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Elsevier and National Academy of Sciences, India Announce the Winners of the 2015 NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Awards

New Delhi, October 10, 2015–Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, and the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)  announced the winners of the 2015 NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Awards. The awards ceremony, was attended by more than 125 guests representing India’s top scientific community. The awards were presented by Dr. …

Plant organ development breakthrough at Carnegie

 Stanford, CA — Plants grow upward from a tip of undifferentiated tissue called the shoot apical meristem. As the tip extends, stem cells at the center of the meristem divide and increase in numbers. But the cells on the periphery differentiate to form plant organs, such as leaves and flowers. In between these two layers, …