St. Louis, MO-(ENEWSPF)- "I have a slide that has a photo of a cornfield and a big photovoltaic array," says Robert Blankenship, a scientist who studies photosynthesis at Washington University in St. Louis. "When I give talks I often ask the audience which one is more efficient. Invariably the audience[Read More…]
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Galileo Data Reveal Magma Ocean Under Jupiter Moon
This graphic and animation show the internal structure of Jupiter’s moon Io as revealed by data from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft. The low-density crust about 30 to 50 kilometers (20 to 30 miles) thick is shown in gray in the cross-section. Image credit: NASA/JPL/University of Michigan/UCLA › Play animation Pasadena, CA-(ENEWSPF)-[Read More…]
UK Astronomy Will Be Hit Hard By Budget Cuts
United Kingdom-(ENEWSPF)- Professor Roger Davies, President of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), today backed a report published by MPs on the Science and Technology Select Committee that set out the risks to UK astronomy posed by ongoing and future budget cuts. In its submission to the Committee earlier this year,[Read More…]
Massive Congressional Giveaway Opens Pristine Waters to Drilling at Half the Price
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2011. Summary: The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed the third bill in a series of three fast-track drilling pieces that favors Big Oil profits over safety of coastal communities and environments. H.R. 1231, The Reversing President Obama’s Offshore Moratorium Act, is a massive handout to the[Read More…]
Arctic Nations Call for Marine Oil Spill Response Plan, Integrated Management to Protect Natural Resources
NUUK, Greenland–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting, a high-level forum of eight nations and their Arctic indigenous peoples, has agreed to develop an Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) initiative for protecting the Arctic’s environment and to negotiate measures for oil spill[Read More…]
EPA: Upgraded Water Quality Standards Needed for Portions of Chicago Area Waterway System
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today notified the State of Illinois that water quality standards for portions of the Chicago and Calumet Rivers must be upgraded to protect the health and safety of people who recreate in these waterways. The changes are necessary because an increasing number[Read More…]
Healthy Vision Month, May 2011
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011. During Healthy Vision Month, the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, encourages people and organizations around the world to recognize the value of the sense of sight and make vision health a priority. In focus groups conducted by NEI in 2005,[Read More…]
Treating HIV-Infected People with Antiretrovirals Significantly Reduces Transmission to Partners
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011. Men and women infected with HIV reduced the risk of transmitting the virus to their sexual partners by taking oral antiretroviral medicines when their immune systems were relatively healthy, according to findings from a large-scale clinical study sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious[Read More…]
HHS Announces Action Plan to Prevent and Treat Viral Hepatitis
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2011. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today launched its action plan to prevent and treat viral hepatitis, a silent epidemic affecting 3.5 – 5.3 million Americans. Though viral hepatitis is a leading infectious cause of death in the U.S., many people who have it[Read More…]
Haiti: UN Mission Calls for Explanation on Results of Three Disputed Districts
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–12 May 2011. The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti has called on the country’s electoral authorities to explain as soon as possible why their results from three districts in recent legislative elections do not match the figures of local and international observers. In a statement released yesterday, the[Read More…]
