by Nina Lincoff | Feb 8, 2011 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON— The Brookings Institution hosted a panel of experts on battery technology for electric vehicles Tuesday, who focused on the future of lithium battery technology in transportation and the pipeline between scientific discovery and the marketplace. Battery...
by Peter Larson | Feb 2, 2011 | Health & Science, National Security, Politics
If you’re having as much trouble as we are keeping up with Google’s realtime results for keywords such as Egypt and Mubarak, here are a few accounts to follow through the rest of the week that are being updated by journalists on the ground there. 1....
by Nina Lincoff | Jan 26, 2011 | Business, Environment, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON—Secretary of Energy Steven Chu on Wednesday began to put detail on President Barack Obama’s plan to use clean energy as an engine of job growth. “If there’s a cheap source of clean energy,” Chu said, “the world will gobble it up.” Echoing themes from the...
by Alanna Autler | Jan 18, 2011 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — As the House starts debate on repealing President Barack Obama’s health care reform, the administration began rolling out its case for keeping the controversial law. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released a study...
by Olivia Marcus & Tal Axelrod | Jan 18, 2011 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON—Attorney General Eric Holder hopes National Stalking Awareness Month helps prevent more crimes. “We are helping to raise awareness about the signs and consequences of this devastating crime,” Holder said Wednesday at a Department of Justice ceremony. “And...
by Olivia Marcus & Tal Axelrod | Jan 12, 2011 | Health & Science
ALEXANDRIA, VA—Millions of Facebook users can now receive AMBER Alert notifications through their personal profiles thanks to the social network’s new collaboration with the Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Facebook...
