WASHINGTON, June 7 -- 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 June 3, 2024, edition (Vol. 6, Issue 6): Reviews: * Functional Regulation of Covalent Organic Frameworks for Photocatalytic Water Splitting Letters: * Side-Chain Engineering in ITIC Skeleton   more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) called on the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce to level the playing field for American solar workers by supporting a set of antidumping and countervailing duty petitions filed by the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee. In a letter to the Secretary of Commerce and the Chair of the ITC, Senator Baldwin joined he  more

LONDON, England, June 7 -- Energy and Environmental Science, a peer-reviewed journal linking all aspects of the chemical, physical and biotechnological sciences relating to energy conversion and storage, alternative fuel technologies and environmental science from the Royal Society of Chemistry, published research articles on the following topics in its June 7, 2024, edition (Vol. 17, Issue 11): * Electrical-energy storage into chemical-energy carriers by combining or integrating electrochemist  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 6 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Albany, NY -- Yesterday, the New York Senate voted to pass the Clean Deliveries Act (S2127C/A1718C), a common sense environmental justice bill introduced by New York Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris (NY-District 12) and Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes (NY-District 51). The bill would direct the state to review emissions related to large warehouses and require warehouse operators to   more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its June 6, 2024, edition (Vol. 128, Issue 22): Biophysical and Biochemical Systems and Processes: * Assessing the Performance of Peptide Force Fields for Modeling the Solution Structural Ensembles of Cyclic Peptides * Deeper Insights into Mixed Crowding through Enzyme Activity, Dynamics, and Crowder Diffusion * MANUSCRI  more

LOUGHBOROUGH, England, June 8 -- Loughborough University issued the following news release: A new development at Loughborough University could fix a "significant problem" within the solar panel industry. A team, led by Professor Michael Walls from the University's Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology (CREST), has worked on a new way to improve the cover glass for solar modules - which increases the amount of light transmitted into the panel whilst decreasing the amount of soiling cli  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) joined his colleagues in sending a bicameral letter to U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Chairman David Johanson and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, calling for a thorough investigation into Chinese companies with facilities in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam that are engaging in unfair trade practices to avoid U.S. tariffs. This behavior  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Commits to "Continue Fighting Unnecessary, Ill Begotten Project" Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today released the following statement on the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) decision to proceed with the strongly opposed Lava Ridge Wind Project. "Idahoans could not be more clear that they do not support Lava Ridge. Yet, for some reason, the BLM continues to push forward this project that no one in Idaho wants,"  more