Officials emphasize interagency partnership, public awareness as keys to protecting communities from wildfire BOISE, ID–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2013. During a visit to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell outlined the Federal Government’s efforts to ensure collaboration in protecting[Read More…]
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Energy Department Launches Public-Private Partnership to Deploy Hydrogen Infrastructure
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2013. The Energy Department today launched H2USA — a new public-private partnership focused on advancing hydrogen infrastructure to support more transportation energy options for U.S. consumers, including fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). The new partnership brings together automakers, government agencies, gas suppliers, and the hydrogen and fuel cell[Read More…]
Energy Department Announces Regional Winners of University Clean Energy Business Competition
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2013. Underscoring the Obama Administration’s commitment to support the next generation of energy leaders, the U.S. Energy Department today announced the six regional winners of its National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition. The initiative inspires university teams across the country to create new businesses and commercialize promising energy[Read More…]
Nano-breakthrough: Solving the Case of the Herringbone Crystal
Hexagon-shaped nanoplates arranged themselves into different crystal patterns, depending on the length of the sides of the hexagons. Long hexagons fit together in a grid like a stretched honeycomb, but researchers were surprised that hexagons whose sides were all the same lengths ended up in a herringbone pattern. University of[Read More…]
Cocaine Vaccine Passes Key Testing Hurdle
New Anti-Cocaine Vaccine Research Shows Drug Can’t Reach the Brain, Human Clinical Trials on the Horizon NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2013 — Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have successfully tested their novel anti-cocaine vaccine in primates, bringing them closer to launching human clinical trials. Dr. Ronald G. Crystal Their study,[Read More…]
Leak Repaired on International Space Station
Repairing pump unit 13 May 2013 EU–(ENEWSPF)–13 May 2013. Over the weekend the crew of the International Space Station worked overtime to fix a leaking cooling network outside the orbital outpost. Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn ventured into space on Saturday and replaced a pump unit that was leaking[Read More…]
MIT: Potential Flu Pandemic Lurks
MIT study identifies influenza viruses circulating in pigs and birds that could pose a risk to humans. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2013. In the summer of 1968, a new strain of influenza appeared in Hong Kong. This strain, known as H3N2, spread around the globe and eventually killed an estimated[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces $15.3 Million for Local Parks and Open Space Projects
Includes $6.4 Million for Projects in Cook and DuPage Counties OAK PARK–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2013. On Saturday, Governor Pat Quinn announced a $15.3 million investment in local park projects across Illinois, including $6.4 million for projects in Cook and DuPage Counties. As part of Governor Quinn’s agenda to ensure that no[Read More…]
New Report Details Mounting Bee Losses
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2013. According to preliminary results of a survey by the Bee Informed Partnership, 31.1 percent of managed honey bee colonies in the U.S. were lost during the 2012/2013 winter. Though these preliminary loss reports are similar to the past six year average of 30.5 percent, the new[Read More…]
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on National Women’s Health Week
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 10, 2013. Starting with Mother’s Day, next week we celebrate National Women’s Health Week. As a nation, we honor the women in our lives – our mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, cousins, friends, and colleagues – by encouraging them to make their health a priority and to take steps[Read More…]
