Microalgae can produce a wide range of valuable metabolites such as proteins, lipids and pigments, so they can be used in many ways. For aquaculture industry, microalgae are usually used as live feed because of their high nutritional level. Fry Marine(Vlissingen, NL) is a hatchery for marine feed and …

Many agriculture problems remain nowadays concerning the future of humanity. The world population will increase more and more, and the fertile lands will decrease with the city’s expansions. Rural depopulation already began, and the carbon food print of the food is no longer an issue. Pollution is one …

Innovations are required in urban infrastructures due to the pressing needs for mitigating climate change and prevent resource depletion. In order to address the slow pace of innovation in urban systems, this paper analyses factors involved in attempts to introduce novel sanitary systems. Today new requirements …

Gedurende deze conferentie hebben de deelnemers de nieuwste trends, mogelijkheden en kansen voor Sino-Dutch samenwerkingsverbanden bediscussieerd. In deze presentatie werden de achterliggende drijfveren van de biobased transitie, de huidige situatie in Noord-Nederland en de projectmogelijkheden die hier …

Potato, came from south America long time ago, the tuber is grow about everywhere in the world to become the fourth worldwide crop. Its worst enemy is an oomycete, the Phytophtora infestans. This disease is responsible for millions of deaths and forced migration in Ireland during the Great Famine from …

Tijdens de Summerschool in Belgorod (Rusland) zijn een aantal nederlandse onderzoekers naar de universiteit gegaan om hun onderzoek te presenteren en kennis uit te wisselen met andere onderzoekers en studenten. Op de 21e werd deze uitvoerige presentatie gehouden over de huidige situatie van de biobased …

To ensure stability for ships, ballast water is often used to correct or adjust the list or trim of a ship. After loading the ballast water is often carried across the ocean and discharged in an area with another aquatic environment. As a result, invasive species can end up in the water and effect the …

The actual non-sustainable way of living has to be changed fundamentally. Despite all efforts to create a better environment, to improve building designs and to ameliorate existing buildings, often contradictory factors are faced which make it difficult to decide what the best solutions are. The discussion …

From the article: "To enable selection of novel chemicals for new processes, there is a recognized need for alternative toxicity screening assays to assess potential risks to man and the environment. For human health hazard assessment these screening assays need to be translational to humans, have …