Building environmental excellence
01 October 2013
The new IBERS building on Penglais has been awarded a BREEAM Excellent certificate for environmental performance.
Call to protect ‘waxcap’ grasslands
16 October 2013
Wales has some of the most scientifically important and diverse habitats for grassland fungi in the world according to researchers at IBERS.
Students, free range eggs and lupins….
16 October 2013
Aberystwyth University’s free range egg supplier Birchgrove Eggs is feeding its laying hens with UK grown lupins to replace imported soya in their diet.
Groundbreaking agreement with Seoul National University
22 October 2013
Aberystwyth signs agreements with Seoul National University to share miscanthus germplasm to help boost bioenergy production and combat climate change.
European student of the year finalist
12 September 2013
Zoology graduate Eleanor Paish is one of three finalists for the Biology Student of the Year award in the 2013 European Science Engineering & Technology Awards.
IBERS Director appointed Chief Science Officer at CGIAR
31 October 2013
Professor Wayne Powell, Director of the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences appointed Chief Science Officer of the CGIAR Consortium.
Blooming bacteria identified in melting snow
30 October 2013
Aberystwyth scientists claim that big Greenland-wide glacier melts could lead to some of the biggest seasonal events in nature.