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Scheme allows threatened plant to dock at island base

April 12, 2026
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One of the world’s rarest dock and coastal plants has received a massive conservation boost, thanks to a wholesale reintroduction at its Welsh stronghold.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Botany, Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Cambridge funds revolutionary underground work

February 22, 2026
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Nature recovery programme Cumbria Connect has received funding from a key conservation group for its research investigating the unexplained role played by underground fungal networks in woodland creation.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Botany, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Pathology, Policy, Soil Science
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Research gives new meaning to a slug of wine

December 8, 2025
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Traditionally, slugs have been viewed with hostility by farmers but a new study suggests they might play a valuable part in improving one lucrative crop.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Botany, Environment, Food & Bev, Food Science, Microbiology
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The cure for problem nails: a whiff of rotten eggs…

November 9, 2025
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Scientists at the University of Bath and King’s College London (KCL) say they have come up with an alternative to persistent nail infection treatments: a foul smelling gas likened to...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Botany, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Medical/Health, Pathology, Pharmaceutical
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Evident returns to focus on the small and scientifically beautiful

October 18, 2025
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One of the world’s best known photomicrography competitions, Evident’s Image of the Year, is inviting entries for 2026.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials
Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials Science, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Proteomics & Genomics, Zoology
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‘Commercial seeds could threaten native wildflowers’ claim

October 18, 2025
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Commercial seeds used to help revive meadowland and plant diversity could have the opposite effect on the British countryside, says a study by Durham University scientists.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Botany, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Genetics, Soil Science
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Plant peacemaker’s segregation keeps ant wars at bay

July 19, 2025
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Plants from the Pacific based genus Squamellaria which have adapted to encourage the presence of ants are sometimes referred to as having been domesticated by the insects.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Environment, Zoology
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Volunteers’ lichen finds give conservation boost to rare rainforest

July 5, 2025
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Citizen science volunteers have identified two rare lichens never before recorded in the north of England.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Policy, Soil Science
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Shall I compare thee to soft robotics…?

May 6, 2025
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A scientific revelation regarding rose petals has been hailed by its discoverers as a potential breakthrough for materials science.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biophysics, Biotechnology, Botany, Engineering, Environment, Materials, Materials Science
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Sustainable sensor guards plant health and feeds the soil

April 1, 2025
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It sounds like an environmentalist’s dream: technology that helps boost crop yields and then composts into the same soil to provide extra nutrients…
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Botany, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Food & Bev, Food Science, Soil Science
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