New methane-forming archaeon cultivated

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The production of methane by microorganisms is more widespread than was thought.

The student diet: beer, bread, bananas, peanut butter and pizza

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This finding and more came out of from the first year of…

Strange agouti caught on camera

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Students in Bolivia spot rare natural phenomenon.
Human ‘exhaust fumes’ — the air we breathe out and our farts — can provide an indication of the health of our intestines. Photo Shutterstock

Human ‘exhaust fumes’ as indicator of intestinal health

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Farts help analyse what is going on in the intestines.
De pakhuizen aan de Amsterdamse grachten

Amsterdam city tours barely acknowledge colonial past

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This finding comes from a new publication and additional research on slavery-related…
Europees onderzoeksgeld voor vijf jonge Wageningse onderzoekers

Five ERC Starting Grants go to Wageningen researchers

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The personal grants are worth 1.5 million euros on average.

Two WUR PhD candidates in the FOOD100 list

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Social scientists crowned ‘food change leaders’.
Emeritus professor Willem de Vos wondered: ‘What would happen if we took this bacterium from healthy people and gave it to sick people — via a supplement?’ Photo Shutterstock

Bacterium from healthy guts helps diabetics control their disease

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Because diabetes patients need them in their own intestines.
Een landschapsdienst avant la lettre: de Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen

Study on landscape services and the link between urban and rural areas

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NWO earmarks 5.5 million euros for five-year research project, Fertile Soils.
De Kluizenaar op z'n buik op de bodem

Ode to the nematode (and other soil organisms)

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Soil biology research inspires sound artist Remco de Kluizenaar to compose music.