Bethesda, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Scientists at the National Institutes of Health found that women who use permanent hair dye and chemical hair straighteners have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than women who don’t use these products. The study published online Dec. 4 in the International Journal of Cancer and suggests[Read More…]
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ICC Grade Crossing Protection Fund Project Applications – Due January 15, 2020
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Illinois Commerce Commission’s (ICC) Transportation Bureau will accept Grade Crossing Protection Fund (GCPF) project applications until January 15, 2020. Project applications submitted by that date will be considered for the FY 2021- FY 2025 Crossing Safety Improvement Program 5-Year Plan. “Each year the ICC prioritizes safety improvement[Read More…]
ICC to Host Transportation Electrification Policy Session
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Illinois Commerce Commission’s (ICC) first public policy session of 2020, Electric Vehicles (EVs): The Beneficial Electrification of Transportation hosted by Commissioner Maria Bocanegrawill be held on January 8 from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM at the ICC’s Chicago Office. “In line with Governor Pritzker’s pledge to reduce Illinois’ carbon[Read More…]
Learn Your Birds by Spring at Thorn Creek Nature Center
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- As winter begins, turn your thoughts and attention to our local birds and join our winter workshop to prepare for fun spring bird watching. Bird identification can be overwhelming, but learning only a few birds each week makes it fun and easy! Six weekly lessons or field[Read More…]
Wild Animal Tracks at Thorn Creek Nature Center
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Have you ever wondered how animals spend the winter? Join us Saturday, December 14 from 1-3 p.m. at Thorn Creek Nature Center to explore how different animals survive through the different seasons. Tracks can be clues to wild animals’ identities and behaviors. We’ll put ourselves in the paws of Thorn[Read More…]
Soils at Thorn Creek Woods
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Is all soil created equal? Come and see, smell, hear and feel for the parts of soil. Learn how soil supports every form of life in the woods. On the hike with naturalist April Richards, you will observe and touch real samples of Thorn Creek Woods soil. The Soils[Read More…]
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Has Been Assembled for the First Time
By Thaddeus CesariNASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Goddard Space Science Center-(ENEWSPF)-Reaching a major milestone, engineers have successfully connected the two halves of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope for the first time at Northrop Grumman’s facilities in Redondo Beach, California. Once it reaches space, NASA’s most powerful and complex space telescope will explore the cosmos[Read More…]
Former Executives and Employees of Health Technology Company Outcome Health Charged in Alleged $1 Billion Fraud Scheme
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Four former executives and two former employees of Outcome Health (Outcome), a Chicago-based health technology start-up company founded in 2006, were charged for their alleged roles in a fraud scheme that targeted the company’s clients, lenders and investors, and involved approximately $1 billion in fraudulently obtained funds. Charged[Read More…]
Star-quake Vibrations lead to New Estimate for Age of Milky Way
Data gathered by NASA’s now-defunct Kepler telescope provides a solution to an astronomical mystery. Royal Astronomical Society-(ENEWSPF)- Star-quakes recorded by NASA’s Kepler space telescope have helped answer a long-standing question about the age of the “thick disc” of the Milky Way. In a paper published in the journal Monthly Notices of[Read More…]
Police: Banned from Property, Man Returns, Threatens to Kill Woman – Reports from Oct. 23 through Oct. 27, 2019
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- These reports include a man arrested who had previously been banned from a cooperative. He returned, according to police, and allegedly threatened to kill a resident. Other reports include charges of domestic battery, theft, and driving while license was suspended. Providing more details than readers will find in any[Read More…]
