Pulling material from technical science publications that is directly applicable to the business of science marketplace is sometimes a challenge, however, here is a thought provoking publication by Greirson et al. that addresses something most of us rarely think about.
"Plants are fundamental to all life on Earth. They provide us with food, fuel, fiber, industrial feed stocks, and medicines. They render our atmosphere breathable. They buffer us against extremes of weather and provide food and shelter for much of the life on our planet. However, we take plants and the benefits they confer for granted."
Of the one hundred or so plant research questions posted, the critical 10 appear to revolve around human societies need for survival.
Including:
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The University of Kansas has received a $90,000 research funding grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct groundbreaking research into liver regeneration.
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The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has recently announced the reformation of the federal Research & Development expenditure website to make data more transparent and easy to navigate. This new online tool now allows the public to monitor national progress in technology and research innovation.
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The University of Arizona just received a multi-million dollar research funding contract from the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) to polish the mirror for the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST).
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave $5 million worth of research funding to researchers at Iowa State University who are working on developing a type of corn capable of maintaining high yields despite temperature rises.
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The Durable Rust Resistance in Wheat project at Cornell University recently received $67 million in genetics funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to design a wheat strain that can resist the devastating stem rust fungus.
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The University of Arizona has received a new $2.95 million competitively-awarded, NSF grant for a comprehensive study of the effect of monsoon weather patterns on the ecology of the Southwest. The study will integrate several diverse areas of study to give a comprehensive picture of the regions unique monsoon ecology. The grant was one of only two grants considered "outstanding" by the NSF during the application process.
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We’ve blogged about the relationship between university research campuses and the communities in which they’re situated on many occasions, usually to talk about research technologies being commercialized in the form of start-ups, sometimes in university-sponsored business parks. These new business ventures mean science talent stays local and new employment opportunities are created for locals and graduates as well. In a town or small city the university may be the biggest (if not the only) game in town economically and culturally, even geographically if it sits on enough real estate. But what is the role of the university --particularly a public university-- in a very large city with its own complex urban issues? A city like, say, Los Angeles, California?
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The Iowa First Campaign to raise $500 Million for medical research, care and training at the University of Iowa is well on its way to meeting its goal with $314M already pledged. The 7-year campaign will run through June 2013 and is being managed by the University of Iowa Foundation to benefit the Roy and Lucille Carver College of Medicine and UI Hospital and Clinics.
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Originally published in June of 2011, we're reprinting this blog because watching thousands of people dance and sing makes us happy, and for those folks currently shoveling snow it's a reminder that summer will come again one day! --12/23/2011
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