WASHINGTON, June 29 [Category: Energy] -- The Institute for Energy Research posted the following commentary: * * * Chevron-Microsoft Deal Fuels a Large Data Center in Texas with Natural Gas * Key Takeaways 1 Chevron and Microsoft are partnering to build a 2.7-gigawatt data center in West Texas near Pecos, fueled by natural gas turbines that will not initially be connected to the electric grid. 2 The gas will be produced locally in the Permian Basin and is an example of a "bring your own p  more

IOWA CITY, Iowa, June 29 -- The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences posted the following news: * * * CLAS researcher wins grant to study pulsating auroras' affects on Earth * A University of Iowa researcher has won a NASA fellowship to investigate how a certain type of aurora affects Earth's atmosphere and its climate. Lillian Daneshmand, graduate research assistant in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, will investigate pulsating auroras, which are widespread, bli  more

NEW YORK, June 29 -- The City University of New York Graduate Center posted the following news: * * * Graduate Center Professor Joins DOE Visiting Faculty Program at Los Alamos * Professor Eugene S. Mananga (GC/Bronx Community College, Chemistry, Physics ) was selected for the U.S. Department of Energy's Visiting Faculty Program at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The competitive program, administered by the Department of Energy's Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists,  more

HONG KONG, June 28 -- The University of Hong Kong issued the following news release: * * * HKU Research Reveals Unintended Climate Trade-off: Clean Air Policies Intensify Urban Heat Island in Humid Cities * Researchers at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have uncovered a critical, underrecognized trade-off in global environmental policies: while essential for improving public health, large-scale air pollution reductions are unintentionally intensifying warm-season surface urban heat islands  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 29 -- Ohio State University posted the following news: * * * Researchers are unraveling the building blocks of Earth's pigments * A newly developed framework for understanding the photoproperties of both natural organic matter and eumelanin, a natural pigment responsible for dark colors in organisms, may inspire advanced sustainable technologies, scientists say. Although they are some of the most widespread substances on Earth, not much is known about eumelanin, or nat  more

GALLOWAY, New Jersey, June 29 -- Stockton University posted the following news: * * * Historic Ocean Observatory Off Jersey Shore Returns to Service * Port Republic, N.J. -A compact offshore research platform has been deployed off the Jersey Shore, revitalizing the historic Long-Term Ecosystem Observatory (LEO) site and advancing a new era of ocean research, education and marine innovation in New Jersey. Anchored about three miles offshore of the Rutgers Marine Field Station in Tuckerton,   more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 29 -- The University of California posted the following news release: * * * UCLA team uses 3D printing to develop zinc-ion hybrid battery with 7 times more energy * Key takeaways * Banking renewable energy for electricity requires technology with high power output, fast recharging, long overall life and low cost. * Aiming to check all of those boxes, a UCLA-led research team has unveiled a hybrid zinc-ion battery that uses 3D printing to store over seven t  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 29 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering posted the following news: * * * USC Brings the World's Control and AI Researchers to Campus - Together * Picture a Waymo stuck in a four-way standoff, unable to decide who goes first. It's a small glitch with a simple cause: the car's AI is great at learning patterns, but less effective at reasoning through novel situations with any guarantee it will get them right. That gap between sys  more