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After four years of impact­ful col­lab­or­a­tion, the European pro­ject BIO­MAC – European Sus­tain­able BIO-based nan­o­MA­ter­i­als Com­munity is con­clud­ing its EU-fun­ded phase. With over €14 mil­lion in support…

The trans­ition to a bio-based eco­nomy is cru­cial for achiev­ing the EU’s goal of cli­mate neut­ral­ity by 2050. Bioplastics, which can be bio-based, bio­de­grad­able, or both, play a key role by replacing…

In the KIOp­tiPack innov­a­tion lab, research­ers from the Fraunhofer Insti­tute for Pro­cess Engin­eer­ing and Pack­aging IVV are work­ing with 51 part­ners from industry and the research sec­tor to develop…

Fraunhofer research­ers have suc­ceeded in devel­op­ing sus­tain­able new seals that are free from envir­on­ment­ally harm­ful sub­stances like PFAS and suit­able for water-based lubricants.

Latest update on the world’s largest con­fer­ence on innov­at­ive and renew­able chem­ic­als and mater­i­als, fossil-free plastics and related policies from 22 – 24 Septem­ber 2025 in Siegburg/​Cologne (Ger­many) 

Paper, glass, plastic, even con­crete: many mater­i­als are now recycled. For diapers, on the oth­er hand, this is still almost impossible.

UP Cata­lyst, Far East­ern New Cen­tury Cor­por­a­tion, and Oxylus Energy were recog­nised at the ​“Best CO2 Util­isa­tion 2025” Innov­a­tion Award for trans­form­ing car­bon emis­sions into high-per­form­ance battery…

Long-stand­ing prob­lem solved: Research­ers dis­cov­er that mis­fold­ing pre­vents effi­cient util­isa­tion of so-called split inteins as ​‘pro­tein glue’

KIT Spin-off ICODOS and Part­ners Launch ​“Man­nheim 001,” the First Facil­ity for Car­bon-neut­ral E‑methanol Pro­duc­tion in Sewage Plants

Free State of Thuringia is fund­ing a new research group at Leib­n­iz-HKI to invest­ig­ate the moss microbiome

Munich-based Pro­tevo Bio, a newly formed con­sor­ti­um of investors and entre­pren­eurs, acquired key assets from the insolv­ent mk2 Bio­tech­no­lo­gies, which enable large-scale and cost-effect­ive production…

With arti­fi­cial pho­to­syn­thes­is, man­kind could util­ise sol­ar energy to bind car­bon diox­ide and pro­duce hydro­gen. Würzburg chem­ists have taken this one step further.