Research bordering on, or crossing the edge

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Science
Half of all scientists are guilty of the occasional dubious research practices.

What did the farmers want from WUR?

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Science
The Farmers Defence Force visited Wageningen Campus with hundreds of tractors yesterday.

Urine speeds up composting

Science
Producing heat from wood compost almost seven times faster with urine.

The ball is in The Hague’s court for agricultural policy

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The EU has formulated the framework for the Common Agricultural Policy. It…

Phytophthora slices potato plant open

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Physicists: pathogen that causes potato blight creates sharp knife to enter plant.

Spotting wildlife on the computer

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Counting wildlife is easier with a computer than using aerial photographs.

A Little Wiser: How does sunscreen work?

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Skin damage is caused by photons in the UV rays. Sunscreen filters…

Grant to make vaccines

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Rob de Haas designs nano-particles which serve as platform for malaria vaccins.

Onion DNA finally unravelled

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WUR researchers have managed to map the DNA sequence of the onion…
Oil palm fruit

Small farmers could harvest more palm oil per hectare

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On small-scale palm oil plantations in Indonesia, the discrepancy between the potential…