WASHINGTON, June 22 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12692) on June 21, 2024, by Todd Kuiken, science and technology policy analyst. Here are excerpts: * * * Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science conducts most of the department's basic research, in fields ranging from nuclear physics to the biological and environmental sciences, and oversees 10 of the department's 17 national laborat  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 (TNScapp) -- The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register for June 24, 2024, entitled "Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act Of 1993 - Defense Industrial Based Consortium." The notice was issued by Suzanne Morris, Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations. * * * Notice is hereby given that, on February 21, 2024, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and   more

WASHINGTON, June 23 (TNScapp) -- The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on June 21, 2024, entitled "Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 - Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium." The notice was issued by Suzanne Morris, Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations. * * * Notice is hereby given that, on April 2, 2024, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and   more

WASHINGTON, June 23 (TNScapp) -- The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on June 21, 2024, entitled "Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 - The Open Group, L.L.C." The notice was issued by Suzanne Morris, Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations. * * * Notice is hereby given that, on May 2, 2024, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 199  more

LONDON, England, June 22 -- The National Union of Journalists issued the following news: An open letter signed by almost 500 academics, representing a Who's Who of leading scientists including six Nobel prize winners, has been sent to Springer Nature in support of staff who are striking for an increased pay offer. Professor Ben List, director of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research and professor of organic chemistry at the University of Cologne, 2021 Nobel Prize winner for chemistry, sai  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 22 -- Yale University issued the following Q&A on June 21, 2024, with Porras Valverde, Heising-Simons postdoctoral fellow in Department of Astronomy: * * * By Jim Shelton When he's not searching for links between black holes and galaxy formation, astrophysicist Antonio Porras Valverde likes to build bridges between young scientists from marginalized communities and the wider world of academia. Porras Valverde, a Heising-Simons postdoctoral fellow in Yale's Depart  more