Transgenic Rice Plants Resist Insects, Drought And Salt Damage
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...ology pioneer Michael Soule, research professor of environmental studies at UCSC and adviser to Sanjayan and Crooks. "We showed it could happen in a natural population." The team studied 44 animals from two populations of the pocket gopher, Thomomys bottae, from Humboldt County in northern California and a third g...Virginia Tech Researchers Receive Patent For Rapid Virus Detection Technology
... Hagedorn, Virginia Tech professor of cropand soil environmental sciences. Marian Ijzerman, a 1994 Ph.D. graduatenow with the EPA, along with Hagedorn, her advisor, and biologyprofessor Joe Falkinham, have received a patent (Number 5,527,667on June 18, 1996) for a "Rapid Virus Detection Technology,"which they dev...Salvage Gene Is At The Root Of Many Mutations
...tions come not from asbestos, pesticides, or other environmental factors, but from normalchemistry that goes on within our bodies. "DNA is not a stainless steel molecule," Lawrence points out. "It issusceptible to damage as a natural part of its existence." The most common form of DNA damage is sporadic loss ...Environmental Reform: The Next Generation Project
...xt Generation Project" will focus on the future of environmental policy over the next 25 years. Organized by the Y...technological innovations, and incentives for good environmental practices. The public is invited. The workshop, which will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the...PET Project Helps Reduce Pollution Threat From Heavy Metals
...Steven Buchberger, associate professor incivil and environmental engineering at UC. Sansalone calls thesystem "PET" for partial exfiltration trench. It's a modificationof the current systems used to improve drainage under highways,so it's expected to be easy to install and relativelyinexpensive. There are two key ...Newly Discovered Gene Halts Cell Division and May Have Cancer Link
...the checkpoint is challenged -- either by drugs or environmental stresses -- cell division can continue out of control and leave some new cells without a copy of each chromosome, which can lead to cancer," Dr. Benezra says. The MAD2 checkpoint appears to plays an essential role in the cell cycle, Dr. Benezra says...An Equal Opportunity Extinction? Cincinnati Geologists Find Global Impact from Permian Die
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...age person can't make heads or tails of thetypical environmental impact statement, according to a study that examin...liamSullivan, a professor of natural resources and environmental sciences atthe University of Illinois. "An agency that fails to produce an EISthat citizens can unde...World's Experts Plan Global Locator Service For Environmental Information
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...l Brett, a staff research associate inthe UC Davis environmental studies division. Brett and UC Davis professor Charles Goldman, director of the UC Davis CastleLake and Lake Tahoe research groups, published the results of the analysisin the Jan. 17 issue of the weekly journal Science . The analysis also casts d...Bigger Biology Tackled Through Keyboards
...says co-author Alan Hastings, chair of theUC Davis environmental studies division. "Dynamic models are an essentialtool for understanding complex biological systems." Written by four of the most noted scientists in the field, the paper reviewsthe role of powerful computational tools in studying ecology, genetics...Stronger Evidence That Global Climate Change Can Reduce The Variety Of Life
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...aculty in thedepartments of molecular genetics and environmental health in theCollege of Medicine, the departments ... Arts and Sciences, and the departmentof civil and environmental engineering in the College ofEngineering. UC's funding was recently extended through March ofthe yea......been workingfor years in the area of international environmental law, with a particularinterest in the intellectual property rights of both plant breeders andnations supplying genetic material. He and Ronald decided to combine their legal and scientific expertiseto draft a proposal for a "Genetic Resources Recogn...