Thu, 09/25/2025 - 12:00 In-depth report
Agriculture and forestry unspecific Agriculture sciences
Agroecology stands for an approach that combines agricultural production with ecological principles, focusing on natural cycles, biodiversity and regional resources. Read more in this short report.
27.10.2020 Country
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Politically, Germany set the course for the bioeconomy at an early stage.
02.10.2025 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
A comparative study by the University of Bayreuth shows that the cup plant is a more sustainable alternative to silage maize as an energy crop.
29.09.2025 News
Food Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
An international research team led by the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) has discovered the genetic cause of late flowering in barley, which leads to higher yields.
06.10.2025 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
This year's Joachim Herz Prize, worth €500,000, goes to physicist Hans Kleemann from TU Dresden for developing a bio-based and recyclable printed circuit board.
07.10.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Forestry
Drones and robots could carry out planting work in forest areas in the future. Researchers at Kempten University of Applied Sciences want to realise this vision in the AI flagship project ‘DraAuf’.
08.10.2025 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
Daniel Eggerichs has developed a process at Ruhr University Bochum in which genetically modified bacteria convert waste from the paper industry into plastic precursors. He was honoured by the German Chemical Society for this method.
16.10.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
A research team at Heidelberg University has discovered a previously unknown molecular mechanism that plants use to prevent water loss during extreme drought and strong sunlight.
15.10.2025 News
Textiles unspecific Materials sciences
The EU project FABULOSE receives €3.5 million in funding for biotechnologically produced vegan leather alternatives based on cellulose. Four partners from Baden-Württemberg are involved.
17.10.2025 Interview
Construction Waste Materials sciences
Wood fibers are the raw material the company Willowprint uses in 3D printing to create a building material that is completely recyclable and compostable.
Wed, 10/15/2025 - 12:00 In-depth report
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With the world’s population growing and the rising demand for animal-based foods putting pressure on natural resources, the search for alternatives is becoming increasingly urgent. This dossier explores what the protein supply of the future might look like and highlights the initiatives supported by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) in this area.
21.10.2025 Success story
Food unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
To meet the world’s growing demand for sustainable meat alternatives, the start-up Innocent Meat and the University of Rostock have teamed up in the ZUKUNFT project. Their goal: to develop a process chain to further advance the industrial production of cell-based meat.
20.10.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Research into sustainable and future-proof agriculture using artificial intelligence (AI) is the focus of the newly opened Living Lab for Agriculture, which is run by the University of Osnabrück.
24.10.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
The combined cultivation of alfalfa and ribwort plantain doubles yields and reduces nitrate levels in the soil. This is shown by a study conducted in collaboration with the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research.
22.10.2025 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers at Chemnitz University of Technology, Leipzig University and the Fraunhofer Institute FEP are developing microalgae as ‘cell factories’ that can produce the important basic chemical glycolate from carbon dioxide and sunlight.
