Word: searched
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...duplicated sections of Simon’s article were first discovered by eTBLAST, a text similarity search engine developed by Harold “Skip” R. Garner, Jr, a professor at the University of Texas Southwestern...
...still save seeds today, mostly in national seed banks that often specialize in native crops: pistachios in Iran, rice in the Philippines. When a disaster like the Irish potato blight of the 1840s hits, scientists can search the seed bank for an old variety that might prove resistant. Since pests and pathogens are constantly evolving, a well-stocked seed bank "is our best line of defense," says Geoff Hawtin, director-general of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia...
...second floor for dorm furniture—as I had always done in the past—I lingered by the entrance. For the first time, I dug through a pile of crimson hoodies, each labeled with “HARVARD” across its front, in search of a size small. At colleges across the country, hordes of students advertise their school pride on a daily basis: Cal sweatpants litter the Berkeley campus, Chicago beanies protect a multitude of ears against infamous wind-chill, and “Uptown Girl: Barnard College” tees saunter down many...
...professor, she earned a Ph.D. from Harvard in government. Barnard College, a top-ranked liberal arts college, is affiliated with Columbia. Spar has no previous ties to either school. Anna Quindlen, a columnist and the chair of the Barnard Board of Trustees, said in a statement that the search committee found in Spar a candidate who was “a charismatic intellectual deeply committed to the value of single-sex education for women.” At Barnard, Spar will oversee a student body of 2,389 undergraduates and a faculty of 319 professors. —Staff writer...
...Those who will continue to search for reasons why McCain can't win the Republican nomination are starting to resemble that skeptical bit character in horror films - the one who refuses to believe that the monster is real. He's the one, it should be pointed out, who usually gets killed first...