WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- ACS Materials Letters, a journal from the American Chemical Society that says it covers fundamental and applied research, at the interface between materials and other disciplines, such as chemistry, engineering and biology, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2023 edition (Vol. 5, Issue 9): Perspectives: * Toward Operando Characterization of Interphases in Batteries Reviews: * Champion Device Architectures for Low-Cost and Stable Sing  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 5 -- Algorithms, an open access journal from the European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology that says it provides an advanced forum for studies related to algorithms and their applications, published research articles, including the following topics, in its August 2023 edition (Vol. 16, Issue 8): * Balancing Project Schedule, Cost, and Value under Uncertainty: A Reinforcement Learning Approach * Bundle Enrichment Method for Nonsmooth Difference of Convex Programm  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 5 -- Batteries, an open access journal of battery technology and materials, published research articles, including the following topics, in its August 2023 edition (Vol. 9, Issue 8): * Boosting the Capacitance of Aqueous Zinc-Ion Hybrid Capacitors by Engineering Hierarchical Porous Carbon Architecture * Evolution of Safety Behavior of High-Power and High-Energy Commercial Li-Ion Cells after Electric Vehicle Aging * AdaBoost.Rt-LSTM Based Joint SOC and SOH Estimation   more

LONDON, England, Sept. 4 -- 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 on the following topics in its Sept. 14, 2023, edition (Vol. 11, Issue 34): * Introduction to 1D/2D materials for energy, medicine and devices * Recent progress in zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs)-derived nanomaterials for eff  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Sept. 5 -- The Minnesota Utilities Commission issued the following decision involving Great River Energy, Nexus Line LLC and Northern States Power Co. dba Xcel Energy: * * * INTRODUCTION DECISION ITEMS 1. Details 2016-131 ** E002/M-13-867 Northern States Power Company, d/b/a Xcel Energy In the Matter of a Petition for Approval of Northern States Power Company, dba Xcel Energy, for Approval of its Community Solar Garden Program. Should the Commission take any action re  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2023: * * * * New simulations model traffic-related air pollution over the region surrounding Chicago, North America's largest freight hub * In the simulations, the researchers modeled a scenario in which 30% of current on-road heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) were replaced by electric HDVs * Electrifying HDVs would substantially reduce air pollution and save hundreds of lives annually in   more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Sept. 5 -- Oregon State University issued the following university news: Bolstered by a big jump in funding from U.S. government agencies, Oregon State University's research awards in the last fiscal year surged to $480 million, a university record. Of that total, 89% came from federal organizations such as the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. The $426.7 million in federal funding in fiscal year 2023, which ended June 30, represents a 45% i  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Sept. 4 -- Physical Review D, a journal that says it covers particles, fields, gravitation and cosmology from the American Physical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its Aug. 1, 2023, edition (Vol. 108, Issue 3): LETTERS: * Dark sector showers in the Lund jet plane * Lighter QCD axion from anarchy * Dirac leptogenesis via scatterings * Entropy suppression through quantum interference in electric pulses ARTICLES: * Laser-driven lepton  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Sept. 5 -- Progress in Photovoltaics, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features photovoltaics, solar cell, solar energy, silicon cell, renewable energy, rural electrification, grid-connected system, copper indium diselenide and cadmium telluride, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2023 edition (Vol. 31, Issue 9): RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Multi-pronged degradation analysis of a photovoltaic power plant after 9.5 years of operation under ho  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 5 -- Resources, a peer-reviewed journal of scientific studies on natural resources, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2023 edition (Vol. 12, Issue 8): * Development of Wind Energy in EU Countries as an Alternative Resource to Fossil Fuels in the Years 2016-2022 * Continuous Assessment of the Environmental Impact and Economic Viability of Decarbonization Improvements in Cement Production * Investigating the Potential Adoption of Product  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Sept. 5, 2023: * * * U.S.-ASEAN Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, One Year On Vice President Kamala Harris is attending the U.S.-ASEAN Summit and the East Asia Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia from September 5-7, to reaffirm the United States' enduring commitment to Southeast Asia and ASEAN centrality. The Biden-Harris Administration's 2024 budget requested an unprecedented $1.2 billion in economic, development  more