WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- ACS Applied Energy Materials, a journal that says it covers all aspects of materials, engineering, chemistry, physics and biology relevant to energy conversion and storage from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 22, 2024, edition (Vol. 7, Issue 2): Letters: * Photoinduced Mitigation of Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell Degradation: Light Healing Effect on Oxygen Vacancies Articles: * One-Pot Room Temperature Syn  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Jan. 23 -- Applied Physics Letters, a journal from the American Institute of Physics, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 22, 2024, edition (Vol. 124, Issue 4): PERSPECTIVES: * Fast-charging graphite anode for lithium-ion batteries: Fundamentals, strategies, and outlooks PHOTONICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS: * Terahertz-induced second harmonic radiation from transient electron behavior in water * Broadband enhancement and high extraction effici  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Jan. 23 -- The Astrophysical Journal, a research journal from the American Astronomical Society that says it is devoted to recent developments, discoveries and theories in astronomy and astrophysics, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 20, 2024, edition (Vol. 961, No. 1): * PASSAGES: The Wide-ranging, Extreme Intrinsic Properties of Planck-selected, Lensed Dusty Star-forming Galaxies * Protostellar Cores in Sagittarius B2 N and M * How Can the Opti  more

AUBURN, Alabama, Jan. 23 -- Auburn University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Maggie Nelson is Auburn University's first Churchill Scholarship recipient. Nelson, a senior from Birmingham in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, is headed to Churchill College at the University of Cambridge this fall to work toward her MPhil in materials science and metallurgy. In addition to her aerospace engineering degree from the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Nelson, an Honors   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Projects Funded by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act Will Lower Costs and Create Revenue for Rural Business Owners and Farms WASHINGTON, Jan. 22, 2024 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is investing $207 million in renewable energy and domestic fertilizer projects to lower energy bills, generate new income, create jobs, and strengthen competi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: WASHINGTON -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is holding two virtual and six in-person open-house meetings in February and March to provide information on the Department of the Interior's ongoing efforts to support appropriate renewable energy development on our nation's public lands through an updated Western Solar Plan. The public meetings will preview the BLM's propos  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2024: * * * Energy Planning in South Africa This transcript is from a CSIS podcast published on January 22, 2024. Listen to the podcast here (https://www.csis.org/podcasts/energy-360/energy-planning-south-africa). Andre de Ruyter: More and more governments all over the world are realizing that adding more grid capacity is critical, not only because of the deployment of new   more

NORTHRIDGE, California, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- California State University's Northridge Campus issued the following news release: Using the world's most powerful ground-based solar telescope, astronomers in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at California State University Northridge are one step closer to understanding one of the most enduring solar mysteries. Captured images show the highest-resolution representations of the magnetic field of the so-called "quiet" surface of the sun. They r  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: By Joseph Clark, DOD News Administration officials have announced more than $55 million in new federal grants for Defense Department projects aimed at improving energy efficiency and resilience at installations across the globe. The funds will support eight projects at Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Washington headquarters services bases throughout the U.S. and at the U.S. Army Garrison in Wiesbaden, Ger  more

BROOKLINE, Massachusetts, Jan. 23 -- The Environmental Business Council of New England issued the following news: The EBC is pleased to announce that Richard Kanoff, Partner at Prince Lobel Tye LLP is the new Vice Chair of the EBC Energy Resources Committee. Please join EBC in welcoming Richard to this position. Richard joins the current Committee Chair of the Energy Resources Committee, Marc Bergeron of Epsilon Associates, Inc. The members of the EBC Energy Resources Committee's Leadership te  more

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 22 -- Cornell University issued the following news: A team in Cornell Engineering created a new lithium battery that can charge in under five minutes - faster than any such battery on the market - while maintaining stable performance over extended cycles of charging and discharging. The breakthrough could alleviate "range anxiety" among drivers who worry electric vehicles cannot travel long distances without a time-consuming recharge. "Range anxiety is a greater barrier  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: China controls over 80% of world's critical mineral supply WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper recently joined a bipartisan group of his Senate colleagues to introduce the Critical Minerals Security Act, a bill to help secure U.S. access to critical minerals and counter Chinese industry dominance. The bill directs the Department of the Interior to evaluate the global supply and ownership of cr  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2024: * * * New 3D-printable material could enable cheaper, less toxic manufacturing processes for next-gen OLED televisions, smartphones, light fixtures, and wearable devices * * * A research team led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has developed "supramolecular ink," a new technology for use in OLED (organic light-emitti  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 23 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2024: Less than a week after her State of the Commonwealth address in which she vowed to tackle rising housing costs, Governor Maura Healey today committed resources to support the production and preservation of more than 1,900 housing units in 19 communities across the state. Gov. Healey, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll and Secretary of Housing and Livable Communities Ed Augustus joined s  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Jan. 23 -- Occidental College issued the following news: On Jan. 21, President Harry J. Elam, Jr. signed the Second Nature Climate Commitment to combat climate change and support sustainability at Occidental College. The Climate Commitment is the most comprehensive of Second Nature's three Presidents' Climate Leadership Commitments, focusing on both carbon neutrality and climate resilience. With President Elam's endorsement of this pledge, Occidental became part of Sec  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. 23 -- Southwest Research Institute issued the following news release: The Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) Demo pilot plant, a $169 million, 10-megawatt supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) test facility at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in San Antonio, has achieved an industry first during commissioning by firing its natural gas heater and operating its turbine up to an intermediate speed of 18,000 rpm. "Operating the integrated system is a not  more

SEATTLE, Washington, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Washington issued the following news release: Charles Darwin proposed that life could have emerged in a "warm little pond" with the right cocktail of chemicals and energy. A study from the University of Washington, published this month in Communications Earth & Environment, reports that a shallow "soda lake" in western Canada shows promise for matching those requirements. The findings provide new support that life could have emerged fro  more