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Methane emissions from cows and sheep can be reduced by 25% using breeding programmes Highlight Dutch livestock farmers have already made considerable strides towards a sustainable livestock sector.

Next-gen businesses produce meat without animals and fish without a catch Highlight Cultivated meat and fish, and animal-free dairy products are rapidly becoming viable alternatives to animal-based products and could significantly reshape our future protein supply.

Society is asking ever more pressing questions about animals and the way in which we live alongside them.

An international team of researchers, led by microbiologist Martyna Glodowska from Radboud University, will use microorganisms to recover scarce metals from electronic waste.

A new study is the first to suggest realistic ways to integrate wisdom into artificial intelligence, to create AI systems that will be more robust, transparent, cooperative and safe.

Eating less meat and dairy benefits both public health and the climate. Yet the Netherlands is falling behind on the government's goal to source half of all protein from plant-based foods by 2030.

Huge mussel beds and large numbers of flatfish have surprised the researchers studying underwater life in the Wadden Sea over the past year.

From waste collection and repairs of quayside walls to energy poverty: for over a decade, AMS Institute has been helping to resolve problems faced by cities.

33 million mussels in Grevelingenmeer lake, nearly 2 billion cockles in the Western Scheldt, 306 hectares of oyster beds in the Wadden Sea.

Our intestines probably have an influence on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, as well as depression and stress.

A tick bite can not only cause Lyme disease, but recently other diseases too, such as those caused by the Tick-Borne Encephalitis virus (TBE).

Anyone who eats a bag of peanuts should be able to assume it's safe. Behind the scenes, Wageningen Food Safety Research works 24/7 to monitor food and feed for pathogens, pesticides, antibiotics and other substances.

A highly destructive bacterium is threatening the cultivation of oranges, mandarins and lemons worldwide.

To find out whether migratory fish use the gaps in the Haringvliet sluices to access the rivers, Melanie Meijer zu Schlochtern is using transmitters to monitor over three hundred fish.

A team of international astronomers including researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have observed the central region of the Milky Way in unprecedented detail, revealing an intricate, turbulent network of cosmic gas filaments. The area captured by the image stretches more than 650 light-years and surrounds the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy.

What if farmers were to fertilize their land with urine instead of inorganic fertilizer? Scientists at Wageningen University & Research show this is possible - and in fact better.

Trees and plants store carbon. In biobased materials that are made from wood and plant fibres, the carbon remains sequestered for longer.

Exploitation and environmental pollution are still far from uncommon in the countries that our coffee and chocolate come from.

The exception for Dutch dairy farmers to spread more manure than the EU allows is being phased out, and as a result the amount of manure on the market has increased still further.

Nico Claassens' aim is to help bring about a circular bio-economy in which bacteria use CO2 as an input to produce the raw materials for bioplastics and proteins.

More than two thirds of people in the UK are living with their parents at age 23, around three times higher than a generation of millennials when they were a similar age a decade ago.

Microbiologist Detmer Sipkema has been awarded an ENW-M grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for innovative, fundamental research.

Wheat yields in north-west Europe have remained largely stable for many years, even though the crop itself still has room to produce more.

Environmental technologist Annemiek ter Heijne of Wageningen University & Research has been awarded a grant through the NWO Open Competition Domain Science - M (Weave), together with researchers from the University of Antwerp.

In Indonesia, the dugong appears to be concentrated in specific regions, while bycatch in fishing nets is a major cause of death and few young animals are observed.

An international team of scientists led by Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has commenced a study to investigate how and why yeast cells die - and, especially, how to delay that process.

The Committee of Experts on Fertiliser Law (CDM) has concluded that the options in the Netherlands for designating 'non-vulnerable zones' under the Nitrates Directive are limited.

Researchers from the University of Twente, Deventer Hospital and Saxion University of Applied Sciences are working together on a smart solution to a growing problem in healthcare.

Researchers from Trinity and the ADAPT Research Ireland Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology won the Maritime Situational Awareness Challenge after creating with a system that will strengthen Ireland's naval security.

In a trial on the effects of lower protein levels in the ration, milk production and feed intake were hardly affected by a moderate reduction in protein content.

Forests and nature play an important role in achieving climate targets. But how much can forest management measures contribute to CO2 uptake? New factsheets provide key figures to help estimate this contribution.

Microbiologist John van der Oost has received an ERC Proof of Concept grant to further develop a promising CRISPR-based approach to cancer treatment.

Bonaire can take major steps towards a more sustainable and healthier future by managing its organic waste in a circular way.

In January 2026, eight lung transplant recipients and their companions from five countries, together with a team of doctors from MedUni Vienna, climbed Aconcagua (6,961 metres) in Argentina - the highest peak in America.