contents | summer 2010
Hot pepper industry rescued from ‘Viruses of the Caribbean’
A well-respected authority on plant viruses of the Caribbean has helped rebuild a valuable industry that was near collapse.
Scientists track misfires in cells' regulatory machinery as cause of lupus
Autoimmune disease is when the immune system attacks the body it is supposed to be protecting. Researchers have discovered where the breakdown in the molecular regulatory machinery is occurring.
Tires tested in the real world without leaving the lab
Traditionally, industry manufacturers and researchers test tires on an indoor treadmill. Virginia Tech researchers put the rubber on the road and off-road too.
Building bridges in Haiti - before and after the earthquake
A civil engineering student helped Partners in Health build a bridge in Haiti before the earthquake, returned to help after the quake, and learned about building social infrastructure
Being thrifty may not make you healthy
Time is much more constraining than money in reaching the nutritional requirements of the USDA Thrifty Food Plan.
Conservancy calls on student researchers to help preserve the integrity of the Potomac’s Passage Creek watershed
Wading creeks and turning over rocks are all a part of research.
‘Awed by Everything’ - How a poet reveals his world
Curiosity and observation become the core of a poem.
Conservation planning tool developed for Tennessee adapted for South America
A student’s novel mapping procedure to measure human impacts on the ecology of the upper Tennessee River basin is being used as an Ecological Risk Index on 50 freshwater ecoregions in South America.
