Expert Comment
Serin Quinn, Postgraduate Researcher on reports ‘Italian’ purees in UK supermarkets likely to contain Chinese forced-labour tomatoes
“The media report that "Italian" tomato purées are being made using Chinese forced-labour-grown tomatoes has rightly been a shock for English consumers. Unfortunately, exploitation has been shown to be a part of the Italian tomato industry. In recent years investigations have established that South Italian producers have been found to take advantage of migrant labourers – mainly from Africa and Eastern Europe – who are forced to work in conditions that have also been described as modern slavery."
Professor Richard Napier on extreme season climates and crop growth
Professor Napier sheds light on how changing seasons due to the rising climate is impacting crop growth.
Professor Rebecca Earle comments on the King's Coronation Quiche
Quiche is a funny food. Forty years ago quiche was pilloried as an effete dish shunned by real men. Now the king himself is promoting a vegetarian version complete with soybeans.
Fishing negotiations: Expert comment
Professor Abhinay Muthoo from Warwick's Department of Economics comments on the ongoing negotiations on fishing between France and the UK.
2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Warwick scientists explain Crispr-Cas9
This week, it was reported that the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna for their work on the technology of genome editing -- more specifically, Crispr-Cas9. (See story on BBC News).
Scientists at the University of Warwick who also research Crispr-Cas9 explain what it is, and discuss its significance in our lives.