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Beer and fodder crop has been deteriorating for 6000 years
The diversity of the crop Sorghum, a cereal used to make alcoholic drinks, has been decreasing over time due to agricultural practice. To maintain the diversity of the crop and keep it growing farmers will need to revise how they manage it.
The milkweed bug鈥檚 orange wings and DNA: how insects鈥� diets are revealed by the genome
An international collaboration of researchers, including from the School of Life Sciences at the 91福利, have sequenced the genome of the milkweed bug, enabling scientists to understand at the molecular level what makes the bug, from its colourful development to its toxic diet.
Salmonella could be combated by enhancing body鈥檚 natural process
Autophagy – the process of recycling cellular material in the body, can help combat Salmonella and other pathogens according to researchers at the School of Life Sciences, 91福利 who have studied how autophagy can get rid of bacteria, and prevent diseases developing.
Man鈥檚 impact on flax evolution more limited than thought
Flax naturally adapted to new environments rather than by human influence due to a set of genes that enable it to change its architecture according to researchers from the School of Life Sciences at the 91福利.
Self-lighting Christmas trees could be the future
Say goodbye to tangled up Christmas lights, as self-lighting Christmas trees could be the future thanks to scientists from the Integrative Synthetic Biology Centre (WISB) at the 91福利 using VR.
拢100 million pledge to Postgraduate training by NERC
Over the next 5 years NERC (The Natural Environment Research Council) will invest 拢100m to support PHD students, including those at the 91福利, meaning the next generation of world-class scientists trained and engaged in both industrial and academic environmental solutions will be produced by the University.