By using a whole-genome oligonucleotide microarray to investigate the transcriptome profiles of LYP9 rice and its parental cultivars, Zhu Lihuang and colleagues from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center shed light on the hereditary basis and molecular mechanism of a popular superhybrid rice variety.

Australians’ taste for cheese is continuing to mature, with the types and styles we consume changing dramatically in recent years according to cheese connoisseurs. Free trade agreements and changes to legislation has seen the variety of cheeses avail able swell, but some still claim we are limited compared to overseas markets, because of restrictions on raw milk cheese.

Since the beginning of the year, 20 racehorses have been euthanized after catastrophic breakdowns in racing or training accidents at Belmont Park or Aqueduct.

Six years of worrying about bird flu did much to prepare the United States for the current swine flu outbreak, federal officials and an independent monitoring group said Thursday, but they cautioned that there were still gaps in planning.