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Manoranjan “Mano” Misra is known for turning coffee grounds and chicken feathers into fuel. He purifies arsenic-laced water and, using sunlight, can turn water into fuel.
Misra is one of two University of Nevada, Reno researchers who have been honored by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents for their accomplishments:...
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Resource Concepts, Inc., is a 2009 winner of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s “Best in the Basin” award award for a commercial rebuild project.
The engineering, natural resource and environmental consulting firm provided civil design and permitting services for South Lake’s Ski Run Center, a 1.7-acre site owned by Gersick Enterprises.
“The site had...
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — More than 200 scientists, agency staff and managers, and stakeholders will meet over two days to present results aimed at measuring the success of ecosystem restoration in the Lake Tahoe Basin.
The 5th Biennial Tahoe Basin Science Conference, “Measuring the Success of Ecosystem Restoration in the Lake Tahoe...
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Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) biologists continue to find bighorn sheep that have died due to complications brought on by pneumonia in the East Humboldt Range and in the Ruby Mountains.
“We have found 61 dead bighorn sheep in the East Humboldt’s and 18 in the Ruby Mountains for a total of 79...
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4-day course will examine revenue strategies, retirement, credit and other issues
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Nevada agricultural producers can learn how to increase revenue, lower costs and deal with credit shortages in a free, four-part course being offered around the state by University of Nevada Cooperative Extension and the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources.
The program,...
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Nevada Earthquake Awareness Week, Feb. 21-27, serves as a reminder about the potential for earthquakes and how to prepare for them. In support of this education effort, the Nevada Seismological Laboratory and the University of Nevada, Reno are inviting Nevada schools to participate by conducting a school-wide earthquake drill on Feb. 24.
The...
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Carson City, Nev.— Gary C. Ridenour, M.D of Fallon will discuss Pandemic: An Historical Perspective on the Flu in Nevada based upon his research of the 1918 Pandemic from 7:30 – 8:30 pm on Thursday, February 25, 2010. His book, Pandemic (2007), gives an historic overview of viral infections, the Bubonic Plague,...
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The Washoe County Department of Public Works Roads Division is the recipient of the 2009 Wendell McCurry Excellence in Water Quality Award for the use of advanced roadway sweeping practices that help prevent fine sediment and nutrients from entering Lake Tahoe.
Allen Biaggi, director of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and Leo Drozdoff,...
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A top scientist in charge of mobility and robotics systems for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will give a presentation on technology development related to NASA’s Mars Rover program at the University of Nevada, Reno Friday. The presentation is open to the public
Richard Volpe is manager of the Mobility and Robotic Systems Section at...
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WASHINGTON, D.C.– Nevada Sen. Harry Reid welcomed Nevada representatives of Clean Economy Network Monday to discuss prospects for passing job-creating climate and energy legislation.
Reid is working diligently on comprehensive clean energy legislation to increase investment and job creation in Nevada, in hopes of diversifying Nevada’s economy. Nevada’s representatives in the Clean Economy...
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