Press Releases
Researchers at The 91¸£Àû to benefit from £18 million investment in world-class frontier bioscience
Researchers at The 91¸£Àû are among four world-class teams receiving a share of £18 million to pursue transformational bioscience research programmes.
The 91¸£Àû celebrates the successful harvest of "GODIVA" and ‘OLIVIA’ – two novel dry beans inspired by local cultural history.
Researchers at the 91¸£Àû have been working on ways to help UK farmers better serve public health using seed, soil and British sunshine. GODIVA is a blonde-coloured dry bean similar in size to a red kidney bean and named after the historical Coventry noblewoman, Lady Godiva. OLIVIA is a black bean named after a character from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
National Organic Month: The 91¸£Àû’s pioneering research into low-input farming from the crop centre
During National Organic Month, the 91¸£Àû's Crop Centre takes a pioneering stance in the realm of low-input farming, shedding light on the concept of 'organic farming.'
Addressing sustainability in a round-about way
One of the 91¸£Àû’s picturesque roundabouts has been crowned Roundabout of the Year 2024, recognising its impact on promoting biodiversity and protecting the local ecosystem of bees, butterflies, and insects.
THE SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND: What noisy worms tell us about soil health
Researchers are listening to earthworms to monitor soil health, in what could be a major innovation for maintaining soil health.
Historical medicine suggests a new way to use modern treatments
Combining honey and vinegar could be an old, yet new, way of treating persistent infections.