WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Advanced Functional Materials, a peer-review journal produced in Weinheim, Germany, that says it reports on breakthrough research in all aspects of materials science, including nanotechnology, chemistry, physics and biology, published research articles on the following topics in its March 16, 2023 edition: Reviews: * Recent Advances in Mechanically Transferable III-Nitride Based on 2D Buffer Strategy * Metal-Organic Frameworks for Gene Therapy and Detection * Insight  more

NEW DELHI, India, March 13 -- The Confederation of Indian Industry issued the following news release: "Sustainability has been at the core of G20 agenda for several years now, the core of all multilateral and bilateral engagements over the last few years, but for India, sustainability is a way of life," said Mr Piyush Goyal, Hon'ble Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, and Textiles, Government of India while inaugurating the CII Partnership Summit 2023,  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 24 -- The European Commission issued the following news release on March 22, 2023: The Commission is proposing common criteria against greenwashing and misleading environmental claims. Under today's proposal, consumers will have more clarity, stronger reassurance that when something is sold as green, it actually is green, and better quality information to choose environment-friendly products and services. Businesses will also benefit, as those that make a genuine effort  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 22 -- MassDevelopment issued the following news release: MassDevelopment has issued a $3.3 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of 23 Farrar Street LLC, an affiliate of Soliyarn Inc., which will use proceeds to buy and renovate a vacant 18,000-square-foot building located at 23 Farrar St. in Lynn. Built in 1940, the building was formerly home to Sterling Machine Company and has been vacant for two years. Soliyarn, a textile manufacturing business currently based in Bos  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following news release: The work of Beatriz Milhazes (b. 1960), one of Brazil's most celebrated contemporary artists, reveals her deep engagement with her native country's complex colonial history, characterized by the meeting of Indigenous, African, and European cultures. Milhazes's work also brings visual forms related to Brazil's vernacular arts, such as ceramics and textiles, into conversation with those drawing from the traditi  more

NEW YORK, March 23 -- Scholastic, a children's publishing, education and media company, issued the following news release: The nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers has announced its 100th annual class of National Medalists in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards--the nation's longest running and most prestigious program for creative teens in grades 7-12. Student participation is up 15% from 2022, with more than 100,000 teens from U.S. territories, Canada, and every state in the nation   more

BANBURY, England, March 23 (TNSres) -- The Waste and Resources Action Programme issued the following news release on March 22, 2023: Climate action NGO, WRAP, today publishes two reports which inform its recommendation to UK Government of an Extended Producer Responsibility scheme for the UK's fashion and textiles industry. The two reports (Textiles Policy Options paper and supporting Cost Benefits Analysis) provide Government with the evidence and insights necessary to make an informed decisi  more