Two building blocks caused plants to grow upwards

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Plants started to grow skywards 320 million years ago when they began to make vascular tissue cells.

Additional proteins could help endurance athletes

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Endurance athletes who follow an intensive training programme may benefit from additional…

Where is the vision for agriculture? – Public policy expert Candel: ‘Stop the quick fixes’

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Farmers protesting in The Hague is a sign of the persistent failure…

‘Baby oysters are good news for the North Sea’

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Good news: New-born flat oysters were found on a diving expedition up…

Sea urchin nursery is helping the coral

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Sea urchins protect the coral reefs in the Caribbean.

WUR working on new-style solar park

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Solar parks should include room for nature and agriculture.

Rice varieties found of slaves in Surinam

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Researchers have found 15 hitherto undocumented rice varieties.

Staff select four protein projects

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Around 700 WUR employees had a say in research funding for the…

‘Break the silence on euthanasia’

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I think GPs should pro-actively discuss the end of life with their…
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Spinoza Prize for teams too now

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From now on, teams of two or three scientists will also be…