CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 2 -- The Cleveland Museum of Art issued the following news release: * * * Events MIX: Fela Friday, August 2, 2024, 6:00-10:00 p.m. Ames Family Atrium Ticket Required Join us on August 2 at MIX: Fela to celebrate the legacy of Fela Kuti, who passed away on August 2, 1997. Kuti was a Nigerian musician and activist who popularized Afrobeat, a musical style that fuses American blues, jazz, and funk with traditional Yoruba music. All evening, DJ Mark Who? (Mark Matthews),  more

TUNIS, Tunisia, Aug. 2 -- The African Development Bank issued the following news release: The Country Office of the African Development Bank Group in Benin one of Africa's leading cotton producers organised a workshop in Cotonou on 31 July 2024 to provide feedback about a study on private sector players bringing fresh momentum to the country's textile industry. The meeting marked the end of a process that began on 9 March 2023 with a workshop dedicated to the sector. This has led to collecting  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 31 -- The Baltimore Museum of Art issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: * * * Works entering the collection include those by Henriette Daux, Hew Locke, Roberto Lugo, Henri Matisse, Joyce J. Scott, Dyani White Hawk, Samella Lewis, and Billie Zangewa, among numerous others * * * The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) today announced that it has acquired more than 200 works across its encyclopedic collection. The acquisitions reflect the BMA's ongoing commitme  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: BROOKLYN, OH Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined manufacturers, retailers, law enforcement, and workers at MMI Textiles in Brooklyn, Ohio to push for the Biden Administration to close a massive loophole that foreign countries like China exploit to avoid paying duties and fees they owe, and that fentanyl traffickers exploit to evade customs inspections. Brown has introduced bipartisan legislation to   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The Department of Defense (DoD) today announced an additional five awards totaling $9 million for the Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program (DBIMP) to expand the domestic supply of ingredients and materials for U.S. supply chains by building bioproduction infrastructure. The awardees include ARCTOS Technology Solutions in Beavercreek, Ohio; CleanJoule in Salt Lake City; Lygos in Berkeley, Califor  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: The Department of Defense (DoD) today announced an additional five awards totaling $9 million for the Distributed Bioindustrial Manufacturing Program (DBIMP) to expand the domestic supply of ingredients and materials for U.S. supply chains by building bioproduction infrastructure. The awardees include ARCTOS Technology Solutions in Beavercreek, Ohio; CleanJoule in Salt Lake City; Lygos in Berkeley, California; Syn  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Cohort 2024 includes: Katy Bradford, Cassette Construction, is sponsored by AMMTO and BTO. Cassette Construction will produce low-cost, low-carbon wall and floor panels for modular construction using an offsite additive manufacturing process and bio-based materials from rapidly growing plants and waste. This makes the panels carbon-negative and cost-effective. Buildi  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 1 -- The New York Public Library issued the following news release: * * * The new exhibition explores the critical juncture of prints and textiles through historic and contemporary works * * * On September 7, 2024, Line & Thread: Prints and Textiles from the 1600s to the Present will open its doors to the public. The exhibition is the first to showcase works by contemporary visual artists that operate at the cross-section of prints and textiles, and includes a selection of his  more

LONDON, England, July 30 -- Materials Advances, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry, published research articles on the following topics in its Aug. 7, 2024, edition (Vol. 5, Issue 15): * Three component superlattice enhanced stability for photovoltaic applications: a first principles study * Toll like receptor-based electrochemical sensors via N-heterocyclic carbene-modified surfaces: towards improved sensing of DNA molecules * Engineering lignin-derivable diacrylate   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today introduced the Fighting Fibers Act of 2024 to address microfiber pollution from clothing. Scientists estimate millions of tons of microfibers enter the ocean every year--making textiles the largest known source of marine microplastic pollution. The Fighting Fibers Act focuses on one of the most significant sources of this pollution: our laundry. "We know microplastics  more

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, Aug. 3 -- Northumbria University issued the following news release: Graduate product designers from Northumbria University have been recognised with national awards supported by household brand names at a prestigious annual showcase event in London. New Designers brings together the most innovative emerging design talent from across the UK. Since its inception 40 years ago, the two-week event has provided a platform for over 3,000 graduates every year to present t  more

HONG KONG, July 31 (TNSres) -- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University issued the following news release: PolyU research teams garnered nine prestigious awards at the 2024 Silicon Valley International Inventions Festival (SVIIF), including a semi-grand prize, two special prizes, five gold medals and one silver medal. SVIIF was held from 26 to 28 July 2024 in Santa Clara, California. Led by Prof. Christopher CHAO, PolyU Vice President (Research and Innovation), the PolyU research teams and startup  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 (TNSfact) -- The U.S. State Department issued the following fact sheet on July 29, 2024: * * * U.S.-Philippines Relations U.S.-Philippine relations are based on strong historical and cultural linkages and shared democratic values. The United States established diplomatic relations with the Philippines in 1946. More than four million Filipino Americans live in the United States, and almost 700,000 U.S. citizens reside in the Philippines, including many U.S. military veteran  more