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20/10/2011

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The FUTUROL PROJECT aims to develop and market an end-to-end process for producing second generation bioethanol. On 11 October 2011, the project forged ahead to a new stage in its development with the

20/10/2011

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Plant species in lowland forests appear to respond too slowly to climate change, making them particularly vulnerable in upcoming decades, according to a study published 19 October 2011 in Nature magaz

18/10/2011

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Concerns about soil status lie at the crossroads between public health issues, protection of the environment and the sustainable use of space. INRA researchers have demonstrated the crucial role of l

18/10/2011

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Bisphenol A (BPA) is now a well-known food contaminant. Although the ability of BPA to mimic the action of female sex hormones was described several years ago, recent studies have suggested that this

18/10/2011

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How do aromas influence our sensory perception of taste when they are released during mastication? This is what INRA scientists have been analysing and modelling thanks to a study involving 50 volunta

18/10/2011

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An international consortium of scientists (including a team from INRA) coordinated by the Chinese Beijing Genome Institute (BGI), the largest sequencing centre in the world, has announced sequencing o

18/10/2011

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A close cousin of both cereals and sugar cane, Brachypodium distachyon has recently revealed the secrets of its genome thanks to work by an international consortium in which INRA participated. Knowle

18/10/2011

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An INRA research team in Montpellier, working in collaboration with teams from CNRS in Strasbourg and New York University, have recently achieved a major advance in our understanding of plant nutritio

18/10/2011

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Clarifying the interactions that exist between plant cell constituents is the first step towards understanding the intimate mechanisms that govern the functioning of plants. INRA scientists have rece

30/09/2011

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The French Stimulus Initiative project “Breedwheat” was launched in Clermont-Ferrand (France) on September 29th, 2011, in the presence of Laurent Wauquiez, Minister of Higher Education and Research, a

09/09/2011

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In recent years, it has become clear that food poisoning due to Salmonella typhimurium can be contracted not only by uncooked eggs and meat but also through eating contaminated raw vegetables and frui

03/08/2011

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As part of a vast international study, researchers from the Institut Pasteur, the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (In

25/07/2011

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Researchers funded by the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the French Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) have found that ground beetles reduce the amount

21/07/2011

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European consumers agrees as to their preferences for tomatoes. That is the conclusion of a study carried out by researchers from three European Union countries, including a team from INRA. Far from

21/07/2011

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For the first time, a comparison has been made between the micronutrient contents of red and yellow tomato varieties. Published in the journal "Food Chemistry" on 15 February 2011, this original stud

21/07/2011

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INRA researchers and their Scandinavian colleagues have demonstrated the ability of the insect olfactory nervous system to adapt to environmental changes. Their original findings reveal that this ada

21/07/2011

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Intramammary infections, commonly referred to as mastitis, are the principal cause of economic losses in dairy production. Different pathogenic agents cause these infections, but Staphylococcus aureu

21/07/2011

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The importance of urban agriculture to city development projects is strongly dependent on its sustainability. INRA and CIRAD scientists, and their Madagascan colleagues, have recently demonstrated t

21/07/2011

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WallTraC, a Marie Curie Actions project is being launched on July 6-7 in Nantes. Led by INRA, WallTraC (Plant Cell Wall Training Consortium) is a high-calibre EU training project for junior scientists

15/07/2011

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An international team of scientists including researchers from INRA and CNRS, have characterized the mechanism through which Serpula lacrymans, so-called Domestic Dry Rot, deteriorates wood. This disc

13/07/2011

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Today the Joint Programming Initiative “Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change” (FACCE-JPI), jointly led by France, through its National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and the UK, t

08/07/2011

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In its July issue, American monthly “The Scientist” published results of its annual survey of top places to work among international academic institutions. INRA Versailles-Grignon, the only French ins

30/06/2011

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INRA, the leading agricultural research institute in Europe and the second largest in the world, is initiating a new programme to recruit researchers worldwide, building on an initial pilot period tha

21/06/2011

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Scientists have discovered caterpillars in old herbaria, indicating that the horse-chestnut leaf miner was living on native stands of the horse-chestnut in Greece as early as 1879 and was already pres

05/05/2011

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How can we optimise our diet so that it complies with all nutritional guidelines while deviating as little as possible from our personal food preferences and habits? Based on French food consumption

05/05/2011

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Reducing the salt content of foods is a major public health challenge. INRA researchers, working in collaboration with colleagues from AgroParisTech, have demonstrated the importance of the compositi

05/05/2011

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Gene mutations that are referred to as being silent because they have no directly visible consequences, may in fact be implicated in the onset of serious diseases. This is the conclusion of a study c

05/05/2011

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Colonisation by Escherichia coli bacteria of specific structures in the intestinal epithelium, Peyer's patches, may be at the origin of the onset of Crohn's disease. This is the conclusion of a study

05/05/2011

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To meet the demand for food and preserve environmental resources, agriculture must increase food production and quality while decreasing its ecological footprint. In this context, the European projec

05/05/2011

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The development of sustainable aquaculture is today a high priority for Europe. Coordinated by INRA, and launched on 1st March 2011, the AQUAEXCEL project (Aquaculture Infrastructures for Excellence