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New Apple Was More Than 20 Years In The Making
Champaign IL (SPX) Jan 24, 2009A new, late-ripening apple named WineCrisp which carries the Vf gene for scab resistance was developed over the past 20 plus years through classical breeding techniques, not genetic engineering. License to propagate trees will be made available to nurseries through the University of Illinois. Being resistant to apple scab is a big plus for growers, said University of Illinois plant genetic ... more Genetic Past Could Improve The Future Of Rice 
West Lafayette, IN (SPX) Jan 24, 2009In an effort to improve rice varieties, a Purdue University researcher was part of a team that traced the evolutionary history of domesticated rice by using a process that focuses on one gene. Scott A. Jackson, a professor of agronomy, said studying the gene that decides how many shoots will form on a rice plant allows researchers to better understand how the gene evolved over time through ... more ZeaChem Building Third Gen Cellulosic Ethanol BioRefinery 
Lakewood CO (SPX) Jan 26, 2009ZeaChem has announced that it has raised $34 million in initial Series B financing. The funding round was co-led by venture capital investors Globespan Capital Partners and PrairieGold Venture Partners with follow-on investment by MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures, Firelake Capital and Valero Energy Corporation, the largest petroleum refiner in the United States. ZeaChem is developing a cellulose- ... more GeoEye-1 Snaps Democracy 
Dulles VA (SPX) Jan 23, 2009At 11:19 a.m. (EST) GeoEye-1, the world's highest resolution commercial Earth-imaging satellite, collected an image over the United States Capitol and the Inauguration of President Barack Obama. The image, taken from 423 miles in space, is the world's highest resolution, color satellite image of the Inaugural celebration. The image, taken through high, whispy white clouds over Washington ... more Delta 2 Set To Launch Polar Satellite Feb 4 
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Jan 23, 2009The NOAA-N Prime spacecraft, a Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES), is being prepared for launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket on February 4, 2009. Lockheed Martin built NOAA-N Prime at its Space Systems Company Sunnyvale facility. NOAA-N Prime is the latest and final spacecraft in the Advanced TIROS-N (ATN) satellite series. ... more |
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Rome (AFP) Jan 22, 2009An invasion of crop-destroying caterpillars in Liberia is a "national emergency" that could spread across West Africa, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Thursday. Tens of millions of the caterpillars -- described as "black, creeping and hairy" by villagers -- were advancing across the north of Liberia, contaminating water supplies and damaging food crops in the already ... more Two sentenced to death over China milk scandal 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 22, 2009A Chinese court on Thursday sentenced two men to death and gave stiff jail terms to 19 others over a milk scandal that led to widespread poisoning of babies in China and dairy recalls around the world. The former head of the dairy firm at the heart of the scandal, Tian Wenhua, a 66-year-old woman accused of initially covering it up, was among three people jailed for life. One other ... more HK boy falls ill after drinking tainted milk 
Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 22, 2009A 12-year-old Hong Kong boy has developed kidney stones after drinking milk laced with the industrial chemical melamine, authorities said Thursday. The boy first visited hospital in December and was admitted on January 2, the Centre for Health Protection said in a statement. A renal stone was found in his left kidney and the boy, who had a history of consuming milk contaminated with ... more Liberian insect plague devastates farms
Shankpalai, Liberia (AFP) Jan 22, 2009Normally at noon farmer John Wenopolu should be tending his fields in this central Liberian town, but he cannot get there due to an invasion of caterpillars. "I am sitting here in the town doing nothing and this is the farming season. When it starts raining, we will not be able to do any work," he told AFP, staring pensively at the road to his farm. Known as army worms, the caterpillars ... more Japan's Asahi Breweries to take 20 pct stake in Tsingtao Brewery 
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 23, 2009Japan's biggest beer maker Asahi Breweries said Friday it has agreed to purchase a 19.99 percent stake in China's Tsingtao Brewery. Asahi said it will pay 666.5 million dollars to take the share in mid-March from Anheuser-Busch InBev SA of Belgium. By tightening the "strategic partnership" with Tsingtao, Asahi said it hopes to expand in the Chinese market. The two firms have had a jo ... more |
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West Lafayette IN (SPX) Jan 22, 2009A new analysis method can detect the kidney-damaging chemical melamine, used to contaminate infant formula in China last September, at very low levels within a matter of seconds. A research team at Purdue University created the analysis method to detect levels of melamine in the low parts-per-billion in milk and milk powder in about 25 seconds. An estimated 50,000 Chinese children we ... more First Global Hawk Unmanned System For Environmental Science Research 
Edwards CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2009NASA and Northrop Grumman have unveiled the first Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to be used for environmental science research, heralding a new application for the world's first fully autonomous high-altitude, long-endurance aircraft. NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center and Northrop Grumman are returning NASA's two Global Hawk aircraft to flight this year under a Space Act Agr ... more Pakistan warns Petraeus over missile strikes 
Islamabad (AFP) Jan 20, 2009Pakistan on Tuesday expressed concern to key ally the United States over missile attacks against Islamist militants on its soil, ahead of an anticipated surge of US troops into neighbouring Afghanistan. President Asif Ali Zardari and army chief General Ashfaq Kayani outlined Pakistan's position in talks with the visiting David Petraeus, the US commander for southwest Asia, said a Pakistani o ... more Afghan leader blames allies over civilian deaths, drugs 
Kabul (AFP) Jan 20, 2009Afghan President Hamid Karzai Tuesday accused his Western allies of not doing enough to stop civilian deaths in the "war on terror" or cut opium production in areas patrolled by foreign troops. Addressing the opening of parliament, Karzai called for a rethink in the international strategy aimed at rooting out extremists and cracking down on drug farming, and on how billions of dollars in rec ... more Biodiversity Passes The Taste Test And Is Healthier Too 
London, UK (SPX) Jan 21, 2009Cattle and sheep grazed on natural grasslands help maintain biodiversity and produce tastier, healthier meat, according to a study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. The research, part of the Rural Economy and Land Use program which draws together the social and natural science, concluded that pasture-based farming is good for the environment, the consumer ... more
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