Phosphate recovery

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Phosphate mines are becoming exhausted on the one hand, whereas on the other too much phosphate is leaching from manure into the soil and water.…

Healthy humans and animals

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‘Global One Health’ is the theme of Wageningen University & Research’s 99th…

Amazon dwellers practised forestry

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The idea that the Amazon region on South America was largely untouched…

‘Rescuing a puppy abroad can be dangerous’

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Vets recently established that a few dogs in the Netherlands which came…

New explanation for bends in streams

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Bends in peatland streams such as the Drentsche Aa are almost right-angled.…

Animal testing going down

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Wageningen researchers are using fewer and fewer lab animals. The number of…

Soil is influential in tree root growth

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The way trees put down roots is different in rich clay soil…

Hard food is more filling

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The hardness of food is a much bigger factor in the feeling…

Wageningen is no longer the smallest university

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Thanks to the rapid growth in student numbers, Wageningen University & Research…

Makro gets involved in StartLife

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The parent company of the self-service wholesaler Makro, the German Metro Group,…