PORTLAND, Oregon, May 15 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * New nanoparticle could make cancer treatment safer, more effective Scientists create a tiny particle for use with focused ultrasound on solid tumors By Angela Yeager Researchers have created a new kind of nanoparticle that could make ultrasound-based cancer treatments more effective and safer, while also helping prevent tumors from coming back. The study, published in the journal Nano Letters,  more

EUGENE, Oregon, May 15 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: * * * Water Quality Control Commission adopts rule banning discharge of oil, gas wastewater to ground, surface waters The New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) today adopted a rule that prohibits the discharge of "produced water" to New Mexico's ground and surface waters. Produced water is a waste byproduct of oil and gas operations and contains hundreds of known and unknown chemical  more