16.07.2025 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers at the University of Potsdam and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin have succeeded in explaining the working steps of an enzyme involved in anaerobic carbon fixation.
15.07.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry unspecific Agriculture sciences
As part of the zukunft.niedersachsen science funding programme, two new large-scale projects are being supported with a total of 43.6 million euros in order to advance the transformation of the agricultural and food sector in the federal state.
14.07.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers from Dresden and Vienna have developed a method to precisely analyse the stability of plant cell membranes. The findings provide clues as to how plants react to rising temperatures.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
19.08.2025 News
unspecific unspecific Bioökonomie mitgestalten
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.
16.02.2024 News
unspecific unspecific Bioökonomie mitgestalten
With the new "BioKreativ" funding initiative, the BMBF is enabling young researchers from the natural, IT and engineering sciences to set up a junior research group for bioeconomy research. Apply by April 15.
08.08.2023 Product
Textiles Plants
Concerns about animal welfare, the climate and the environment are increasingly prompting consumers to buy vegan imitation leather. Leave-based leather alternatives impress with their unique look and are biodegradable.
10.10.2015 Country
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Agriculture and the biotech industry – especially the production of enzymes – are among the strengths of the southern Scandinavians. Denmark does not yet have a dedicated national bioeconomy strategy.
