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Five years beavering bears water for ecologists
An East Anglian project to reintroduce beavers to the region claims the animals have contributed towards successfully reducing the impact of flooding and drought by storing millions of litres of wate…
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Five years beavering bears water for ecologists
An East Anglian project to reintroduce beavers to the region claims the animals have contributed towards successfully reducing the impact of flooding and drought by storing millions of litres of wate…
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Food forensics: how AI can smell authentic olive oil
Extra virgin olive (EVO) oils are highly complex. Here, Prof Chiara Cordero discusses the application of an AI smelling machine to analyse, qualify, categorise, and authenticate olive oil and counter…
Comment And Analysis
Wheat field trial heralds UK acceptance of gene edited crops
Post Brexit, the UK is free to make its own decisions around genetic editing of food crops based on the science. Here, Dermot Martin discusses a research project that seeks to disable a potentially c…
Interviews
Banking botanicals: protecting plants and safeguarding seeds
Following up on the wonderful photo story, ‘Botanical biodiversity banked’, published on our website last November in celebration of MSB’s 20th anniversary, we decided to ask Dr Chris Cockel what it…
