Illuminating the hidden kingdom of the truffle

12 February 2018

Truffles are one of the world鈥檚 most expensive ingredients, and also one of the most mysterious. Now, with the help of a 170-year-old 鈥榣iving laboratory鈥, and a dog called Lucy, researchers hope to unearth new understanding of the secret life of these underground delicacies.

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Cambridge  探花直播 Botanic Garden (CUBG)

World's botanic gardens contain a third of all known plant species, and help protect the most threatened

25 September 2017

探花直播most in-depth species survey to date finds an 鈥渁stonishing array鈥 of plant diversity in the global botanic garden network, including 41% of all endangered species. However, researchers find a significant imbalance between tropical and temperate plants, and say even more capacity should be given to conservation, as there is 鈥渘o technical reason for plant species to become extinct鈥.

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