Biology

Alpena teacher earns ideas award (The Alpena News)

9 Jul 2008

An Alpena High School teacher has been recognized at the state level for her successful teaching techniques in the classroom. Melissa Smith, an agriscience, biology and physical science teacher, has been selected as the 2008 Michigan winner of the Ideas Unlimited Award, which is given by the National Association of Agricultural Educators. "I'm pretty proud.

Fossil Feathers Preserve Evidence Of Color, Say Scientists (Science Daily)

9 Jul 2008

The traces of organic material found in fossil feathers are remnants of pigments that once gave birds their color, according to Yale scientists whose paper in Biology Letters opens up the potential to depict the original coloration of fossilized birds and their ancestors, the dinosaurs.

Fayetteville, Arkansas July 8, 2008 (SeedQuest)

8 Jul 2008

Molecular biology with plants has been given a shot in the arm by National Science Foundation funding for what collaborating scientists call the Plant Powered Production (P3) research group on three Arkansas campuses.