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Gene edited vitamin D tomatoes

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Gene-edited tomato offers new plant-based source of vitamin D

Scientists used CRISPR technology to make a tiny edit in a gene to stop tomato plants producing an enzyme that converts a vitamin D precursor into cholesterol

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Global food crisis is leaving millions hungry, but there are solutions

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Wood for recycling

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Waste wood chemically recycled to produce material stronger than steel

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Claims that girls have a 'natural' aversion to physics are harmful

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Claims that girls have a 'natural' aversion to physics are harmful

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The Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

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Launch of UK 'moonshot' ARIA research agency delayed until end of year

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How to make your own yogurt

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Insects on Car Number Plate

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Flying insects splatting on cars have dropped by 60 per cent in UK

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Planting out sweetcorn in blocks.

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How to grow the best sweetcorn you've ever tasted

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Insects and lab-grown meat could cut food emissions by 80 per cent

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vegan sausages

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Stress-testing sausages may give vegan products a meat-like mouthfeel

Plant-based alternatives to sausages can sometimes lack the textures of meat products, and testing the mechanical properties of the foods explains why

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Environment

Why is there a sunflower oil shortage and what can I use instead?

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Ancient computer may have had its clock set to 23 December 178 BC

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We must recognise science’s unsung global pioneers to alter its future

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How to perform the culinary technique of spherification at home

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