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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.

Next events

19.03.26 – 20.03.26

International Sponge City Days

The International Sponge City Days 2026 will bring together leading experts from around the world on March 19 and 20 at the ZHAW Grüental campus in Wädenswil. The aim of the two-day event is to exchange ideas on sustainable, climate-adapted urban…

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