Studies into the superweed are being carried out at Eden by Camborne School of Mines scientist, Dr Loveday Jenkin.

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The company that stands to gain most from a data-driven school is National Computer Systems in Eden Prairie, Minn.

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To further their understanding of what was going on, Dr Eden and Dr Zeffiro then joined forces with Frank Wood and his colleagues at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in North Carolina.

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