27.12.2017 News
Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers at the Mannheim University of Applied Sciences and BRAIN AG develop new three-dimensional skin models. These allow for more realistic screenings for health care and cosmetics.
22.12.2017 Success story
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
Rapeseed is an important oilseed, however, it is genetically impoverished. Thus, 14 project partners from industry and science have developed rapeseed lines with additional features.
21.12.2017 News
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Students from all over the globe are invited to present new ideas for a biobased economy as part of an art competition. The winners will be exhibited at the global summit in Berlin.
02.01.2018 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Plants have several strategies to receive sufficient light. Now, Biologists from Tübingen University demonstrate that plants can choose between alternative responses to competition.
04.01.2018 News
Construction Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Fraunhofer researcher from Potsdam and Stuttgart develop new paints and varnishes based on potato starch. A special chemical process is optimising the starch for this application.
05.01.2018 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
According to Bonner botanists many more plants than previously thought use calcium phosphate, a component of teeth and bones, to strengthen their defensive hairs and thorns.
09.01.2018 News
Consumables unspecific Chemistry
Yoghurt cups and water bottles made from polylactic acid are en vogue. Material scientists in Hannover have developed a computer mouse housing material based on sugar cane.
11.01.2018 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biodiversity
Researchers at the Senckenberg research institute decoded the genome of the European Beech. The new genetic information will allow for targeted breeding of stress tolerant trees.
11.01.2018 News
Food Animals Nutritional sciences
Since January 2018, insect-derived food can be commercialised according to the rules of the new Novel Food Legislation.
16.02.2018 Studies and statistics
unspecific Plants Agriculture sciences
The ‘Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL‘ and ‘IFOAM - Organics International‘ presented the latest edition of the study ‘The World of Organic Agriculture‘ at BIOFACH, the world's leading trade fair for organic food.
02.08.2017 Studies and statistics
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The Earth Overshoot Day is the date on which humanity’s resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources that year.
03.08.2017 News
unspecific unspecific Biodiversity
Researchers in Oldenburg found that the health of an ecosystem is not directly related to how many species inhabit it.
04.08.2017 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
Dodder, a parasitic vine, transfers warning signals from one host-plant to another if one of them is attacked by herbivores.
15.08.2017 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Rice blight is a plant disease causing severe harvest losses in Asia. A consortium led by German researchers is now funded with US$6 million by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation.
17.08.2017 News
unspecific Plants Forestry
A global study by 62 scientists found that drought-induced tree death is based on their mechanistic inability to suck in water with their roots.
18.08.2017 News
Food Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute in Freising developed a new technique to brew a refreshing sports drink made of the seeds of sweet lupins.
23.08.2017 News
unspecific unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers developed a new non-toxic coating for underwater surfaces that prevents mussels and other organisms from sticking to them and damaging them.
Researcher Profile
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
For Eduardo Gordillo, vegetable waste represents the ideal raw material for packaging and disposable tableware. His Hamburg-based start-up Bio-lutions turns agricultural waste into biodegradable moulded fibre products. The multi award-winning material can be produced with minimal technical effort, anywhere in the world.
23.08.2017 Success story
Pharmaceutical industry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Nanoparticles are playing an increasingly important role in medicine. In order to more quickly assess the possible health risks of these nanoparticles, researchers are carrying out in-depth investigations of the interactions of the tiny molecules within the cells of the body.
24.08.2017 News
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Circular economy in Germany is not living up to its potential according to an analysis published by the Wuppertal Institute.
