WASHINGTON, March 13 -- ACS Omega, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features findings in chemistry and interfacing areas of science from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its March 12, 2024, edition (Vol. 9, Issue 10). Here are excerpts: Reviews: * A Review on Use of Emulsified Acids for Matrix Acidizing in Carbonate Reservoirs * Carbon Dots and Their Polymeric Nanocomposites: Insight into Their Synthesis, Photoluminescence Mechanisms,  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, March 13 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: Power plant employees at Marshall Station, Mayo Station, Roxboro Station, Allen Station, Belews Creek Station and Cliffside Station awarded nearly $60,000 in Duke Energy Foundation grants and matching donations to nearly a dozen charitable organizations in the communities where they live and work. "Giving back to our communities is a part of everything we do," said Paul Fisk, vice president of Carolinas Gener  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects the benchmark Henry Hub spot price to average about $2.25 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) in 2024, a 10% decrease from 2023 and a 65% decrease from 2022. In its March Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), EIA forecasts that U.S. natural gas inventories will be more than 30% higher than averag  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 13 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: The story of Bob Kramer's career is a wild one, peppered with twists and turns, false starts, and happy accidents. Before gaining renown as one the finest bladesmiths at work today (a bladesmith is an expert at creating knives and other bladed objects), Kramer had enrolled in and dropped out of college, worked as a chef, performed in improvisational theater, and traveled the United States   more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, March 13 -- Oregon State University issued the following news: Oregon State University's Global Hemp Innovation Center has received a $10 million grant to work with 13 Native American Tribes to spur economic development in the western United States by developing manufacturing capabilities for materials and products made from hemp. The project, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, seeks to develop sustainable supply chains  more

WEST SUNBURY, Pennsylvania, March 13 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, Governor Josh Shapiro, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Interim Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley, and local legislative and environmental leaders joined the Penn Mechanical Group crew in Butler County to plug the 200th orphaned or abandoned well under the Shapiro Administration. This is the latest milestone under Governor Shapiro's leadership to pro  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, a journal from the American Geophysical Union that says it features Earth's past climate and environments from the Precambrian to modern analogs, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2024 edition (Vol. 39, Issue 2): Research Article: * Calcareous Nannofossils and Paleoclimatic Evolution Across the Eocene-Oligocene Transition at IODP Site U1509, Tasman Sea, Southwest Pacific Ocean * Last Deglacial En  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, welcomed West Virginia economic development district leaders to a committee business meeting as the panel voted to advance the Economic Development Reauthorization Act of 2024 by voi  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement at a hearing on the American manufacturing boom, the IRA and CHIPS & Science Act on March 12, 2024: * * * There's a lot for the Finance Committee to discuss on the topic of manufacturing this morning. I want to start off with a bit of recent history on key manufacturing priorities. On infrastructure, it became a running joke during the Trump administration that every week  more