UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–13 September 2011.  A scanner which combines the convenience of a desktop scanner with the functionality of a powerful laboratory imaging device has been developed at the University of Oxford’s Classics Department, and is now being commercialised by a new company Oxford Multi Spectral Limited which was today spun[Read More…]

Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2011.  U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the Energy Department finalized a $1.2 billion loan guarantee to Mojave Solar LLC for the development of the Mojave Solar Project (MSP).  When complete, the 250MW solar generation project located in San Bernardino County, California will increase the nation’s[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2011.  U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced more than $30 million for 24 universities in 23 states across the country to train undergraduate- and graduate-level engineering students in manufacturing efficiency to help them become the nation’s next generation of industrial energy efficiency experts. Each school will[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2011.  A recent federal district court ruling is the latest in the series of setbacks against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA’s) ability to enforce the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide & Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The decision could affect at least five Stop Sale, Use or Removal Orders (SSUROs)[Read More…]

Galaxy forming stars EU–(ENEWSPF)–13 September 2011.  ESA’s Herschel infrared space observatory has discovered that galaxies do not need to collide with each other to drive vigorous star birth. The finding overturns this long-held assumption and paints a more stately picture of how galaxies evolve.  The conclusion is based on Herschel’s[Read More…]

Cosmic Oddball May Harbour a Gigantic Storm TORONTO, ON—(ENEWSPF)—September 12, 2011.  A University of Toronto-led team of astronomers has observed extreme brightness changes on a nearby brown dwarf that may indicate a storm grander than any seen yet on a planet. Because old brown dwarfs and giant planets have similar[Read More…]

Takoma Park, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—September 12, 2011.  News is coming in about an explosion at Marcoule, a nuclear processing plant in southern France. One worker has died and four have been injured according to official reports. The explosion appears to have occurred in a furnace at Marcoule in a radioactive waste treatment[Read More…]

EU–(ENEWSPF)–12 September 2011.   ERS-2 After a final thruster firing last week to deplete its remaining fuel, ESA’s venerable ERS-2 observation satellite has been safely taken out of service. Ground controllers also ensured the space environment was protected for future missions.  The mission ended on 5 September, after the satellite’s[Read More…]

EU–(ENEWSPF)–9 September 2011.       Galileo IOV FM2 satellite landed in French Guiana The first Galileo navigation satellite has arrived in Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, ready to begin preparations for launch on 20 October.  Packed within its protective, air-conditioned container, the satellite landed at Cayenne Rochambeau Airport aboard[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2011.  Just back from a soil biology training session with one of the country’s leading experts, Paul Wagner, at the Soil Food Web on Long Island, I remain in awe of the world’s smallest creatures. These are the bacteria, protozoa, nematodes etc. that make our life on the[Read More…]