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Call for targeted approach to boost bird-friendly farming

January 8, 2023
Threatened farmland bird species would benefit from a more strategic investment of resources rather than an applying a uniform approach to UK agriculture, suggests a new study.

Tech challenges hinder mountain water data gathering

November 7, 2022
Global failure to make better use of the latest monitoring technologies for high altitude water data is limiting scientists’ ability to understand better the effects of climate change upon supply...

Jha and Rannard headline at Lab Innovations

October 31, 2022
Economist science correspondent Alok Jha and leading academic and spin-out pioneer Dr Steve Rannard take centre stage as keynote speakers at Lab Innovations 2022.

Liquid platinum catalyst offers sustainable solution for industry

August 26, 2022
Australian scientists say they have found a way to employ platinum as a potentially scalable industrial catalyst, by avoiding the financial and environmental cost of using the metal in its...

Game Theory: Ecosystem

August 8, 2022
Games are always a fun way to spend time. Dr Louise Robinson and Dr Ian Turner, reviewed Ecosystem to find out if it is any good.

eDNA and metabarcoding for monitoring biodiversity

July 17, 2022
As the impact of anthropogenic change on environmental biodiversity becomes an increasingly pressing topic of research, Lab News paraphrases a presentation given by Professor Simon Creer which outlines practical methods...

In silico study sheds light on elephants’ cancer resistance

July 16, 2022
Elephants' ability to combat cancer could help develop treatments in humans and also bolster conservationists' efforts to protect the world's largest land mammals.

RSPB report criticises poor regulation of 150 pesticides

July 2, 2022
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has attacked current risk assessments for chemicals used in UK farmland, claiming these are inadequate to guard wildlife.

In agro: field labs and farmer-led research

June 19, 2022
The Innovative Farmers not for profit network brings together farmers and growers with researchers to enable field trials (pun intended). A decade's worth of on-farm trial results demonstrate farmer-led research...

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