WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security has released the following public communication dated March 3, 2025, from Zeitview, Los Angeles, California: * * * To: Docket Management System Bureau of Industry and Security U.S. Department of Commerce Re: Zeitview Comments on the Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking re: Foreign Adversary ICTS Integral to UAS Technology [Docket No. 241213-03  more

LONDON, England, March 15 -- Imperial College-London issued the following news: * * * Lithium needed for the battery revolution could be harvested from lakes By Ian Mundell Lithium can be harvested efficiently from brines thanks to an innovative membrane developed at Imperial. Demand for lithium is rising due to its use in batteries for mobile devices, cars and clean energy storage. Securing access to natural deposits of the mineral is now matter of strategic importance, but lithium can be   more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has released the following public communication dated Feb. 28, 2025, from All Our Energy Inc., Point Lookout, New York: * * * To: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management February 28, 2025 Docket #BOEM-2025-0002 Proposed Vineyard Mid-Atlantic Project * * * All Our Energy is a Long Island non-profit focused on environmental protection and education, who inspire the public to take action to protect the env  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 15 -- Clean Wisconsin issued the following news release: * * * Microsoft shrugs off company climate goals to support burning methane gas for AI data centers Microsoft is walking back its long-touted commitment to clean energy as the company seeks to build more artificial intelligence data centers in the Midwest. In a recent interview, an executive with the tech giant admitted burning gas "absolutely would not be off the table" to support the enormous energy demands o  more

HONG KONG, March 15 -- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University issued the following news release: * * * PolyU unveils comprehensive zeolite structures, advancing development of catalysts for petrochemical and renewable energy Zeolites, crystalline materials widely used in the petrochemical industry, serve as pivotal catalysts in the production of fine chemicals, with aluminium being the source of active sites within zeolite structures. A research team from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (P  more

KONGENS LYNGBY, Denmark, March 15 -- The Technical University of Denmark issued the following news: * * * BOREAS Project: Enhancing Wind Turbine Blade Bearing Reliability and Longevity A New Initiative for Sustainable Wind Energy Wind turbine blade bearing failures can cause significant damage, such as blade disengagement. These bearings are challenged by oscillating wear and overload, leading to raceway geometry deformation. Real-world conditions, like high winds, can cause plastic deforma  more

LONDON, England, March 16 -- The University College London issued the following news: * * * Phosphorene nanoribbons show their potential for revolutionising electronics Tiny, individual, flexible ribbons of crystalline phosphorus discovered by UCL researchers in 2019 exhibit magnetic and semiconducting properties at room temperature, opening new possibilities for next-generation electronics, finds a new study involving members of the same team. The findings, published in the journal Nature,   more

HELSINKI, Finland, March 16 -- The University of Helsinki issued the following news release: * * * The amount of recorded genetic data already exceeds the processing capacity of the software used to analyse such data. Alexandru Tomescu, a researcher specialising in algorithms, is developing methods for increasingly accurate - and as much as a thousand times faster - processing of genetic data. More detailed information on the functioning of human genes is helping in the development of more ef  more

COVENTRY, England, March 15 -- The University of Warwick issued the following news release: * * * Exciting moments on the edge - unique properties confirmed in phosphorene nanoribbons An international research collaboration, including The University of Warwick, The University of Cambridge and UCL, has demonstrated that 'wonder material' phosphorene nanoribbons (PNRs) exhibit both magnetic and electronic properties at room temperature, establishing them as a unique class of low-dimensional mat  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service has released the following public communication dated March 5, 2025, from FMI - The Food Industry Association, Arlington, Virginia: * * * To: Rachel Edelstein - Assistant Administrator Office of Policy and Program Development, Food Safety Inspection Service U.S. Department of Agriculture 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250 * To: Peter Koufopoulos - Deputy Director for Animal Derived  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service has released the following public communication dated March 1, 2025, from the Alameda County Waste Management Authority dba StopWaste, Oakland, California: * * * To: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Mailstop 3758 Washington, DC 20250-3700 Docket No. FSIS-2024-0021 Re: Comments Responding to the Request for Information on Food Date Labe  more