Washington, DC - The second annual meeting of the U.S.-EU Cyber Dialogue will take place Monday, December 7, 2015 in Washington, DC, and will reinforce and broaden cooperation on cyber issues as envisioned during the 2014 U.S.-EU Summit. The agenda for the dialogue includes discussions on international security in cyberspace; developments in Internet governance; the promotion and protection of human rights; capacity building; and the calendar of upcoming events, including the imminent United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting on the 10-Year review of the World Summit on the Information Society.

Washington, DC - Obama Administration Announces 48 Additional Public Health, Medical, and Nursing Schools from 15 Countries Commit to Train Their Students to Address the Health Impacts of Climate Change, Increasing the Total Number of Schools Committing to 118 Around the World:

Washington, DC - The USDA reminds farmers and ranchers that the next general enrollment period for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) began this week and ends on Feb. 26, 2016. December 2015 marks the 30th anniversary of CRP, a federally funded program that assists agricultural producers with the cost of restoring, enhancing and protecting certain grasses, shrubs and trees to improve water quality, prevent soil erosion and reduce loss of wildlife habitat.

West Lafayette, Indiana - Viscous nanopores, tiny holes punctured in fluid membranes, collapse according to a universal law, a Purdue University study shows. The finding could improve the design of nanopores for fast, inexpensive DNA analysis and sheds light on the biology of pores in cell membranes.

Washington, DC - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers are seeing the light, but in an altogether different way. And how they are doing it just might be the semiconductor industry's ticket for extending its use of optical microscopes to measure computer chip features that are approaching 10 nanometers, tiny fractions of the wavelength of light.

Washington, DC - Officials from the U.S. and Cuban Governments held their second Counter-Narcotics Dialogue on December 1 at the headquarters of the Drug Enforcement Administration in Washington, D.C.