WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2024: Real gross domestic product increased in 49 states and the District of Columbia in the second quarter of 2024, with the percent change ranging from 5.9 percent at an annual rate in Idaho to -1.1 percent in Alaska, according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (table 1). Current-dollar gross domestic product (GDP) in  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Sept. 28 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news on Sept. 27, 2024: By Matt Meehan Jisong Ryu, Jhanavi Hegde and Chance Krueger are winners of the 2024 Bright Future in Energy Scholarship Competition. Ryu, Hegde and Krueger impressed the judges with standout research and presentations, which focused on how nuclear energy and carbon capture technologies could move the nation closer to net-zero emissions. Ryu, a junior   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- The Department of Energy's Office of Science Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory issued the following news on Sept. 26, 2024: * * * A study tracking the roles of iron during lipid accumulation in a single-celled alga reveals key features of photosynthesis and biofuel production. * * * The Science Photosynthesis is the process by which plants and algae convert sunlight and carbon dioxide into oxygen and biomass. However, it is not fully understood how  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2024: Today, HHS' Administration for Children and Families' (ACF), through its Office of Community Services, announced the fourth cohort of grant recipients of the Diaper Distribution Demonstration and Research Pilot, also known as the Diaper Distribution Pilot. This fourth funding release comes during National Diaper Need Awareness We  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- NASA issued the following news release: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov onboard, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission is the ninth crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the Intern  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The National Park Service Death Valley National Park issued the following news release: DEATH VALLEY, Calif. - Death Valley National Park welcomes a new Chief Ranger. Philip Johnson will lead the Visitor and Resource Protection program, which includes law enforcement, fee collection, emergency medical services, structure fire response, and search and rescue in the 3,400,000-acre park. Last year Death Valley National Park's Visitor and Resource Protection staff responded  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Sept. 28 -- The Washington State Department of Commerce issued the following news: * * * Program participation is three times higher than expected, driven by low-cost leases. * * * Rebates are going fast with the Washington State Department of Commerce's Electric Vehicle (EV) Instant Rebate Program, which helps low-income drivers lease or buy EVs. More than 3,300 Washington residents have received rebates in less than 60 days since the program's launch. At the current p  more