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Saving forests the natural way. (biological control of pest insects and plants) (includes related information)
American Forests
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January 1, 1990|
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SAVING FORESTS THE NATURAL WAY
Biological control is at least 1,700 years old. As early as the third century A.D., citrus growers in China used predatory ants to forage for insect pests. Today, as they did then, the growers place ant nests in a few of the trees and connect the tree crowns with long bamboo strips, which the brigades of hungry ants use as aerial bridges.
Biological control has come a long way since the third century, thanks partly to the efforts of legions of Forest Service scientists - some of whom have even subjected themselves to personal ...
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HONOLULU, Hawaii: Institute For Astronomy To Hold First Maui Open House
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service
; ...Going On at the Institute for Astronomy on Maui," "The Akamai Program...our work on Haleakala in solar astronomy, and now the Pan-STARRS PS1 telescope, which...academic technical partnerships in astronomy," said Jeff Kuhn, Associate...
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Johns Hopkins University in Science Consortium for Powerful New Telescope; Built to Hunt Earth-Bound Asteroids, Pan-STARRS Will Also Survey All Transient Phenomena.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service
; ...Response System (called Pan-STARRS) will use...Planck Institutes for Astronomy and Extraterrestrial...Astronomy, is the Pan-STARRS project scientist...Hopkins Physics and Astronomy: http://physics-astronomy.jhu.edu/
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World's largest digital camera installed on Pan STARRS-1 telescope
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times
; ...advanced digital camera on the Pan STARRS-1 (PS 1) telescope...at Manoa's Institute for Astronomy in Honolulu, the gigapixel...release by the Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, the...revolutionize many areas of astronomy," said IfA Director Rolf...
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Haleakala becomes hot spot for astronomy
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin
; ...a back seat to Mauna Kea in astronomy. It has a leading role in...University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy's Maui Division. [Sidebar...University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy's Mees Solar Observatory...has been closed. The first Pan-STARRS telescope to search...
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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII MANOA INSTITUTE FOR ASTRONOMY DIRECTOR AWARDED SCHWARZSCHILD PRIZE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...and in Reviews of Modern Astronomy. The event was presided over...ambitious University of Hawaii Pan-STARRS project, which will...in 2000, Kudritzki was an astronomy professor and director of the...in 1967, the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii...
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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA INSTITUTE FOR ASTRONOMY DIRECTOR TO BE HONORED
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...and in Reviews of Modern Astronomy. In addition, Kudritzki will...ambitious University of Hawaii Pan-STARRS project, which will...in 2000, Kudritzki was an astronomy professor and director of the...director of our Institute for Astronomy." "I am both surprised and...
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Microsoft Research Delivers Tools to Help Accelerate Scientific Discovery; Workflow technology for scientists connects raw data to computing systems, facilitating research in oceanography, astronomy, environmental science and other disciplines.
M2 Presswire
; ...facilitating research in oceanography, astronomy, environmental science and...fields such as oceanography, astronomy, environmental science and...and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) project, which helps...pose a threat to Earth. The Pan-STARRS project uses an array...
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UH hosts open house promoting astronomy
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin
; ...the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy's annual Open House kicking off Astronomy Week from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday...are being made and tested, such as the Pan-STARRS I telescope. Pan-STARRS, which is being built on Haleakala...
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Astronomy: Good heavens It's 300ft tall, more powerful than Hubble and stands as a living monument to a lost scientific age. But the the high-maintenance Jodrell Bank telescope is now threatened with closure, says Peter Stanford. Photographs by Simon Norfolk
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...funding body, the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, reportedly considering...of raising funds to contribute to a new pan- European optical telescope in Chile...the facility in the forefront of world astronomy. The bowl's 7,100 surface panels...
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Researchers from Ohio State University describe findings in astronomy.
Newspaper article from: Physics Week
; ...and sampling of the survey, several future surveys such as Pan-STARRS, LSST, and SNAP will significantly improve on these...Bristol BS1 6BE, England. Keywords: Physics, Supernovas, Astronomy, Ohio State University. This article was prepared by Physics...
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