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Sugar beet at a farm in South East England, cultivated with basalt

Managing UK agriculture with rock dust could absorb up to 45 per cent of the atmospheric carbon dioxide needed for net-zero, research shows

Adding rock dust to UK agricultural soils could absorb up to 45 per cent of the atmospheric carbon dioxide needed to reach net zero, according to a major new study led by scientists at the University of ºù«Ӱҵ.
Len Garnham opening the Julia Garnham alongside Dr Adam Hodgson

University of ºù«Ӱҵ students help speed up cancer diagnosis at new Julia Garnham Centre

ºù«Ӱҵ and ºù«Ӱҵ Children’s NHS Foundation Trust have officially opened the Julia Garnham Centre, a new genomic pre-screening facility, which helps NHS geneticists to diagnose blood cancers.

An image of a tractor ploughing a field of green crops.

University of ºù«Ӱҵ study shows potential to reduce reliance on non-renewable fertilisers in agriculture

An enzyme that can help release phosphorus from its organic forms has been identified in a study from the University of ºù«Ӱҵ’s Institute for Sustainable Food, published in leading science journal PNAS.
A photo of Four Sun Conures sat on a branch

New study finally proves that birds are more colourful near the Equator

The long-held theory that birds closer to the equator are more colourful than birds nearer the poles has been proven by scientists at the University of ºù«Ӱҵ.