A collaboration of plant and soil scientists from across the UK has shown a grass hybrid species could help reduce the impact of flooding. The BBSRC-funded scientists, from Rothamsted Research, the James Hutton Institute, ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 25, 2013 not rated yet 1

Two new studies have highlighted a negative impact on bees' ability to learn following exposure to a combination of pesticides commonly used in agriculture. The researchers found that the pesticides, used ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 27, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 1 |

Stark new figures show that a common pig virus, present on 99 per cent of pig farms has major economic implications for individual farmers and the pig industry as a whole, costing British farmers as much as £84 per pig (if ...

Biology - Other

Mar 26, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—As part of an international consortium, scientists led by UA plant sciences professor Rod Wing have helped decipher the genetic alphabet of the barley plant. This is the largest plant genome ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Oct 17, 2012 4.5 / 5 (4) 3 |

A new way of testing the safety of natural and synthetic chemicals has been developed by scientists with funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). Their research, published in the journal ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 29, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

An international team of scientists has uncovered the structure of the protective protein coat which surrounds many bacteria like a miniature suit of armour. Their research, which is published today in Nature, has far ra ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jun 10, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Researchers at Cambridge University have shed new light on a common food poisoning bug. Using real-time video microscopy, coupled with mathematical modelling, they have changed our assumptions about Salmonella and how it ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Apr 25, 2012 not rated yet 0

Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have discovered that maize crops emit chemical signals which attract growth-promoting microbes to live amongst their roots. This is the ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 24, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Researchers in Wales and the United States have collaborated to complete the first high-resolution, comprehensive genetic map of a promising energy crop called miscanthus (Miscanthus sinensis). The results – published in the ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Mar 19, 2012 4 / 5 (2) 0 |

Plants often regarded as common weeds such as thistles, buttercups and clover could be critical in safe guarding fragile food webs on UK farms according to Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 23, 2012 4.8 / 5 (4) 1 |

Improving natural photosynthesis to make new fuels and boost crop production is the focus of new research presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting today. It could see us one ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Feb 17, 2012 4.6 / 5 (9) 0 |

Researchers from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Sustainable Bioenergy Centre (BSBEC) have discovered a family of genes that could help us breed grasses with improved properties for diet ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Jan 17, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), among others, have taken the first step in developing a new type of vaccine to protect chickens against coccidiosis, the most important ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Oct 13, 2011 not rated yet 0

Researchers have identified an important cog in the molecular machinery of plant immunity - a discovery that could help crop breeders produce disease-resistant varieties to help ensure future food security. There may also ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Oct 02, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

An international team of researchers has for the first time sequenced the genome of a man who was an Aboriginal Australian. They have shown that modern day Aboriginal Australians are the direct descendents ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Sep 22, 2011 4.9 / 5 (11) 0 |