LANCASTER, England, April 26 (TNSpar) -- Lancaster University issued the following news: It was more than a decade after Rohit Murthy graduated from Lancaster that he met fellow alumnus Mayank Podar. The pair had no overlap at Lancaster. Rohit's final trips as a student to Wibbly Wobbly for his much-loved bean burger - he has sampled them on return trips since, and is keen to come back for more - happened two years before Mayank arrived. But the power of Lancaster's alumni network is strong,   more

WASHINGTON, April 27 (TNSconf) -- The American Society of Interior Designers issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: Interior design is regarded with increasing importance for its power to impact lives. As recognition for how the power and importance of design has expanded in the public discourse, the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) has tapped top leaders in design, business, and media to headline its 2023 national conference, held in Los Angeles, Calif., August 13 -   more

BASEL, Switzerland, April 26 -- Cellulose, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers the conversion of polymers and resources into manufactured goods, such as pulp, paper, textiles and natural fibers, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 30, No. 7 edition: Review Papers: * Cellulose fiber-based, yarn-based, and textile-based hydroelectric nanogenerators: a mini-review * Research trends on energy storage and conversion systems based on electrically conductive mulb  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 29 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following article by Fernando Leibovici and Jason Dunn entitled "US Barriers to International Trade of Goods - Tariffs and Non-Tariff Measures": International trade can be critical for economic growth and development, connecting countries and businesses across the world./1 While trade barriers have consistently decreased in recent decades, leading to the unprecedented growth of trade linkages, significant barriers  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, April 25 (TNSfund) -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release: When you think about big data and fashion, it seems unlikely that the two might be stitched together. However, the modern fashion industry depends on data analytics throughout the supply chain to serve customers in ways that champion innovation, including expanding designers' creativity, calculating the environmental impact of making a product and keeping brands up to date on changes in the m  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 26 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: In a new study, North Carolina State University researchers made a cathode, or the positive end of a battery, in the shape of a thread-like fiber. The researchers were then able to use the fiber to create a zinc-ion battery prototype that could power a wrist watch. Published in the journal ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, the proof-of-concept study is a step forward in the deve  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 25 (TNSper) -- Nutter, a law firm, issued the following news release on April 24, 2023: Nutter served as legal counsel to Eastprint Incorporated, a printed electronics solutions provider, in connection with its acquisition by East West Manufacturing, LLC, an integrated design, engineering, manufacturing, and distribution services partner for original equipment manufacturers and distributors throughout North America and Europe. The Nutter team was led by Michael Ku  more

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, April 28 (TNSres) -- ASTM International, formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials, which develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for materials, products, systems and services, issued the following news release: ASTM International's committee on textiles (D13) is developing a proposed standard for writing terminology in textile standards. "This practice is intended to address the importance of a 'critical building block' tha  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 (TNSrpt) -- The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued the following news release: The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) today released its 2023 Special 301 Report on the adequacy and effectiveness of U.S. trading partners' protection and enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights. "Innovation and creativity are at the heart of American competitiveness. That is why the Biden-Harris Administration's new story on trade includes lifting up   more

BANBURY, England, April 28 (TNSres) -- The Waste and Resources Action Programme issued the following news release: New research from climate action NGO, WRAP, estimates that in total 331,580,000 home textiles items were not used once in the last year in UK homes. The first consumer research on the subject from WRAP, the Citizen Insights: Estimating the Longevity of Home Textiles in the UK report focuses on 10 common home textiles items to understand how many of these we own, their estimated lo  more