News & Calendar of Biometris
This is the repository of news and agenda by Biometris and the chairgroup Mathematical and Statistical Methods.
News
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How plants and trees stabilize their water pipes to grow taller
- Plants, especially trees, are by far the tallest organisms on Earth. Height growth is made possible by a specialized vascular system. This system... -
The calculations behind circular breakthroughs
- Fish–plant systems in which the urine and faeces of the farmed fish serve as food for the plants. Or high-quality, circular eco-industrial parks... -
Clear figures for complex biological processes
- Biometris is a special division of Wageningen University & Research in which a large group of quantitative scientists are developing mathematical... -
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... -
Canoco 5.12 released
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Sixty mathematicians solve puzzles submitted by companies
- How do you weigh turkeys without lifting them? How do you control traffic in the city of the future? These were two of the challenges that... -
First Dutch woman in Australian initiative to stop climate change
- Lia Hemerik, associate professor at Wageningen University & Research (WUR), is the first Dutch woman to be selected to join the Homeward Bound... -
Canoco 5.11 released
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Paper that links the fourth-corner correlation to a GLM model for counts reaches 1300 downloads
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No experimental evidence for magnetic alignment in cattle
- The first experimental study on magnetic alignment in cattle by researchers from Wageningen University does not reveal a South-North orientation in...