CLEMSON, South Carolina, June 8 -- Clemson University posted the following news: * * * Clemson-led NASA mission to launch rockets into aurora to study space weather * A new NASA-funded mission led by Clemson University physicist Stephen Kaeppler aims to better understand how energy trapped in the Earth's magnetic field interacts with Earth's upper atmosphere. The $2.8 million mission, called the Ion-Neutral Coupling During Active Aurora-2 (INCAA-2), will send four sounding rockets into the  more

HONG KONG, June 7 -- The University of Hong Kong issued the following news release: * * * HKU Engineering develops world-first "brain-like" chip to advance quantum computing and deep-space exploration * Researchers from Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering under the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the Centre for Advanced Semiconductors and Integrated Circuits (CASIC), have achieved a major breakthrough in cryogenic electronics. The team have devel  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Judge Halts IRS Rules that Punish Solar and Wind * WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 8, 2026) - In a win for energy affordability, a federal judge struck down the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) guidance that unfairly and illegally restricted tax credits for wind and solar projects. In a decision issued late Saturday, a federal judge vacated the IRS guidance (or Notice) that altered the standard for w  more

NEW YORK, June 9 -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * Judge Halts IRS Rules that Punish Solar and Wind Case brought by a Tribal utility, city, and environmental and consumer advocates argued that politically motivated tax guidance illegally hurt renewable energy and would raise customers' bills. A federal judge agreed. - In a win for energy affordability, a federal judge struck down the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) guidance that unfairly and  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Michigan, chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following news release on June 8, 2026: * * * Moolenaar: American Companies & Governments Should Cut Ties With New Pentagon-Listed Chinese Military Companies Today, the Pentagon announced additions to its list of known Chinese military companies (1260H List). The additions include numerous Chinese companies Sele  more

AALTO, Finland, June 8 -- Aalto University issued the following news release: * * * St1 donates EUR 3 million to Aalto University to accelerate the sustainable energy transition The donation will support the establishment of professorships in new energy technologies and in energy strategy. - Energy production and consumption account for about 75 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. Transitioning to clean energy is by far the most important means of mitigating climate change, but it   more