News from August 2011
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2011
News Release: NEW YORK, NY. - John P. Gilbride, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced the unsealing of an indictment today in United States District Court charging 20 individuals who have been charged with...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 16, 2011
News Release: The continuing increase in the level of carbon dioxide and other "greenhouse gases" in the Earth's atmosphere has been identified as a cause for serious concern because it may radically accelerate changes in the Earth's climate. Developing an effective strategy for managing the planet's greenhouse gases...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 16, 2011
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in Peoria, Ill., are investigating the pest-fighting potential of anthocyanins, healthful chemical compounds in the form of plant pigments that give blueberries, plums, grapes and flowers such as petunias their blue and purple color.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 16, 2011
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced nearly $2.7 million in Phase 1 and Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards to 18 U.S. small businesses.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2011
News Release: The Big Bend National Park Superintendent has lifted the temporary closure of all High Chisos backpacking campsites, including dispersed (zone) camping in the Blue Creek and Lower Juniper Zones. Full use, both daytime and overnight, of the Chisos high country is now re-opened and available. The Window Trail has also been re-opened at this time.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 16, 2011
News Release: Wireless emergency safety equipment could save lives-if signals are transmitted reliably. But few performance standards exist. Now, tests at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are helping to ensure that alarm beacons for firefighters and other emergency responders will operate reliably in the presence of other wireless devices.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 16, 2011
News Release: A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has come up with a potential solution to a two-pronged problem in medical research: How to capture cells on a particular spot on a surface using electric fields and keep them alive long enough to run experiments on them.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 16, 2011
News Release: Carbon nanotubes offer big promise in a small package. For instance, these tiny cylinders of carbon molecules theoretically can carry 1,000 times more electric current than a metal conductor of the same size. It's easy to imagine carbon nanotubes replacing copper wiring in future nanoscale electronics.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 16, 2011
News Release: The Fountain Valley tri-generation fuel cell and hydrogen energy station uses biogas from the municipal wastewater treatment plant as the fuel for a fuel cell. The system is integrated with a hydrogen purification system to recover approximately 100 kg of hydrogen per day. The project was developed as...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2011
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ―Park Superintendent Brad Traver announced that Petrified Forest National Park will be changing to shorter fall hours on September 6, 2011. The park will open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 6:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) daily. The Painted Desert Visitor Center and the Rainbow...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 16, 2011
News Release: Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have, for the first time, linked the quantum properties of two separated ions (electrically charged atoms) by manipulating them with microwaves instead of the usual laser beams. The feat raises the possibility of replacing today's complex, room-sized quantum computing "laser parks" with miniaturized, commercial microwave technology similar to that used in smart phones.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2011
News Release: (Asheville, NC) The National Park Service (NPS) Southeast Regional Director has approved the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the right-of-way permit (ROW) for a New Asheville - Enka 115kv West Line Crossing of the Blue Ridge Parkway Corridor in Buncombe County, NC. The FONSI has determined...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2011
News Release: A finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) has been signed by Christine S. Lehnertz, Regional Director for the Pacific West Region of the National Park Service, for the implementation of the Scotty's Castle Waterline Replacement for Death Valley National Park.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 16, 2011
News Release: Willie E. May, a 40-year veteran of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been named to serve as the agency's Associate Director for Laboratory Programs. In his new position, May oversees and guides the management, operation and direction of NIST's six laboratory programs and is the principal deputy to the NIST Director.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 16, 2011
News Release: Two distinguished scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Willie E. May and Laurie E. Locascio, have been named fellows of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society and a global leader in providing access to chemistry-related research.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2011
News Release: BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. - The National Park Service has identified a man who died Sunday afternoon as Matthew S. Santistevan, 49, of Rancho Santa Margarita, California. Santistevan, his wife and several friends had been in the park recreating on Lake Mohave at Newberry Cove.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2011
News Release: Few visitors to the Outer Banks realize that 150 years ago these same islands were Civil War battlefields. The barrier islands of the North Carolina coast and the adjacent Pamlico and Albemarle sounds were the gateway to the rest of the state. Whoever could control these barrier islands and sounds could control North Carolina.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 15, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WINNIPEG, Canada–Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to Winnipeg, Canada to meet with her Canadian counterpart Public Safety Minister Vic Toews to discuss the ongoing partnership between the United States ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – In a settlement valued at more than $1.7 million, Clean Harbors of Braintree Inc. has agreed to pay a significant penalty and perform additional projects, to settle a complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regarding numerous violations of hazardous waste management and emergency planning laws at the company’s Braintree, Mass., facility.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The United States has reached agreement with the owners and a former operator of an inks and paint products manufacturing facility in Danvers, Mass., that exploded and burned in 2006 the day before Thanksgiving.
