Beer IS good for you! [or Antibiotics: good for what ale’s you]
Tetracycline, an antibiotic, was found in ancient Sudanese Nubian skeletons, suggesting beer brewed with infected grain may have been used medicinally.
Nigel Chaffey
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I am a Botanist and former Senior Lecturer in Botany at Bath Spa University (Bath, near Bristol, UK). As News Editor for the Annals of Botany I contributed the monthly Plant Cuttings column to that in
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Wood-destroyer sequenced
The genome of the wood-degrading fungus Schizophyllum commune has been sequenced, offering insights into fungal biology and potential industrial applications.
Lucky heather? No, clover!
A discovery echoes Jonathan Swift’s ideas of maximising agricultural yield and extracting more sunlight from plants.
Dating the Pharaohs
Radiocarbon measurements from short-lived plants have been used to create a chronology for ancient Egypt, potentially settling debates about the reigns of famous Pharaohs and providing insights into the eruption of the volcano Thera.
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