Scientists investigating how to control take-all, a fungus that lives in soil and infects wheat roots to cause disease, have discovered that different varieties of wheat have distinct and lasting impacts on the health of the soil in which they are grown

The Royal Statistical Society has released an online version of its training programmes for science and statistics training for journalists

In the mid-20th century, an American scientist named Harold Henry Flor helped explain how certain varieties of plants can fight off some plant killers (pathogens), but not others, with a model called the “gene-for-gene” hypothesis

Scientists at the John Innes Centre have discovered that Euglena gracilis, the single cell algae which inhabits most garden ponds, has a whole host of new, unclassified genes which can make new forms of carbohydrates and natural products

Scientists at the John Innes Centre have developed peas that will help animals absorb more protein from their diet

In April, the John Innes Centre hosted the first Women of the Future Conference, at which female students from 20 schools across Norfolk and Suffolk heard inspirational talks designed to make it clear that girls can make it in STEMM careers

Professor Enrico Coen has been awarded the Royal Society’s prestigious Croonian Medal for his curiosity-led work to understand how the shapes of biological structures, like flowers and leaves, arise through development and evolution

Research and Support Staff play an essential and important role in scientific institutions, which we are recognising by becoming a Science Council Employer Champion

Scientists across the Atlantic have joined forces to speed up the development of malting barley for the explosion in craft brewing in the UK and US, and demand for locally-produced beer