Scientists have discovered a signal that causes the roots of plants to stop growing in hard soils, which can be ‘switched off’ to allow them to punch through compacted soil – a discovery that could help plants to grow in even the driest of climates.
On Monday 11 January 2021, the knowledge agenda Microplastics and Health was presented to the State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management, Stientje van Veldhoven. This knowledge agenda describes the most important knowledge gaps and calls for more research.
Pharmaceutical researchers from Utrecht University have developed a deep learning method with which a unique piece of the genetic code of SARS-CoV-2 was identified.