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19 June 2018

Smart Farming – digitale Landwirtschaft an der ETH Zürich

Bundesrat Johann Schneider-Ammann, Vorsteher des Eidgenössischen Departements für Wirtschaft, Bildung und Forschung, besuchte am Freitag die ETH Zürich. An einer Veranstaltung zum Thema Smart Farming erläuterte er seine Sicht auf die...

14 June 2018

Hester Sheehan receives Prix Schläfli award 2018 in Biology

Nightclub visitors know that when they wear white, their clothes take on a special glow in UV light. But it took researchers a long time to realise that plants have a very similar "nightlife": The ways in which the colours of flowers...

IPBES biodiversity and ecosystem services for Europe and Central Asia for policymakers

13 June 2018

IPBES Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Assessment for Europe and Central Asia

The IPBES Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Assessment for Europa and Central Asia was presented to governments and stakeholders in Bern. The report summarizes the state of biodiversity and ecosystems services, and potential policy...

rice image: Navreet Bhullar ETH Zurich

12 June 2018

Transporting micronutrients more efficiently

ETH researchers have genetically modified a key variety of rice, making it very efficient at enriching its grains with iron and zinc. A team of researchers led by Navreet Bhullar from the Institute of Molecular Plant Biology at ETH Zurich...

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