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In 1987, countries worldwide signed the Montreal Protocol to protect the depleting ozone in the atmosphere. Ozone/trioxygen (O3) is a gas that...
May 14, 2018
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21 February 2017 – I flew back to the UK after a few months in Nepal. I decided to return...
Feb 20, 2018
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Speed breeding: can the “new green revolution” transform research and agriculture?

Indoor farms produce a range of products, but most don’t grow staple crops. It’s especially puzzling given that staple crops,...
Jan 18, 2018
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In our aim to beat world hunger, we face grand challenges to grow more food. But technology is helping us...
Jan 12, 2018
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It’s being hailed as the ‘ new green revolution ’; it’s taking science and media by storm. But what is ‘ speed breeding ’? Speed...
Dec 24, 2017
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100-word explainer: When is a microbe not a microbe?

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Dec 21, 2017
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Let’s start off by clearing a longstanding myth – no, bacteria don’t outnumber human cells by a 10-fold in the...
Dec 10, 2017
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Plants are very much different to us, yet we share many things with them including our planet. The similarities between...