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Vol. 34, Number 16, December 5, 2002

Fortifying rice plants


Frank DiMeo/University Photography

Cornell molecular biologists Ajay Garg, left, with 'normal' rice, and Ray Wu, with transgenic rice grown under the same environmental stresses, are placing the new technology in the public domain to make seeds for stress-tolerant crops available worldwide. Read the story.


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Highlights

CU moves toward digital academic publishing with online 'superarchive'

CU biologists devise engineering method to fortify rice plants

New Online Add/Drop service for students debuts in the spring semester

Ice cream face-off: Lynah Swirl shoots, scores

U.S. Congress moves on Boehlert-led effort to double NSF funding

Craighead awarded $750,000 by state to further research

Tests for disease in deer and elk begin at Animal Health Diagnostic Lab

Cornell Dance Program presents 'Scaling the Walls,' starting tonight

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