ATLANTA, Georgia, April 3 -- Gov. Brian P. Kemp, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on April 2, 2025: * * * Gov. Kemp: Georgia-based Flock Safety Opens New 97,000-Square-Foot Manufacturing Facility ATLANTA - Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced that Georgia-headquartered Flock Safety, a leading safety technology solutions provider, is opening a new manufacturing facility in Smyrna. The new 97,000-square-foot facility will ultimately create an estimated 210 new jobs over the next t  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 3 -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * Hunga volcano eruption cooled, rather than warmed, the Southern Hemisphere Key takeaways * A new UCLA-led study shows that the 2022 eruption of underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai did not warm the planet as was expected but actually reduced temperatures over the Southern Hemisphere by 0.1 C. * The eruption released far less sulfur dioxide and much more water vapor than expected   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 3 -- PennEnvironment issued the following news release: * * * Local tour highlights innovative solar and electric bus project at Bethlehem Area School District's Freedom High School Bethlehem, PA - Local officials and residents joined leaders from Freedom High School and the nonprofit environmental group PennEnvironment for an informative tour of the school's innovative solar carport and a test drive from one of the district's electric buses. The tour was hel  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- First Focus on Children, an advocacy organization dedicated to making children and families the priority in federal policy and budget decisions, issued the following news release: * * * More than 340 groups defend Medicaid and CHIP from cuts 37 million children could lose health care More than 340 organizations are calling on Congress to reject proposals that would slash Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which provide comprehensive health car  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, April 2 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * Novel point-of-care technology delivers accurate HIV results in minutes * Technology can improve on existing platforms' sensitivity and speed by 20 times * Microcantilevers coated in specific antibodies exhibited very high affinity for corresponding HIV antigens * Platform could bring cost-effective HIV testing to remote settings where lab-based testing is impractical EVANSTON, Ill. --- A   more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Pfluger, Mann Lead Push to Undo the Biden Administration's Nonsensical Endangered Species Listings WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As first reported in Fox News, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) and Congressman Tracey Mann (KS-01) sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum urging him to reverse the listing of the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard and the Lesser Prairie Chicken from the threatened and en  more

GLASGOW, Scotland, April 2 -- The University of Glasgow issued the following news: * * * Compostable sensors could help grow impact of digital agriculture Screen-printed, biodegradable soil sensors which can be composted at their end of their lifecycle could enable farmers to improve crop yields while reducing electronic waste, researchers say. The sensors, developed by engineers from the University of Glasgow in collaboration with colleagues from the Lukasiewicz Institute of Microelectronic  more

SYDNEY, Australia, April 2 -- The University of New South Wales issued the following news: * * * Five things you need to know about green minerals Materials such as lithium, cobalt, nickel and copper are vital for use in clean energy technologies such as solar panels, batteries, hydrogen electrolysers and wind turbines - but in order to support global decarbonisation efforts, those minerals need to be mined more sustainably. As the world accelerates toward a clean energy future, the demand f  more