They can even map a pathogen's genetic code, which changes from generation to generation.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

He suggested that individual organisms changed in reaction to their environment and passed on these traits to the next generation.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

The Agriculture Department has a soybean germplasm collection, a collection of genetic material passed from one generation to the next.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

"We're hearing also talk of 'super phones' which have fourth-generation chips in them that allow instantaneous access to videos and photos.

VOA: special.2011.01.10

"In a single generation, we've fallen from first place to twelfth place in college graduation rates for young adults.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

But to a new generation of high-speed communicators, a tweet describes a message sent through a popular new service.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

The movie has been a big success. And it has introduced "Star Trek" to a new generation of fans.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

In the last generation or so, different groups have encouraged public schools to celebrate diversity and cultural differences.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

This way,they can observe changes in the structure of a deadly organism from one generation to the next.

VOA: special.2010.06.29

But some in Congress want to cancel plans for the next-generation replacement for the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope.

VOA: special.2011.07.18

It was a good chance for our next generation of reporters here at VOA to ask other kids about their favorite teachers.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

This is the first time scientists have successfully passed on a foreign gene to a future generation.

VOA: special.2009.06.23

These efforts are helping to teach a whole new generation about the magical world of puppetry arts.

VOA: special.2009.09.23

"You can be the generation that brings opportunity and prosperity to forgotten corners of the world and banishes hunger from this continent forever.

VOA: special.2011.06.24