Researchers have identified a distinctive X-ray signal that comes from matter on the verge of falling into the black hole. Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center   ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2012.  Astrophysicists have detected, for the first time, the oscillating signal that heralds the last gasps of a[Read More…]

An Azteca ant grabbing an adult lady beetle on a coffee plant in Chiapas, Mexico. Lady beetles attempt to eat the green coffee scale insects guarded by the ants. But patrolling ants will attack and kill adult beetles and will remove beetle eggs laid on ant-tended coffee plants. Photo by[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2012 This photo was sent to us from Jeff Borkowski of Massachusetts, where the lawn is watered daily — contributing to the massive population of crabgrass. Ironically, this stand of crabgrass in the North looks a lot like a healthy carpet of St. Augustine or centipede grass in[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2012.  Pesticide manufactures don’t want you to know what’s in your food. According to filings released Tuesday through the office of California’s Secretary of State, chemical company lobby groups have so far spent $750,000 in efforts to block the passage of California’s Prop 37, which would require[Read More…]

Would Provide Desperately Needed Investment in America’s Clean Water Infrastructure WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2012.  Yesterday, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-3), introduced the Water Protection and Reinvestment Act of 2012(HR 6249), a bill that will provide a deficit-neutral, consistent, and protected source of revenue to help states replace, repair, and rehabilitate critical[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2012.  After a three-month drop, fuel economy of all new vehicles sold in the United States remained unchanged in July, say researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Average fuel economy (window-sticker values) of cars, light trucks, minivans and SUVs purchased last month was[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2012 Even if you catch my (pesticide) drift in your lungs or on your skin, it’s not my problem according to a Minnesota court (National Pesticide Information Center photo). Second-Hand Pesticides Are An Unfortunate Fact of Life If someone fires a gun or an arrow in your direction[Read More…]

WASHINGTON – The Department of Energy today announced that 19 transformative new projects will receive a total of $43 million in funding from the Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to leverage the nation’s brightest scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs to develop breakthrough energy storage technologies and support promising small businesses.[Read More…]

 Ladon basin in full colour EU–(ENEWSPF)–2 August 2012.  ESA’s Mars Express has observed the southern part of a partially buried approx. 440-km wide crater, informally named Ladon basin. The images, near to where Ladon Valles enters this large impact region reveal a variety of features, most notably the double interconnected[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2012.  Following the phase-out announcement two years ago, and after many years of pressure from environmental and international groups concerned about the chemical’s health effects, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finally begun the process of phasing out the use of the highly toxic endosulfan –an[Read More…]