Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2012. Given the number of Wile Nile virus (WNv) cases, including 26 deaths, it is important to focus attention on mosquito management methods that are the most effective and do not introduce additional short- and long-term public health hazards with the use of toxic pesticides, public health[Read More…]
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Giant Galaxy Cluster Sets Record Pace For Creating Stars
The Phoenix Cluster, shown here as it appears in microwave (orange), optical (red, green and blue) and ultraviolet (blue) wavelengths, is forming stars at the highest rate ever observed for the middle of a galaxy cluster. A collaboration of astronomers from UChicago’s Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and elsewhere discovered[Read More…]
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s LAMP spectrometer detects helium in Moon’s atmosphere
The Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) aboard LRO uses a novel method to peer into the perpetual darkness of the Moon’s so-called permanently shadowed regions. LAMP “sees” the lunar surface using the ultraviolet light from nearby space and stars, which bathes all bodies in space in a soft glow of[Read More…]
Phoenix Cluster Sets Record Pace at Forming Stars
An extraordinary galaxy cluster, known officially as SPT-CLJ2344-4243, was recently discovered. (Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/MIT/M.McDonald; UV: NASA/JPL-Caltech/M.McDonald; Optical: AURA/NOAO/CTIO/MIT/M.McDonald; Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss) Washington-(ENEWSPF)- Astronomers have found an extraordinary galaxy cluster, one of the largest objects in the universe, that is breaking several important cosmic records. Observations of the Phoenix cluster with NASA’s[Read More…]
Court Upholds Harmful EPA Decision to Approve Higher Ethanol Blend for Motor Fuel
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 17, 2012. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today dismissed challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of a partial waiver for E15 — a 15 percent ethanol fuel blend — allowing it to be used in light-duty vehicles manufactured beginning in 2001. The court ruled that all[Read More…]
Without Weed ‘n Feed and Roundup on Playgrounds, the Children of Yesteryear Still Played
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–August 17, 2012. This photo, from 101 years ago, shows families gathered on the organic lawn of the White House for an Easter Egg hunt. Raise your hand if, like me, you’re over the age of 50. If your hand is in the air, that means you recall a different[Read More…]
MIT-Developed ‘Microthrusters’ Could Propel Small Satellites
As small as a penny, these thrusters run on jets of ion beams. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–August 17, 2012. A penny-sized rocket thruster may soon power the smallest satellites in space. The device, designed by Paulo Lozano, an associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, bears little resemblance to today’s bulky[Read More…]
Bacteria in Tap Water Can Be Traced to the Water Treatment Process
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–August 17, 2012. Most of the bacteria that remain in drinking water when it gets to the tap can be traced to filters used in the water treatment process, rather than to the aquifers or rivers where it originated, University of Michigan researchers discovered. Their study—a unique, broad-based[Read More…]
Victory For Hawai‘i Streams And Communities
Hawaiʻi high court upholds the public trust and Hawaiian rights in Nā Wai ʻEhā Honolulu, HI–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2012. The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court has ordered the state water commission to reconsider the fate of Nā Wai ʻEhā, or “The Four Great Waters” of Waiheʻe River and Waiehu, ʻĪao, and Waikapū Streams[Read More…]
Ecological Restoration To Begin On Northerly Island
Park District Expands Programs for Campers, At-Risk Youth, as Army Corps of Engineers Begins Work CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2012. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Park District General Superintendent Michael Kelly announced today that the ecological restoration of Northerly Island Park will begin in the fall as the park becomes a new urban[Read More…]
