WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 7, 2023: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (all D-Md.) today announced $1,273,989 in Department of Energy (DOE) funding to help Baltimore County's Watershed Public Charter School upgrade its facility to improve the learning environment, air quality, and health outcomes for students and staff. The federal investment comes through the DOE's $500 millio  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47612) on June 27, 2023, entitled "Building Resilience: FEMA's Building Codes Policies and Considerations for Congress" by Diane P. Horn, flood insurance and emergency management specialist, and Erica A. Lee, emergency management and disaster recovery analyst. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY The built environment plays a critical role in determining the severity of a natural hazard's impact on a commu  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47612) on June 27, 2023, entitled "Building Resilience - FEMA's Building Codes Policies and Considerations for Congress:" (Continued from Part 2 of 3) * * * FEMA: Building Codes Advocacy and Leadership Since its founding, FEMA has assumed an active role in the development and promotion of hazard-resistant building codes, including the activities summarized in the sections below. Research and Developme  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 (TNStalk)(TNSres) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on July 7, 2023: * * * The Energy Imperative for Southern Mexico Seizing the Nearshoring Moment for Southern Mexico By Ryan C. Berg, Emiliano Polo and Henry Ziemer As supply chains and trade relationships the world over return from global to regional, Mexico stands poised to reap major gains. However, seizing this ongoing nearshoring moment requires an alignment in the   more

BASEL, Switzerland, July 10 -- Energies, an open access journal of technology development, policy and management studies, published research articles, including the following topics, in its Vol. 16, No. 14 edition: Articles: * Modelling Aero-Structural Deformation of Flexible Membrane Kites * Analysis of Flow and Pressure Drop on Tube Side of Spiral Tube Heat Exchanger under Sloshing Conditions * Battery Storage Systems Control Strategies with Intelligent Algorithms in Microgrids with Dynam  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, July 10 -- Energy Technology, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features generation, conversion, storage and the distribution of energy, published research articles, including the following topics, in its July 2023 edition: Perspective: * Direct and Indirect Effects of Fluorine on the Photocatalytic Performance of Titania-Based Photocatalysts Reviews: * Hydrogen Production, Purification, Storage, Transportation, and Their Applications: A Review * Process Intensificat  more

LONDON, England, July 8 (TNSres) -- General Electric, a manufacturer of appliances, lighting, power systems and other products, issued the following news release on July 7, 2023: * * * * Additional 250 GW of renewable and decarbonised generation, approximately 2.5 times that of existing capacity, will need to be added to the power system. * More than pound sterling50bn investment, twice as much as that of the past five years, is required in power generation and storage capacity alone this dec  more

LONDON, England, July 10 -- The Journal of Materials Chemistry A, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it covers production of materials related to energy storage and conversion, sustainability or living, published research articles, including the following topics, in its July 14, 2023 edition: Review Articles: * Multifunctional small biomolecules as key building blocks in the development of hydrogel-based strain sensors * Nitroimino as an energetic group in   more

LONDON, England, July 10 -- The Journal of Materials Chemistry C, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it covers production of materials related to display technologies, optical materials, magnetics, electronics or information storage technology, published research articles, including the following topics, in its July 14, 2023 edition: Review Articles: * Recent progress on lanthanide-based long persistent phosphors: an overview * Design, synthesis and functio  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 7, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger (all D-Md.) announced $1,273,989 in Department of Energy (DOE) funding to help Baltimore County's Watershed Public Charter School upgrade its facility to improve the learning environment, air quality, and health outcomes for students and staff. The federal investment comes through the DOE's $500 mill  more