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U of Arizona Wins $9.9M Grant for Rice Genomics

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – In an effort to develop new strains of plants that can provide calories to a world that is growing in population, particularly in regions that depend on rice as a staple, the University of Arizona will use a $9.9 million grant to fund collaborative studies of the genomes of wild relatives of cultivated rice, the university said last week.

Map shows Virginia was destination for two facing drug charges

PENGILLY — A traffic stop in Pengilly early Sunday morning has led to felony drug charges for two individuals from Arizona. And a map found in their car showed the way to Virginia.

US managers fail to use land for solar power

Not a light bulb's worth of solar electricity has been produced on the millions of acres (hectares) of public desert set aside for it. Not one project to build glimmering solar farms has even broken ground.

Prepared Remarks at AIAA Space 2010 By NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver

It is in my view precisely by asking what will happen in the next 50 years that drives what should happen in the next few months, and then the next couple of years, because that will lay the framework for probably decades to come.

University of Arizona-led group awarded $9.9 million to develop 'super rice'

A University of Arizona-led consortium has been awarded $9.9 million from the National Science Foundation to develop a deeper understanding of the wild relatives of cultivated rice with the ultimate goal of creating next-generation varities that are better capable of withstanding drought and poorer soils and produce higher yields than current forms of domesticated rice.