NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- Newcastle University issued the following news: * * * The Growing Room will be exhibited as part of the Edinburgh Science Festival. * * * A team of researchers at Newcastle and Northumbria universities' Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment (HBBE) are growing their latest BioKnit prototype, a catenary structure that spans four metres in diameter and three metres in height. The structure, which is Newcastle's largest ever mycelium kn  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Chemical Reviews, a journal that says it covers organic, inorganic, physical, analytical, theoretical and biological chemistry from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 28, 2024, edition (Vol. 124, Issue 4): Reviews: * Low-Valent Transition Metalate Anions in Synthesis, Small Molecule Activation, and Catalysis * Soft Sensors and Actuators for Wearable Human-Machine Interfaces * Porous Conductive Textiles for We  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) led 40 lawmakers in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alexander Mayorkas urging the Secretary to provide an enforcement plan to address illegal custom practices that undercut American competitiveness and violate international trade and labor laws. In the letter, the lawmakers urge Secretary Mayorkas to crack down on the de minimis   more

NEW YORK, Feb. 28 -- Cooper Hewitt Museum issued the following news release: This March, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum will present "Acquired! Shaping the National Design Collection," an exhibition highlighting how the museum acquires new work to shape the collection to better reflect current issues and design's evolving role in daily interactions. Presented on the second-floor galleries, the exhibition will feature more than 150 works, including objects that represent the museum's c  more

NEW DELHI, India, Feb. 28 -- The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2024: Addressing the FICCI's National Conclave Viksit Bharat @2047, Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Textiles, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Mr Piyush Goyal underscored the pivotal role of strong macroeconomic fundamentals, substantial infrastructure development, and comprehensive welfare measures in propelling India to the forefront of glo  more

LONDON, England, Feb. 27 -- The city of London issued the following news release: Visitors to London Metropolitan Archives' new exhibition are being promised a tantalising glimpse of a London that they will be unfamiliar with. Presenting a wide range of richly evocative and forgotten views, 'Lost Victorian City: a London disappeared' will feature photographs, prints, watercolours, and documents of buildings, horse-drawn transport, docks, artists' views of the capital, and varieties of entertai  more

LONDON, England, March 2 -- Materials Horizons, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it covers innovative materials, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 7, 2024, edition (Vol. 11, Issue 3): Review Articles: * Construction of antibacterial bone implants and their application in bone regeneration Communication: * Facile surface functionalization of triboelectric layers via electrostatically self-assembled zwitterionic molecules for  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 1 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: Drylock Technologies, a leading manufacturer of hygiene products, will create 113 new jobs in Rockingham County, Governor Cooper announced today. The company will invest more than $26.9 million to establish its first U.S. baby care production facility in the City of Reidsville. "This announcement is more evidence that North Carolina offers growing manufacturers the right i  more

SINGAPORE, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- The National University of Singapore issued the following news release: Fish is commonly consumed but many may not be aware that the food and aquaculture sectors generate a huge amount of fish scale waste from processes such as preparation, canning, filleting, salting and smoking. Disposal of fish scale waste in landfills may cause serious environmental pollution problems. Therefore, converting fish scale waste into functional materials could help to reduce enviro  more

NIMLI, India, March 1 -- The Centre for Science and Environment issued the following news release: Over 60 per cent of new fabrics today are made up of plastics. Where do these 'new' plastic wastes end up eventually? In our landfills -- textile waste makes up the third largest waste type in landfills, offering another gargantuan new challenge for the management of solid waste in our cities. This was one of the subjects of discussion at the ongoing Anil Agarwal Dialogue here, an annual conclave  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- Rimini Street, a provider of independent enterprise software support services, issued the following news release: Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of end-to-end enterprise software support, products, and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software, and a Salesforce and AWS partner, today announced results for the 2023 fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. Fourth Quarter 2023 Financi  more