

GoDanuBio supported the set-up of policy frameworks and participative governance schemes in the participating regions. The main topics were circular bioeconomy, sustainable rural development and rural-urban interactions.
https://www.bio-pro.de/en/information/press-release/aufbruch-zu-mehr-biooekonomie-im-donauraumA polyester plastic of great mechanical stability, which is also easily recyclable and even compostable: Stefan Mecking, chemist at the University of Konstanz, and his research group present a new material.
https://www.bio-pro.de/en/activities/biological-transformation/aktuelles/strong-and-biodegradableTübingen biotechnologist Lars Angenent is being awarded the Leibniz Prize by the German Research Foundation (DFG) in appreciation of his outstanding work in the field of environmental biotechnology, it was announced in Bonn on Thursday. The DFG said: “In view of climate change and the resulting need to develop a sustainable food, chemistry and energy economy, his work is highly relevant.”
https://www.bio-pro.de/en/activities/biological-transformation/aktuelles/tuebingen-environmental-researcher-lars-angenent-receives-leibniz-prizeThe German Research Foundation (DFG) has awarded the 2023 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize to Prof. Achim Menges, head of the Institute for Computational Design and Construction at the University of Stuttgart. The award, which is endowed with EUR 2.5 million, is considered by many the most important research prize in Germany.
https://www.bio-pro.de/en/activities/biological-transformation/aktuelles/leibniz-preis-fuer-prof-achim-mengesBIOPRO Baden-Württemberg participates in the Horizon Europe ROBIN project to improve the participation of regional bioeconomy strategies and related policies across Europe.
https://www.bio-pro.de/en/information/press-release/five-european-pilot-regions-are-joining-forces-bioeconomyOptical technologies & artificial intelligence: University of Hohenheim, Bosch, Amazonen-Werke, and BASF Digital Farming conducts research into high-performance sensors for smart herbicide treatment
https://www.bio-pro.de/en/activities/biological-transformation/aktuelles/joint-research-and-development-project-improves-herbicide-treatment-high-performance-sensorsThe healthcare sector is not only facing major challenges in dealing with the consequences of climate change on human health, but it also needs to make a concrete contribution to reducing its own greenhouse gas emissions. Analyses show there are many opportunities to make medical care more sustainable, especially in hospitals’ daily routines. This is where the Heidelberg University Hospital and the viamedica foundation from Freiburg come in.
https://www.bio-pro.de/en/activities/biological-transformation/aktuelles/sustainable-activities-healthcare-sectorThe University of Stuttgart's MobiLab Real-World Laboratory aims to make Campus Vaihingen car- and emission-free. Research areas include autonomous vehicles and inductive charging while driving. In addition, MobiLab is helping to ensure that the University of Stuttgart will also be climate-neutral in the area of mobility and transport by 2030.
https://www.bio-pro.de/en/activities/biological-transformation/aktuelles/mobilab-statustreffen-zahlreiche-meilensteine-erreichtWhat will the energy systems of the future look like? What technical foundations do we need, and how can the upcoming transformation be shaped in such a way that we involve all actors in society? Answers to such questions are to be provided by four research projects funded by the Carl Zeiss Foundation (CZS) as part of the “CZS Breakthroughs – Energy Systems of the Future” program. One of these is based at the University of Stuttgart.
https://www.bio-pro.de/en/activities/biological-transformation/aktuelles/rund-5-millionen-euro-fuer-transformationsforschung-zur-energiewendeRemaining mobile and producing without overtaxing the earth’s natural regenerative capacity: That’s the aim of the Innovation Campus “Mobility of the Future” (ICM) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Stuttgart. Here, in about 60 research projects and 40 research institutes, almost 300 scientists are working on electric motors without rare earths, novel manufacturing technologies, and self-learning software systems…
https://www.bio-pro.de/en/activities/biological-transformation/aktuelles/three-years-icm-resource-efficient-production-emission-free-drivingMobil bleiben und produzieren, ohne die natürliche Regenerationsfähigkeit der Erde zu überfordern, das ist der Anspruch des InnovationsCampus Mobilität der Zukunft (ICM) am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie und der Universität Stuttgart. Fast 300 Forschende in gut 60 Forschungsprojekten und 40 -instituten arbeiten hier an Elektromotoren ohne Seltene Erden, neuartigen Fertigungstechnologien und selbstlernenden Software-Systemen für Fahrzeuge.
https://www.bio-pro.de/en/activities/biological-transformation/aktuelles/drei-jahre-icm-ressourcenschonend-produzieren-emissionsfrei-fahrenThe Carl Zeiss Foundation is funding the "DELIVER - Data-driven Engineering of Sustainable Living Materials" project at the University of Freiburg in its "CZS Wildcard" program. In the project, scientists from the Freiburg Clusters of Excellence CIBSS and livMatS will develop sustainable wood-based materials whose properties can be precisely controlled.
https://www.bio-pro.de/en/activities/biological-transformation/aktuelles/carl-zeiss-stiftung-supports-research-project-wood-based-materials-university-freiburgAcross the EU, more than 300 billion items of packaging are not recycled every year because they consist of a mixture of different materials. Monomaterial packaging on the other hand is easy to recycle. However, it needs to be coated with ultra-thin barrier layers to protect delicate products just as well as compound materials do.
https://www.bio-pro.de/en/activities/biological-transformation/aktuelles/recyclingfaehige-lebensmittelverpackungen-qualitaetskontrolle-von-nanobeschichtungenBasic chemicals, which are needed as raw materials for a wide range of products such as medicines and detergents, can currently only be produced with an enormously high input of energy and raw materials. In many cases, fossil fuels and raw materials are still used. The extraction of chemical substances alone requires high temperatures, expensive catalysts made of precious metals and, in some cases, environmentally harmful starting materials.
https://www.bio-pro.de/en/activities/biological-transformation/aktuelles/neue-elektrolyseverfahren-fuer-eine-nachhaltige-chemische-produktion