CEREDIGION, Wales, Jan. 19 (TNSjou) -- Aberystwyth University issued the following news: Coal is surprisingly rich in bacteria according to the world's first atlas of microbial biodiversity deep under the Earth, which has been developed by Aberystwyth University academics. The research paper, published in the journal Microbiology, highlights the work of 25 scientists based in ten countries exploring the biodiversity of organisms which live underground. The study looked at data collected over  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 19 -- BloombergNEF, a part of Bloomberg, issued the following news release: Demand for key metals needed for the deployment of energy transition technologies such as solar, wind, batteries and electric vehicles will grow fivefold by 2050, under BloombergNEF's so-called Net Zero Scenario. Supply, on the other hand, is constrained due to a lack of investment, increasing country risk toward mining, and ever more depleted reserves. Country risk remains the key barrier to the develop  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper on the Fifth Circuit considers Constitutionality of the Universal Service Fund (No. LSB10904) on Jan. 18, 2023, by legislative attorney Chris D. Linebaugh: * * * Fifth Circuit Considers Constitutionality of the Universal Service Fund In the case Consumers' Research v. FCC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is considering whether the funding mechanisms for the Federal Communic  more