Shaping sustainable food systems of the future
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is participating as a sponsor in FutureFoodS, a European partnership on safe and sustainable food systems. A new call for proposals has now been launched.
Forest observation from a distance with AI
Researchers at Munich University of Applied Sciences have developed an AI-based method that enables a precise inventory and development forecast of forests.
Antibodies from diatoms for diagnostics
The start-up Phaeosynt from Hanover wants to develop a pregnancy test with antibodies from diatoms. The team is being funded by the German Federal Environmental Foundation.
How Europe's moors can be saved
According to a ZALF study, a mix of economic incentives and adapted land use models could drive the rewetting of peatlands in Europe and make the cultivation of paludiculture more attractive for farmers.
Glass microalgae as a bioindicator for coastal marshes
Researchers at the University of Rostock were able to demonstrate the positive environmental changes following the rewetting of a coastal moor on the island of Rügen using the diatom.
