June 1: Solar-assisted EV charging stations: With 125 solar-assisted electric vehicle charging stations to be built from Knoxville to Memphis, Tennessee is poised to lead the nation with an electric vehicle demonstration project led by the Department of Energy and industry partners. more. . .
June 2: Outbreak of STEC O104:H4 infections in Germany: CDC is following a large outbreak of Shiga toxin- producing E. coli O104, or STEC O104, infections currently going on in Germany. As of May 31, 2011, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany's disease control and prevention agency, more. . .
June 3: Digital Forensics: In 2008, Illinois police received disturbing information about a Chicago woman who had taken a 3-year-old to a “sex party” in Indiana where the child and an 11-year-old girl were abused by three adults. However, by the time the tip was received, more. . .
June 4: NASA to Launch New Science Mission to Asteroid in 2016: NASA will launch a spacecraft to an asteroid in 2016 and use a robotic arm to pluck samples that could better explain our solar system's formation and how life began. The mission, called Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx, more. . .
June 9: Global Security: The Growing Challenge: A dialogue with the Laboratory's principal associate director for global security and the recent acting director of the Office of Counterintelligence William (Will) Rees has led the Principal Associate Directorate for Global Security (PADGS) since the organization was more. . .
June 21: Where Have All The Flowers Gone? It's summer wildflower season in the Rocky Mountains, a time when high-peaks meadows are dotted with riotous color. But for how long? Once, wildflower season in mountain meadow ecosystems extended throughout the summer months. But now scientists have found a fall-off in wildflowers at mid-season more. . .
June 22: Scientists Reveal a First in Ice Age Art in Florida: Researchers from the Smithsonian Institution and the University of Florida have announced the discovery of a bone fragment, approximately 13,000 years old, in Florida with an incised image of a mammoth or mastodon more. . .
June 27: Getting Ready for the Next Big Solar Storm: on the eve of a below-average solar cycle, the sun unleashed one of the most powerful storms in centuries. The underlying flare was so unusual, researchers still aren't sure how to categorize it. The blast peppered Earth with the most energetic protons in half-a-millennium more. . .
June 28: They're Trying to Make a Dream Come True: A proper ending, says Sierra Nevada chairman, Mark Sirangelo, would be for its version of the HL-20, the "Dream Chaser," to ferry crews from Earth to the International Space Station and back more. . .
June 30: Average U.S. Temperature increases by 0.5 degrees F: According to the 1981-2010 normals to be released by NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) on July 1, temperatures across the United States were on average, approximately 0.5 degree F warmer than the 1971-2000 time period. more. . .