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23.08.2016
Researchers from the wastewater treatment plant at the municipal utility in Rotenburg an der Fulda have proven that algae can also purifies wastewater.
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09.08.2016
With the help of water-repellent proteins that occur naturally in the cell walls of fungi, textile researchers want to develop natural dirt and water blockers for clothes.
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01.08.2016
Moisture can destroy mortar over time, for example, when cracks form as a result of frost. But by adding a biofilm – a soft, moist substance produced by bacteria, when the mortar is being mixed, a team of scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have discovered an unusual way to protect mortar from moisture.
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26.07.2016
As the takeover poker between Bayer and Monsanto continues, the US seed giant has launched a counterattack with a “poison pill” and has announced that it has resumed talks with Ludwigshafen-based chemical giant BASF.
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25.05.2016
A new BiodivERsA EU-funded project called STACCATO focusing on advancing the long-term sustainable development of land use systems against the risks of global change, was launched in April. The Helmholz Centre for Environmental Research is coordinating the research initiative.
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17.05.2016
Synthetic biology at the Technical University of Munich has received a major boost: thanks to the donation of €11.5 million from the Werner Siemens Foundation, the university is able to considerably expand its research facilities.
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11.05.2016
The TUM Catalysis Research Center (CRC) has been officially opened at the research campus in Garching. The construction of the new building consolidates the TU Munich’s interdisciplinary expertise for research on enzymes and other catalysts.
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02.05.2016
The EU has sponsored more than 4,300 projects with its environmental funding programme LIFE. Every year all EU citizens can vote online for their favourite environmental project. Online voting runs until the end of May. Even a bioeconomy project with German participation is among the top nominated projects.
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18.04.2016
Evonik is expanding its business with cosmetic active ingredients from plant biomass and has bought the French start-up Alkion Biopharma SAS.
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18.04.2016
Evonik is expanding its business with cosmetic active ingredients from plant biomass and has bought the French start-up Alkion Biopharma SAS.
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