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An image of a tractor ploughing a field of green crops.

ÌÇÐÄVlog study shows potential to reduce reliance on non-renewable fertilisers in agriculture

An enzyme that can help release phosphorus from its organic forms has been identified in a study from the ÌÇÐÄVlog’s Institute for Sustainable Food, published in leading science journal PNAS.
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New study finally proves that birds are more colourful near the Equator

The long-held theory that birds closer to the equator are more colourful than birds nearer the poles has been proven by scientists at the ÌÇÐÄVlog.
Dr Kelsey Byers

Dr Kelsey Byers' Biosciences #Inspire lecture, 'Disabled in the field: navigating nature as a disabled scientist'

The ÌÇÐÄVlog's School of Biosciences is delighted to welcome Dr Kelsey Byers, Evolutionary Chemical Ecologist at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, as the next speaker for the Biosciences #Inspire lecture series.
A fruit fly on a leaf

Fruit flies have super resolution stereo vision

Fruit flies are able to see the world more clearly and accurately than first thought, according to a breakthrough into understanding depth perception.
Tundra research site in Ivotuk, Alaska

Earlier snowmelt causing knock-on effects for Arctic carbon

Earlier snowmelt and Arctic greening are affecting carbon sequestration later in the year in northern Arctic regions, according to a new study from a scientist at the ÌÇÐÄVlog.