News Wageningen University & Research
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Team Wageningen awarded second place at international iGEM competition - The Wageningen team has taken down the second place at the international student iGEM competition. The team, composed of 11 talented students from... -
Marina van Damme Fund Wageningen has awarded three grants - The quality of the nominations for the Marina van Damme Fund was so high this year, that the fund decided to award not one, but three grants. Chantal... -
New applications for beet pulp in dishwasher detergent and leather industry - Pectin from sugar beet pulp is suitable as biobased ingredient for (dishwasher) detergents and the production of leather. This was proven by research... -
Climate change means we must rethink how we live together on our planet - The impact of the Western style of consumption on the climate shows that the current pace and scale of consumption is no longer sustainable. Science... -
Insight in sustainable export of pellets from Southeast US - A European consortium, including Wageningen University & Research, has analysed the current and future use and management of forests in... -
Neanderthals possibly responsible for their own extinction - Scientists remain puzzled by the sudden extinction of Neanderthals, some 40,000 years ago. New research by scientists from Eindhoven University of... -
Improving consumption of healthy street food in Nigeria - The population of Nigerian mega cities such as Lagos is quickly expanding and rapidly accumulating wealth. This causes the food habits of the... -
Molding the future with salt - Four master’s students Water Technology* came up with an idea to produce eco-friendly building blocks from brine. During the Amsterdam... -
Understanding cattle genomes with BovReg - In September the EU H2020 project BovReg had its kick-off meeting at the Leibniz Institute für Nutztierbiologie in Germany. The aim of this... -
WUR at COP25 climate conference - From December 2 to 13, Madrid (instead of Santiago Chile) will be the venue of 25th Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework...