Press Releases
New Range of Plant DNA Libraries Provides Massive Boost to World's Plant Researchers
Researchers at the University of Warwick's horticultural research arm Warwick HRI have created an extensive new range of libraries of plant DNA that will provide a massive boost to the world's plant researchers. The new collection of DNA libraries is the largest of its type in the world and will provide researchers with a unique resource.
Researchers compost old mobile phones & transform them into flowers
Researchers at the University of Warwick's Warwick Manufacturing Group, in conjunction with PVAXX Research & Development Ltd, have devised a novel way to recycle discarded mobile telephones - bury them and watch them transform into the flower of your choice.
Government backs UK's role in International Tomato Gene Sequencing
British researchers are celebrating the announcement that they are to play a major role in an international project to sequence the genes of tomato. Unravelling the genetic information of tomato will greatly enhance conventional breeding strategies and enable the generation of new crop varieties with improved disease resistance and nutritional quality.
Researchers & bakers combine to plug mineral gap in UK soil linked to fertility & cancer
A consortium of researchers, farmers and a major baker are working together to fill future supermarket shelves with loaves of bread that will arrest the plummeting levels in the UK diet of a mineral that plays a significant role in male fertility and the prevention of some cancers.
Research examines bio-pesticides battle with both pests and regulators
Warwick HRI has been quick to reap the benefits of its merger with the University of Warwick. A joint research proposal between scientists at Warwick HRI and researchers in the University of Warwick’s Department of Politics and International Studies has won a £316,000 grant from the Research Councils’ Rural Economy and Land Use programme for a project on the science and regulation of bio-pesticides.
Warwick HRI helps Win Gold at the Chelsea Flower Show
Researchers from The University of Warwick’s newest department, Warwick HRI, have helped the British Mycological Society win their second gold medal at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show.