RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 22 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news on June 20, 2024: National pollinator week started 14 years ago with a unanimous approval from the United States Senate and has since become an international celebration. The weeklong observance recognizes the important contributions of the world's bees, birds, butterflies, bats, beetles, moths, wasps, and flies. Three-fourths of the worlds flowering plants d  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 21 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT BUCHANAN, Puerto Rico - Installation Management Command (IMCOM) personnel assessed and certified the Fort Buchanan Directorate of Emergency Services K9 team from June 10 to 14. IMCOM military working dog program manager David Barnes oversaw the assessment and certification. "During this week, I will be conducting a detection trial to ensure that the dogs can achieve the sta  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Ji-Guang (Jason) Zhang honored for research aimed at better EV batteries * * * A Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientist has been awarded the inaugural Department of Energy Lab Inventor of the Year Award, recognizing his contributions to research and his efforts to bring the benefit of new technologies to society as quickly as possible.   more