Tree rings predict the future

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Researchers at WUR and their project partners have found a method for predicting tree deaths due to drought. They published their results on 28 January…

Antibodies as couriers for medicines

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Antibodies are very specific in the intruders they attack. Jorick Bruins has…

Woman is after men’s blood

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Marieke De Swart needs blood. The blood of 50 men, that is.…

‘World full of optimists is boring’

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‘I am not an optimist by nature,’ said professor of Physical Chemistry…

Heat kills Japanese knotweed roots

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Two contractors may have found a method for tackling Japanese knotweed. A…

Vici grants for Testerink and Ettema

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Wageningen researchers Thijs Ettema and Christa Testerink have each secured a Vici…

Welfare of calves is not affected by farm-size

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Calves held on large farms are not better or worse off than…

Nature conservation needs farmers

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How can you persuade farmers to increase the biodiversity on their land?…

Belly dance wins ‘Dance your PhD’ contest

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PhD candidate Katharina Hanika of the Laboratory of Plant Breeding has won…

Proven: plants could capture more sun

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Plants use photosynthesis to transform energy from sunlight into chemical energy. But…