KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany, June 30 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: By Susan Kinton, DLA Troop Support Europe & Africa The charge to deliver food, uniforms, medical items and more to ensure the combat readiness of America's warfighters throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East changed hands June 17. Army Lt. Col. Fermin Gonzales Jr. assumed command of the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Europe & Africa from Lt. Col. Trac  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, July 1 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina Greensboro campus issued the following news: As a little girl in Sri Lanka, Hemali Rathnayake loved science and dreamed of a better world. As a grown woman in Greensboro, Dr. Hemali Rathnayake loves science and is changing the world for the better. Rathnayake is a UNCG associate professor at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering on East Gate City Boulevard, where she and the graduate students she tea  more

LONDON, England, June 27 -- Energy and Environmental Science, a peer-reviewed journal linking all aspects of the chemical, physical and biotechnological sciences relating to energy conversion and storage, alternative fuel technologies and environmental science from the Royal Society of Chemistry, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2022 edition: Review Articles: * Perovskites for protonic ceramic fuel cells: a review * Flexible solid-state hybrid supercapacitors f  more

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, June 28 -- The Global Reporting Initiative issued the following news: Three sectors that produce the food and materials that are fundamental to humanity's survival are being supported to take accountability for their impacts, following the publication today of a new GRI Standard. While the essential role of the agriculture, aquaculture and fishing sectors in feeding the world is clear to see, clarity on their impacts is not. Use of lands and seas face ever-competing  more

BASEL, Switzerland, June 30 -- The Journal of Materials Science, a journal that says it features techniques for studying the relationships between structure, processing, properties and performance of materials, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 57, No. 25 edition: Chemical routes to materials: * A universal green coating strategy on textiles for simultaneous color and thermal management * Optimal hybrid membrane structure based on experimental results and simula  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The National Endowment for the Arts issued the following news release on June 28, 2022: The National Endowment for the Arts is continuing its long history of honoring America's rich, artistic heritage with today's announcement of the 2022 NEA National Heritage Fellowship recipients. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the program, our nation's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. A film celebrating the 2022 class of artists and tradition bearers will premie  more

SAN MARCOS, Texas, July 2 (TNSres) -- Texas State University issued the following news release: Texas State University has been awarded a $25,000 research grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to support undergraduate and graduate students in the study of environmental challenges as part of the People, Prosperity, and the Planet (P3) Program. The EPA awarded a total of $400,000 to 16 student teams for their research and innovative solutions. Gwendolyn Hustvedt, Ph.D., prof  more

LYON, France, July 2 (TNSres) -- The United Nations World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer issued the following news release on July 1, 2022: The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), has evaluated the carcinogenicity of occupational exposure as a firefighter. A Working Group of 25 international experts, including 3 Invited Specialists, from 8 countries was convened by the IARC Monographs pr  more

BRIGHTON, England, July 2 (TNSjou) -- The University of Sussex issued the following news release: By Stephanie Allen Researchers investigating the exposure of small mammals to plastics in England and Wales have found traces in the faeces of more than half of the species examined. In a paper published in Science of the Total Environment, researchers from the University of Sussex, the Mammal Society and the University of Exeter state that the densities of plastic excreted were comparable with   more

WASHINGTON, July 2 (TNSres) -- The World Bank issued the following news release: The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has the potential to bring significant economic and social gains for the region, leading to higher incomes, lower poverty, and faster economic growth, according to a new World Bank report done in partnership with the AfCFTA Secretariat. If fully implemented to harmonize investment and competition rules, the trade pact could boost regional incomes by as much as 9 per  more