NASA-(ENEWSPF)- This time-lapse shows the assembly of the primary mirror of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Assembly was completed on February 3, 2016. JWST is the scientific successor to NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. It will be the most powerful space telescope ever built. Webb will study many phases in the[Read More…]
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Hubble Catches Views of a Jet Rotating with Comet 252P/LINEAR
Baltimore, MD-(ENEWSPF)- For thousands of years, humans have recorded sightings of mysterious comets sweeping across the nighttime skies. These celestial wanderers, “snowballs” of dust and ice, are swift-moving visitors from the cold depths of space. Some of them periodically visit the inner solar system during their journeys around the sun. Astronomers[Read More…]
Metal Content in Early Galaxies Challenges Star Forming Theory
MAUNAKEA, Hawaii-(ENEWSPF)- An International team led by scientists at ETH Zurich in Switzerland used the W. M. Keck Observatory to study the role of star formation rates in metal contents of distant galaxies. What they discovered is the amount of metals are very similar, irrespective of galaxies’ star formation activity, raising[Read More…]
Study: Biodiversity Essential to Protect Ocean Fishes From Climate Change
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Biodiversity is essential to maintaining the health of our oceans in the face of climate change and ensuring an adequate supply of the fish that billions of people around the world rely on for protein, particularly in developing countries. That’s the conclusion of important new research published today in[Read More…]
Opponents of Cormorant Slaughter to Rally at Portland Federal Building at Noon on May 17
Portland, OR-(ENEWSPF)- A rally will be held at noon on May 17 at the federal building courtyard at 911 NE 11th Avenue to protest the ongoing slaughter of double-crested cormorants in the Columbia River Estuary by federal agents. Over the past year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and[Read More…]
NIH-Funded Study Reveals How Differences In Male And Female Brains Emerge
Bethesday, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Nematode worms may not be from Mars or Venus, but they do have sex-specific circuits in their brains that cause the males and females to act differently. According to new research published in Nature, scientists have determined how these sexually dimorphic (occurring in either males or females) connections arise[Read More…]
Increased Physical Activity Associated With Lower Risk Of 13 Types Of Cancer
Bethesda, MD-(ENEWSPF)- A new study of the relationship between physical activity and cancer has shown that greater levels of leisure-time physical activity were associated with a lower risk of developing 13 different types of cancer. The risk of developing seven cancer types was 20 percent (or more) lower among the most[Read More…]
Rare Cancers May Masquerade As ADHD In Children, NIH Researchers Suggest
Bethesda, MD-(ENEWSPF)- What Rare tumors called pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas may cause the same symptoms as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, leading to inappropriate treatment that could worsen their symptoms and potentially endanger their health. That’s the conclusion of a new study by National Institutes of Health researchers who[Read More…]
President Obama’s Weekly Address: A Conversation About Addiction, Released May 14, 2016 (Video and Text)
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Remarks of President Barack Obama and Macklemore as Prepared for Delivery Weekly Address The White House May 14, 2016 THE PRESIDENT: Hi, everybody. I’ve got a special guest with me this week – Macklemore. For those of you who don’t share the same love[i] for hip-hop, he’s a[Read More…]
Vaquita Population Plummets to Just 60 Individual
In Mexico, Full, Permanent Ban on Nets Is Required to Save World’s Most Endangered Porpoise Ensenada, Mexico-(ENEWSPF)-Scientists announced today that fewer than 60 vaquita porpoises likely remain on Earth, down from 245 in 2008. The vaquita is the world’s smallest and most endangered porpoise, found only in Mexico’s northern Gulf[Read More…]
