WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The House Natural Resources Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-928) on A concurrent resolution (H.Con.Res. 34) expressing disapproval of the withdrawal by the Secretary of the Interior of approximately 225,504 acres of National Forest System lands in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis counties, Minnesota, from disposition under the U.S. mineral and geothermal leasing laws. The report was advanced by Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, on Dec. 18, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * *  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-884) on the Promoting Innovation in Pipeline Efficiency and Safety Act of 2023 (H.R. 6494), which aims to amend Chapter 8 of Title 5 of the U.S. Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law. The report was advanced by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, on Dec. 16, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * P  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * Kaine, Heinrich, and Environmental Leaders Hold Press Conference on Trump's War on Affordable, American-Made Energy WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and environmental leaders held a press conference calling for the end of President Trump's war on affordable, American-made energy, which will raise energy costs for Americans  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 19 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Magnetic semiconductor preserves 2D quantum properties in 3D material UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- There is a big problem with quantum technology -- it's tiny. The distinctive properties that exist at the subatomic scale usually disappear at macroscopic scales, making it difficult to harness their superior sensing and communication capabilities for real-world applications, like optical systems   more

HONG KONG, Feb. 20 -- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University issued the following news release: * * * PolyU researchers make breakthrough discovery in structure and synthesis of 2D ferroelectrics, advancing technological development in microelectronics, artificial intelligence and quantum information With their spontaneous electrical polarisations switchable by an external electric field, ferroelectrics have wide-ranging applications in transistors, memory, neuromorphic devices and more. In par  more

BIRMINGHAM, England, Feb. 20 -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news: * * * Signing moves Haryana Centre of Excellence a step closer to opening The Haryana-UK Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Crop Post-Harvest Management & Cold-Chain will help farmers get more of their crops to market sustainably. Plans to build a new Centre of Excellence that will help Indian farmers get more of their produce to market took a step forward with the signing of a new Memorandum of Understa  more

ABERDEEN, Scotland, Feb. 20 -- The University of Aberdeen issued the following news: * * * University takes leading role in boosting UK hydrogen distribution network A project that will help establish a sustainable distribution network of hydrogen in Scotland and across the UK has got underway at the University of Aberdeen. Led by a team of researchers at the University of Aberdeen with expertise in chemical, mechanical and materials engineering along with economic analysis for field applica  more