During outbursts, the infant star illuminating the McNeil Nebula may brighten by 100 times at X-ray energies. In this rendering, magnetic fields drive powerful flows onto the star, creating two hot spots that produce the high-energy emission. (NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center) NASA-(ENEWSPF)- X-ray observations have revealed something curious about[Read More…]
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NASA’s Hubble Views a Cosmic Skyrocket
Physicists Discover a New Particle that May Be the Higgs Boson
The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). [Credit: CERN] Pasadena, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland, have discovered a new particle that may be the long-sought Higgs boson, the fundamental particle that is thought to endow elementary particles with mass. [Read More…]
PBS Documentary ‘The City Dark’ Explores Problems Of Light Pollution
PBS-(ENEWSPF)- Beginning 5 July 2012 the Public Broadcasting Service will start airing ‘The City Dark,’ a documentary that explores the problems of light pollution and the disappearance of stars from the night sky. For nearly two and a half decades the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) has been working to sound[Read More…]
UK Higgs Update: It’s a boson!
Peter Higgs at CERN(Credit: CERN) CERN-(ENEWSPF)- British researchers from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN have today (4th July 2012) confirmed that they have found a new particle consistent with the long-sought Higgs Boson. Speaking in London, Professor John Womersley of STFC confirmed the news. These results mark a significant[Read More…]
CERN experiments observe particle consistent with long-sought Higgs boson
Geneva-(ENEWSPF)- At a seminar held at CERN1 today as a curtain raiser to the year’s major particle physics conference, ICHEP2012 in Melbourne, the ATLAS and CMS experiments presented their latest preliminary results in the search for the long sought Higgs particle. Both experiments observe a new particle in the mass region[Read More…]
University of California Center for Medicinal Cannabis Concludes Marijuana Has Legitimate Medicinal Benefits
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2012. A recent government sponsored study at the University of California Center for Medicinal Cannabis concluded marijuana has legitimate medicinal benefits, including relief from chronic pain.The study also found that reclassification is needed immediately to open the way for more clinical trials. The study was published in The Open Neurology Journal. [Read More…]
IWC Meetings Open in Panama; NOAA Team Working to Protect Whales
PANAMA–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2012 A humpback whale and its calf in NOAA’s Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Download here. (Credit: NOAA) NOAA, with staff from the State Department, U.S. Marine Mammal Commission, Department of the Interior and private citizens representing the United States at the International Whaling Commission (IWC), arrived[Read More…]
More Reliable Electricity with Smart Investments and Clean Energy Solutions
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2012. This past Friday night a devastating storm swept through the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions, and as of Monday more than 2 million consumers were still without electricity. Today the Center for American Progress released “How to Keep the Lights On,” which outlines the smart investments[Read More…]
Family Conflict, Patient Ailments Increase Caregiver Stress
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2012. Patients’ mental and physical challenges, as well as family conflict, heighten caregivers’ stress when they assist their ailing parents, a new University of Michigan study found. In addition, sons experience greater family conflict when taking care of the elder parent than daughters, U-M researchers[Read More…]
