HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Oct. 11 -- The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology issued the following news: Scientists at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center were awarded a four-year National Science Foundation (NSF) Enabling Discovery through GEnomics (EDGE) grant to advance their understanding of sphagnum moss, a crucial component of peatlands and a vital player in global ecosystems. Together this collaborative team will develop genetic and geno  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: * * * Proposed new section of the $5+ billion project will destroy over 10 miles of streams and tributaries north of Birmingham, offer little economic benefit * * * BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--A new analysis continues to cast doubt on the economic benefits of the most expensive road project in Alabama history. A team of economists with the University of North Carolina found signific  more