New alloy verified for safer disposal of spent nuclear energy fuel
...environmentally and geologically unsafe, has filed lawsuits against DOE, NRC, Bush and former DOE Secretary Spencer Abraham. Gadolinium, a silvery-white metal. occurs naturally in several different minerals. The collaborative research conducted by Lehigh and the two national labs demonstrated that gadolinium ...Doctors announce lawsuits against major food companies
...esponsible Medicine (PCRM) will announce two major lawsuits aimed at stopping multi-million-dollar national advertising campaigns by five of the nation's largest food companies and major dairy trade groups that claim that milk and other dairy products facilitate weight loss. WHO: T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D.: J...UCLA Stem Cell Institute receives $3.75-million training grant from state
...l as metabolic disorders such as diabetes. Pending lawsuits could postpone the funding process, although California officials have indicated that the state will provide CIRM with the funding to cover the first round of grants....Local involvement in national lands management: Can it work nationwide?
...feared for their livestock and responded by filing lawsuits and shooting any wolves that strayed outside the park's borders. "The idea of adaptive environmental management is to get greater local acceptability as the policies are being created," Bronstein explained. "Then, after the policies are implemented, ...Physicians face significant new liability risks with advent of personalized medicine era
...erse drug effects are increasingly likely to bring lawsuits alleging that they have a polymorphism or biomarke...e liability risks, physicians are most at risk for lawsuits alleging that they did not recommend genetic tests before prescribing drugs that may harm patients w...University of Colorado invention may allow thirsty crops to signal farmers
...said. High eastern plains water-use has led to lawsuits against Colorado for violations of interstate water compacts, including a recent $30 million payment to Kansas for overuse of the Arkansas River, said Seelig. A recent U.S. Supreme Court lawsuit against Colorado and Nebraska for overuse of Republica...