Pioneering pollinator study offers clues to Darwin’s “abominable mystery”
Research into the flower preferences of pollinating moths may have delivered a vital clue to the simple factors needed for the emergence of new species
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Press Release New strategy for plant sciences calls for investment in world-class HP3 infrastructure
Investment in national infrastructure at the John Innes Centre and The Sainsbury Laboratory is ‘essential and urgent’ for solving the enormous environmental and societal challenges that we face, says a new independent strategy published this week
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Press Release Research pinpoints unique drug target in antibiotic resistant bacteria
Researchers have identified a critical mechanism that allows deadly bacteria to gain resistance to antibiotics
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Press Release Intriguing new twist to the unfolding story of DNA
Scientists have developed ground-breaking techniques for visualising the stresses and strains placed on tiny twisted DNA circles
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News, Press Release New UK centre of excellence to help improve global food security threatened by climate change
A new UK centre of excellence is being set up by partners on the Norwich Research Park to improve global food security which is threatened by the effects of climate change
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Press Release Gene-editing produces tenfold increase in superbug slaying antibiotics
Scientists have used gene-editing advances to achieve a tenfold increase in the production of super-bug targeting formicamycin antibiotics
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Press Release Bacteria can tell the time
Humans have them, so do other animals and plants - now research reveals that non-photosynthetic bacteria too have internal daily clocks that align with the 24-hour cycle of life on Earth
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News, Press Release A CRISPR picture emerges on European Union GMO directive
A European Court ruling widely interpreted to mean that all gene-edited organisms are GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) may not be as prescriptive as many first assumed
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Press Release Tomatoes offer affordable source of Parkinson’s disease drug
Scientists have produced a tomato enriched in the Parkinson’s disease drug L-DOPA in what could become a new, affordable source of one of the world’s essential medicines
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