WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46703) on Oct. 3, 2022, entitled "Manufacturing USA: Advanced Manufacturing Institutes and Network" by John F. Sargent Jr., science and technology policy specialist. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Congress maintains a strong interest in the health of U.S. manufacturing due to its central role in the U.S. economy and national defense. Manufacturing USA is a network of institutes focused on fa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (TNStalk) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Oct. 3, 2022: * * * Mapping The Escalation Ladder Against The Ortega-Murillo Regime In Nicaragua By Daniel F. Runde, Senior Vice President, William A. Schreyer, Chair and Director of the Project on Prosperity and Development, Ryan C. Berg, Director of the CSIS Americas Program, Sofia Williamson-Garcia, Intern with the CSIS Americas Program, and Sophia Skaff, Former Intern with  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 6 -- DigitalEurope, an organization that represents the digital technology industry, issued the following news release: DIGITALEUROPE joins the CIRPASS consortium, bringing together a core network of leading organisations in building the European vision for a unified Digital Product Passport (DPP) approach across multiple value chains. Funded by the European Commission under the Digital Europe Programme, CIRPASS aims to prepare the ground for the gradual piloting and dep  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 8 (TNSres) -- The European Commission issued the following fact sheet on Oct. 6, 2022: * * * Questions and Answers on the eighth package of restrictive measures against Russia * Who have you targeted? 30 additional individuals and 7 entities have been sanctioned, including the illegitimate Russian proxy authorities in occupied territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions and other Russian individuals who organised and facilitated the sham refer  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Oct. 8 -- The European Commission issued the following news release: The Commission welcomes the Council's adoption of an eighth package of hard-hitting sanctions against Russia for its aggression against Ukraine. This package - which has been closely coordinated with our international partners - responds to Russia's continued escalation and illegal war against Ukraine, including by illegally annexing Ukrainian territory based on sham "referenda", mobilising additional troops  more

NEW DELHI, India, Oct. 8 -- The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry issued the following news release on Oct. 7, 2022: Mr Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs & Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Govt of India today said that government along with the industry should work on a bigger goal to make India a developed country and aspire to become a much larger economy by 2047. "If we all put our best foot forward and aspire for a double-digit gro  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 4 (TNSgov) -- Clean Water Action posted the following news release on Oct. 3, 2022: In a win for current and future public health in California, Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law AB 1817, the Safer Clothes and Textiles Act, which will curb the flow of toxic PFAS chemicals into Californians' clothes, bodies, and environments. AB 1817 eliminates unnecessary uses of PFAS in clothes and textiles, which can lead to pollution at each stage of production, use, lau  more

LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 7 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer highlighted Michigan's strong auto industry job growth since she took office. This comes on the heels of yesterday's news of Gotion's $2.36 billion investment in Big Rapids creating 2,350 jobs to Big Rapids and Our Next Energy's $1.6 billion investment creating 2,112 jobs in Van Buren Township. Since the governor took office, companies have announced 30,000+ good-paying a  more

BERLIN, Germany, Oct. 5 -- Plasma Processes and Polymers, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers fundamental and applied research in materials science, physics, chemistry and engineering in the area of plasma sources and plasma-based treatments, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2022 Special Issue on Industrial Plasma Applications: RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Optimization of a gas-liquid plasma reactor for water treatment applications: Design guidelines and elec  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 7 (TNSbook) -- Yale University issued the following news: "Objects are messy," says Yale art historian Edward S. Cooke Jr. Specifically, unlike objects typically called "fine art," the stories of functional objects, such as furniture, textiles, and ceramics, are often neither chronological nor limited by a specific geography or culture. Yet, to have a fuller understanding of art history, he argues, we would do well to consider the stories of these pieces. In his ne  more