Research published in the journal Nature reveals how scientists at the John Innes Centre and Washington State University, USA have managed to trigger nodulation in legumes, a key element of the nitrogen fixing process, without the bacteria normally necessary

Antibiotic resistance is a major problem worldwide and there is an urgent need for new antibiotics to be developed

What have Black-eyed peas got to do with nanotechnology?

A team of scientists led by Dr Graham Moore have a completely new understanding of the structure of a gene complex in wheat that controls the pairing of its chromosomes, knowledge of which has the potential to revolutionise wheat breeding