WASHINGTON (MARCH 4, 2021) — Today, at a virtual event with Oregon Governor Kate Brown, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (OR), Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and other dignitaries, the U.S.

Today, at a virtual event with Oregon Governor Kate Brown, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (OR), Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and other dignitaries, the U.S.

BOSTON – Mark Batorski, of Farmington, Conn., was honored recently by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) New England Office for his work maintaining the Farmington Water Pollution Control Facility.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has settled with South Bend Products, LLC, over federal Clean Water Act violations at the company’s South Bend, Washington, seafood processing facility.

BOSTON – The Jackman Utility District Wastewater Treatment Facility in Jackman, Maine was recognized recently by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) New England Office for its commitment to improving water quality.

The process of egg formation in fruit flies relies on physical phenomena analogous to the exchange of gases between balloons of different sizes, according to a new study by biologists and mathematicians.

In its large caldera, Newberry volcano (Oregon, USA) has two small volcanic lakes, one fed by volcanic geothermal fluids (Paulina Lake) and one by gases (East Lake). These popular fishing grounds are small windows into a large underlying reservoir of hydrothermal fluids, releasing carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) with minor mercury (Hg) and methane into East Lake.

Studies of the microbiome in the human gut have largely overlooked non-bacterial microbes: viruses, protists, archaea and fungi. Now research in mice points to a significant role for fungi, called the mycobiome, in the intestine.

In recent years, therapeutic antibodies have transformed the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. Now, researchers have developed a new, efficient method based on the genetic scissors CRISPR-Cas9, that facilitates antibody development.

Insects that fall from the surrounding forest provide seasonal food for fish in streams. Researchers have shown that the lengthening of this period has a profound effect on stream food webs and ecosystem functions. These research results provide proof that changes in forest seasonality also affect the ecosystems of nearby rivers. This finding also highlights the importance of predicting the effects of climate change.