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The increased use of a chemical compound to replace TNT in explosive devices has a damaging and long lasting effect on plants, new research has shown.

Dr Liz Rylott has been awarded the Milton P. Gordon Award for Excellence in Phytoremediation during the International Phytotechnology Society's (IPS) annual conference held in Kerala, India; 22 to 24 October 2024.

York Scientists reveal how marine algae are so good at capturing CO2.

Researchers at the University of York have been successful in their bid to be part of C-SPIRIT, the new “Centre for Sustainable Plant Innovation and Resilience through International Teamwork”.

Researchers have been working to track and study floating sargassum, a prolific seaweed swamping Caribbean and West African shorelines, and causing environmental and economic harm.

University of York researchers have won three awards under a new £100m Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council initiative to unlock the UK's Engineering Biology potential.