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22 April 2024
Greenhouse horticulture is taking an important step in energy transition by capturing CO2 from outside air
- The greenhouse horticulture sector is conducting research into how the CO2 needed to grow plants in greenhouses can be captured from the outside air.... -
22 April 2024
New genetic tool for Asian elephant conservation management
- Wageningen University & Research and Blijdorp Zoo are developing a tool to uncover the DNA of Asian elephants in the wild. To this end, some... -
22 April 2024
Millions for plant sensitivity, but is it worth it?
- Wageningen researchers will lead a large-scale research project into the sense of touch in plants over the next decade. For this purpose, they... -
22 April 2024
A rapid test to monitor antibiotic use in livestock farming
- Antibiotics must be used with restraint if we are to prevent the emergence of resistant bacteria, and that applies to livestock farming, too. This is... -
18 April 2024
Probably multiple transmission routes involved in 2023 spread of bluetongue
- In September 2023 the first cases of bluetongue appeared in the Netherlands. The virus spread was rapid. Researchers of Wageningen Bioveterinary... -
18 April 2024
How Lyme, ticks, mice and forests are interrelated
- Ecologists Helen Esser and Clara Köhler will travel to a Romanian primaeval forest this spring with game cameras and white sheets. They aim to... -
17 April 2024
Luisa Trindade new director of graduate school Experimental Plant Sciences
- ‘We need to increase opportunities for young scientists.’ So says Luisa Trindade as the new director of the collaborative research and... -
17 April 2024
Financing sustainable and resilient transitions in agri & food systems - EAAE seminar 13-14 November
- Join us for a collaborative event! The Social Sciences Group welcomes you to the joint Seminar: "Financing Sustainable and Resilient Transitions... -
17 April 2024
Reinventing the City Conference: Eveline van Leeuwen on the pathways towards a sustainable city
- ‘Large cities, such as Amsterdam, are complex and unpredictable. Still, there are abundant ideas on how to make the city more... -
16 April 2024
Rapid tests bird flu support PCR analysis
- Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) examined several rapid tests for sensitivity and specificity for avian influenza viruses. “Rapid tests...