WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following statement on Jan. 13 by Chairman Ajit Pai on the auction of flexible-use service licenses in the 2.5 GHz band for next-generation wireless services (AU Docket No. 20-429): * * * Today we begin the process of adopting procedures for the third FCC auction of critical, midband spectrum for 5G. Based on what we have learned from the first two auctions, it is time to get going. Auction 105, our auction of seven, 10-m  more

BOULDER, Colorado, Jan. 13 (TNSJou) -- The University of Colorado Boulder campus issued the following news: One-third of the fertilizer applied to grow corn in the U.S. each year simply compensates for the ongoing loss of soil fertility, leading to more than a half-billion dollars in extra costs to U.S. farmers every year, finds new research from CU Boulder published last month in Earth's Future. Long-term soil fertility is on the decline in agricultural lands around the world due to salinizat  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 12 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute issued the following news release: Owners of steel structures on inland lakes and a river in northern Minnesota are reporting the same kind of corrosion as seen in the Duluth-Superior Harbor and other harbors along Lake Superior. A structural engineering firm reported it has designed and overseen replacement of gates on dams along the St. Louis River, far removed from Lake Superior water, because of the corr  more