Spring 2001 Perspectives


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  RESEARCH SURVEY
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  COVER STORY
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Home-Grown: Revitalizing Rural America from the Ground Up
A five-year project explores the ties that bind agriculture and rural communities—and develops strategies for keeping both viable.
 

  FEATURE STORIES
photo of lab technician Jennifer Rice

photo of carbon spheres in silicon carbide matrix

Digging for Ginseng's Secrets
Ginseng shows promise against breast and prostate cancer in early lab studies. But will it pan out? An SIUC physiologist and her students look for answers.

Consumed with Culture
Television producer Jan Thompson wears many hats in making PBS documentaries on food and cultures around the world.

Small Worlds: Safeguarding Carbon at the Nanoscale
Nano-sized ceramic crystals can keep carbon composites—like those used for aircraft brakes—from burning at high temperatures.
 

  SIGHT LINES
image of the subterranean life stage of the whisk fern

Subterranean Sex
The secrets of the whisk fern, an early land plant.


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