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Wageningen University and Research

Wageningen University and Research

Wageningen University & Research (also known as Wageningen UR; abbreviation: WUR) consists of Wageningen University and the former agricultural research institutes (Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek (DLO)) of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture.

Using the chemical composition of tropical timber to fight illegal trade

Ecosystem restoration and recovery using microorganisms

Rationality declined decades ago

Can the use of large herbivores can be an effective means to prevent and mitigate wildfires?

Is there a way for palm oil production to grow while protecting ecosystems?

If global warming is not reduced parts of the planet may experience near-unliveable conditions

Fighting emerging viruses with synthetic antibodies built with bacterial superglue

Reducing the cardiovascular risks of 1 in 2 people with an intestinal bacteria

In 2007, Patrice Cani (FNRS-WELBIO researcher) and his team at the Louvain Drug Research Institute of UCLouvain, in close collaboration with Willem de Vos, professor at UWageningen, discovered the beneficial effects of an intestinal bacteria, Akkermansia muciniphila1, able to moderate the development of obesity and type 2 diabetes, in mice. In 2017, the team discovered

Reducing the cardiovascular risks of 1 in 2 people with an intestinal bacteria

Waste CO2 Could Be Source of Extra Power

Dutch scientists have a use for all the carbon dioxide that pours from the chimneys of fossil fuel-burning power stations: Harvest it for even more electricity Power-generating stations worldwide release 12 billion tons of carbon dioxide every year as they burn coal, oil or natural gas; home and commercial heating plants release another 11 billion tons.

Waste CO2 Could Be Source of Extra Power

A Hard Look at 3 Myths about Genetically Modified Crops

Superweeds? Suicides? Stealthy genes? The true, the false and the still unknown about transgenic crops In the pitched debate over genetically modified (GM) foods and crops, it can be hard to see where scientific evidence ends and dogma and speculation begin. In the nearly 20 years since they were first commercialized, GM crop technologies have seen

A Hard Look at 3 Myths about Genetically Modified Crops

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