This evolutionary tree shows the relationships between more than 33,000 species of flowering plants. Trees like this will be pieced together to form an evolutionary tree of all named species of animals, plants and microorganisms as part of the Open Tree of Life project. Image credit: Stephen Smith ANN ARBOR,[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2012.  Popular firewall technology designed to boost security on cellular networks can backfire, unwittingly revealing data that could help a hacker break into Facebook and Twitter accounts, a new study from the University of Michigan shows. The researchers also developed an Android app that tells phone[Read More…]

Oppose industry challenge to listing styrene as potential carcinogen; Public’s right to know government health findings under attack Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2012.  One of the largest labor organizations in the U.S., a leading environmental advocacy group, and one of the top physicians in occupational medicine filed legal papers late Friday[Read More…]

Requires pollution reduction for Anacostia and Potomac Rivers and Rock Creek Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2012.  Clean water advocates reached an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over a clean water permit for Washington, D.C. that will require the city to develop a plan for reducing its discharges of polluted[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2012.  “Because NASCAR is followed by millions of passionate fans and many businesses, it can be a powerful platform to raise environmental awareness, drive the adoption of safer products by more Americans, and support the growing green economy,” said Jim Jones, EPA’s acting assistant administrator for the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2012.   American farmers are growing increasingly more frustrated with the lack of commercially available seeds that have not been pretreated with pesticides. Farmers across the Midwest have called on federal officials this week to provide greater access to seeds without pesticide treatments. The request comes as[Read More…]

What is a SYN attack or flood? A. The SYN (TCP connection request) attack is a common denial of service (DoS) technique characterized by the following pattern: Using a spoofed IP address not in use on the Internet, an attacker sends multiple SYN packets to the target machine. For each SYN[Read More…]

Tropical storm Alberto (ACCUWEATHER.COM) State College, PA-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather.com reports the first tropical storm of the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season has taken shape off the South Carolina coastline. An area of low pressure centered about 140 miles east-southeast of Charleston, S.C., has developed into Tropical Storm Alberto, according to the AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center.[Read More…]

A planet’s dust cloud may explain strange patterns of light from its star. MIT-(ENEWSPF)- Researchers at MIT, NASA and elsewhere have detected a possible planet, some 1,500 light years away, that appears to be evaporating under the blistering heat of its parent star. The scientists infer that a long tail[Read More…]

(CBS)- The past 12 months were the hottest on record, and forecasters are predicting high temperatures across the U.S. this summer. Science and environment contributor M. Sanjayan explains the risk of climate change.