Insertion of the Enzyme Cyclopropane Fatty Acid Synthase into Plastids through Agrobacterium Mediated Transformation

Under natural conditions, Agrobacterium is a plant pathogen that infects plants by inserting genes into the plant\u27s genome that are desirable to the bacterium itself. A tumor is then formed and the infected plant tissue makes molecules that the bacterium uses as food

The Fourth Amendment\u27s National Security Exception: Its History and Limits

Since 2001, federal prosecutors have indicted and convicted hundreds of defendants for terrorism, espionage, and other national security crimes.\u27 And for every prosecution, there are dozens of investigations into foreign threats that never result in a trial. Between 2001 and 2010, for example, the federal government obtained 16,306 foreign intelligence warrants in the course of its security operations. Between 2004 and 2011, the Federal Bureau of Investigations ( FBI ) issued 119,192 National Security Letters for records deemed to be pertinent to national security investigations. Despite these numbers, security investigations and prosecutions proceed on uncertain constitutional footing. The rights of terrorism suspects to receive Miranda warnings, confront accusers, and obtain civilian trials are unclear.6 Similar constitutional questions surround the Fourth Amendment and its application to national security matters. The balance between the Fourth Amendment\u27s protections and the President\u27s inherent power to defend the nation has become a focus of litigation in recent years yet still remains murky. To clarify the constitutional parameters of national security investigations, this Article examines the Fourth Amendment\u27s historical influence in security affairs. Claims about historical practice pervade debates over modern surveillance programs, including those about the Bush Administration\u27s warrantless wiretapping program and recent amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ( FISA ). These historical treatments remain cursory, however, and have failed to detail how the Fourth Amendment regulated national security operations in the pre- September 11 era

Opinion Editorial: Reflecting on Obama’s America\u27s College Promise Proposal

Reflecting on Obama’s America’s College Promise Proposa

Politics and the Information Superhighway

The following statement was delivered on 24 May 1995 by the Congressman in support of the markup of The Communications Act of 1995

Analysis of SPAR 8 single-axis levitation experiment

The melting and resolidification of SPAR 8 payload melting and resolidification of a glass specimen from the in a containerless condition and the retrieval and examination of the specimen from the. The absence of container contact was assured by use of a single-axis acoustic levitation system. However, the sample contacted a wire cage after being held without container contact by the acoustic field for only approximately 87 seconds. At this time, the sample was still molten and, therefore, flowed aroung the wire and continued to adhere to it. An analysis of why the sample did not remain levitated free of container contact is presented. The experiment is described, and experimental observations are discussed and analyzed

Post-Modern Jurisprudence - Finally (Maybe)

A new book from Ronald Dworkin is more than a publication by an eminent legal philosopher; it is a signal for jurisprudential reflection, reassessment and wood-shedding