Plant diseases damage crops in both yield and quality. Outbreaks of plant diseases can cause huge losses to crops, threatening food security globally. It is of great importance to study plant immunity and understand how plants respond to pathogen attacks in nature. My recent work in the model plant Arabidopsis identified a mutation in a […]

The SmartRING strander was developed in the mid-nineties to address the need in the Oriented Strand Board (OSB) industry for a higher capacity machine over the SmartDISC strander. Since being introduced to the market, the ring strander has not had any significant improvements and/or upgrades. Although, it is deemed the preferred machine by OSB customers […]

Total Shoulder Arthroplasty (TSA) is a surgical procedure to restore overall comfort and function of the affected shoulder. Traditional methods of TSA are highly invasive, and result in 68% of patients developing future complications post operation. Therefore, F. Rodriguez & J. Giles developed two paradigm shifting surgical methods to reduce the invasiveness of the surgery […]

The use of natural gas as a fuel for on-road commercial vehicles offers significant benefits, including lower greenhouse gas emissions. Methane, the main component of natural gas, has many virtues as a fuel. One of these benefits is that it is a very stable molecule. This stability does introduce a challenge: it is hard to […]