- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
UC researchers are testing tobacco's potential to be genetically modified in order to produce biofuel, reported Louis Sahagun in the Los Angeles Times' ScienceNow blog.
“The beauty of our proposal is that carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere as a byproduct of combustion of these bio-fuels would be captured again by tobacco plants and, through the natural process of photosynthesis, be converted back into fuel," said Anastasios Melis, professor in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at UC Berkeley.
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
The public is invited to the UC Cooperative Extension office in Solano County tomorrow to take part in "Tobacco Jeopardy," a play on the TV game show that is intended to inform the public on the health effects of tobacco use, reported the Vacaville Reporter.
The event is sponsored by the Solano County Tobacco Prevention and Education Program.
"The goal of the training is to increase public awareness and inspire action to reduce tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke in Solano County," said Felicia Flores-Workman of TPEP. "Whatever the audience's level of knowledge about tobacco, they're bound to learn...
