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Research on proteins that could help scientists improve and develop new crops could get a significant boost thanks to a newly funded project aimed at unlocking the “dark matter” that regular research methods can’t see.
Independent research organisation The James Hutton Institute has strengthened its board with five new members, including its first early career non-executive directors.
Green finance and how it can drive environmental progress alongside economic interests is under the spotlight at The James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen thanks to a newly created role.
The largest survey of island life in Scotland has been launched to help review the Scottish Government’s National Islands Plan.
Pioneering scientific research by The James Hutton Institute into Scotland’s globally important peatlands has been recognised at the leading Scottish nature conservation awards.
The James Hutton Institute, home to the UK’s leading potato research centre, has donated 932 bags of locally grown potatoes to Scotland’s leading food redistribution organisation, FareShare.
Researchers at The James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen have launched a project to test whether honey and bumble bees could be spreading diseases more widely than they would normally due to inadvertently picking up microplastics.
Six complementary technologies planned for waste-to-value site in global first designed to decarbonise food production and maximise resource efficiency.
A Dundee-based community group is looking to raise £3 million to build a solar meadow on the edge of Dundee.
Implementation and cooperation between the conservation and the agricultural sector will be crucial to a new Nature Restoration Law being voted on by the European Parliament early next year, according to a report by a group of scientists, including researchers from The James Hutton Institute.
