This illustration shows how the precision stellar distance measurements from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have been extended 10 times farther into our Milky Way galaxy than possible previously. Image: NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI) Baltimore, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Even though NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is 24 years old, astronomers are still coming[Read More…]
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Family Health and Wellness Fair at Governors State University on April 26
University Park, Ill.—(ENEWSPF)—April 10, 2014. The health of the entire family, especially the children, is the theme of the Family Health and Wellness Fair at Governors State University on April 26 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. “Spring into Wellness – Empowering Healthy Families” is free and open to everyone.[Read More…]
Industry Hype & Bad Science Undercuts Real Energy/Climate Solutions
Genetically Engineering Poplars for Paper and Biofuels Condemned Biofuelwatch, Center for Food Safety, Global Justice Ecology Project, Canadian Biotechnology Action Network Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014. Scientists and environmentalists yesterday condemned a recent press release by researchers at the University of British Columbia announcing they have created genetically engineered (GE) poplar[Read More…]
Big Food’s ‘DARK Act’ Introduced in Congress
Rep. Pompeo’s GMO Bill Identical to Industry Proposal Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014. Legislation introduced yesterday by Congressman Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) would block any federal or state action to require labeling of foods made with genetically engineered ingredients. “More than 90 percent of Americans support labeling of GE foods,” said Scott[Read More…]
Vigilance for Kidney Problems Key for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Mayo Clinic study finds rheumatoid arthritis patients at higher risk of kidney disease ROCHESTER, Minn.–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014. Rheumatoid arthritis patients are likelier than the average person to develop chronic kidney disease, and more severe inflammation in the first year of rheumatoid arthritis, corticosteroid use, high blood pressure and obesity are[Read More…]
Lawsuit Seeks Vastly Expanded Habitat Protections for East Coast’s Most Endangered Whale
BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014. A coalition of environmental and animal protection groups has sued the federal government to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. The suit seeks to significantly expand habitat protections, including all of the whale’s nursery, breeding and feeding grounds along the East Coast. It would expand the[Read More…]
Conservation Groups Challenge Limited Protections for Lesser Prairie Chicken
Legal Action Taken to Close Loopholes Preventing Full Protection WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014. Three conservation groups today announced a legal challenge to force full protection of the lesser prairie chicken under the Endangered Species Act. The move comes in response to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to protect the[Read More…]
Too Much Protein May Kill Brain Cells as Parkinson’s Progresses
NIH-funded study on key Parkinson’s gene finds a possible new target for monitoring the disease Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014. Scientists may have discovered how the most common genetic cause of Parkinson’s disease destroys brain cells and devastates many patients worldwide. The study was partially funded by the National Institutes of[Read More…]
Walmart Moves to Make Organic Foods More Affordable
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014. Today’s announcement by Walmart, the world’s biggest grocer, that it plans to sell a line of organic foods at competitive prices could eventually lower the cost of all organic food by expanding the footprint of organic agriculture, said Environmental Working Group Executive Director Heather White. “While[Read More…]
Beauty from Chaos/ Images Captured by Mars Express
Osuga Valles EU–(ENEWSPF)–10 April 2014. Beautiful streamlined islands and narrow gorges were carved by fast-flowing water pounding through a small, plateau region near the southeastern margin of the vast Vallis Marineris canyon system. Osuga Valles in context Images captured on 7 December 2013 by ESA’s Mars Express show the central[Read More…]
