“This is a major milestone because it provides a reference sequence, or what we call a reference genome, not only for soybeans but for some other legumes,” said Scott Jackson…
Archive for January, 2010
DNA sequence offers promise for soybean industry, by Todd Loesch
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010Running Barefoot: Did ‘Shoeless’ Joe have the right idea?, by Whitney Harding
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010…The joke used to be ‘my aching feet,’ but now people come in with injuries and it comes back to their shoes. In the sports world, it’s running shoes.”
FY 2010 Health Research Funding Approved, Courtesy of Research!America
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (H.R. 3288), which included final funding levels for federal health research agencies
The Value of Science, Improving the Quality of Life
Feb 6, 2010A panel discussion and live interview with five of the nation’s leading African-American scientists.
NAE Grand Challenges for the 21st Century: Chicago Summit 2010
Apr 21, 2010The Chicago 2010 Summit is designed to stimulate the engineering, science and policy advances needed to solve these four Grand Challenges: Clean Water, Carbon, Energy and Climate, Urban Sustainability, Global Health.
New Visible Light Photocatalyst Kills Bacteria, Even After Light Turned Off, by James E. Kloeppel
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010“In a sense, the material remembers that it was radiated with light,” Shang said. “This ‘memory effect’ can last up to 24 hours.”
Fermilab Family Open House
Feb 21, 2010This is a party for children who bring an adult with them to learn about the world of physics. (There’s plenty for the grown-ups, too.)
Imagining the Future: C²ST’s CPS Seventh Grade Science Writing Competition
May 1, 2010C²ST’s Imagining the Future is a writing challenge for Chicago Public Schools Seventh Graders. Students may submit essays from now until February 19th.
White House Gives Two NU Professors Top Science Honors, by Daniel Peake
Friday, January 15th, 2010“It was certainly a moment to remember,” Jacobsen said Wednesday evening, referring to Obama’s arrival. “He came straight up to us with a big smile on his face,” he said, describing Obama as relaxed, cheerful and gracious.
Chaos Theory Shows the Wisdom of Plan B, by Tina Amirkiai
Friday, January 15th, 2010“Life is about not always expecting long-term plans to work out, and thinking in terms of short-term plans,” Yorke said. “You just can’t predict what will happen to you on a daily basis.”
