LAUREL, Maryland, March 15 [Category: Science] -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory posted the following news release: * * * EZIE Launches on Mission to Study Earth's Electrojets Under the nighttime California sky, NASA's Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, taking off at 11:43 p.m. PDT on March 14 from Vandenberg Space Force Base near Santa Barbara, California. The EZIE mission's trio of small satellites will fly in a pea  more

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, March 15 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following report on March 6, 2025 by Vibhuti Garg, Prabhakar Sharma, Ashita Srivastava and Deepalika Mehra entitled "Challenges in India's tender-driven renewable energy market." Report Highlights Challenges in India's Booming Renewable Energy Tender Market A new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) and JMK Research & Analytics points to significant c  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 15 -- Clean Wisconsin issued the following news release: * * * Microsoft shrugs off company climate goals to support burning methane gas for AI data centers Microsoft is walking back its long-touted commitment to clean energy as the company seeks to build more artificial intelligence data centers in the Midwest. In a recent interview, an executive with the tech giant admitted burning gas "absolutely would not be off the table" to support the enormous energy demands o  more

SINGAPORE, March 16 -- Nanyang Technological University issued the following news: * * * Solar-powered tech turns sewage sludge into green hydrogen and animal feed Scientists at NTU Singapore, have developed an innovative solar-powered method to transform sewage sludge - a by-product of wastewater treatment - into green hydrogen for clean energy and single-cell protein for animal feed. Published in Nature Water, the sludge-to-food-and-fuel method tackles two pressing global challenges: manag  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA's EZIE Launches on Mission to Study Earth's Electrojets Under the nighttime California sky, NASA's EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 11:43 p.m. PDT on March 14.  Taking off from Vandenberg Space Force Base near Santa Barbara, the EZIE mission's trio of small satellites will fly in a pearls-on-a-string configuration approximately 260 to 370 miles above Earth'  more

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, March 15 -- Northumbria University issued the following news release: * * * National recognition for eco-friendly aircon innovation An energy-efficient cooling system developed by scientists at Northumbria University has been crowned one of the most ground-breaking innovations of the year. Optimum Air Con - an innovative cooling system developed in response to the global climate emergency - won the Innovation of the Year - Thermal Comfort category at the Charter  more

LONDON, England, March 16 -- The University College London issued the following news: * * * Phosphorene nanoribbons show their potential for revolutionising electronics Tiny, individual, flexible ribbons of crystalline phosphorus discovered by UCL researchers in 2019 exhibit magnetic and semiconducting properties at room temperature, opening new possibilities for next-generation electronics, finds a new study involving members of the same team. The findings, published in the journal Nature,   more

BIRMINGHAM, England, March 16 -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news: * * * Breakthrough in rapid polymer nanostructure production Novel approach reduces processing time for precision polymer nanomaterials to just minutes. Researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a new method for the rapid scalable preparation of uniform nanostructures directly from block polymers. This novel approach, led by the Dove and O'Reilly groups, significantly reduces processing  more

BRISTOL, England, March 16 -- The University of Bristol issued the following news release: * * * 'Extraordinary' academics win pound sterling40,000 to turn groundbreaking research into ventures An invention improving microscopes to battle diseases like cancer and a tool ensuring financial AI models are unbiased are ideas that have won pound sterling20,000 for their female founders. Ten exceptional female academics at the University of Bristol had just 5 minutes each to pitch for the pound st  more

LONDON, England, March 16 -- The University of Greenwich issued the following news: * * * Tinted solar panels could improve characteristics of leafy crops and provide a green income for farmers Researchers from the University of Greenwich and University of Cambridge have demonstrated the use of tinted, semi-transparent solar panels to generate electricity and produce nutritionally-superior crops simultaneously, bringing the prospect of higher incomes for farmers and maximising use of agricult  more

MANCHESTER, England, March 15 -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: * * * New research centre for the North of England aims for a sustainable future A new research centre led by The University of Manchester has been launched which aims to promote socially just, people-centred sustainability transformations by collaborating with communities, governments and businesses to develop low-carbon living initiatives. The People's History Museum hosted the launch of the Jo  more

WURZBURG, Germany, March 16 -- The University of Wurzburg issued the following news release: * * * Artificial Photosynthesis: Researchers Mimic Plants With artificial photosynthesis, mankind could utilise solar energy to bind carbon dioxide and produce hydrogen. Wurzburg chemists have taken this one step further. Photosynthesis is a marvellous process: plants use it to produce sugar molecules and oxygen from the simple starting materials carbon dioxide and water. They draw the energy they n  more