WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2012. As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to protecting America’s critical energy infrastructure, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the release of a new Cybersecurity Self-Evaluation Survey Tool for utilities that will strengthen protection of the nation’s electric grid from cybersecurity threats. Today’s announcement is part[Read More…]
Environmental
Manitoba Solicits Public Input for Pesticide Ban, British Columbia’s Law in Doubt
Washignton, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 28th 2012. The Canadian province of Manitoba is asking for public feedback on whether to ban the sale and/or use of cosmetic pesticides for lawn care. This request comes on the heels of a May 17 recommendation by a special committee in the Canadian provincial government of British[Read More…]
Tiny Crustaceans Enlisted to Fight Mosquitoes in New Jersey
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2012. One county in New Jersey is getting serious about combating mosquitoes this season. Instead of relying on pesticide spraying, which has been shown to not be effective, the Cape May County Department of Mosquito Control is employing 10,000 tiny shrimp-like crustaceans that will eat their way[Read More…]
A Black Hole´s Dinner (Video/Story)
A giant gas cloud is on collision course with the black hole in the centre of our galaxy in 2013. This is a unique opportunity to observe how a super massive black hole sucks in material, in real time European Research Media Center-(ENEWSPF)- The black hole at the centre of the galaxy,[Read More…]
Houston Workshop Marks Key Step in Planning Future Mars Missions
WASHINGTON -(ENEWSPF)- A recent workshop conducted for NASA by the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) in Houston, marked a key step in the agency’s effort to forge a new Mars strategy in the coming decades. A report that summarizes the wide range of cutting-edge science, technology and mission concepts discussed[Read More…]
NASA’s Hubble Spots Rare Gravitational Arc from Distant, Hefty Galaxy Cluster
Source: Hubblesite.org Baltimore, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Seeing is believing, except when you don’t believe what you see. Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found a puzzling arc of light behind an extremely massive cluster of galaxies residing 10 billion light-years away. The galactic grouping, discovered by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, was[Read More…]
Drought Heightens Need for Proper Watering
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2012. Last Thursday, with a heat index of 105, I witnessed a sprinkler system spewing water high into the air at noontime near Washington, D.C. This morning, after more than an inch of rain yesterday, I heard my neighbors’ sprinkler system go off at 5:45 a.m. in Rhode[Read More…]
NOAA: Data from New Satellite Implemented in Record Time
Meteorologists are now using information for weather forecasts Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2012. Peering inside Tropical Storm Aletta: Suomi NPP flew over Aletta on May 15. The ATMS sensor can detect subtle differences in moisture, allowing it to “see” through cloud tops. In this image, areas of higher brightness temperature correspond[Read More…]
Better Surfaces Could Help Dissipate Heat
Heat transfer in everything from computer chips to powerplants could be improved through new analysis of surface textures. MASSACHUSETTS–(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2012. Cooling systems that use a liquid that changes phase — such as water boiling on a surface — can play an important part in many developing technologies, including advanced[Read More…]
Lab-on-a-chip Detects Trace Levels of Toxic Vapors in Homes Near Utah Air Force Base
ANN ARBOR, Mich–(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2012. A lab-on-a-chip technology that measures trace amounts of air contaminants in homes was successfully field-tested by researchers at the University of Michigan. Even in the presence of 50 other indoor air contaminants, the U-M-built microsystem found levels of the targeted contaminant so low that it[Read More…]
