AMES, Iowa, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Ames National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Institute for Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics (iCOUP), an Energy Frontier Research Center led by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Ames National Laboratory, has been awarded funding to continue their work advancing transformative manufacturing, focused on using discarded plastics as feedstocks for new materials and chemicals. Based on an extensive review, the DOE's Office o  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: RESTON, Va. Low-level airplane flights are planned over a broad region of Nebraska, Kansas, and a small portion of Iowa to image geology using airborne geophysical technology. The survey will be conducted starting in August 2024 and will last approximately 15 months, weather and wildfire restrictions permitting. lights will cover areas within the Nebraska Counties of Nance,   more