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‘The new timetable does the job’
- The extended daytime schedule (EDS) is affecting the quality of our education, say one in three WUR teachers. Resource asked Julia Diederen and Aniek... 0 -
How hazardous is Zoe’s lost cargo?
- On New Year’s Day 342 containers fell off the container ship MSC Zoe into the North Sea. The incident will keep marine ecologists at WUR busy... 0 -
Outposts, new-style - The new face of WUR in the regions
- In recent years WUR has been steadily concentrating its research on the Wageningen campus. The various ‘outposts’ were under pressure. But... 0 -
A gas-free greenhouse
- Greenhouse horticulture uses a lot of fossil energy. With its brand new All Electric greenhouse in Bleijswijk, WUR wants to showcase an alternative. 0 -
Smart with sensors - OnePlanet wants to measure its way to a better future
- Biodegradable mini-sensors that you sow between the potatoes, watches that give their wearers personal dietary advice, microchips that measure how... 0 -
Earning money by storing carbon
- By changing how they till the soil or growing different crops, farmers can capture and store more carbon in the soil. And they can earn money by doing... -
Reconciling wizards and prophets
- At a seminar entitled When wizards meet prophets, WUR hopes to reconcile the conflicting world views of techno-optimists and strict ecologists. The... 0 -
No more barriers - Wageningen Research simplifies internal collaboration
- One project administration for the whole of Wageningen Research. That will be in place by mid-April. Researchers from different institutes will no... 0 -
Big brother in the jungle
- For many years, ecologists and engineers seemed to come from different planets. But that was then. Nowadays, nature conservationists measure the... 0 -
Fieldwork 2.0 - Peek app teaches students to estimate size
- Soil scientist and legendary fieldwork teacher Gert Peek retired a little over a year ago. Now lecturers Teun Vogel and Jerry Maroulis are working on... 0