CLEMSON, South Carolina, Feb. 13 (TNSres) -- Clemson University issued the following news: By Paul Alongi It was one of the Civil War's most technologically advanced weapons. The H.L. Hunley was a 40-foot submarine built out of iron and powered by a hand-cranked screw propeller. The Confederate vessel secured its place in history on Feb. 17, 1864, when it set off 135 pounds of black powder along the hull of the USS Housatonic and became the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in battle. Th  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 15 -- The European Parliament issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2024: * * * * Higher 2030 targets to cut down food waste * Producers to cover costs for collecting, sorting and recycling waste textiles * 60 million tonnes of food waste and 12.6 million tonnes of textile waste generated annually in the EU * Less than 1% of all textiles worldwide are recycled into new products * * * The Environment Committee adopted its proposals to better prevent and redu  more

WEINHEIM, Germany, Feb. 14 -- Global Challenges, a peer-reviewed open access journal that provides practical solutions to a spectrum of global challenges, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2024 edition (Vol. 8, Issue 2): Reviews: * Advanced Thermoelectric Textiles for Power Generation: Principles, Design, and Manufacturing * Nanofiltration Ceramic Membranes as a Feasible Two-Pronged Approach toward Desalination and Lithium Recovery * Advances and Applicatio  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Rep. Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Congressman Nathaniel Moran (TX-01), member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, celebrated the passage of his legislation, H.R. 4039, No Dollars to Uyghur Forced Labor Act, which prohibits funds to the Department of State or the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to finance international projects in partnership with entities that import products mined, produced, or manufactured i  more

LUND, Sweden, Feb. 17 (TNSres) -- Lund University issued the following news release: * * * Vegan food is often sidestepped due to its rubbery consistency. Food technology researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now developed a way to make vegan food more appetising by using new combinations of raw materials. So far, the research field for plant-based meat imitations, known as meat analogues, has been very small - but is now set to "explode". The team at Lund is among those that have publ  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following agency statement on Feb. 12, 2024: * * * We are thrilled to announce the spring 2024 season of our popular National Gallery Nights after-hours program. Events take place from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. on the second Thursday of March, April, and May in the East Building. This season we celebrate "Color Theory" on March 14, "Flowers After Hours" on April 11, and "Art Prom" on May 9. Music, live performances, artmaking, and pop-up t  more

GLASGOW, Scotland, Feb. 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Glasgow issued the following news: A total of 13 new projects involving researchers across three of the University of Glasgow's colleges will share in new funding from the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The projects, from the Colleges of Science & Engineering, Arts & Humanities, and Social Sciences, are among 60 selected at the RSE's autumn 2023 Research Awards open call. A total of pound sterling727,752.71 will enable research across all  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Feb. 17 [Category: Chemicals] -- The American Chemistry Council issued the following news release: MACROECONOMY & END-USE MARKETS Running tab of macro indicators: 9 out of 20 The number of new jobless claims fell by 8,000 to 212,000 during the week ending February 10. Continuing claims increased by 30,000 to 1.89 million, and the insured unemployment rate for the week ending February 3 was up 0.1% to 1.3%. Retail sales were down 0.8%, reflecting the deep freeze most of t  more