UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 8 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: A Penn State research team was recently awarded a $4.99 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop and assess advanced separation technologies for the extraction and recovery of rare earth elements and other critical materials from coal, coal wastes and coal by-products. The materials, which are abundant in Earth's crust but challenging to extract and primarily sourced from o  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, a journal from the American Chemical Society that says it serves the interdisciplinary community of chemists, engineers, physicists and biologists, published research articles on the following topics in its May 8, 2024, edition (Vol. 16, Issue 18): Perspectives: * Microfluidic-SERS Technologies for CTC: A Perspective on Clinical Translation Reviews: * Exosome Isolation and Detection: From Microfluidic Chips to Nanoplasmonic Biosens  more

OSHAWA, Ontario, May 9 -- The Ontario Tech University issued the following news release: Ontario Tech gratefully acknowledges a major capital gift from Bruce Power. During a May 7 ceremony in the university's Energy Research Centre (ERC), Ontario Tech commemorated Bruce Power's $250,000 donation by designating a cutting-edge main floor ERC lab as the Bruce Power Thermalhydraulics Laboratory. The ERC houses the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science's Nuclear Engineering programs, the Centr  more

NEW YORK, May 9 -- The New York State Power Authority issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: The New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) today announced the completed installation of energy-efficient LED lights at New York City Police Department (NYPD) facilities. The nearly $17 million lighting replacements and retrofits will save the City nearly $750,000 in annual energy and maintenance costs and will reduce carbon  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects electricity generation will grow by about 3% in 2024 and 1% in 2025. Renewable energy sources--chiefly solar--will supply most of that growth. EIA expects electricity from solar, wind, and hydropower combined to account for 22% of total U.S. generation in 2024, increasing to 24% in 2025. Electricity fro  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 9 -- Environment Georgia issued the following news release: * * * Support for EV tax delay one bright spot for Georgia's environment * * * Gov. Brian Kemp overrode the state legislature late Tuesday and vetoed HB 1192, which would have paused tax credits given to data centers and began an investigation into how they impact Georgia's energy system. State Rep. John Carson introduced the bill. "We are disappointed Gov. Kemp chose to veto HB 1192. Giving data centers a tax  more

LONDON, England, May 8 -- Green Chemistry, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it provides a forum on the development of alternative sustainable technologies, published research articles on the following topics in its May 7, 2024, edition (Vol. 26, Issue 9): * Electrocatalytic C-N coupling for urea synthesis: a critical review * Sustainable biodegradable coatings for food packaging: challenges and opportunities * Mass spectrometry in the age of green analytic  more

GOLD COAST, Australia, May 9 (TNSres) -- Griffith University issued the following news: A Griffith University report shows China has been dominating global trade in electric vehicles (EV), lithium-ion batteries and solar photovoltaic (PV) as the developed world transitions away from fossil-based systems of energy production. From the Griffith Asia Institute, the China Green Trade Report 2023 provides new insight about China's 'new three' industries and what this growth might mean in the global  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: Today, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, led by Chairman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), is holding a hearing entitled "Mission Critical: Restoring National Security as th  more

FORT WAYNE, Indiana, May 9 -- Indiana Michigan Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release: Indiana Michigan Power (I&M), an American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) company, has disclosed the final details of the Powering Our Future plan following the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) approval of a rate settlement agreement. Under the settlement, a rate amount of $56.9 million plus $4.9 million in rider revenues, totaling $61.8 million was approved by   more

LONDON, England, May 9 -- 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 May 14, 2024, edition (Vol. 12, Issue 18): * Molecular perspective and engineering of thermal transport and thermoelectricity in polymers * Recent advances in CdS heterojunctions: morphology, synthesis,   more

LONDON, England, May 8 -- Materials Advances, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry, published research articles on the following topics in its May 7, 2024, edition (Vol. 5, Issue 9): * Advancements in transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) for self-powered photodetectors: challenges, properties, and functionalization strategies * Paper-based sustainable biosensors * Hydrogels as carriers deliver stem cells/exosomes for liver injury * Plant-derived selenium nanopartic  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 9 -- The Maryland Public Service Commission issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: Local residents and other interested members of the public are invited to comment on a proposal by Chaberton Solar Wild Turkey, LLC to construct a 5.0 MW solar facility in Rocky Ridge (Frederick County). The virtual hearing will take place on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. before Public Utility Law Judge Christine L. Burke. In October 2023, Chaberton Solar Wild Turkey ap  more

MOUNT PLEASANT, Wisconsin, May 9 -- Microsoft issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: Microsoft today announced a broad investment package designed to strengthen the role of Southeast Wisconsin as a hub for AI-powered economic activity, innovation, and job creation. These investments include $3.3B in cloud computing and AI infrastructure, the creation of the country's first manufacturing-focused AI co-innovation lab, and an AI skilling initiative to equip more than 100,000 of the stat  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 8 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * With laser-based precision tools for measuring and tuning materials, MIT spinout Optigon aims to rev up the energy transition. * * * By Leda Zimmerman, MIT Energy Initiative Consider the dizzying ascent of solar energy in the United States: In the past decade, solar capacity increased nearly 900 percent, with electricity production eight times greater in 2023 than in 2014.  more

MCLEAN, Virginia, May 9 -- The National Science Teaching Association issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Toshiba and NSTA today announce eight national winners of the 32nd annual Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision competition, the world's largest K-12 science competition. This year's winners have shared innovative proposals to help overcome some of the greatest challenges facing the world today, from healthcare challenges to sustainability efforts and energy efficiency. The Toshiba/NSTA   more

COCOA, Florida, May 9 -- The National Space Society issued the following news release: The National Space Society (NSS) applauds the April 23 recommendation by the Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC) to move the Office of Commercial Space Transportation, known as AST, out of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) oversight. Moving the AST up in the Department of Transportation hierarchy would address concerns that it currently does not receive the resources and priority   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL researchers have developed a low-cost compact fiber-optic sensor that exploits a process called "photoluminescence sensitization" to detect rare earth elements (REEs) -- critical materials needed by U.S. manufacturers to make high-tech systems and devices -- in waste byproducts generated from mining and fossil energy production. "Other nations produce the vas  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 9 -- TThe Pennsylvania House Democrats issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: State Rep. Danielle Friel Otten, D-Chester, and state Rep. Aerion Abney, D-Allegheny, today introduced legislation advancing the Shapiro administration's Pennsylvania Reliable Energy Sustainability Standard (PRESS) and Pennsylvania Climate Emission Reduction (PACER) Program plans for Pennsylvania, respectively. The plans were first announced by Gov. Josh Shapiro in March. A co  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following abstract of a journal article: * * * Abstract The slowly varying soil temperature can exert local and nonlocal influences on regional climate system, and may thus provide a critical source of subseasonal-to-seasonal climate prediction. In this study, we identify that soil temperature in May over the key region of Central Asia (42 Degrees N-50 Degrees N, 62 Degrees E-80 Degree  more

LONDON, England, May 9 -- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it features physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry, published research articles on the following topics in its May 14, 2024, edition (Vol. 26, Issue 18): * Molecular machines working at interfaces: physics, chemistry, evolution and nanoarchitectonics * Robust luminogens as cutting-edge tools for efficient light emission in recent decades   more

SEDONA, Arizona, May 3 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks by Secretary Antony J. Blinken at McCain Institute's 2024 Sedona Forum Keynote Conversation with Sen. Mitt Romney: * * * SENATOR ROMNEY: I don't know who gets to go off first, but I'm going to do that, because I get to ask the questions. I'm not the questioner, usually. Usually I'm the person trying to give answers, all right? Have you ever watched Mr. Roger's Neighborhood? There's a little train and there's the l  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: On Wednesday, May 8, 2024, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed budget for fiscal year 2025. Below is the opening statement of Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery: "Today, we are pleased to welcome Administrator Michael   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by U.S. Trade Representative Katherine C. Tai from a hearing dated April 17, 2024, entitled "The President's 2024 Trade Policy Agenda": * * * Chairman Wyden, Ranking Member Crapo, and Members of the Committee. I appreciate the opportunity to discuss the President's Trade Policy Agenda. Congress is our constitutional partner on trade, and I am delighted to be here to discuss our agenda and hear your views. Presi  more

MENLO PARK, California, May 9 (TNSres) -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news feature on May 9, 2024: * * * Two determined fellows share their thoughts on representation, mentorship and staying true to themselves in STEM. * * * For Annette Mendoza and Damion Tingle, it's a lesson that's been years in the making: Believe in yourself and trust the people who believe in you. Last summer, Mendoza and Tingle were able to apply that lesson to their pursuit of hands-  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Today, on the margins of the Corporate Council on Africa's U.S.-Africa Business Summit, the United States and the Republic of Angola celebrated the signing of final agreements to finance three major infrastructure projects in the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGI)'s flagship Lobito Corridor. The agreements, for projects totaling more than $1.3 billion for clean power, radio c  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Local decision-makers looking for ways to reduce the impact of heat waves on their communities have a valuable new capability at their disposal: a new study on vegetation resilience. Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory completed a study of how well vegetation survived extreme heat events in both urban and rural communities across th  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Advanced Energy United issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: By Adam Winer Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a preliminary list of 10 potential National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETCs) to accelerate the development of transmission projects in areas that have an urgent need for expanded transmission. DOE is now seeking public input on the process. "As America's energy needs grow, the backbone of the energy system needs to gr  more