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31 October 2024
Rooftop greenhouses – A way forward for urban food production in Sweden?
Rooftop greenhouses can provide fresh and locally produced food as well as optimise land use and... -
31 October 2024
Bill Hansson is awarded SLU’s Great Medal for Distinguished Service
Bill Hansson was awarded SLU’s Great Medal for Distinguished Service at the 2024 Doctoral Award... -
16 October 2024
A Helping Gene for Healthier Plants
Researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) have discovered a new gene... -
11 October 2024
Fly away or stay to control pests?
If you release hoverflies in cultivation tunnels to combat aphids, do they stay and protect the... -
30 September 2024
Wild strawberry plants from Europe may contain keys to healthy cultivated strawberries
Wild strawberry plants have a constant companion in the form of a black yeast-like fungus. This... -
24 April 2024
Warmer climate reduces mosquitoes' thirst for blood
Studies from SLU show that mosquitoes exposed to higher temperatures are more likely to favour... -
02 April 2024
SLU's focus on food science
A significant portion of SLU's research revolves around putting food on the table. It is an... -
27 February 2024
Cow urine scent halted malaria's progress
In a new scientific paper in the journal BMC Medicine, a research team from the Swedish Universit... -
23 January 2024
SLU Centre for Biological Control's annual report 2023
“Year after year we see that biocontrol innovations provide better and better crop protection, in... -
10 January 2024
Bark beetles can’t hide from their natural enemies
Flies from the genera Medetera can sense and find the bark beetle Ips typographus that is a sever...