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Will harvesting trees create energy, benefit forests
Janaki Alavalapati, head of the Department of Forestry at Virginia Tech, said harvesting trees and plants for fuel might improve the health of forests.
April 11, 2009
The forest industry biofuel market is evolving
Forest scientist Janaki Alavalapati talks about how a forest industry biofuel might boost rural economies and be a possible source of clean, renewable energy.
April 10, 2009
Climate change may increase pest-borne disease
Listen to Harvard's Paul Epstein talk about why climate change could lead to a cluster of problems like water-borne disease, mosquito borne disease, and even rodent-borne disease.
April 5, 2009
Chimps beat undergrads in memory test
Random numbers appeared on a touchscreen. After a fraction of a second, the numbers were masked by white squares. The chimps remembered them and in numerical order.
April 3, 2009
Nanotechnology will teach us plants’ secrets
This Harvard chemist said that, to understand a plant, you have to look inside its cells. And nanotechnology can help.
April 1, 2009
Soil beneath our feet can slow climate change
As plants grow, they take up carbon dioxide, and the plant material that goes into the soil to form organic matter stabilizes that carbon in the soil.
April 1, 2009
Nanotech may revolutionize agriculture
He said nanotech - the control of matter at the atomic scale - can make our animal food systems safer.
March 31, 2009
AIDS detection lab in a cell phone
Optics expert Ozcan optics expert modified a standard cellphone with a camera sensor to diagnose malaria and works as an AIDS detection in patients.
March 26, 2009
Nuclear weapons can be controlled
Seismologist Paul Richards says that scientists can now detect any nuclear test of military significance, no matter how secret. He feels nuclear weapons can be controlled.
March 24, 2009
The promise of new stem cell lines
Listen to MIT professor Richard Hynes talk about President Barack Obama's 2009 move to lift Bush's limits on stem cell research.
March 21, 2009
