{"id":10876,"date":"2024-03-21T11:58:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T10:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.forschungregion.de\/episode-19-is-organic-always-better-the-future-of-polymers\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T14:02:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T12:02:25","slug":"episode-19-is-organic-always-better-the-future-of-polymers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forschungregion.de\/en\/episode-19-is-organic-always-better-the-future-of-polymers\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 19: Is Organic Always Better? The Future of Polymers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10876\" class=\"elementor elementor-10876 elementor-9143\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7452cbe0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7452cbe0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d8c8b5e\" data-id=\"7d8c8b5e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17735f54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17735f54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the nineteenth episode of our podcast, we have the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Tobias Robert, a researcher in the field of adhesives and binders.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> As project manager at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research, Dr. Robert is currently concerned with the future of our adhesives and the question of whether they are bio-based. But where do we encounter adhesives and binders in everyday life? In many places, we do not even notice them or we are not even aware of them, such as in our kitchen worktops.   <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also reports on an exciting research project: What this has to do with the ocher and a bio-based stand-up paddle can be found in the episode!<\/span><\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The podcast \u201cForsch! \u2013 Science in Conversation\u201d is a cooperation between the ForschungRegion Braunschweig and the Braunschweiger Zeitung. The moderators from ForschungRegion and Braunschweiger Zeitung talk to actors from the region about their research, their person \u2013 and about current social, political and ethical questions and debates. Now directly    <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forschungregion.de\/en\/news-from-forschungregion\/podcast\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  to listen or on  <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/38KI2Dzqs2IrFYdeHb3mDh\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spotify<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,  <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/de\/podcast\/episode-7-noch-alles-fit-im-kopf\/id1543160571?i=1000564823901\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apple Podcasts<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  or  <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/deezer.page.link\/M7AT5Gib4bD2scFf9\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deezer<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  stream.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the nineteenth episode of our podcast, we have the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Tobias Robert, a researcher in the field of adhesives and binders. 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