CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. 12 -- The Australian Department of Education, Skills and Employment Minister for Education and Regional Development, Anthony Chisholm, issued the following news release: Assistant Minister for Education, Anthony Chisholm will launch a major recycling and clean energy hub at Deakin University today, which is expected to generate more than $1.4 billion in revenue and 2,500 jobs in the next decade. The $380 million Recycling and Clean Energy Commercialisation Hub (REACH)  more

ARCATA, California, Dec. 12 -- The California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt issued the following news: Cal Poly Humboldt Engineering students will showcase projects made at the University's new Makerspaces on Thursday, Dec. 14, from 11 a.m.-noon, behind Alistair McCrone Hall. Students from the Fall 2023 Intro to Design course worked with the new Humboldt Makerspaces to develop innovative, opensource, and needed makerspace infrastructure and demonstrations that can be recreated by other  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Dec. 11 -- Rice University issued the following news release: The increasing use of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) -- and a proposal in the European Union to ban the entire class of materials -- highlights the need for an updated and standardized approach to assess human and environmental impacts of CNTs and products that contain them, according to a new collaborative study co-authored by Rice University researchers. More than 5,000 tonnes of CNTs are produced annually for use in res  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Dec. 14 -- The Council of the European Union issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2023: The Council and the European Parliament today reached a provisional agreement on the construction products regulation (CPR), that will speed up the green and digital transitions in the building sector. The regulation lays down harmonised EU rules for construction products and will remove obstacles to their free movement in the market, reduces administrative burden (through digital  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF10298) on India's domestic political setting on Dec. 8, 2023, by South Asian affairs specialist K. Alan Kronstadt. Here are excerpts: * * * India's Domestic Political Setting Overview India, the world's most populous country, is, according to its Constitution, a "sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic" where the bulk of executive power rests with the prime minister and his   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. 15 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond issued the following Regional Matters analysis on Dec. 14, 2023, by Senior Manager Nicholas Haltom and senior research analyst Stephanie Norris: * * * Throughout our region, small towns and rural communities are continually working to improve outcomes for their residents. And we can learn a lot from how different communities, and the organizations within them, are gaining positive traction. What are their ingredients for succe  more

NEW DELHI, India, Dec. 12 -- The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry issued the following news release: Addressing FICCI's 96th Annual General Meeting and Annual Convention, on the theme- 'Engaging with the World's Growth Engine', yesterday, the panel unravelled answers to an important question- 'what is the India moment?' The moderator, Mr Ashok Malik, Partner and Chair of the India Practice, The Asia Group, set the tone by mentioning an iconic shift that the global economi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Nano Letters, a journal from the American Chemical Society that says it features the theory and practice of nanoscience and nanotechnology, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 13, 2023, edition (Vol. 23, Issue 23): Letters: * Ultranarrow Line Width Room-Temperature Single-Photon Source from Perovskite Quantum Dot Embedded in Optical Microcavity * Fully Integrated Patch Based on Lamellar Porous Film Assisted GaN Optopairs for Wireless Intelli  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- The National Council of Textile Organizations issued the following news release: The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), spanning the entire spectrum of U.S. textiles from fiber to finished sewn products, commended Congress for passing the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), legislation that will help preserve the Berry Amendment supply chain and direct the Department of Defense to expand its procurement of domestically-made textile g  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Dec. 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: The U of A Rome Center is hosting WoArch 2024, a symposium in collaboration with the School of Architecture + Planning at the University of Texas at San Antonio. The symposium, titled "Women as Builders, Designers, and Critics of the Built Environment Before 1800," is supported by the Women in Architecture Affiliate Group of the Society of Architectural Historians. The symposium will be hosted Jan  more

LAMPETER, Wales, Dec. 14 -- The University of Wales Trinity St. David issued the following news release: Each year UWTSD's BA/MDes Surface Pattern and Textiles programme team seek out ambitious Live Project partnerships for their students. Currently ranked 3rd in the UK, 1st in Wales, in the large and competitive field of Fashion and Textiles degree courses (Guardian League Tables 2024,) this UWTSD programme based at Swansea College of Art, hails much of its success due to the vibrant Entrepren  more

PULLMAN, Washington, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- Washington State University issued the following news release: A single strand of fiber developed at Washington State University has the flexibility of cotton and the electric conductivity of a polymer, called polyaniline. The newly developed material showed good potential for wearable e-textiles. The WSU researchers tested the fibers with a system that powered an LED light and another that sensed ammonia gas, detailing their findings in the journal Car  more

BANBURY, England, Dec. 15 -- The Waste and Resources Action Programme issued the following news release: WRAP's food waste prevention brand, Love Food Hate Waste (LFHW) announces fourth annual Food Waste Action Week (FWAW) - the UK's largest food waste behaviour change campaign aiming to cut household food waste, reduce shopping bills and save the planet. Food Waste Action Week will run from Monday 4th - Sunday 10th March 2024. Objectives of Food Waste Action Week: * The fourth annual FWAW w  more