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New study uses viruses as weapons to destroy aggressive plant bacterial disease
Posted on Wednesday 4 December 2019
Pathogen-specific viruses can be successfully used to fight a disease that decimates some of the world’s major food crops, a new study has found.
York laboratory awarded Queen's Anniversary Prize
Posted on Thursday 21 November 2019
The University of York’s Structural Biology Laboratory (YSBL) in the Department of Chemistry has been awarded a prestigious Queen's Anniversary Prize.
Scientists find no evidence for ‘Insect Armageddon’ – but there’s still cause for concern
Posted on Monday 11 November 2019
Researchers who set out to test the widespread theory that the UK is experiencing an alarming plunge in insect numbers have found no evidence for ‘Insect Armageddon’.
Global warming is causing tropical moths to shrink in size
Posted on Thursday 10 October 2019
Researchers have discovered the first evidence of tropical insects shrinking in size in their bid to survive rising temperatures.
Scientists shed new light on mechanism by which bacteria exchange genes
Posted on Wednesday 9 October 2019
Scientists are now a step closer to understanding the mechanisms behind how a group of viruses facilitate the exchange of genes between bacteria.