2017
Diving into agricultural sciences with virtual reality
The travelling exhibition «ETH on the road» was a guest at the Liechtenstein high school.
Grassland Sciences group at OLMA St. Gallen
Under the patronage of PubliFarm, the Grassland Sciences group contributed to a large exhibit at the Olma in St.Gallen (12.-22.October 2017).
Project Flourish on 3sat
High-tech on the sugar beet field: A team of reporters from the science programme "Nano" on 3sat accompanied researchers from the Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS) in their field work with robots and drone. A report about the "Flourish" project, which Frank Liebisch and his team are currently carrying out at the field phenotyping facility of the ETH research station Lindau.
Agrovet-Strickhof officially opened
ETH Zurich, the University of Zurich and the canton of Zurich today held an official opening ceremony at Agrovet-Strickhof, their joint collaboration in the livestock sector. The modern facilities will allow the participating ETH professorships to conduct interdisciplinary research with direct links to agricultural practice. Open days are to be held on the weekend of 2–3 September.
Into the forests!
This summer, environmental scientists were studying individual leaves to understand how trees balance their use of light, water and nutrients, and how this affects the CO2 uptake of entire forests.