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Genetic code of corn cracked
U.S. researchers said they have cracked the genetic code of
corn, one of the world's most important food and biofuel crops.
Researchers from Washington University, Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory, Iowa State University and the University of Arizona
used a genetic physical map created by the University of Arizona
to complete a working draft of the corn genome. The group
sequenced a variety of corn known as B73, developed at Iowa
State University, that is known for high grain yields and has
been used extensively in both commercial corn breeding and in
research laboratories. The draft covers about 95 percent of
the corn genome. University of Arizona plant scientist Rod
Wing said that the data could be used to develop new strains
of maize that can survive drought or respond better to climate
change, as well as strains with higher yields to help feed the
planet's growing population, the university said in a release.
The genetic blueprint was announced Thursday at the 50th Annual
Maize Genetics Conference in Washington.
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Study links cell phones to risky behavior
Putting cell phones in the hands of U.S. college students
increases their likelihood of walking after dark where they
normally wouldn't go, a study shows. Study co-author Jack
Nasar of Ohio State University in Columbus, along with Peter
Hecht of Temple University in Philadelphia and Richard Wener
of Brooklyn Polytechnic University in New York, randomly
selected 317 OSU students in 2001 and 305 students in a
separate survey one year later. Forty-two percent of women,
compared to 28 percent of men, said if they had a cell phone
they would be willing to walk somewhere after dark that they
would normally not go. "Especially for women, cell phones
offer a sense of security that may make them more willing to
put themselves in risky situations," Nasar said in a statement.
"If anything, they are probably less safe because they are
paying less attention to their surroundings." The students
were surveyed in 2001 and 2002, but Nasar said the results
still apply today -- maybe even more so because in 2001, 38
percent didn't have a cell phone, while one year later that
dropped to 14 percent. The findings were published in the
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.
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Scientists warn of N.Z. brain drain
A lack in government funding for scientists in New Zealand
is reportedly driving top researchers from the country.
The New Zealand Herald reported Monday that 460 of New Zealand's
leading scientists and academics have urged the government to
augment the Marsden Fund, the country's core basic research fund.
The scientists, from the public and private sectors, made
their plea in an open letter to Science Minister Pete Hodgson,
the newspaper reported. Hodgson said recently that there
were "no plans to dramatically increase the Marsden Fund, any
more than there are plans to raise the health research fund,
or other funds." Victoria University Professor Jeffery Tallon,
who penned the letter to Hodgson, said New Zealand spends just
over 1 percent of its gross domestic product on science research.
By comparison, the letter said, Denmark spends more than three
percent of its GDP on scientific endeavors. "We need to wake
up. Collectively in New Zealand we haven't got our heads around
that we're in direct competition with the rest of the world,"
Tallon said. "We're falling behind. It's a slow-burning
catastrophe." The government Marsden Fund disperses $39 million
to researchers each year, which is enough money to fund seven
percent of the fund's applicants, the newspaper said.
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