Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.
DNA Star, Inc.

Site Tools

  • AAAS
  • Subscribe
  • Feedback

Site Search

Search Advanced

Science 12 October 2001:
Vol. 294. no. 5541, pp. 284 - 285
DOI: 10.1126/science.294.5541.284
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

News of the Week

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH:
Tornado Rips Apart Maryland Center

Robert Koenig

BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND--A tornado struck here in the early evening on 24 September, dealing a serious blow to research at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC), the world's largest agricultural research complex. BARC's director estimates the destruction at $20 million, including extensive damage to one-third of BARC's 8400 square meters of greenhouses. In addition to plants damaged by the flying debris, high winds, and exposure to the elements, a power outage of nearly 48 hours may have ruined numerous frozen tissue samples and collections.

Read the Full Text

ADVERTISEMENT
Click Me!

ADVERTISEMENT
Click Me!

To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)