GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, March 30 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on March 28, 2025: * * * Written by Sarah Montalbano Op-ed: 'Historic action' on critical minerals may reduce reliance on China During President Trump's joint address to Congress, he promised "historic action to dramatically expand production of critical minerals and rare earths here in the U.S.A." Prior  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, March 30 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on March 27, 2025: * * * Written by Bill Glahn The money well runs dry Suddenly, the "wrong" people are doing the "right" thing. The full quote from Nobel-prize-winning economist Milton Friedman goes as follows: I do not believe that the solution to our problem is simply to elect the right people. The i  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The Carnegie Institution for Science issued the following news on March 27, 2025: Small star, mighty flares: A new view of Proxima Centauri Our nearest stellar neighbor, Proxima Centauri, is known for its frequent and intense flares. Carnegie Science astronomer Alycia Weinberger helped reveal new details about these energetic bursts and what they mean for the habitability of planets in its system. Washington, DC--Talk about a noisy neighbor! Recent research about Prox  more

BRISTOL, England, March 30 -- The University of Bristol issued the following news release: * * * UK and Japan scientists set to supercharge semiconductor microchip technologies in the race to reach Net Zero Charging electric cars in faster than five minutes and making the national energy grid much more efficient could be a step closer to reality thanks to a unique new partnership on track to revolutionise semiconductor microchip technologies. Top experts from the University of Bristol, in th  more