Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2011. Three research teams focused on developing strategies that could help to rid the body of HIV are receiving grants totaling more than $14 million a year, for up to five years, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health[Read More…]
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Research Links Mixture of Old and Current Pesticides in the Environment to Developmental Effects
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2011. The findings of a research team suggest that the concentrations of the banned but still persistent insecticide chlordane and the widely used insecticide permethrin in cord blood may be associated with inflammatory cytokines (signaling molecules of the nervous and immune system important to intercellular communication) in[Read More…]
NOAA: U.S. Warmer and Drier Than Normal in June
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2011. June 2011 brought temperature and precipitation extremes across the United States. An oppressive heat wave, accompanied by intensifying drought conditions, shattered temperature records in the South and Southwest. Overall, the nation had its 19th driest and 26th warmest June on record, according to scientists at NOAA’s[Read More…]
Modern Polar Bears Are Descended From Extinct Brown Bears From Ireland
UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–8 July 2011. Scientists have discovered that modern polar bears are descended from now extinct brown bears that roamed the region we know today as Britain and Ireland. It is thought that polar bears moved into this area just before, or during the last Ice Age, where they mated[Read More…]
DOE Offers Conditional Commitment for a $105 Million Loan Guarantee for First-of-its-Kind Cellulosic Bio-Refinery in Iowa
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2011. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the offer of a conditional commitment for a $105 million loan guarantee to support the development of the nation’s first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant. Project LIBERTY, sponsored by POET, LLC, will produce up to 25 million gallons of ethanol[Read More…]
Patients’ Lawsuit Forces Federal Gov’t to Answer 9-Year-Old Medical Marijuana Rescheduling Petition
Petition’s Denial Maintains Status Quo, But Gives Advocates Chance to Appeal and Argue Marijuana’s Therapeutic Value Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 8, 2011. Less than two months after patient advocates filed a lawsuit compelling the federal government to answer a 9-year-old petition to reschedule medical marijuana, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) today made[Read More…]
USDA Exempts Genetically Engineered Turf Grass from Regulations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2011. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a decision stating that it does not consider a new type of genetically engineered (GE) turf grass to be subject to federal regulations. In the decision announced by the USDA’s Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), the[Read More…]
Broad Coalition of Industry, Local Government and Public Interest Groups Support Electric Vehicles and Freedom from Oil
San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2011. Today more than 180 local and national companies and organizations joined together to show their support for plug-in electric vehicle (EV) policies and infrastructure –demonstrating the groundswell of support in all regions of the country for EV innovation and the types of policies needed to[Read More…]
NOAA Ship Fairweather Sets Sail to Map Areas of the Arctic
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2011. Using state-of-the-art echo sounding technology, NOAA Ship Fairweather is detecting navigational dangers in critical Arctic waterways – High resolution (Credit: NOAA) NOAA Ship Fairweather, a 231-foot survey vessel, departed Kodiak, Alaska, today on a mission to conduct hydrographic surveys in remote areas of the Arctic where depths[Read More…]
Widespread Flood Threat to Continue Through Summer
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2011. Many rivers in the upper Midwest and northern Plains remain above flood stage, and the threat for more flooding will continue through the summer, forecasters at NOAA’s National Weather Service said yesterday. With rivers running high and soils completely saturated, just a small amount of rain[Read More…]
