UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 28 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: ERIE, Pa. -- The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) and the Department of Defense will invest $4.4 million in several metals-based manufacturing programs at Penn State's Behrend and University Park campuses, where researchers are creating workforce development programs that will strengthen the U.S. metal casting and forging industries. The three-year initiative -- t  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Ecology, a journal that says it features all aspects of ecology from the Ecological Society of America, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2024 edition (Vol. 105, Issue 5): STATISTICAL REPORT: * Improving species distribution forecasts by measuring and communicating uncertainty: An invasive species case study ARTICLES: * Increased density of conspecifics caused niche contraction in a multispecific passerine assemblage * Integrated distance s  more

NEW YORK, June 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: * * * City of Buffalo among nearly 60 New York State communities to benefit under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it is investing $111 million to address polluted sites and put clean school buses on the roads across New York State. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will provide the majority of this historic funding throu  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 29 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Administrator Debra Shore, alongside Region 2 Administrator Lisa Garcia and Region 3 Administrator Adam Ortiz, joined Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb and other partners to highlight the important role Great Lakes restoration plays in community revitalization along the shoreline of Lake Erie. "After decades of industrial and economic growth, Cleve  more

ERIE, Pennsylvania, June 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz joined Erie County Redevelopment Authority President Tina Mengine, Erie Mayor Joe Schember, and Erie County Executive Brenton Davis to celebrate the $5.5 million in grants that have been selected for the area. Last week, EPA Administrator Regan announced a total grant package fo  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Habitat Conservation issued the following feature story: As part of a large-scale effort to redesign a waterfront park, NOAA funding is helping to improve the resilience of an eroding shoreline and create habitat for native Great Lakes fish. In Buffalo, New York, an effort is underway to transform the city's largest waterfront park and better connect the local community to the Niagara River. This exp  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, May 31 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Republicans issued the following news release: Sen. Dan Laughlin (R-49) has reintroduced legislation that would expand access to solar power through a local voluntary program while ensuring adequate ratepayer protection. Senate Bill 1227 (https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billInfo/billInfo.cfm?sYear=2023&sInd=0&body=S&type=B&bn=1227) would create the PA Local Solar program, seeking to allow electric utilities to establish subscribe  more

BUFFALO, New York, May 29 (TNSres) -- The Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: * * * Team's methodology helps disentangle association between high vs. low adiposity and cancer outcomes * * * HIGHLIGHTS * Evidence shows importance of considering skeletal muscle mass * Diet & lifestyle interventions have potential to improve outcomes * Study published today in Journal of the National Cancer Institute * * * Researchers from Roswell   more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro from a hearing dated May 16, 2024, entitled "The Posture of the Department of the Navy in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2025 and the Future Years Defense Program": * * * Chairman Reed, Ranking Member Wicker, and distinguished members of the committee, I am honored to appear before you alongside General Smith and Admiral Franchetti to   more