The research institute of a German University was found in 2003 and promotes the networking of research within the university while simultaneously utilizing emerging interdisciplinary synergies. A research group of the institute developed synthesized short peptides that show high inverse agonist potency towards the ghrelin receptor, which is useful in the treatment of feeding-related disorders, such as obesity. The endogenous ligand ghrelin is the only known orexigenic gastrointestinal peptide, which plays a central role in the regulation of appetite and energy homeostasis.

The founder of the German company worked in the fields of building construction and energy saving since 1989. In 2010 he started together with colleagues an environmental research and development project on heat storing materials. The company is based in southern Germany. In 2015, stove and material developed by the German SME have been evaluated in a scientific setting by a renowned German Research Organisation (RO), which accredited the heat storing material an excellent long-term stability and an efficiency at least 30% higher than chamotte.

Sorting technology in waste management and recycling often works with air blasts, to divert materials while falling in a conveyor system. Against the background of the drastic increase in recycling rates required by law in the coming years, an increase in sorting speed is urgently needed. A German company has been active in the fast control of pneumatic valves since 2012.

A company from the north-eastern part of Germany has designed a novel seawater desalination technology. The unique technology is based on the well-known process of mechanical vapour compression. This robust technology can be attached to any energy source, making off-grid renewable energy available for seawater desalination. Through replacing the traditional chemical seawater pre-treatment by a proprietary electro dialytic process, desalination becomes truly non-polluting.