17.02.21

Research and teaching across institutes

Interdisciplinary approaches are more important than ever: A current project example of the Health Research Hub shows how not only research but also teaching can be linked across institutes.

16.02.21

Information about coronavirus

29.01.21

Aqu@teach – The first aquaponics curriculum to be developed specifically for university students

The results of our ERASMUS+ project have been published.

20.01.21

TV-programme «nano» interviews vertical farming specialist Ranka Junge

«nano» reports about vertical farming using an indoor farm example from Basel and Prof. Dr. Ranka Junge, head of the «Centre Ecological Engineering» shows where the trend could lead.

19.01.21

Self-disinfecting mask gives active virus protection at the touch of a button

ZHAW researchers, together with the Swiss company Osmotex AG, are developing a self-disinfecting mask that makes viruses inactive at the touch of a button. The prototype of the mask made from electrochemical textiles, which is like no other…

15.01.21

Invisible central processes of an aquaponic system closely examined

With her latest two PhD publications, Zala Schmautz gives exclusive insight into the microbial diversity, as well as the nitrogen transformations occuring within the different compartments of an aquaponic system during sustainable fish and plant…

14.01.21

Master’s students present poster series on Covid-19 vaccines

Long-awaited vaccine protection against the coronavirus is here. Several vaccines have already been approved around the world, and every day, more people are receiving their first dose. On 12 January, MSc in Life Sciences students in the…

01.01.21

Practical MOOC about aquaponics starts soon on the online learning platform edX

Video shooting in our aquaponic facilities for the upcoming edX MOOC: Aquaponics - the circular food production system

15.12.20

Real Estate Research Prize goes to Dr. Clara Weber

A major honour for Dr. Clara Weber from the Institute of Facility Management, whose thesis has won the gif Real Estate Research Prize.

17.11.20

What opportunities do social media offer for science?

The Health Research Hub organized a workshop on science communication as part of the interim meeting with the funded projects.

29.10.20

What does the Swiss population eat? Insights and relations about our meat, dairy protein and alcohol consumption

Results from the first representative survey in Switzerland, the Swiss National Nutrition Survey menuCH, were recently published and presented at the Swiss Public Health Conference 2020.

28.10.20

New method for measuring the population of Drosophila suzukii

For a number of years now, the Drosophila suzukii from Asia has been present in Switzerland. With its hard ovipositor, it also lays its eggs in ripe fruit. Such fruit is no longer edible after a short time. This is not good news for those with…

27.10.20

New approaches to reduce mycotoxins in grain

Researchers from the Health Research Hub explain why mycotoxins are of concern and how they intend to reduce their content in grain.

21.10.20

States, Trends, and Future of Aquaponics Research

This study by Hao et al. (2020) examined 513 publications (2000-2019) on aquaponics, the sustainable production system in which nutrient-rich wastewater from fish fertilises plants.

20.10.20

Artificial turf scores better

The comparison of the environmental impact of artificial and natural turf is heading into extra time. Filled artificial-turf sports fields have a high environmental impact, because the plastic granulate required to fill them has to be replenished on…

16.10.20

Biodiversity in Palaearctic grasslands – two papers by Postdoc scholar Iwona Dembicz published

Dr. Iwona Dembicz from the University of Warsaw, Poland, could stay at the IUNR in Wädenswil from September 2019 to June 2020.

14.10.20

ZHAW researchers train enzyme that breaks down plastic

The “PETase” enzyme can break down plastic, but it is not very productive. ZHAW researchers are therefore applying “directed evolution” to train the enzyme so that it can be used in future for treating drinking water or biorecycling. Machine learning…

11.10.20

Two international Postdocs at the IUNR

In 2019/20 two Postdocs have joined the Vegetation Ecology Research Group, Dr. Iwona Dembicz from Poland and Dr. Jinghui Zhang from China.

09.07.20

The effort of making your own project video is worth it: A success story from a Health Research Hub project

Our researches have recorded short videos that describe the objectives of their projects funded by the Health Research Hub. The efforts were rewarded with remarkable attention – and even resulted in an invitation to a conference.

30.06.20

Using algae to clean wastewater from a fish farm

The cleaning of wastewater from fish farm recirculation systems using microalgae was tested at the ZHAW Wädenswil.