This color-enhanced view shows NASA’s Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars. It was taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Image credit: NASNASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona PASADENA, CA-(ENEWSPF)- The first color image taken from orbit showing NASA’s rover Curiosity on Mars includes details[Read More…]

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Researchers may have discovered a new method to predict solar flares more than a day before they occur, providing advance warning to help protect satellites, power grids and astronauts from potentially dangerous radiation. The system works by measuring differences in gamma radiation emitted when atoms in radioactive[Read More…]

Synapse Report Finds Energy Efficiency Helps Bill Payers and our Air Quality KNOXVILLE, TN–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2012.  In a new report released today, August 14, Synapse Energy Economics reveals that the Tennessee Valley Authority is risking wasting billions of dollars to keep aging, out-of-date coal plants online instead of pursuing lower[Read More…]

Explore Wildlife, Natural Habitats, Hiking Trails and Conservation Efforts NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2012.  As travelers contemplate last-minute summer trips and Labor Day plans, Audubon invites Americans to exit the highway and discover beautiful nature destinations with its list of seven scenic stops. Spanning cities across the country, the travel ideas[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2012.  Astronauts and cosmonauts will perform two spacewalks outside the International Space Station this month. NASA Television will broadcast both events live. Coverage of the first will begin at 10 a.m. EDT, Monday, Aug. 20. Coverage of the second will begin at 7 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 30. The[Read More…]

An Estimated 31 Million People Exposed to Cancer-Causing “Erin Brockovich” Chemical   SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2012 –The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Working Group today sued the California Department of Public Health for failing to protect millions of Californians from hexavalent chromium, the cancer-causing chemical made infamous in the[Read More…]

Reps. Holt, Capps and Price lead call for halt to Arctic Ocean lease sales   Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2012.  Even as they took a break from Washington for this month’s congressional recess, 61 members of Congress showed their support for America’s Arctic Ocean by sending a letter to Interior Secretary[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2012.  We go through a debate every few weeks at our house until my wife overrules my daughter and forces me to mow the lawn, including the areas we endeavor to keep “nice” and the outlying areas where I like to call it “naturalized.” To my daughter all[Read More…]

Biological structures may help engineers design new materials. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2012.  From an engineer’s perspective, plants such as palm trees, bamboo, maples and even potatoes are examples of precise engineering on a microscopic scale. Like wooden beams reinforcing a house, cell walls make up the structural supports of all[Read More…]

Stronger protections for the Boundary Waters and Voyageurs National Park would improve public health, the economy, and iconic places   St. Paul, MN–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2012. Yesterday, in a push for healthier air in Minnesota, clean air groups appealed weak air pollution requirements recently approved for the state by the Environmental[Read More…]