature, according to a recent study.
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18.11.2021 Product
Consumables Waste
Cream jar
Cosmetic products are often sold in plastic packaging. As a result, they generate more and more packaging waste.
03.03.2021 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
LignoPure plans first large-scale lignin production
The Hamburg-based start-up LignoPure was able to secure 2.2 million euros from investors in a first round of financing. With this, the team now wants to start the large-scale production of lignin for cosmetics.
22.02.2021 News
Construction Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Concrete care with microorganisms
A research team is optimizing the cultivation of bacteria that secrete lime and can thus patch cracks in structures.
20.12.2019 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
New colors for poinsettias
Poinsettias are not only beautiful to look at but also robust. Growers are constantly creating new color variations of the popular decorative plant.
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German Livestock Association (BRS)
19.12.2019 Interview
Agriculture and forestry Animals Agriculture sciences
The dairy cow of the future
The veterinarian Jens Baltissen talks about modern breeding approaches for dairy cows favored by bioeconomy researchers in the German Livestock Association.
09.01.2020 News
Pharmaceutical industry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
New yeast isolated from tree sap
Braunschweig researchers have discovered a new species of cold-loving yeasts in tree sap.
21.01.2020 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
High-quality fuels from waste
Hamburg researchers are developing biodiesel without sulfur and nitrogen from french fry fat and electrolysis hydrogen.
22.01.2020 News
Food Animals Agriculture sciences
Aquacultures waste phosphorus
Overfertilization in fish farming pose a serious threat to ecosystems and food security, researchers find.
30.01.2020 News
unspecific Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Scientists build artificial cell
Max Planck researchers have created a synthetic cell that enables biochemical reactions and reacts to environmental influences.
29.01.2020 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Plants to store more carbon dioxide
If we were to modify the metabolism of plants, they could bind up to five times more carbon dioxide than is currently the case. Bioinformaticians from Würzburg have run a simulation.
31.01.2020 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Finnish UPM plans biorefinery in Leuna
Big news for the Leuna chemical site: The Finnish group UPM is investing EUR 550 million in an industrial biorefinery. The plant will produce green chemicals from wood.
05.02.2020 News
Food Plants Chemistry
Bio-based food wrappings
Partners from research and industry want to develop multilayer packaging materials based on chitosan and at the same time work out a corresponding method for quality control.
06.02.2020 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Cosmetic agent from sugar cane residues
With the help of a new process, researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis in Rostock extract pentylene glycol, which is important for cosmetics, from bagasse, residual materials from the sugar cane industry.
23.06.2021 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
With biotechnology to sustainable innovations
In its latest edition, the talk format "Karliczek.Impulse" devoted its latest edition to the smallest players in biotechnology - microorganisms and enzymes - and their important role for a sustainable circular economy.
28.06.2021 News
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Darmstadt-based textile start-up scores in PlanB start-up competition
With a functional fiber made from green waste, the young company nakt convinced the jury at the Bavarian PlanB competition for bio-based business ideas.
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Jan Winkler/Universität Hohenheim
17.08.2021 Interview
Agriculture and forestry unspecific Bioökonomie mitgestalten
"Sustainable bioeconomy can only succeed with society's involvement"
As co-chair of the German government's new Bioeconomy Council, Iris Lewandowski wants to stimulate public debate on the topic of biobased management. The agricultural scientist from the University of Hohenheim is an advocate of modern as well as ecologically compatible agriculture.
07.07.2021 News
Pharmaceutical industry Waste Materials sciences
Biobased wound dressing awarded a prize
A Fraunhofer IMWS research team has been awarded the Halle IQ Innovation Prize for the development of a wound dressing made of natural elastin.
12.07.2021 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
BASF: New biopolymers for skin care products
BASF has developed a new biopolymer from the konjac plant tuber to replace synthetic ingredients in cosmetic products.