Using ‘wild genes’ to breed robust lettuce

Science
Plant
Wild lettuce varieties contain more healthy nutrients and are often more resistant to diseases and pests than commercial varieties. Plant breeders can benefit from this…

Birds of a feather

Organisation
Column
Are they Ukrainian separatists who have lost their way? Paparazzi from the…
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No ERC grants again

News
This year, Dutch universities were awarded 19 consolidator grants worth 2 million…

It suffices to think one drinks alcohol

Science
When we drink non-alcoholic beer while thinking it is regular beer, the…

Iris attends climate conference in Poland

Student
News
The Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland, started on Monday. The aim…

Blog: 5 good habits I picked up from the Dutchies

Student
Blog
Kaavya Raveendran
Some international students are intimidated by the infamous directness and strictness of…

New student challenge: how can we sustainably feed the world?

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News
Student life
People consume too much meat and dairy, which is bad for the…

Blog: Stonecoal English

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Blog
Education
Student life
Geert van Zandbrink
Painful. That’s the word blogger Geert van Zandbrink uses to describe a…

Spotted wing drosophila awaits cherry season

Science
Biology
How does the spotted wing fruit fly, the largest pest for Dutch…

Fear leads to rodent baby boom

Science
Female rodents produce more offspring after smelling the odours produced by frightened…