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Mark Kirkpatrick

Kirkpatrick Elected to AAAS

Biologist Mark Kirkpatrick one of two faculty to be elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

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Hillis, Aldrich Earn Top Honor

Faculty elected members of the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors given to a scientist in the United States.

Cyanobacteria for Ethanol

New Source for Biofuels Discovered

A newly created microbe produces cellulose that can be turned into ethanol and other biofuels and could provide a significant portion of the nation's transportation fuel if production is scaled up.

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Saliva Can Help Diagnose Heart Attack

Early diagnosis of a heart attack may now be possible using only a few drops of saliva and a new nano-bio-chip.

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research

Assembling the Tree of Life

As part of the Assembling the Tree of Life (AToL) project, college scientists are mapping the evolutionary relationships for all life on the planet with a powerful combination of tools from morphology to genetics and computer sciences.

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