News 2023
News 2023
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Students once more elect WUR as the best university of the Netherlands
- For the 19th consecutive time, the Keuzegids has named Wageningen University & Research the best university of the Netherlands. The quality of the... -
River floods and plastics: where did the litter go when the Meuse flooded?
- Plastic pollution is a global problem and Dutch rivers are no exception. Anyone who has ever walked along their banks will know the sight of bottles,... -
Effective vaccine against cow parasite thanks to modification of sugar structures in plant
- Mimicking sugar structures in plants plays a crucial role in the development of effective vaccines against the stomach worm Ostertagia ostertagi. This... -
Heidy den Besten richt zich op veilig voedsel: “Ik wil fundamenteel onderzoek vertalen naar een praktische toepassing”
- Prof. dr. Heidy den Besten is de nieuwe persoonlijk hoogleraar van de leerstoelgroep Levensmiddelenmicrobiologie van Wageningen University &... -
Nature-based solutions: what are the options?
- Researchers at Wageningen have described how nature-based solutions could be used to make the Netherlands more sustainable. But what natural solutions... -
Soil carbon sequestration in grazing systems does not lead to net-zero
- Solely relying on soil carbon sequestration in grasslands to offset the warming effect of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from current ruminant systems... -
Hester Biemans receives ERC Grant for research on food security around the Third Pole
- Hester Biemans, researcher specialising in Water and Food Security at Wageningen University & Research, has been honoured with a 2 million euro... -
Coastal river deltas threatened by more than climate change
- Worldwide, coastal river deltas are home to more than half a billion people, supporting fisheries, agriculture, cities, and fertile ecosystems. In a... -
WUR at COP28: Sharing knowledge on solutions
- The UN climate conference is once again on the horizon. Political scientist Sylvia Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen is attending COP28 primarily to study the... -
Professor Tiffany Morrison: ‘We want to transform governance of climate impacted systems’
- Tiffany Morrison has been appointed as a fractional personal professor in the Environmental Policy group by the Wageningen University and Research...