The dark spots show quantum dots within a thermoelectric material. University of Michigan researchers devised a way to increase the heat-to-energy conversion by 200 percent and the electrical conductivity of their material by 43 percent. Thermoelectric materials can convert waste heat to electricity. Photo courtesy of Pierre Ferdinand P. Poudeu.[Read More…]
Day: May 30, 2013
Sapphire and Crystals Collective Opening in PSC Christopher Art Gallery on June 3
Chicago Heights, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 30, 2013. Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting “Sapphire and Crystals,” work by a collective of African American women artists, from June 3 through July 10, in the Christopher Art Gallery, located on the PSC main campus at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. The displayed[Read More…]
Breakfast With BCI Workshop Series: ‘Writing for Social Media’ Coming to Oak Forest
Oak Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 30 2013. The South Suburban College Business & Career Institute will present a Breakfast with BCI Workshop facilitated by Allen Babiarz titled “WRITING FOR SOCIAL MEDIA” on June 19, 2013. This event will take place at SSC’s University & College Center, Room 5230, on Wednesday, June 19th[Read More…]
Supreme Court Announcement Is Another Court Victory for Hoosiers
Planned Parenthood & ACLU: Decision Affirms Politics Simply Doesn’t Have a Place in Women’s Health Indianapolis, Ind.–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013. Planned Parenthood of Indiana (PPIN) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Indiana share breaking news this morning that the United States Supreme Court has left standing a decision that[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the Dangers of Selling the Tribune Newspapers to the Koch Brothers
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013. Today, communities across the country are rallying outside of newspapers owned by the Tribune Company to support journalistic integrity and an unbiased news media. These communities are calling on the Tribune Company to not sell its newspapers to Koch Industries, a company owned and controlled by[Read More…]
Feds Fail to Protect Endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whales in Alaska
Court finds oil and gas exploration permits violated federal laws ANCHORAGE, ALASKA–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2013 –The federal government’s decision to allow oil and gas exploration in Alaska’s Cook Inlet violated three federal statutes, including the Marine Mammal Protection Act and Endangered Species Act, according to an opinion issued Tuesday by U.S.[Read More…]
Public Speaking Symposium Coming to Oak Forest
Oak Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 30, 2013. The South Suburban College Business & Career Institute will present a Public Speaking Symposium facilitated by Brian Thompson, President, Chicago Southland Speaker’s Bureau on June 14, 2013. This event will take place at the college’s University & College Center on Friday, June 14, from 8:30[Read More…]
Fail: Drug Czar Tries To Link Marijuana and Crime
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2013. by Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director The nation’s so-called ‘drug czar’, Gil Kerlikowske, convened a press conference last week to release new government data on drug use in America. The major talking points for the presentation were two fold: *Insist that cannabis is linked to crime[Read More…]
Federal Government Indicts Sutter Memorial for Violating Labor Law-Trial Set for August 5
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013. The federal agency that oversees labor law has ordered Memorial Medical Center, a Sutter facility located in Modesto, to stand trial on charges that it violated RNs’ right of free speech, guaranteed under federal labor law. An administrative law judge of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will[Read More…]
Iraq ‘Ready to Explode’ Unless Leaders Take Action to Stem Violence, Warns UN Envoy
Bagdhad–(ENEWSPF)–30 May 2013 – The intensifying violence in Iraq is “ready to explode” and may re-ignite widespread sectarian strife unless the country’s leaders take immediate action, the top United Nations envoy there warned today amid the latest wave of deadly attacks. A wave of deadly bombings struck the capital, Baghdad,[Read More…]
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