Multi-year field study provides insight into environmental effects of offshore solar energy

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Mitochondria in plants can be inherited from the father more often than expected. The findings come from Wageningen University & Research (WUR), the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology (MPIMP) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).

Does feeding less protein over a longer period not only reduce nitrogen losses, but also affect methane emissions? Researchers at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) investigated this in a multi-year study with dairy cows, funded by the Vereniging Diervoederonderzoek Nederland (VDN), LVVN and the Melkveefonds.

The molecular building blocks that make up the cells of humans, animals and plants so sophisticated appear to be older than scientists previously assumed. They were already present in our single-celled ancestor that lived 2.5 billion years ago.