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University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
Crop Protection Gets a Boost with Biotechnology
Big problems can come in small packages. Case in point: The insect pests that feed on crops. Each year, these tiny creatures cause large-scale agricultural devastation around the world. For farmers, that erodes revenue worth billions of dollars and also contributes to steeper food prices. This poses a particularly worrisome trend in developing nations, where growing populations already struggle to afford the sustenance they need.
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University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Affordable, Green Buildings Hit Home for Students and the Community
For most of its 50-plus year history in the United States, the prefabricated or prefab home has been the ugly stepsister of the housing industry, disparaged for substandard quality and lack of design aesthetic. But a confluence of factors – from the advent of green building technologies and a natural disaster to the latest financial crisis – has prompted innovative architects to take a second look at the modular home.
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