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December 26, 2012

Unraveling the threads: Simplest cotton genome offers clues for fiber improvements
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 26, 2012
From the stockings decorating mantles to the new outfits in display windows calling to shoppers, cotton is woven into the fabric of the holiday season. For bioenergy researchers, however, fiber composition matters more than color and texture as each cotton strand is composed of more than two dozen coils of cellulose, a target biomass for next-generation biofuels. In the December 20, 2012 edition of Nature, an international consortium of researchers from 31 institutions including a team from the U. ... read more

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Eighth Landsat Satellite Arrives at Launch Site

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