WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11991) on Sept. 9, 2024, by military ground forces specialist Andrew Feickert. Here are excerpts: * * * The U.S. Army's Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW): Dark Eagle What Is the Army's Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon? The Army's Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), also known as Dark Eagle (Figure 1), with a reported range of 1,725 miles, consists of a ground-launched missile equipped   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy issued the following news on Sept. 10, 2024: * * * Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project (ETIPP) will engage communities in energy planning, natural disaster preparedness, and analysis of renewable technologies, including solar, wind, battery storage, and heat pumps. * * * Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) welcomed 25 new coastal, remote, and island communiti  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: DALLAS, TEXAS (September 12, 2024)-- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Pueblo of Sandia as one of the selected applicants from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Pueblo of Sandia's "Implementing Solutions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions" project will fund the installation of a commercial-scale solar photovoltaic system and elec  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Military and civilian explosive ordnance disposal experts tried out the latest Explosive Ordnance Disposal technologies and robotics in the 2024 National Robot Rodeo competition, Aug. 26-30. The week-long event, managed by the United States Bomb Technician Association, brought EOD bomb technicians from the government, public sector and international  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued the following news: By Emily Mifsud, AFIMSC Public Affairs VALPARAISO, Ind. - Military and civilian explosive ordnance disposal experts tried out the latest EOD technologies and robotics in the 2024 National Robot Rodeo competition Aug. 26-30. The week-long event, managed by the United States Bomb Technician Association, brings EOD bomb technicians from the government, public sector and interna  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: By Emily Mifsud, AFIMSC Public Affairs VALPARAISO, Ind. - Military and civilian explosive ordnance disposal experts tried out the latest EOD technologies and robotics in the 2024 National Robot Rodeo competition Aug. 26-30. The week-long event, managed by the United States Bomb Technician Association, brings EOD bomb technicians from the government, public sector an  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 10 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: Newly discovered role of phase separation can help develop memory devices for energy-efficient AI computing Study: Thermodynamic origin of nonvolatility in resistive memory (DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2024.07.018) Phase separation, when molecules part like oil and water, works alongside oxygen diffusion to help memristors--electrical components that store information using electrical resistance--retain information  more