WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- ACS Omega, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features findings in chemistry and interfacing areas of science from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 31, 2024, edition (Vol. 9, Issue 52). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Reviews * Tribological Properties of Synthetic and Biosourced Lubricants Enhanced by Graphene and Its Derivatives: A Review * Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization of Nanoindentation  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 8 -- Applied Sciences, an international, peer-reviewed journal that says it covers all applied natural sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 1, 2025, edition (Vol. 15, Issue 1). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - A Compact Multi-Identity Fully Homomorphic Encryption Scheme Without Fresh Ciphertexts * Article - A Deep Learning-Based Mapping Model for Three-Dimensional Propeller RANS and LES Flow Fields * Article - A  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: 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. President Trump r  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced his committee assignments for the 119 th 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. President Trump  more

BEIJING, China, Jan. 8 -- The Journal of Mountain Science, a peer reviewed journal that says it features mountain environment, ecology, hazards, resources and development from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 21, Issue 12). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * A debris-flow forecasting method with infrasound-based variational mode decomposition and ARIMA * A model for the mean velocity of debris flow m  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2025: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) today announced nearly $24.7 million in fiscal year 2024 funding from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands (AML), create good-paying, family-sustaining jobs and catalyze economic opportunity in coal communit  more

KONGENS LYNGBY, Denmark, Jan. 8 (TNSres) -- The Technical University of Denmark issued the following news: The earth reflects less sunlight than it did 20 years ago. Will we continue to lose reflectivity, and how will it affect our climate? At DTU, several researchers are participating in international missions to monitor developments. At DTU, an instrument is taking shape. It's called juLIET and is not very big; the prototype looks like something you can easily carry in your hands. The instru  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. \- Today, the Associated Press reported on President-elect Trump celebrating plans by an Emirati billionaire, and an ally of the Trump family, to invest in data centers that will prolong America's reliance on fossil fuels and increase pollution. By the end of the decade, data centers are expected to increase global emissions by "2.5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced $45 million in federal funding for six projects to create regional consortia to accelerate the development of critical mineral and materials supply chains including novel nonfuel carbon-based products from secondary and unconventional feedstocks. Realizing th  more