ITHACA, New York, April 6 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Global EV transition hinges on policy adoption, cost reductions By Chris Dawson, Cornell Duffield College of Engineering A new study finds that the global shift to electric vehicles (EVs) could significantly reduce energy use and carbon emissions, but only if governments act aggressively to lower costs and align policies across regions. Published in the March edition of the journal Resources, Environment and S  more

MENLO PARK, California, April 6 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Light-controlled beta blockers show promise for new and improved medicines * Key takeaways: * Beta blockers bind to protein receptors that are key to fight-or-flight responses, leading to effects such as lowered heart rate and blood pressure. * Using X-ray free-electron lasers at SLAC and in Switzerland, an international team of researchers investigated a beta blocker mo  more

BUFFALO, New York, April 6 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) posted the following news release: * * * More than a pretty picture, star-shaped nanomaterial changes energy storage * Black-and-white electron microscope image of six-armed, star-like particles. A scanning electron microscope image reveals particles of vanadyl hydroxide (VOOH) shaped like stars. The team of Luis De Jesus Baez found that these particles behaved more like a pseudocapacitor than a battery.  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The American Geophysical Union issued the following news release: * * * Much of humanity may face hot-dry extremes five times more often by end-century The increase may hit nearly 30% of the global population with extreme events more dangerous than heat or drought alone, especially in low-income tropical nations * In their current state, climate policies around the world could leave a significant chunk of the global population exposed to simultaneous extreme heat and   more