Advanced Materials & (Bio) Processes

Plant-based milk powder is increasingly finding its way into food production. The problem so far: the powder tends to form lumps when it is liquefied again.

(April 2025)

Researchers at the Hamburg University of Technology are investigating new processes that use enzymes to gently extract complex carbohydrates and high-quality proteins from aquatic plants in order to produce new products for the feed and food market.

(January 2025)

During the production of bioethanol, valuable proteins for nutrition can be obtained from residual materials.

(November 2024)

With the help of special enzymes and a biocatalytic method developed at the TU Hamburg, drugs could be produced in a more environmentally friendly and cheaper way in the future.

(August 2024)

Chemical production processes often require a lot of energy and involve the use of environmentally harmful substances. A team at TU Hamburg is working on an alternative that essentially gets by with water, electricity and enzymes. 

(March 2024)

Researchers at TU Hamburg are producing climate-neutral energy sources from renewable raw materials such as wood residues and straw. The molecule lignin plays the main role here.

 Phosphorus can be removed from fodder plants with the aid of biocatalysis. This avoids nutrient-rich excretions from livestock that pollute soils and groundwater. And the scarce resource can be reused.