Day: July 3, 2014

Chicago: Emergency Rally and March Saturday, July 5 to Demand End to Collective Punishment of Palestinians

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—July 3, 2014. A diverse coalition of Chicagoland Palestinians, along with members of other student, faith-based, human rights and other social justice groups, will hold a rally and march to protest Israel’s increasingly escalating attacks on Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and Gaza. The protesters will also march to two prominent[Read More…]

FDA Approves Beleodaq to Treat Rare, Aggressive Form of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2014.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Beleodaq (belinostat) for the treatment of patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL), a rare and fast-growing type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). The action was taken under the agency’s accelerated approval program. PTCL comprises a diverse group of[Read More…]

Study: Relaxed FAA Policy Fails to Make Air Travel More ‘Tech Friendly’

Joseph Schwieterman, director of the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development, has co-authored a new study on the use of electronic devices on intercity buses, planes and trains. (Photo by Jeff Carrion) CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—July 3, 2014. A new study by DePaul University’s Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development raises doubts about whether the[Read More…]

Ocean on Saturn Moon Could be as Salty as the Dead Sea

Researchers found that Titan’s ice shell, which overlies a very salty ocean, varies in thickness around the moon, suggesting the crust is in the process of becoming rigid. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI/Univ. of Arizona/G. Mitri/University of Nantes Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2014.  Scientists analyzing data from NASA’s Cassini mission have firm evidence[Read More…]

Energy Department Makes Additional $4 Billion in Loan Guarantees Available for Innovative Renewable Energy and Efficient Energy Projects

Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2014.  In support of the President’s Climate Action Plan, the Department of Energy issued a loan guarantee solicitation today, making as much as $4 billion in loan guarantees available for innovative renewable energy and energy efficiency projects located in the U.S. that avoid, reduce, or sequester greenhouse[Read More…]

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