News published on Federal Newswire in March 1999

News from March 1999


Experiments at NIST Launch New Field of Physics: Non-Linear Atom Optics

News Release: Physicists at the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology have opened a new field of physics with experiments demonstrating for the first time that atoms can display some unusual properties previously seen only with high intensity laser light waves. They report their findings in the March 18 issue of Nature.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -- The following is prepared opening statement of Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN) at a March 17 committee hearing on the Independent Counsel Act...


Green-Plant Enzyme Puts a Red Light on Porphyrins

News Release: Porphyrins turn light into life. Plants need them for photosynthesis. Animals, including humans, use them for transporting oxygen in their blood. But excess porphyrin is harmful. Now USDA scientists, working with medical researchers at Dartmouth, have discovered how some green plants may regulate these life-giving chemicals--a finding that could someday protect crops or people.


The US Commerce Department published a nine page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a five page rule on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page proposed rule on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page proposed rule on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a nine page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page correction on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page correction on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.