The polar proteins can be seen in the corners and along the edges of the cells in this plant embryo. Photo: WUR Biochemistry.

Secret of plants’ sense of direction

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How does a plant cell know what its top, bottom and sides are? That has long been a mystery. Now researchers in the Biochemistry chair…

Lucky bamboo source of mosquitos that can cause diseases

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What do lucky bamboo and second-hand car tyres have in common? They…

‘The fishing method of the future’. Five questions on the ban on pulse fishing

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In the next months, a final decision will be made about a…

How did complex life come about? – Thijs Ettema is the new professor of Microbiology

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The Wageningen alumnus Thijs Ettema (41) has succeeded Willem de Vos as…
In PhD researcher Marije van Doorn-van Atten’s study, elderly people received advice on diet and exercise via a TV channel.

Dietary advice via TV helps the elderly

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More than one in three Dutch seniors who receive home care are…

Alpacas protect hens from birds of prey

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How do you make sure that free-range chickens are not attacked by…

Weighing turkeys still done manually

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Mathematicians have been unable to extract reliable weights from walking data of…

Making choices in the Mekong Delta

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Vietnam has to make a transition from its intensive export agriculture to…

Breeder improves on productive free-range chicken in Africa

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The Dutch breeding company Hendrix Genetics is to receive 9 million euros…

Wadden Sea: more seals, fewer fish

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Wageningen Marine Research counts have revealed that the population of harbour seals…