Ground-Breaking DNA Research Leads SFU Grad To The Top
...ral sciences. "I was completely shocked at winning the NSERC award," says Li, whostudied chemistry at China's Anhui University and applied chemistry at BeijingAgricultural University. Li, along with wife Hongjun and daughter Lily, leftChina in the early '90s. Since October, Li has been doing ...Whitaker Foundation To Fund AAAS Science Journalism Awards Through 2001
...ed of scientists and sciencejournalists select the winning entries. The winners are honored during the AAASan...of the National Association of ScienceWriters. The winning entries are published each year and used as teaching toolsin science writing programs at universitie...Pacific Northwest Staff Win National Awards For Transferring Research To Industry
...,cheaper way to remediate contaminated soils. The winning team recognized the marketability ofSPSH as an enh...ific Northwest leads the other DOE laboratories in winning these awardswith a total of 39 since 1984....AAAS Announces Science Journalism Award Winners
...family science series that broadcasts on PBS. The winning episode included asegment on cave formations and an in-studio demonstration of the human eye. Theproducers are honored for providing clear explanations using basic and engagingmethods. In the radio category, Joe Palca and Michelle Trudeau, (with Ro...Cut Pesticide Use In Half, Urges SFU Biologist
...Yet the chemical bombardment continues. And who is winning this "modernwar against nature"? Not us, says Winston. "In spite of a vast increase in the amount of pesticide used overthe last 30-40 years, the amount of crop lost to pests has increased from31 to 37 per cent. The more we use, the more we lo......gs, thoughthat hasn't kept him from riding horses, winning an orange belt in karateand playing in wheelchair basketball tournaments. But his condition did force him to sit on the pavement when acting asgoalie in neighborhood street hockey games. That is, until students in aDuke "Devices for the Disabled" co...