Where does human intelligence come from?
Where does human intelligence come from and what advantage did it give to our ancestors? Professor Enrico Coen, provides a new theory
Read the storyWhere does human intelligence come from and what advantage did it give to our ancestors? Professor Enrico Coen, provides a new theory
Read the storyA new rose hybrid has been named after former John Innes botanist Janaki Ammal
Read the storyGenome Editing and Genetic Modification may sound the same, but they mean slightly different things, which has led to uncertainty, and different interpretations globally, as to how the two should be regulated
Read the storyPhD student Danny Ward has just returned from a 3-month placement in Kenya as part of his PhD, so we asked him what it was like to head out of the lab
Read the storyOilseed rape crops are worth £700m+ to the UK economy each year but are increasingly vulnerable to the devastating Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle. We asked PhD student Lucy Thursfield, who is working on CSFB in collaboration with French company Innolea to explain what the problem is and how we are working towards a solution
Read the storyIn 2017, Mashamba Philipo attended the AfriPlantSci Summer School in Arusha, where he heard Dr Janneke Balk lecture on iron in crops. Now is working on improving the iron content in Tanzanian beans, hoping to improve the health of his community back home
Read the storyStarch is all around us- it’s in the food we eat, the paper we write on, and the glue we stick up wallpaper with. The different uses of starch are down to its unique structure, which leads us to the question: how do plants make it?
Read the storyWe spoke to Professor Tony Maxwell to find out, what is Antimicrobial Resistance, why is it a problem and how worried should we be?
Read the storyThe soil in our gardens, the leaves of plants, the deep sea and even in our own intestines are all a raging battleground for bacteria, struggling to stay alive and get the nutrients they need
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