GEORGE A. GRIES passed away on Nov. 11, 2009. Nov 15, 2009
D. During the 40s and 50s, George was a professor of plant pathology and botany at the Connecticut Experimental Station, Purdue University and the University of Wales, Swansea, UK.. He and Mary Lou moved to Tucson in 1960, where he headed up the UA s Plant Pathology Department. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
10 things to do this weekend Oct 2, 2009
It comes to Experimental Station (thanks to the Smart Museum at the University of Chicago) this weekend. Dress up to join the fun: Priority admission will be given to those wearing costumes. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Organic apple orchard floor maintenance techniques Sep 6, 2009
This is the "Swiss Sandwich System " in Golden Smoothee orchard in Clarksville Experimental Station, Mich. EAST LANSING, MISuccessful organic apple farming literally starts from the ground up. (EurekAlert!)
Online produce sales aid youths Aug 18, 2009
His students are growing organic bananas, herbs, sweet potatoes and tomatoes in Waimanalo at the UH Experimental Station. Radovich said the students are also helping to bring organic food to a neighborhood that doesn't normally have access to that kind of food. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Winston Means Laughlin Aug 7, 2009
Winston and Dorothy came to Alaska in 1949 where Winston started working at the Experimental Station in Palmer as a research soil scientist. He retired in 1980. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
NASA Speaker Tells Colonial Tales With Science, Engineering Jul 31, 2009
Kelley has his Bachelor of Science degree in physics and a doctorate in materials engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., and spent 26 years in the Central Science and Engineering Laboratories, Experimental Station at DuPont, Wilmington, Del. before coming to Virginia. (PR Newswire)
Local events for gardeners Jul 30, 2009
Monday, 7 p.m. Tour of the UAF Agricultural & Forestry Experimental Station, given by Jeff Smeenk, UAF Cooperative Extension Service. Meet at the Matanuska Experimental Farm, 1509 S. Trunk Road, Wasilla. (Anchorage Daily News)
Papers reveal Allies' World War II plans for poisoned darts Jun 26, 2009
" ConfusionDespite some initial success, the project did not always run completely to plan. When the scientists came to procure the needles needed for their experiments - it seems they caused not a little confusion. An exchange of letters between Singer Sewing Machine Co. Ltd in Bristol and the Biology section at the experimental station in Porton Down illustrates how the need for secrecy stopped scientists explaining exactly what they needed the needles for. One letter from Singer, dated... (BBC News -- Europe)
Mad about mangoes Jun 18, 2009
Others recall people who discovered or developed the hybrid, or popularized it: Mapulehu (from Joe Welch Mapulehu, who bred the trees on Moloka'i from an Indian variety); Gouveia (named for Ruth Gouveia of St. Louis Heights); Rapoza (named for nurseryman Herbert Rapoza, who worked on the variety at a UH experimental station); Ah Ping (from Chun Ah Ping, who raised mangoes on Moloka'i), explained Mark Suiso who, with his wife, Candy, operates Makaha Mangoes on O'ahu. But the mango is not native... (Honolulu Advertiser)
State budget ax spares MSU Extension, for now Apr 18, 2009
By Chris EngleStaff Writer Friday, April 17, 2009 2:50 PM EDT OTSEGO COUNTY - A 50-percent cut in state funding for Michigan State University Extension (MSUE) and its Michigan Agricultural Experimental Station (MAES) initially proposed in the governors budget this year would effectively shut us down, according to Linda Cronk, extension director for Crawford and Otsego county MSUE offices. Thankfully, she said, the state House has reinstated the fiscal year (FY) 2010 budget which allows... (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Gardens of delight need study Mar 22, 2009
From the diverse man-made creations of grapes, plums and apples developed at the Geneva experimental station to a broad range of common to rare and endangered native plants that we hear about but seldom see. All in a tight, walkable area, with perhaps a caf in the midst of this profusion of colors and fragrances. (Albany Times Union)
New Technique Developed To Date Forensic Death Based On Corpse Microorganisms Mar 19, 2009
The study has been carried out by Professor Isabel Fern;ndez Corcobado and supervised by Professors Miguel Botella L;pez, of the Laboratory of Anthropology of the UGR, and Eulogio Bedmar G;mez of the Zaid;n Experimental Station (CSIC). The purpose of the project was to establish the initial methodological basis to create a protocol of general application in the field of Forensic Termography and Microbiology in order to provide new complementary tools to existing criminalistic techniques. (Science Daily)
Census Bureau Daily Feature for Friday, February 27: First Televised Basketball Game Feb 27, 2009
It was played this week in 1940 at Madison Square Garden in New York and was telecast to a tiny audience by an experimental station, W2XBS, a part of NBCs early efforts to develop the new technology. In the game, Pittsburgh beat Fordham 50 to 37. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Figuring Out Green Power: Scientists Speed Up Discovery Of Plant Metabolism Genes Feb 25, 2009
Robert Last, professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan Agriculture Experimental Station. (Credit: G.L. Kohuth). (Science Daily)
Leading edge facility to strip history bare Feb 16, 2009
Speaking at the AAAS Meeting in Chicago Dr Jen Hiller, Diamond's resident archaeologist, announced that the UK synchrotron will open a powerful new experimental station this autumn. Called the Joint Engineering, Environmental and Processing (JEEP) beamline, it will carry out experiments in a variety of areas including the growing field of world heritage science. (EurekAlert!)
