LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, Nov. 3 -- BASF, a producer of chemicals, plastics, performance products and crop protection products to oil and gas, issued the following news release: * * * BASF drives forward structural adjustments by consolidating Asian polytetrahydrofuran business BASF is taking decisive action to address structural changes in the global chemical fiber market characterized by significant overcapacities, by consolidating its Asian polytetrahydrofuran (PolyTHF(R))* business into its   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Nov. 6 -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: * * * Plush Neuron Makes AI Approachable Tactile tool simplifies neural networks for middle schoolers By Sarah Elizabeth Bender A team at Carnegie Mellon University is helping kids understand artificial intelligence with a soft, squishy, LED-lit neural network. "Everyone, even middle schoolers, needs to know a little about these building blocks of artificial intelligence, just like it's important to   more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 6 -- The Cleveland Museum of Art issued the following news release: * * * The Cleveland Museum of Art Presents its Largest-Ever Fashion Exhibition, Renaissance to Runway: The Enduring Italian Houses From Versace and Valentino to Ferragamo and Capucci, 80 ensembles and garments and 40 jewelry pieces are on view in this first-of-its-kind Italian fashion exhibition. * See the past and present converse through fashion. Presenting centuries apart, still stitched together, R  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (TNSLrpt) -- A Policy Research Working Paper, 'International Activity and Female Labor Participation: New Evidence for Services Firms in Developing Countries,' from the Economic Policy Global Department of the World Bank, reports findings contrary to those for the manufacturing sector. The paper, Policy Research Working Paper 11198, was authored by Luis Aguilar Luna and Deborah Winkler, and was issued in September 2025. Using data from over 33,000 services firms across 104 low  more

BUFFALO, New York, Nov. 3 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) posted the following news release: * * * Grants support $2.75 million effort to develop advanced recycling technologies Projects include creating new uses for discarded tires, and establishing a testbed for advanced sorting technologies By Cory Nealon BUFFALO, N.Y. - The University at Buffalo is leading a $2.75 million effort to develop advanced recycling technologies. "We are conducting research to de  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice and Regulatory Oversight released the following written testimony by Peter R. Huntsman, chairman, president and CEO of Huntsman Corp., from an Oct. 23, 2025, hearing entitled "Examining the Beneficial Use and Regulation of Chemicals": * * * Why I Am Here Today Chairman Curtis, Ranking Member Merkley, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportuni  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Nov. 5 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * Michigan startup reimagines clothing labels for recycling and authenticating brands Tags get cut off and tagless labels wear away, but new photonic fibers could serve as permanent barcodes By Derek Smith Barcodes woven into fabrics could make clothing and other textiles more recyclable and harder to counterfeit by identifying where and how goods are made, as well as what they are made of. Fibarcode,   more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 3 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Rice mechanical engineers turning everyday fabrics into new channel of communication * When Rice University doctoral candidate Barclay Jumet first launched a high school business designing, making and selling bow ties learning to sew on his mother's college sewing machine he never imagined that same skill set would one day help him reinvent how people communicate. Today alongside adviser Daniel J. Preston, Jum  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Nov. 3 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * Student artists honored among another record LibArt turnout * LAWRENCE KU Libraries' LibArt program, a year-round, juried exhibition of student art in library spaces, celebrated its largest-ever display of student artwork and named award recipients Oct. 28 with a reception at Watson Library. The libraries set a record for the largest show in the program's history during the 2024-25 academic year, and the   more