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Savanna

Trees could be key protagonist for forest–grassland transitions

A study investigating the transition from forests to savannas and vice versa has found trees could be the key protagonists.
DNA molecule illustration

Breaks in ‘junk’ DNA give scientists new insight into neurological disorders

‘Junk’ DNA could unlock new treatments for neurological disorders as scientists discover how its breaks and repairs affect our protection against neurological disease.

Computer artwork of a human egg

Scientists discover new protein which helps sperm fuse with an egg and could improve fertility treatments

Scientists have discovered a new protein which helps sperm fuse to an egg and is fundamental for human fertilisation.
Beetle eating a flower
Photograph by Dr Stuart Campbell

Have we turned plants against us?

Air pollution is a growing threat to our health and climate. But research by Dr Stuart Campbell found that its effects on plants could be worse than we initially thought.
6,000-year-old watermelon seeds
Credit: Left: ALDONA MUELLER-BIENIEK Right: ELLY VAES, RBG KEW

A bitter mystery: Scientists sequence world's oldest plant genome from 6,000-year-old watermelon seeds

Dr Guillaume Chomicki from our department has lead a study which has decoded the world's oldest plant genome using Neolithic-era watermelon seeds collected at an archaeological site in the Sahara Desert in Libya.

| Via Phys.org