WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. SENATE U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced his committee assignments for the 119th Congress. Daines will serve on the U.S. Senate Committees on Finance, Foreign Relations, Energy and Natural Resources, and Indian Affairs. "It's an honor to serve Montanans in the U.S. Senate and I'm looking forward to working with my colleagues on these crucial committees to fight for our Montana way of life. Pres  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2024: * * * Inspections cited 44 significant and substantial violations, including 1 unwarrantable failure * * * The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections in November 2024 at 14 mines in Alabama, California, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Pen  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement: * * * House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure, the Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) index, showed inflation rose to 2.4 percent, a level above the Federal Reserve's target: "The Biden-Harris Administration's parting gift to the American people is a  more

LEEDS, England, Dec. 24 -- Industrial Robot, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers all aspects of robotic technology, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 51, Issue 6 edition: * A novel deep learning method for motion assessment in upper limb rehabilitation grasping test * Adaptive autonomous navigation system for coal mine inspection robots: overcoming intersection challenges * An automatic robot for ultrasonic partial discharge detection of gas-insulated swi  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 24 -- The Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks, an international, peer-reviewed journal on the science and technology of sensor and actuator networks, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 13, Issue 6): * Article - An Automated Semantic Segmentation Methodology for Infrared Thermography Analysis of the Human Hand * Article - Detecting and Localizing Wireless Spoofing Attacks on the Internet of Medical Things * Articl  more

LEEDS, England, Dec. 24 -- The Journal of Tourism Futures, a peer-reviewed journal that says it that publishes research in the fields of tourism and tourism futures, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 10, Issue 3 edition: * An exploratory study of the future paranormal tourist experience on ghost tours * Conference report: How do we see the future, using futures literacy? A webinar review * Generation Z as a critical question mark for sustainable tourism - An expl  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Dec. 23 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: EXPERT ADVISORY To combat climate change, the world needs to pivot away from fossil fuels. But building battery electric vehicles and infrastructure for renewable energy will require enormous amounts of minerals and resources, which can only be obtained in the quantities needed through mining. Adam Simon Adam Simon, professor of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Michigan, studies how met  more