Virus research behind submarine doors

Science
Background
The Netherlands has been facing more and more outbreaks of infectious animal diseases which can make people ill too. In the new hypermodern zoonosis lab,…

Impact assesment new-style

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Background
For decades, academic quality and impact have been assessed in the same…

More life on campus

Organisation
Background
The stretch of grass between Atlas and Orion is still empty and…

Mosquito radar gets permanent successor

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News
The public can start sending mosquitoes to Wageningen University again. But what…

TimTrace combats illegal logging of tropical wood

Science
An EU ban on trading illegally logged tropical timber came into force…

Bacterium’s arsenal may be useful to humans

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Biology
Just like us, bacteria have a kind of immune system with which…

Mouse damage

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Vision
Since a plague of mice appeared in the Frisian countryside, the dairy…

Collecting air above the Amazon

Science
Tropical forests sequester carbon dioxide, thus forming a buffer against global warming.…

‘Traffic lights’ reveal plant hormone

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Plant
Wageningen biologists have presented a new method that uses coloured light to…

GMO’s in perspective

Science
Mini-interview
Who? Bert LotzWhat? Specialist in genetic modificationWhy? Guest on Kennis van Nu…