WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Accounts of Materials Research, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it features materials science and engineering, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 27, 2024, edition (Vol. 5, Issue 12): * Beyond Drug Delivery: Metal-Organic Framework-Derived Nanosystems for Bone Regeneration under Complicated Pathological Microenvironments * Boosting Oxidative Stress with Hydroxyethyl Starch Smart Nanomedicines to Eliminate C  more

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

WEINHEIM, Germany, Jan. 8 -- Advanced Energy Materials, a peer-reviewed journal that says it contributes on materials used in all forms of energy harvesting, conversion and storage, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 27, 2024, edition (Vol. 14, Issue 48). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Review * Sulfide/Polymer Composite Solid-State Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries Research Article * Catalytic Strategies Enabled Rapid Formation of Homog  more

WEINHEIM, Germany, Jan. 8 -- Advanced Energy Materials, a peer-reviewed journal that says it contributes on materials used in all forms of energy harvesting, conversion and storage, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 7, 2025, edition (Vol. 15, Issue 1). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Review * Recent Progress in Computational Materials Science Boosting Development of Rechargeable Batteries * Core-Shell Colloidal Quantum Dots for Energy Conversion Researc  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Jan. 8 -- Applied Physics Letters, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Institute of Physics, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 23, 2024, edition (Vol. 125, Issue 26). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * PHOTONICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS * Narrow-bandgap titanium sesquioxide with resonant metasurfaces for enhanced infrared absorption * Investigation of the origin of atomic-like emission at 4.09 eV from h-BN by correlating PL and XPS   more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Jan. 7 -- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, a law firm, issued the following news: International law firm BCLP announced today that Philip Hecht will join the Abu Dhabi office as a partner in the Real Estate team. Philip joins BCLP from Miral, the leading creator of immersive destinations and experience in Abu Dhabi, where he was Director of Legal Affairs. At Miral, he managed all development and construction legal matters, spanning the entire asset lifecycle, from development   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 7 -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release: [Category: Environment] WASHINGTON (January 7, 2025)-- The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today issued final rules governing implementation of the Section 45Y Clean Electricity Production Credit (45Y) and Section 48E Clean Electricity Investment Credit (48E). These rules establish how generator eligibility is determined for the new technology-neutral   more

LYONS, Nebraska, Jan. 8 -- The Center for Rural Affairs issued the following news release: As demand for renewable energy generation continues to grow, many local decision makers are responding by creating ordinances that govern how projects will be built, managed, and decommissioned. The Center for Rural Affairs has released a new wind and solar decommissioning resource to its Clean Energy Siting Library, a database intended to assist local zoning officials and decision makers in crafting ord  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 8 -- Energies, a peer-reviewed journal of technology development, engineering policy and management studies, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 2, 2024, edition (Vol. 17, Issue 24). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - A Deep-Neural-Network-Based Surrogate Model for DC/AC Converter Topology Selection Using Multi-Domain Simulations * Article - A High-Resolution Satellite-Based Solar Resource Assessment Method Enhanced with S  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 8 -- Energies, a peer-reviewed journal of technology development, engineering policy and management studies, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 1, 2025, edition (Vol. 18, Issue 1). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - A Digital Twin of Hot Pumping Waxy Oil Through a Main Pipeline * Article - A Hybrid Dual-Axis Solar Tracking System: Combining Light-Sensing and Time-Based GPS for Optimal Energy Efficiency * Article - Analys  more

LONDON, Ontario, Jan. 8 (TNSres) -- Western University issued the following news: By Jeff Renaud While herding sheep is an age-old adage for leadership, breeding and raising sheep is where the money is, according to a new study led by Western researchers. But not just any sheep. Far more profitable are "solar" sheep, raised specifically to trim grass and weeds under traditional solar panels or agrivoltaic arrays. Agrivoltaics is a portmanteau for agriculture and photovoltaics, more commonly k  more

LONDON, England, Jan. 8 -- The Journal of Materials Chemistry C, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it covers production of materials related to display technologies, optical materials, magnetics, electronics or information storage technology, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 14, 2025, edition (Vol. 13, Issue 2). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Communication * Structural engineering of glass for regulating chemical surr  more

LONDON, England, Jan. 8 -- Materials Advances, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 7, 2025, edition (Vol. 6, Issue 1). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Review Article * Exciton binding energies and polaron interplay in the optically excited state of organic-inorganic lead halide perovskites * Highly conductive and stable electrolytes for solid oxide electrolysis and fuel cells: fabrication, chara  more

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 2 -- The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) has announced a public hearing on a petition filed by ConnectGen Chautauqua County LLC (ConnectGen) to build a 270-megawatt solar electric generation facility with battery storage in the Town of Ripley, Chautauqua County. The proposed facility, known as the South Ripley Solar Facility, would be located on land already permitted by the New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES). The PSC review will focus   more

DELHI, India, Jan. 7 -- The White House issued the following remarks on Jan. 6, 2025, by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi: * * * A New Frontier for the U.S.-India Partnership Good afternoon. It's great to be back in New Delhi. And thank you, Eric, for that gracious introduction. President Biden has been lucky to have you here representing the United States. I also want to thank everyone here at IIT Delhi for such a warm welcome. * * * In  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 8 -- Polymers, a peer-reviewed open access journal of polymer science from the Belgian Polymer Group and Swiss Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 1, 2025, edition (Vol. 17, Issue 1). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - A Molecularly Imprinted Electrochemical Sensor for Carbendazim Detection Based on Synergy Amplified Effect of Bioelectrocatalysis and Nanocomposites * Article - A Sustainable and Flexible C  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 7 -- The Rockefeller Foundation issued the following news release: As delivered on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, in New Delhi, India Hello, everyone. Welcome. I want to thank Vish [Vaishali Mishra] and Saurabh [Kumar] for hosting this session. I certainly want to thank Woochong [Um] for taking on the role of our global CEO for the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet. And Dr. Ajay Mathur, we appreciate your being here, and I enjoyed hearing your remarks. I'm certainly e  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: Funding Comes From U.S. Department Of Transportation's Charging And Fueling Infrastructure Grant Program, Created By Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law Schumer Led To Passage In Senate Schumer, Gillibrand: NY Is Getting Major Jolt To Build Brand-New EV Charging Stations On SUNY Campuses! U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced $15 million   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today applauded President Biden's designation of the Chuckwalla National Monument in southern California. The new national monument spans over 624,000 acres of Bureau of Land Management-managed public lands where the Colorado and Mojave Deserts come together, offering stunning mountains and canyons, important cultural and historic resources,  more

SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on Jan. 6, 2025, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken and South Korea Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul at a news availability: * * * MODERATOR: (Via interpreter) Good afternoon. Let us now begin the joint press availability of the ROK-U.S. foreign ministers' meeting, beginning with opening statements. Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul will speak first, to be followed by Secretary Blinken. After their opening statements, we w  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 8 -- Sustainability, a peer-reviewed open access journal on environmental, cultural, economic and social sustainability, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 2, 2024, edition (Vol. 16, Issue 24). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - A Hybrid Method of Cooling and Heating Consumption Prediction for Six Types of Buildings Based on Machine Learning * Article - A Reputation-Based Pricing Strategy for Distributed Diverse Entity Sys  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 8 -- Sustainability, a peer-reviewed open access journal on environmental, cultural, economic and social sustainability, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 1, 2025, edition (Vol. 17, Issue 1). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - A Phenomenological Study on the Experience of Searching for Tourism Information Following the Emergence of ChatGPT: Focused on the Uncanny Valley Theory * Article - Adaptive Cloud-Based Big Data Ana  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 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: With final rules in place, technology-neutral clean electricity credits will grow the economy, create good-paying jobs, and help save American families up to $38 billion on electricity bills through 2030 WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the IRS released final rules for the Clean Electricity Investment and Production Tax Credits - also known as the technology-neutr  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 8 -- Universe, a peer-reviewed open access journal that says it focuses on fundamental principles in physics, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 10, Issue 12). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - An Analysis of Variance of the Pantheon+ Dataset: Systematics in the Covariance Matrix? * Article - Cosmologies with Perfect Fluids and Scalar Fields in Einstein's Gravity: Phantom Scalars and Nonsingular Uni  more

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vermont, Jan. 8 (TNSres) -- The Vermont Law and Graduate School issued the following news release: * * * Move from Fossil Fuel Reliant Peaker Plants to Batteries Could Change Lives, Report Says * * * The Vermont Law and Graduate School's Institute for Energy and the Environment, along with the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation at the University of Connecticut, have created a new resource to help communities in the northeast better respond to climate  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Jan. 7, 2025: * * * President Biden Establishes Chuckwalla and Sattitla Highlands National Monuments in California President Biden has now conserved more lands and waters than any President in history and has created the largest corridor of protected lands in the lower 48 states, the Moab to Mojave Conservation Corridor Surrounded by canyon walls in the Eastern Coachella Valley, today President Biden will sign  more