News from August 2011
By USDA Newswire | Aug 2, 2011
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2011
News Release: Star Party and Night Skies Program at Paradise: 9:00 PM, Friday August 5, 2011.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2011
News Release: DNA, a molecule famous for storing the genetic blueprints for all living things, can do other things as well. In a new paper,* researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) describe how tailored single strands of DNA can be used to purify the highly desired “armchair" form of carbon nanotubes. Armchair-form single wall carbon nanotubes are needed to make “quantum wires" for low-loss, long distance electricity transmission and wiring.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2011
News Release: Join War in the Pacific National Historical Park for a special Movie in the Park program on Saturday, August 6. In remembrance of the 66th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, the park will show Day One, an “Emmy award winning drama of the race to build the A-bomb - and save the world." Day...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2011
News Release: Two wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires* earlier this year outside of Amarillo, Texas, destroyed 70 homes, burned more than 25,000 acres of land, and caused nearly $6 million in property damage. But thanks to a collaborative effort between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Texas Forest Service (TFS), they are now the most thoroughly investigated and scientifically evaluated events of their kind.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 2, 2011
News Release: Detergent-like compounds called saponins are best known for their cleansing properties, but U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are studying these compounds' potential for helping protect plants from insect attack.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee, today questioned the wisdom of the final deal between the Interior Department and the state of Wyoming to allow gray wolves in most of the state to be shot-on-sight, which will reduce the wolf population in Wyoming by forty percent.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 2, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings released the following statement regarding Judge Redden’s ruling on the federal biological opinion and fish recovery plan for the Federal Columbia River Power System.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 2, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement regarding notice from the Department of Homeland Security that the Secretary will publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register for the creation of the Ammonium Nitrate Security Program...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2011
News Release: Cape Lookout National Seashore announced the following programs and activities for the month of August. Programs will run on schedule unless there is inclement weather. For more information on these programs and other program offerings, call the Visitor Center on Harkers Island at (252) 728-2250 for a complete schedule.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2011
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park Superintendent Vaughn Baker announced today that funding has been secured for the second phase of the Bear Lake Road reconstruction. The work would take place from the Park & Ride - Glacier Basin Campground intersection to the junction with Trail Ridge Road, 5.1miles, if...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 2, 2011
News Release: “In the decade before the Affordable Care Act was passed, relentlessly increasing health insurance premiums imposed a heavy tax on families and small businesses. Over those ten years, premiums for family, employer-sponsored coverage more than doubled. Small businesses simply couldn’t afford it anymore and began dropping coverage.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2011
News Release: Gram for gram, novel carbon nanofiber-filled coatings devised by researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Texas A&M University outperformed conventional flame retardants used in the polyurethane foam of upholstered furniture and mattresses by at least 160 percent and perhaps by as much as 1,130 percent.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2011
News Release: An indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Detroit was unsealed today, charging 26 individuals for their participation in a large-scale health care fraud and drug distribution scheme, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in her announcement by Special Agent...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 2, 2011
News Release: U.S. production of ethanol for fuel has been rising quickly, topping 13 billion gallons in 2010. With the usual rail, truck and barge transport methods under potential strain, existing gas pipelines might be an efficient alternative for moving this renewable fuel around the country. But researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) caution that ethanol, and especially the bacteria sometimes found in it, can dramatically degrade pipelines.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 2, 2011
News Release: Washington D.C. - U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced a $50 million investment over two years for the SUNPATH program, aimed to help the nation reclaim its competitive edge in solar manufacturing. SUNPATH, which stands for Scaling Up Nascent PV At Home, represents the second solar Photovoltaic Manufacturing Initiative (PVMI) supporting the Department of Energy's SunShot Initiative.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2011
News Release: CHICAGO, IL. - The former head of the Chicago distribution network of a Mexican drug-trafficking cartel was sentenced today to serve 40 years in federal prison for his participation in a narcotics conspiracy after pleading guilty earlier this year to orchestrating the distribution of more than 420 kilograms...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 2, 2011
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer Full Committee and Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Joint Hearing "Review of the NRC's Near-Term Task Force Recommendations for Enhancing Reactor Safety in the 21st Century" Aug. 2, 2011 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) Today is the fourth time the ...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 2, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC -- Metallurgists at the Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) have helped develop a new alloy that is increasing the safety of an important medical procedure by being used to manufacture more flexible and conformable coronary stents.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 2, 2011
News Release: In Case You Missed It. Rep. Mary Bono Mack’s bill on consumer product safety passes Congress. Written by Paul C. Barton, Desert Sun Washington Bureau. Rep. Mary Bono Mack won overwhelming...
