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Spheres can form squares
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Everybody who has tried to stack oranges in a box knows that a regular packing of spheres in a flat layer naturally leads to a hexagonal pattern,...
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Prize for Wageningen UR's website
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Wageningen UR’s website has won the Dutch Interactive Awards prize for ‘Best Corporate Site’. According to the judges “This initiative really stands...
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Successful mission to Murmansk
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Wageningen UR has joined the mission to Murmansk, organised on 9 and 10 April 2013 by the Netherlands Consulate. The main aim was to explore...
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Wageningen UR participates in the Damn Food Waste event
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On Saturday 29 June, Museumplein in Amsterdam will be transformed into one big open-air restaurant where 5,000 people can sit down to a delicious...
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Indonesian mangroves prove to be ‘sponge gardens’
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The mangroves in the Caribbean are famous for housing a unique and diverse sponge fauna. Indonesia contains the most diverse mangrove ecosystems in...
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Feeding the world population sustainably and efficiently with ecologically intensive agriculture
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Conventional methods of agriculture and cattle-breeding cannot feed the world population. They are not sustainable, pollute the environment, are...
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Prizes for young researchers
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For her PhD research to improve the photosynthetic efficiency of microalgae, Maria Cuaresma Franco received €5000 prize money from the Izaak Korteweg...
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Marine litter in the mangroves at Lac Bay, Bonaire
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IMARES studies natural and human influences on the Lac Bay on the isle of Bonaire. One aspect of the research is pollution in the bay. Marine litter...
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Investing in palm oil production technology has positive effects on environment and income
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Investing in an advanced technology in palm oil production will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80%, improve the economic return of the palm oil...
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Intestinal bacterium Akkermansia curbs obesity
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A dominant and useful bacterium called Akkermansia muciniphila is present in the intestinal system of all humans, from babies to the elderly. This...