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TNS Tipoffs - Energy and Gov't Newsletter for Tuesday January 20, 2026 ( 3 items )  

Columbia River System Operations & the Future of the Lower Snake River Dams Topic of CRS Report (Part 1 of 4)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48089) on Jan. 13, 2026, entitled "Columbia River System Operations and the Future of the Lower Snake River Dams" by acting section research manager Anna E. Normand, natural resources policy specialist Pervaze A. Sheikh and research planning coordinator Erin H. Ward. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Congress has repeatedly debated how to operate and allocate resources from federal water reso  more

International School for Advanced Studies: From a Scientific Wager to Reality: The JUNO Neutrino Experiment
TRIESTE, Italy, Jan. 19 (TNSjou) -- The International School for Advanced Studies (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati) issued the following news: * * * From a Scientific Wager to Reality: The JUNO Neutrino Experiment Prof. Serguey Petcov tells: "From a bold theoretical idea to unprecedented precision in neutrino physics" * "In an article published in 2002 in the journal Physics Letters B, my Ph.D. student Maurizio Piai (now Professor of Physics at Swansea University, Swansea  more

University of New South Wales: Engineers set efficiency world record for emerging solar cell material
SYDNEY, Australia, Jan. 19 -- The University of New South Wales posted the following news: * * * Engineers set efficiency world record for emerging solar cell material By Neil Martin Photovoltaic researchers at UNSW demonstrate best-ever results for emerging solar cell material antimony chalcogenide. UNSW engineers have made a major step forward in the development of a new type of solar cell that could help make future solar panels cheaper, more efficient and more durable. The research t  more