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Recycling. Just More Efficient.

A majority of consumer goods are made up of high-tech polymers, but the lifespan of these polymers is steadily decreasing, and the possibilities of recycling them are limited. The increasing volume of plastic waste worldwide represents a major environmental challenge, and the elimination of end-of-use plastics is a key to developing an efficient closed-loop economy.

Dycle

How Diapers Become Fruit Trees

On average, one baby goes through 4,500 diapers in its lifetime. Once diapers are disposed, they contribute to 10% of household waste. In this way, in Germany, around 500,000 tons of disposable diapers are incinerated every year, producing waste which amounts to more than 12,000 trucks in a row. Ms. Ayumi Matsuzaka intends to target this issue through her Berlin-based startup Dycle.

The Fitness Studio for Your Brain

NeuroNation

Although physical fitness has long been considered central to a healthy lifestyle, brain training’s potential has not yet become cemented in the collective consciousness. NeuroNation aims to make people more aware of the importance of cognitive fitness.

Call for Applications

College for Life Sciences

The College for Life Sciences is a unique program of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Institute for Advanced Study, to promote excellent early-career postdoctoral researchers in the life sciences and medicine.

Security for the Internet of Things

Ubirch

Based in Cologne, Berlin and Munich, the startup Ubirch reimagines the Internet of Things as the Blockchain of Things by applying hard, military-grade cryptography and blockchain technology.

Small Talk, Big Game

Bringing a Startup to the U.S.

The biggest difference between business in the US and Germany? According to two German startup founders, it’s not tax laws, investment models or mindsets. It’s small talk.

Guest Article

Comparing the German and American Start-up Scenes

Young and innovative entrepreneurs are pushing into the markets in the US and Germany alike. How do the start-up scenes in the two countries differ? In this guest contribution, Dr. Kurt Becker, Vice Dean for Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering and Chairman of the DWIH New York Board, finds our answers.