BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 2 -- The European Commission issued the following fact sheet on June 1, 2022: * * * Q&A on Poland's Recovery and Resilience Plan # How did the Commission assess Poland's recovery and resilience plan? The Commission is assessing the recovery and resilience plans based on eleven criteria set out in the Regulation itself. The 11 criteria require an assessment of whether: * the measures have a lasting impact; * the measures address the challenges identified in the count  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources issued the following information for a legislative hearing at 9:30 a.m. on June 9, 2022, at 1324 Longworth House Office Building: On Thursday, June 9, 2022, at 9:30 A.M. ET, in 1324 Longworth HOB and via Cisco Webex, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold a hybrid legislative hearing and will consider the following legislation: * H.R. 2073 (Rep. John Yarmuth), Appalachian Communi  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 3 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: North Carolina State University researchers found they could filter carbon dioxide from air and gas mixtures at promising rates using a proposed new textile-based filter that combines cotton fabric and an enzyme called carbonic anhydrase - one of nature's tools for speeding chemical reactions. The findings from initial laboratory testing represent a step forward in the development of   more

MEDFORD, Massachusetts, June 3 -- River Research and Applications, an international journal dedicated to the promotion of basic and applied scientific research on rivers, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2022 edition: RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Principles for scientists working at the river science-policy interface * Response of arid-land macroinvertebrate communities to extremes of drought, wildfire, and monsoonal flooding * Development of a flow-sensitive macroinv  more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, June 2 (TNSjou) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: By Jim Steele A small, rare crayfish thought to be extinct for 30 years has been rediscovered in a cave in the City of Huntsville in northern Alabama by a team led by an assistant professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). Dr. Matthew L. Niemiller's team found individuals of the Shelta Cave Crayfish, known scientifically as Orconectes sheltae, in 2019 and 2020 excursions into Shelta C  more