Natural rubber, which is essentially cis-1,4-polyisoprene, exhibits elastic properties; its trans isomer on the other hand exhibits plastic properties. Like rubber, gutta percha is an extract from tropical trees, but unlike rubber it is hard and...

About 100-120 species, including: Palaquium amboinense Palaquium barnesii Palaquium bataanense Palaquium beccarianum Palaquium borneense Palaquium burckii Palaquium clarkeanum Palaquium cochleariifolium Palaquium dasyphyllum Palaquium ellipticum...

As you approach Grantchester Meadows on the path out of Cambridge, your eye is attracted to a sheltered water-meadow curiously dotted about with the rusting stalks of antique gas streetlamps. It is a puzzling sight until you discover that they once illuminated a natural...

It's almost state fair season again, but this year you could sample one of these annual harvest rituals in the middle of scenic forested mountains instead of flat fields of corn and soybeans. When you're done with the fair, you'll have those...

NAVTEQ, of Chicago, IL, USA, has been selected to provide real-time traffic information to Alpine Electronics of America Inc., a manufacturer of high-performance mobile electronics, for its portable navigation device, Blackbird (PMD-B100). Blackbird already uses NAVTEQ maps and has a built-in Radio Data System (RDS)...