WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release on July 9, 2025: * * * As Trump Tariff Rates Remain Volatile, Ranking Members Markey, Wyden, Small Business Owners Highlight Ongoing Harm Facing Small Businesses Following President Trump's delay of country-specific "reciprocal" tariffs that were set to take effect today, Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senat  more

EL PASO, Texas, July 10 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Texas's El Paso campus issued the following news release: * * * Ciudad Juarez Sees Higher Wages, Pivots to More Computer and Medical Manufacturing, UTEP Research Finds White paper examines employment shifts on the border amid industrial transformation * EL PASO, Texas (July 9, 2025) - The Hunt Institute for Global Competitiveness at The University of Texas at El Paso has released a new white paper that provides an in-depth look at the ev  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Security Cooperation Agency issued the following news on July 11, 2025: * * * Lebanon - A-29 Super Tucano Aircraft Sustainment The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Lebanon of A-29 Super Tucano Aircraft Sustainment and related equipment for an estimated cost of $100 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifyin  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 8 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news: * * * Husker researchers studying fungus that could be melanin resource By Dan Moser Several years ago, Erin Carr's doctoral adviser Steven Harris handed her bags of soil collected from the soil crust of a cold British Columbian desert. She went to work on it, suspending it in liquid, plating it onto a growth medium and treating it with antibiotics and antifungals. Then, she replated the tiny black dots that e  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- The International Monetary Fund posted the following news: * * * Kingdom of Lesotho: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2025 Article IV Mission * July 7, 2025 A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or 'mission'), in most cases to a member country. Missions are undertaken as part of regular (usually annual) consultations under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement, in the context of a request   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 7 [Category: Business] -- The National Marine Manufacturers Association posted the following news release: * * * Meet the Newest Members to NMMA--June 2025 * NMMA is proud to welcome 10 new members in June. As members of NMMA, our new, valued stakeholders have taken an active role in the success and vitality of the marine industry. NMMA would like to thank them for driving the association's strategic initiatives to advocate for marine businesses and grow recreational   more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 10 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * New coating for glass promises energy-saving windows * A new coating for glass developed by Rice University researchers and collaborators could help reduce energy bills, especially during the cold season, by preventing heat-loss from leaky windows. The material a transparent film made by weaving carbon into the atomic lattice of boron nitride forms a thin, tough layer that reflects heat, resists scratches and  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 9 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on July 8, 2025: * * * Governor McKee, Office of Energy Resources and Department of Environmental Management Award Agricultural Energy Grants to 23 Rhode Island Farms PROVIDENCE, RI -- Governor Dan McKee, the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources (OER), and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) have awarded more than $400,000 in funding to support 23 agricultur  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 8 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Rice researchers develop superstrong, eco-friendly materials from bacteria * Scientists at Rice University and University of Houston have developed an innovative, scalable approach to engineer bacterial cellulose into high-strength, multifunctional materials. The study, published in Nature Communications, introduces a dynamic biosynthesis technique that aligns bacterial cellulose fibers in real-time, resulting  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of Houston issued the following news: * * * University of Houston Engineer Creates a Possible Replacement for Plastic Improved Bacterial Cellulose Could Lead to Stronger, Eco-Friendly Materials for Everyday Use By Laurie Fickman In a world overrun with plastic garbage, causing untold environmental woes, University of Houston assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, Maksud Rahman, has developed a way to turn bacterial cell  more

LIVERPOOL, England, July 8 (TNSjou) -- The University of Liverpool issued the following news release: * * * What happens inside soft materials when they deform? New research led by the University of Liverpool in collaboration with the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia) provides a significant step forward in understanding the micro-scale mechanisms that govern the behaviour of soft materials. Soft materials are a type of material that can be easily bent, compressed, or indented  more