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£3.8m bid to ease despair of eating disorders

Researching how personal narratives of illness and recovery can be used to transform the way eating disorders are understood and treated in adolescents

Stem cell study paves way for manufacturing cultured meat

Scientists have for the first time obtained stem cells from livestock that grow under chemically defined conditions, paving the way for manufacturing cell cultured meat and breeding enhanced livestock.

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'Postcode lottery' of nutrition intake from crops revealed in new study

Analysis of thousands of cereal grains and soils to tackle hidden hunger in Malawi and Ethiopia

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The ethics of digital technology in the food sector

Our researchers examine the future of data sharing

Hard to crack research reveals how crop roots penetrate hard soils

Signal that causes roots to stop growing in hard soils can be ‘switched off’ to punch through compacted soil

First map of groundwater recharge in Africa will help sustain water supplies

Researchers provide the first ever map of the rate groundwater reserves are being replenished across Africa

Looking to the past to build food security for the future

New funding will help experts unlock a legacy of soil information.

Plant research seals importance of microbes for survival and growth

Scientists have revealed that plants have a ‘sealing’ mechanism in the root.

Research into how to futureproof crops receives £4.5m funding

Our plant scientists are part of a team awarded £4.5m to futureproof crops against climate change and shortages.

Plant protein discovery could reduce need for fertiliser

Researchers have discovered how a protein in plant roots controls the uptake of minerals and water.

New study to understand obesity

Researchers are looking for volunteers to help with a study on fat and carbohydrate consumption.

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A new partnership to speed future food security research

The Future Food Beacon is partnering with the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition.

Sustainability can be a selling point for new ingredients

Research shows that sharing information on the sustainability of a product increases consumers' connection to food.

Science adds flavour to Nottingham chocolate

Researchers are working to understand how fermentation affects flavour.

Sharing is caring! Understanding how species adapt to climate uncertainty.

Researchers have found that plants can 'share' pre-adapted versions of genes.

Using data mining and machine learning to improve cholera diagnosis

Our researchers are making use of new technologies to develop tools for early detection of the disease

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Outgoing FAO Director-General visits Nottingham

Prof Jose Graziano da Silva shared his vision for a world with zero hunger and equal access to healthy diets.

Commonwealth scholars Mirriam Makungwe (left) and Naailah Ali (right)

Commonwealth scholars welcomed to the University of Nottingham

Two Commonwealth scholars have joined the Future Food Beacon for 12 months

Researchers in a field of maize, holding a spade and looking at the soil

Understanding micronutrient deficiencies in Zimbabwe

We are working to support policymakers to help alleviate mineral micronutrient deficiencies.

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You don't have to go cold turkey on your red meat habit.

A new study shows that halving the amount of red meat you eat will have health benefits.

Fighting antibiotic resistance in poultry

Our researchers are using machine learning to reduce the need for antibiotics on chicken farms.

Cocoa beans that are red, orange and yellow in colour.

We are making artisan chocolate taste even better!

Our researchers are exploring what microbes are present in cocoa bean fermentation and how they affect flavour.

A combine harvester in a wheat field at night

Solving the mystery of night time water loss

Researchers are examining why wheat loses water during the night, and how this is affected by rising night time temperatures.

A contrasting image with the right half showing barren, desert like soil and the left showing green plants growing

Plants resistant to arsenic could help clean our soils

Researchers have discovered that a common houseplant can absorb and withstand arsenic.