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Propositions course for doctoral students
9:31u 4 March 2010 - The standard of the propositions in PhD theses is going down. But the research schools are not keen on the idea of a masterclass.
WETENSCHAP
Health claims rejected
13:05u 3 March 2010 - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has rejected the vast majority of the health claims for food products and supplements. Renger Witkamp, professor of Nutrition and Pharmacology, is not surprised. 'These are very sound scientists at the EFSA evaluating what are often poorly substantiated claims. There won't be many that get through.'
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Gut bacteria reveals its genes
12:18u 3 March 2010 - Genome of gut bacteria mapped. Diseases can now be traced to micro-organisms.
STUDENT
Bring back the gallows, say VHL students
22:30u 1 March 2010 - In the bad old days there was a gallows hill in the Sysselt woods between Bennekom and Ede. Four VHL Velp students have some idea where it was. They have advised Geldersch Landschap to bring back the gallows. For educational and entertainment purposes.
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Be happy and live longer?
10:09u 19 February 2010 - Elderly people who feel happy live longer than those who do not. The lower death rate is probably due to the fact that happy people get more exercise, smoke less and fall ill less often.
ORGANISATIE
Zegveld dairy farm may get new role.
9:14u 18 February 2010 - The Dutch provincial governments see a new regional role for experimental farms. Wageningen UR has been asked to postpone its decision on closing Zegveld dairy farm.
WETENSCHAP
Breeding Eels in Africa
9:25u 17 February 2010 - Imares is to provide advice on breeding eels in Madagascar, with the aim of promoting the sustainable exploitation of a healthy eel population.
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Flavoenzyme paves the way for nerves
12:30u 11 February 2010 - The flavoenzyme Mical plays a key role in the formation of the neural network in our brains. So says Wageningen biochemist Willem van Berkel in an article in Nature published with colleagues at the University of Texas this week.
WETENSCHAP
Fake meat still too fake
14:28u 20 January 2010 - Vegetable-based meat substitutes are still not good enough to persuade meat eaters to abandon their pork chops or steaks. Fake meat is too far removed from the real thing, but it is unfamiliarity with such new products in particular that is preventing people from putting them in their shopping trolleys.
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