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Baldness gene discovery reveals origin of hairy alpine plants

27 January, 2021

Scientists have solved a puzzle that has long baffled botanists – why some plants on high…

Sandy Hetherington awarded UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship

27 January, 2021

Sandy Hetherington, an evolutionary biologist, is the recipient of a UK government fellowship that…

Food security boost as data gets to root of crop yields problem

27 January, 2021

The resilience and yields of food crops worldwide could be improved by a new technique that…

High-value chemicals from biotech: School scientists awarded almost half a million pounds in UK Government funding

27 January, 2021

Pioneering researchers in the School of Biological Sciences will benefit from a £477,015 cash boost…

Algae superpowers could provide major boost to food security

27 January, 2021

The yields of vital food crops such as rice, wheat and soybean could be improved by equipping…