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- Goss’s wilt, a disease that is spreading in the United States, has been devastating the crops of corn farmers, while the cause of the tidal wave remains uncertain.
- September 30, 2013DOE Reaches $1.9M Settlement The General Counsel's enforcement office settled an enforcement action against Ningbo Hicon International Industry Company, Ltd. for $1,927,097. Ningbo Hicon is a Chinese company that manufactures...
- There is no question about it -- a government shutdown would be a debacle for American families. But, Congressional Republicans are refusing to do even the most basic and routine aspect of their jobs -- namely, keeping the government operational --...
- It’s a general truism that the purpose of advertising is to make your product and your brand look as good as possible. So what does it say that this ad outside a McDonald’s in California makes the company’s new “Mighty Wings...
- ShutterstockIt’s all good. Solar power installations are expected to edge out new wind farms this year for the title of fastest-growing clean energy source. Bloomberg New Energy Finance has projected that photovoltaic plants like this monster...
- One summer pleasure that I will never, ever get over is eating ripe, local tomatoes — tomatoes that taste like tomatoes. This past summer, I also harvested potatoes for the first time, in my little sister’s backyard garden, where she...
- ShutterstockNorth Carolina is begging for some fracking. North Carolina’s water department doesn’t know if fracking will poison drinking water or despoil wetlands — and that’s just how department leaders like it. We told you...
- CGIAR ClimateAl Gore Should the media be giving as much ink to fossil fuel-funded shills as it gives to the hundreds of climate scientists who collaborated on reports being published by the United Nations? As coverage of the Intergovernmental Panel...
- USDOJ Kratom, a plant that is indigenous to Thailand, relieves pain, improves mood, and is illegal to use. But there’s some research that shows that it could help drug users safely withdraw from methamphetamine. (Or cocaine or heroin, but we’...
- IKEA has a sneaky way of getting you to buy things you didn’t know you always wanted. Usually, those things cost under $100. But in Britain, the company is now selling customers a much more expensive impulse buy, at a price point closer to $10...
- WASHINGTON--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing a rule that will allow the agency to restrict imports of potentially harmful perfluorinated chemicals that could be used in carpets. The regulation will require...
- Research has focused on the amount of global warming resulting from increased greenhouse gas concentrations. But there has been relatively little study of the pace of the change following these increases. A new study concludes that about half of the...
- In the first study of its kind, scientists have used synthetic biology to study how a popular soil amendment called biochar can interfere with the chemical signals that some plant pathogens use to coordinate their attacks. The new study is the first...
- Geologists and geophysicists have discovered traces of large ice sheets from the Pleistocene on a seamount off the north-eastern coast of Russia.
- September 30, 2013EAC Meeting Cancelled The Electricity Advisory Committee meeting scheduled to be held October 2 - October 3 has been cancelled due to the uncertainty of continuing operations of the Federal government. If this meeting is...
- September 30, 2013Contract Modification Awarded for Legal Support Cincinnati - The Department of Energy today awarded a contract modification to A R Biddle & Associates, Inc. of Peachtree City, GA to add scope for the contractor to analyze...
- September 30, 2013Task Order Awarded for Audit and Review Services Cincinnati – The Department of Energy today awarded a Task Order to KPMG, LLP of McLean, VA for audit/review services that will cover a wide range of auditing services.
- September 30, 2013DOE Awards Small Business Contract for Site Characterization and Erosion Control Work in Los Alamos, New Mexico Cincinnati - The Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded a new contract to CTI & Associates, of Wixom, MI. CTI is...
- Soylent.me We’ve all been there: You’re exhausted and starving, but you don’t wanna cook. For some, that means making nachos from stale chips and spray cheez. But for a growing online community, it means a glass of homemade Soylent. If you’re behind...
- A cheap and simple process using natural fibers embedded with nanoparticles can almost completely rid water of harmful textile dyes in minutes, report researchers who worked with native Colombian plant fibers.
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