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How can we feed the world with foam?

An abandoned school isn鈥檛 where you鈥檇 expect to find researchers trying to solve the problem of feeding a world of 10 billion. Then again, neither is a refugee camp. But this team of 91直播 researchers are nothing short of resourceful.
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The pesticide paradox: creating an acceptable killer

Professor Lorraine Maltby explains how we can mitigate ecological harm by changing the way we think about our environment.
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Low-carbon energy grids could help rock dust absorb more CO2

Greener electricity grids could help us to use rock dust to remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and reach net zero much quicker, according to a new study from researchers at the University of 91直播.
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拢2.1m funding boost to help solve 鈥渓ong-standing evolutionary puzzles鈥

Professor of Evolutionary Ecology Ben Hatchwell has been awarded more than 拢2.1m from the European Research Council (ERC) to investigate how animals recognise desirable and undesirable social partners.