University of Wisconsin-Madison NEWS | September 25, 2008 | Dennis Chaptman
We Conserve — the campuswide program aimed at slashing energy consumption by 20 percent by 2010 and building an environmental ethic — will celebrate its achievements in a series of events beginning with a concert on Friday, Sept. 26.
The concert, from 7:30 p.m. until midnight […]

MSU News | August 14, 2008
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Scientists at Michigan State University have identified a new protein necessary for chloroplast development. The discovery could ultimately lead to plant varieties tailored specifically for biofuel production.
 
Chloroplasts, which are specialized compartments in plant cells, convert sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into sugars and oxygen (”fuel” […]