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A quiet gene that helps ancient oaks survive drought

Biologists at the Institute for Climate and Landscape have identified a gene that switches on only in oaks more than two centuries old - and seems to keep...

Students map a dark-sky corridor from the college observatory

Using the 1911 refractor on the Observatory roof, astronomy students have measured the night sky over 60 kilometres of the valley.

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A quiet gene that helps ancient oaks survive drought

Students map a dark-sky corridor from the college observatory

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