BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 13 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador joined a lawsuit in federal court last week to stop the Biden-Harris administration from giving Obamacare to illegal immigrants. Labrador is joined in the lawsuit by attorneys general from 14 other states, and the suit is led by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach. "The Biden-Harris Administration has made it overwhelmingly clear that our borders are wide ope  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The first materials scientists might have been early humans who through trial-and-error experiments discovered the first "cutting-edge" technologies. They found that the best arrowheads and other tools could be made from certain types of natural, structural materials, which at the time included stones and animal bones. Today, many of the most promising new material  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated that small molecular tweaks to surfaces can improve absorption technology for direct air capture, or DAC, of carbon dioxide. Amino acids, which react readily with CO2 and are environmentally friendly, have potential for use in liquid-based DAC. However, they aren't naturally drawn to surfaces where they  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: From a nondescript industrial building in the small town of Crossville, Tennessee, the team of engineers at Whisper Aero is planning a revolution in aviation technology. Previously home to a publisher of magazines including, coincidentally, Trade-A-Plane, an airplane sales publication started in 1937 the long-empty property's cavernous spaces are now filled with mu  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Gerald A. Tuskan, a Corporate Fellow and director of the Center for Bioenergy Innovation, or CBI, at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been selected as a DOE Distinguished Scientist Fellow, one of the highest honors bestowed by the agency's Office of Science for outstanding scientific leadership and research community engagement. Tuskan   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 13 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting Florida's defense of a law protecting children from experimental medical procedures. In May 2023, the Florida State Legislature passed--and Governor Ron DeSantis signed--SB 254, which prohibited sex changes for minors. Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Jason Weida explained that "Flo  more