U.S. Surgeon General has concluded that e-cigarette aerosol is not harmless Atlanta, GA—(ENEWSPF)—March 20, 2017. About one in four U.S. middle and high school students— nearly 6.5 million youths —report being exposed to secondhand aerosol from e-cigarettes at least once within the past 30 days, according to data from the[Read More…]
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Gigantic Jupiter-type Planet Reveals Insights Into How Planets Evolve
UCLA, Carnegie Institution astrophysicists get rare peek at a baby solar system 300 light-years away Los Angeles, CA-(ENEWSPF)- An enormous young planet approximately 300 light-years from Earth has given astrophysicists a rare glimpse into planetary evolution. The planet, known as HD 106906b, was discovered in 2014 by a team of[Read More…]
Hubble Discovery of Runaway Star Yields Clues to Breakup of Multiple-Star System
Baltimore, MD-(ENEWSPF)- As British royal families fought the War of the Roses in the 1400s for control of England’s throne, a grouping of stars was waging its own contentious skirmish — a star wars far away in the Orion Nebula. The stars were battling each other in a gravitational tussle,[Read More…]
Family Video In Park Forest Joins Forces To Find Cure For Lymphoma Cancer
Glenview, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Family Video in Park Forest, along with its parent company Highland Ventures, Ltd. and its family of brands, is joining forces again in 2017 with customers across the country to fund research aimed at finding a cure for lymphoma cancer. Uniting 950 retail locations under the Highland Ventures,[Read More…]
NASA Study Confirms Biofuels Reduce Jet Engine Pollution
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Using biofuels to help power jet engines reduces particle emissions in their exhaust by as much as 50 to 70 percent, in a new study conclusion that bodes well for airline economics and Earth’s environment. The findings are the result of a cooperative international research program led by[Read More…]
Scientists Identify A Black Hole Choking On Stardust
Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office Data suggest black holes swallow stellar debris in bursts. Cambridge, MA-(ENEWSPF)- In the center of a distant galaxy, almost 300 million light years from Earth, scientists have discovered a supermassive black hole that is “choking” on a sudden influx of stellar debris. In a paper[Read More…]
Nor’easter Shuts Down Travel, Threatens To Unleash Blizzard Conditions In At Least 8 States
By Alex Sosnowski, Senior Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports as winds increase from a strengthening nor’easter, blizzard conditions will bring dangerous travel over the interior Northeast, while a wintry mix, rain and flooding continue to advance northward along the coast through Tuesday. The storm has forced a State of[Read More…]
Wisconsin and Illinois Activists Brave Blizzard to Converge on House Speaker Paul Ryan’s Racine Office Demanding He Stop the Health Care Repeal Bill (Video)
RACINE, WI –(ENEWSPF)–March 14, 2017. In the wake of a Congressional Budget Office analysis that the GOP health plan will cause 24 million Americans to lose their health coverage, 250 people from Illinois and Wisconsin braved a blizzard and bitter temperatures outside Speaker Paul Ryan’s office here Tuesday to demand[Read More…]
Southern Poverty Law Center Statement on Congressional Budget Office Report on American Health Care Act
ALABAMA–(ENEWSPF)–March 14, 2017. The recent analysis by the Congressional Budget Office confirms what we already knew: The plan to replace the Affordable Care Act will drastically reduce the number of people with health insurance in our country. This bill will have life-threatening consequences for the poor as it slashes $880[Read More…]
Study Identifies African-Specific Genomic Variant Associated with Obesity
Findings highlight the importance of genomic studies in diverse populations. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 14, 2017. An international team of researchers has conducted the first study of its kind to look at the genomic underpinnings of obesity in continental Africans and African-Americans. They discovered that approximately 1 percent of West Africans, African-Americans[Read More…]
