News Wageningen University & Research
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NTU ranking 2018: WUR best-ranked university in agriculture and environment/ ecology - Wageningen University & Research is in the top position worldwide regarding the research field of agriculture and the subject of environment/... -
Seminar 'Scientific developments in livestock genetics' - On 12 July 2018 approximately 45 people participated in a Breed4Food seminar in Wageningen. In three sessions, developments in crossbred genomics,... -
Kick-off art projects about tipping points and micro-biomes - Around 40 people showed up last Wednesday in Impulse to listen to the new artists of “Creative Innovation: Art meets Science” Ludmila... -
Grasslands up to 37% less green than normal - We all know it is dry in the Netherlands now. And that because of this, also plants are having a hard time. Groenmonitor.nl from Wageningen... -
Japanese oyster helps endangered Dutch flat oyster - The flat oyster, inextricably linked to the Dutch North Sea for hundreds of years, nearly disappeared last century. Only one island population in Lake... -
The making of the exclusive 'Hoppy 100 years' beer - A special beer is brewed for the one hundredth anniversary of the WUR: Hoppy 100 Years. The beer, that received its name from a competition, will be... -
Resistant bacteria in intestinal tract linked to antibiotic usage - Researching the dung of more than 9000 pigs and chicken - scientists at Wageningen Bioveterinary Research and Utrecht University certainly... -
Citizen science for monitoring of pesticides in bee cultures - Wageningen Environmental Research (WENR) has been awarded a pilot project on citizen science: an investigation for pesticides in apicultural (bee... -
Students competing in the Greenhouse Challenge are in the final sprint - While most students have been on holiday, some were hard at work in the basement of Atlas. Student teams GreenWURks participates in the Urban... -
The Netherlands contributes to sustainable soya production in countries of origin - The Dutch animal feed sector has switched to using only certified soya in animal feed, part of which is RTRS-certified. Wageningen Economic Research...