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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.

Pro­teins play a key role in the life sci­ences — from basic research and bio­tech­no­lo­gic­al applic­a­tions to the devel­op­ment and man­u­fac­tur­ing of pharmaceuticals. 

KIT und Sun­fire gelingt im Koper­nikus-Pro­jekt P2X Tech­no­lo­gieup­grade für CO2-neut­rale Her­stel­lung von Kraftstoffen

New-to-Nature Path­way Out­per­forms Nat­ur­al Path­way in Liv­ing Bacteria

What does it mean if our eco­nomy works without fossil raw mater­i­als such as oil and gas? The logic­al answer is that we will have to cre­ate value almost exclus­ively with bio­lo­gic­al, renewable…

A research team from the Uni­ver­sity of Freiburg led by bio­chem­ist Prof. Dr. Oliv­er Einsle has dis­covered how the ​“Shethna pro­tein II” pro­tects the nitro­gen-bind­ing enzyme nitro­genase from damage.

Defos­sil­ising the chem­ic­als and derived mater­i­als sec­tor is a crit­ic­al and urgent chal­lenge for indus­tri­al­isa­tion and deliv­er­ing the EU’s goal of becom­ing cli­mate neut­ral by 2050.

Palu­di­cul­tures such as peat moss, reed and reed canary grass are already used as con­struc­tion mater­i­als, anim­al feed and foodstuff.