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Pumpkins can ward off more than evil spirits
October 28 2014 They ward off evil spirits on Halloween, their juice is much loved by […]
Appears in Issue 5
Tags: Abant Izzet Baysal University, cucurbits, diabetes, Diabetes mellitus, Dr Gary Adams, Halloween, macromolecules, medicinal properties, pumpkin seeds, Pumpkins, School of Biosciences
Taking the ‘sting’ out of reproduction
September 12 2014 Female parasitic wasps have more reproductive success when working together with other females, […]
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Tags: Animal Population Biology, Dr Ian Hardy, Forest Academy of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nature Communications, parasitic wasps, reproduction, research, School of Biosciences, sex biased reproduction, social behaviour
Royal Society recognises research into the ‘hidden half’ of plants
As Director of The University of Nottingham’s Centre for Plant Integrative Biology (CPIB) Professor Malcolm Bennett […]
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Tags: award, bioscience, Centre for Plant Integrative Technology, food security, plants, Royal Society, School of Biosciences
World changing technology enables crops to take nitrogen from the air
A major new technology has been developed by The University of Nottingham, which enables all of […]
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Tags: biosciences, Crops, environment, fertilizer, nitrogen, plants, School of Biosciences, technology
Fertilisers could help tackle nutritional deficiency in Malawi
Enriching crops by adding a naturally-occurring soil mineral to fertilisers could potentially help to reduce disease […]
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Tags: Crops, food, maize, Malawi, nutrition, School of Biosciences, selenium
University scientists help food firms fight listeria
East Midlands food businesses that make, distribute and sell chilled, ready-to-eat products are to be given […]
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Tags: drink, food, Food Standards Agency, listeria, School of Biosciences
How does your garden glow?
Nature’s ability to create iridescent flowers has been recreated by mathematicians at The University of Nottingham. […]
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Tags: Centre for Plant Integrative Technology, flower, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, plant iridescence, School of Biosciences, tulip
Biscuits better when dunked, says Heston
Food experts at The University of Nottingham have helped Heston Blumenthal scientifically answer a question that […]
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Tags: biscuits, dunking Heston Blumenthal, School of Biosciences