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Researchers discover particle which could ‘cool the planet’

In a breakthrough paper published in Science, researchers from The University of Manchester, The University of Bristol and Sandia National Laboratories report the potentially revolutionary effects of Criegee biradicals.

New ILO Report Shows Marked Decline in Child Labor Worldwide

Geneva, Switzerland - Child labor, especially in its worst forms, is in decline for the first time across the globe, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said today, in a new, cautiously optimistic report entitled "The end of child labor: Within reach".

Greenpeace celebrates victory as Spain s oldest nuclear power plant is shut down

Madrid, Spain - Greenpeace is celebrating the permanent shutdown of Spain's oldest nuclear power station, which was finally closed yesterday following years of intense campaigning by environmental and social groups highlighting serious safety concerns at the plant.

New engineering center to transform sensor technology

Princeton, NJ - The National Science Foundation has funded a multimillion-dollar Engineering Research Center based at Princeton University that is expected to revolutionize sensor technology, yielding devices that have a unique ability to detect minute amounts of chemicals found in the atmosphere, emitted from factories or exhaled in human breath.

African wetland managers armed with new technology

Lake Naivasha, Kenya - Earth's wetlands are vital to the water cycle and havens for wildlife, but they are under threat. GlobWetland, an ESA-led initiative in collaboration with the Ramsar Convention Secretariat, has been addressing this issue by using satellite imagery to provide detailed wide-area views of individual wetlands to aid national and local conservation efforts.

Coral Reef Resilience: Better Feeders Survive Bleaching

Providence, RI - Coral bleaching, a stress response that turns rainbow-hued reefs into bone-white graveyards, is damaging reefs worldwide. But some corals survive.

37 Facilities Go Beyond Legal Requirements to Improve the Environment

Washington, DC - Whether they are large or small, public or private, the newest members of EPA's National Environmental Performance Track program all have one thing in common: protecting the environment.

Whole-genome study at Johns Hopkins reveals a new gene associated with abnormal heart rhythm

Baltimore, MD - Using a new genomic strategy that has the power to survey the entire human genome and identify genes with common variants that contribute to complex diseases, researchers at Johns Hopkins, together with scientists from Munich, Germany, and the Framingham Heart Study, U.S.A., have identified a gene that may predispose some people to abnormal heart rhythms that lead to sudden cardiac death, a condition affecting more than 300 thousand Americans each year.

Scientists Fly High To Unlock The Puzzle Of Global Air Quality

Durham, NH - The National Aeronautic and Space Administration's (NASA) DC-8 research aircraft is arguably the world's most sophisticated flying laboratory and scientists from the University of New Hampshire have been onboard the jet conducting one-of-a-kind science for the past two decades.

Greenpeace stops huge consignment of Amazon soya entering Europe

Amsterdam - Sixty Greenpeace activists (1) today prevented commodities giant Cargill from unloading a shipment of Amazon soya in Amsterdam port, to protest against the destruction of huge tracts of the Amazon rainforest to grow soya to feed farm animals in Europe.

Researchers Learn More About Ways To Regenerate The Ear’s Hearing Cell

Boston, MA - Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have made important progress in their ongoing effort to regenerate the inner ear's hair cells, which convert sound vibrations to nerve impulses.

Computers to save unique type of American red squirrel

Phoenix, Arizona - UK expertise is being exported to North America to help prevent a unique type of red squirrel dying out in as little as 30 years time.

Stolen Fish Off the Menu

Las Palmas, Spain - Stolen fish from West Africa that was destined for the dinner tables of Europe will be confiscated by the Spanish government.

Apple Offers Free Computer Take-Back Program

Cupertino, CA - Apple today announced an expansion of its successful recycling program, offering free computer take-back and recycling with the purchase of a new Macintoshή system beginning in June.

Marijuana-like Compounds Suppress The Immune Response

Bethesda, MD - A group of Japanese scientists has discovered that cannabinoids can cause some white blood cells to lose their ability to migrate to the sites of infection and inflammation.

Study finds novel vaccine curbs brain tumor growth, increases survival

San Francisco, CA - A novel vaccine has significantly increased life expectancy in patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most dangerous type of brain tumor, a researcher from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is reporting at the annual meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS).

Stanford scientists identify protein involved in fast-spreading cancers

Stanford, CA - Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found a protein that may explain why tumors in a low-oxygen environment are more deadly.

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