News from February 2008
By DOT News Wire | Feb 19, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 19, 2008
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 19, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 19, 2008
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Feb 19, 2008
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2008
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2008
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Feb 19, 2008
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 19, 2008
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 19, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 19, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Feb 19, 2008
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Feb 19, 2008
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Feb 19, 2008
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2008
News Release: enerations of mothers have served up chicken soup to remedy the common cold, but now the therapeutic fowl may find use in diagnosis as well. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the scientific research firm SAIC recently showed how chicken antibodies may one day improve the detection of an aggressive form of breast cancer.

By USDA Newswire | Feb 19, 2008
News Release: Some plants like it hot. Cotton with superior heat tolerance can be a profitable crop for warmer climates, so Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are identifying tolerance-specific genetic selection tools to assist breeding efforts.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 19, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., hailed a decision by the Department of Homeland Security to drop its legal efforts to oppose employee collective bargaining. The National Treasury Employees Union filed suit against DHS in 2002 claiming...

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2008
News Release: A simple surface treatment technique demonstrated by a collaboration between researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Penn State and the University of Kentucky potentially offers a low-cost way to mass produce large arrays of organic electronic transistors on polymer sheets for a wide range of applications including flexible displays, "intelligent paper" and flexible sheets of biosensor arrays for field diagnostics.

By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2008
News Release: This winter’s abundant snowfall has created conditions allowing for the increased use of snowmobiles in and around the West Branch area. Operators of snowmobiles are reminded that they are permitted to use the shoulder of the paved surface of Parkside Drive between Main Street and Interstate Highway...

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2008
News Release: Chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have been the first to measure significant amounts of copper incorporated into zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires during fabrication. The issue is important because copper plays a significant-but not well-understood-role in important optical and electrical properties of the nanowires. Previous experiments found only trace amounts of copper.