WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48480) on April 1, 2025, entitled "Nuclear Energy and Climate Change Mitigation" by environmental policy analyst Jonathan D. Haskett and energy policy specialist Mark Holt. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Congress has long been interested in nuclear energy policy in the context of climate change mitigation. A scientific consensus holds that human-caused greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions raise global ave  more

KENNESAW, Georgia, April 5 -- Kennesaw State University issued the following news release: * * * Kennesaw State researchers awarded Department of Energy grant to investigate materials that boost energy-efficient technologies Kennesaw State University researchers Chetan Dhital and Madalynn Marshall have received a three-year, $799,934 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to advance the understanding of magnetic topological materials. Mag  more

SYDNEY, Australia, April 4 -- The University of New South Wales issued the following news: * * * Sound frequencies of stars sing of our galaxy's past and future UNSW researchers interrogated the 'sounds' of a cluster of stars within the Milky Way, uncovering a new technique for astrophysicists to probe the universe and learn more about its evolution. A new study led by UNSW Sydney researchers into a cluster of stars 2700 light years away reveals their stages of evolution through the 'sounds'  more