UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Dec. 7 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * 2025 Roy Awards recognize materials research with potential far-reaching impact * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Six materials researchers at Penn State have received the 2025 Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award, recognizing a wide range of research with societal impact. The award is presented by the Materials Research Institute (MRI) for recent interdisciplinary materials re  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Dec. 9 -- Appalachian State University issued the following news: * * * App State's Office of Rural Promise fortifies student and teacher success in North Carolina Building on its 126-year history as a rural-serving institution, Appalachian State University has launched the Office of Rural Promise (ORP) -- a unit formed to foster regional connections and support growing programs that empower students and educators at North Carolina schools. ORP is one of several App Sta  more

BIRMINGHAM, England, Dec. 6 -- Aston University issued the following news: * * * Aston University awarded 1m pounds to develop technology to boost low-carbon energy generation in Ukraine Empty heading * The technology will help Ukraine rebuild its low-carbon energy generation capacity * Three schemes range from clean energy to restore heating and sanitation to displaced communities to refrigerant-free cooling for conflict regions * All three schemes are collaborations with either UK or Uk  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 8 -- Baruch College issued the following news: * * * Baruch College Professor Co-Authors Study Showing Imported Solar Panels Save Lives and Reduce Climate Costs * Baruch College Associate Professor Gang He has led a research project and co-authored new peer-reviewed research showing that imported solar panels helped prevent nearly 600 premature deaths in the United States while generating approximately $28 billion in combined climate and public-health benefits. The findings sh  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- George Washington University posted the following news: * * * Black Hole Eats Star: NASA Missions Discover Record-Setting Blast * WASHINGTON (December 8, 2025) Astronomers have been poring over a flood of data from NASA satellites and other facilities as they try to work out what was responsible for an extraordinary cosmic outburst discovered on July 2, 2025. The event was a GRB (gamma-ray burst), the most powerful class of cosmic explosions. But while most GRBs are o  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 8 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Court Strikes Down Trump Administration's Reckless Wind Energy Permitting Ban * (WASHINGTON - Dec. 8, 2025) Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts struck down the Trump administration's federal permitting ban on wind energy projects, a Day One Executive Order halting a vital source of clean affordable energy benefitting millions of people. The challeng  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (TNSLrpt) -- The Interior Inspector General issued the following report on Dec. 1, 2025, entitled "Semiannual Report to Congress for the Period Ending Sept. 30, 2025." Here are excerpts: * * * Contents Our Mission, Vision, and Values ... ii Abbreviations List ... i A Message From the Deputy Inspector General Performing the Duties of the Inspector General ... iv Focus Areas of Oversight ... iii Highlights From the Office of Audits, Inspections, and Evaluations ... 1 Hi  more

HERNDON, Virginia, Dec. 8 [Category: Transportation] -- The RV Industry Association posted the following news: * * * Latest Tariff Developments * To see a comprehensive list of what tariffs are currently enacted, view our tariff tracker chart, which provides an easy-to-read overview of tariff impacts by country. View the Tariff Tracker Tariff Letters and Deals Below is an update of ongoing deals that have been announced so far. It is important to note that there are more details to com  more

LIVERMORE, California, Dec. 9 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * LZ dark matter experiment sets a world's best and spots neutrinos from the sun's core There's more to the universe than meets the eye. Dark matter, the invisible substance that accounts for 85 percent of the mass in the universe, is hiding all around us -- and figuring out exactly what it is remains one of the biggest questions about how our world wor  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * LETTER: LCV Urges Congress to PERMIT Act, SPEED Act, and other Anti-Environmental Legislation * December 5, 2025 U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Re: Oppose H.R. 3898 the PERMIT Act, H.R. 4776 the SPEED Act, and other anti-environmental legislation (H.R. 3668, H.R. 3628, H.R. 3616, H.R. 3632) Dear Representative: The League of Conservation Voter  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 8 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * LZ experiment sets new record in the hunt for dark matter, glimpses neutrinos from the sun's core * PROVIDENCE, R.I. AND LEAD, S.D. There is more to the universe than meets the eye. Dark matter, the invisible substance that accounts for 85% of mass in the universe, is hiding all around, and figuring out exactly what it is remains one of the biggest questions about how the universe works. On Monday, Dec. 8  more

UPTON, New York, Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * LZ Sets a World's Best in the Hunt for Galactic Dark Matter and Gets a New Look at Neutrinos from the Sun's Core * By Lauren Biron, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Editor's note: The following news release was origninally issued by the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on behalf of the LZ collaboration, a group of scientists   more

MENLO PARK, California, Dec. 8 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * LZ sets a world's best in the hunt for galactic dark matter and gets a new look at neutrinos from the sun's core * Subscribe to SLAC Breaking News (external link) Key takeaways: * The LZ collaboration expanded their search for low-mass WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles) using the world's most sensitive dark matter detector, narrowing down what dark matter particl  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- NextEra Energy Resources LLC, Juno Beach, Florida, and Meta Platforms Inc., Menlo Park, California, announced that they have reached a milestone of approximately 2.5 gigawatts (GW) in clean energy contracts. The achievement stems from the signing of 11 new power purchase agreements (PPAs) and two energy storage agreements (ESAs), designed to strengthen American energy leadership. NextEra Energy Resources, an energy infrastructure developer, and Meta, a leading technology   more

NORMAN, Oklahoma, Dec. 8 -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news: * * * OU Researchers Develop Magnetically Doped Quantum Dots, a Breakthrough in Materials Science * NORMAN, Okla. - A team of University of Oklahoma materials scientists has done what many in the field thought impossible: magnetize quantum dots by "doping" them with manganese. The implications span everything from how we power our homes to how we build computers, scan for diseases, grow crops and illuminate o  more

HAIFA, Israel, Dec. 8 (TNSjou) -- The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Tiny Windows into a Vast Future Prof. David Eisenberg of the Technion in Science: Porous Structures as the Foundation for the Future of Energy * According to researchers at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, the future of energy lies in technological breakthroughs in porous materials, whose influence extends across diverse fields - from computing systems to biomedical  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * The Leader's Floor Lookout: Week of December 8, 2025 * Here's what to watch for on the House Floor this week: Improving Servicemember Quality of Life and Modernizing Defense Acquisition House Republicans are implementing President Trump's Peace Through Strength agenda, restoring our fighting force to greatness, deterring our adversaries, and ensuring our national security. Th  more

SHAW AFB, South Carolina, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Air Forces Central, the air component of U.S. Central Command, issued the following news on Dec. 8, 2025: * * * 332nd ECES lights the way By Senior Airman Kari Degraffenreed, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY -- The 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron replaced an older generation expeditionary airfield lighting system with the first-ever, operational expeditionary airfield lighting system in the U.S.   more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Dec. 6 (TNSjou) -- Free University of Brussels-VUB issued the following news release: * * * VUB researchers pave the way for solar fuels from CO2 New research shows how inexpensive, safe materials can directly convert sunlight into sustainable fuels. Researchers at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), in collaboration with Stanford University, Antwerp University and Hasselt University, have achieved a major breakthrough in the development of sustainable materials for the   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Dec. 8 -- The Nevada Democratic Party posted the following news release: * * * While Lombardo Cheers on Trump's Cancelation of Critical Solar Projects, Nevadans Face Sky-High Utility Bills * New reporting shows that Nevadans are scrambling to claim savings after the Trump administration and Washington Republicans ended a decades-old program to help people purchase rooftop solar panels for their homes and lower their energy bills. While Nevadans drown in sky-high costs, the  more