WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- ACS Applied Energy Materials, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers all aspects of materials, engineering, chemistry, physics and biology relevant to energy conversion and storage from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 9, 2024, edition (Vol. 7, Issue 23): Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * A Manganese-Doped Cerium-Based Metal-Organic Framework as a Radical Scavenger for Proton Exchange Membrane Fue  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 14 -- Advanced Materials, a peer-reviewed journal that says it publishes reviews, progress reports, communications and research news at the cutting edge of the chemistry and physics of functional materials, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 12, 2024, edition (Vol. 36, Issue 50): Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Review * Charge Generation and Enhancement of Key Components of Triboelectric Nanogenerators: A Review * Omics-Enhanced   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Members of CHIPS Communities United (CCU), a coalition of unions, environmental, and community groups, responded to the contract between the CHIPS Program Office and Micron Corp. for facilities in New York and Idaho. The coalition raised concerns about the absence of firm, transparent job creation and job quality commitments, supposedly a central goal of the CHIPS and Science Act. The public anno  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 14 -- Clean Wisconsin issued the following news release: The Daybreak Fund has announced its 2024 grants, providing nearly $1.6 million in grants to nonprofit organizations and community groups dedicated to addressing climate change, improving water quality, and promoting environmental justice along the western shores of Lake Michigan. Now in its second year, the Daybreak Fund is a collaborative of eleven philanthropic partners working to invest in nature-based soluti  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 14 -- Clean Wisconsin issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2024: Yesterday the electric grid operator for the Midwest, MISO, approved a plan for 24 transmission line projects known as Tranche 2.1, which covers eleven states including Wisconsin. The plan will support at least 6.6 gigawatts (GW) of homegrown Wisconsin wind and solar power--more than double the amount of clean energy we currently produce. All projects will require approval from state regulatory ag  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: * * * 105 selected applications funded through the Inflation Reduction Act will reduce pollution, improve climate resilience, and build community capacity to address legacy environmental justice issues around the nation * * * Today, December 12, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it has selected 105 applications for the Community Change Grants Program, totaling nearl  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Bloomberg highlighted the newly released trade and manufacturing policy discussion draft from U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) noting its robust support from industry and potential to boost the American economy. The updated Foreign Pollution Fee Act would level the playing field with Chinese manufacturing and expand American production. It is out for public comment until Fr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The Joint Economic Committee released the following testimony by Samantha Jacoby, deputy director of federal tax policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, from a Nov. 19, 2024, hearing entitled "Building on the Success of TCJA: The 2025 Tax Policy Debate". TCJA is the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. * * * Chair Heinrich, Vice Chair Schweikert, members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you this morning at this important hearing. I am Sam  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Dec. 14 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. 2024-00108) on Dec. 13, 2024: * * * ELLSWORTH ME SOLAR, LLC, Request for Good Cause Exemption Pursuant to 35-A M.R.S. Sec. 3209-A ORDER BARTLETT, Chair; SCULLY and GILBERT/1, Commissioners I. SUMMARY The Commission denies the request of Ellsworth ME Solar, LLC (Ellsworth Solar or the Petitioner) for a good-cause exemption pursuant to 35-A M.R.S. Sec. 3209-A(9). II. STATUTORY BACKGROUND During  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 14 -- Nanomaterials, a peer-reviewed open access journal that says it features research relevant to any field of study that involves nanomaterials, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 1, 2024, edition (Vol. 14, Issue 23). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - A Graphene-Based Bioactive Product with a Non-Immunological Impact on Mononuclear Cell Populations from Healthy Volunteers * Article - Additive Manufacturing of Binary a  more

PASADENA, California, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: A new study points to why, and how, Io became the most volcanic body in the solar system. Scientists with NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter have discovered that the volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io are each likely powered by their own chamber of roiling hot magma rather than an ocean of magma. The finding solves a 44-year-old mystery about the subsurface origins of the moon's most demonstrative geolo  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 14 -- Small, a peer-reviewed journal that provides a forum for experimental and theoretical studies of fundamental and applied interdisciplinary research, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 12, 2024, edition (Vol. 20, Issue 50). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Review * GenAI for Scientific Discovery in Electrochemical Energy Storage: State-of-the-Art and Perspectives from Nano- and Micro-Scale * Growth Mechanism of Carbon Nanotu  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news: * * * Members of the Penn community celebrated an energy research milestone: the unveiling of the illuminated facade of the new Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology. * * * "Three ... two ... one," cheered members of the Penn community as alumnus P. Roy Vagelos, his wife, Diana T. Vagelos, and Interim President J. Larry Jameson pressed a button  more