WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Environment America Research and Policy Center issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: BOSTON -- Meta announced a request for proposals (RFP) on Tuesday, asking energy developers to respond with plans to build 1-4 GW of new nuclear generation capacity to be delivered in the early 2030s. The tech giant wants to use the power for data centers to support energy-intensive artificial intelligence (AI). The agreement comes on the heels of other large technology compa more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Dec. 3, 2024, to Vital City: * * * Where Does Drug Policy Go From Here? By Beau Kilmer Trump won and drug legalization initiatives lost in four of five states on November 5. But be careful about making overgeneralizations or betting on what the next administration is going to do about drug policy. As someone who has researched drug policy for more than 20 years, here are five things that I'll more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, Dec. 6 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2024: * * * Tapped to Lead RAND's China Research Center * * * Jude Blanchette, a leading expert on China's political landscape, has been named the inaugural director of the RAND China Research Center and Distinguished Tang Chair in China Research at nonpartisan, nonprofit RAND. The new RAND China Research Center will expand the scope of RAND's existing work on China with a specific focus on buildi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute issued the following news release: A new Competitive Enterprise Institute report explains the problem businesses face complying with complicated, disparate climate disclosure rules imposed by multiple governments the federal Securities and Exchange Commission, the European Union, and state standards (starting with California). "Financial regulators from the U.S. federal government, California, and Europe have each more PR

LA JOLLA, California, Dec. 6 (TNSres) -- Sanford Burnham Prebys issued the following news release: Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys discover new insights about how pancreatic cancer cells adapt when resources are scarce and find fuel for their unchecked growth. Cancer cells are like booming cities without urban planners. They expand quickly, and in doing so, the resulting tumors consume more energy and other resources than they can acquire from nearby blood vessels. Rather than limiting t more PR

MENLO PARK, California, Dec. 5 -- SRI International issued the following news: * * * The prestigious SRI Fellows Award celebrates individual innovators who are shaping our future. * * * SRI is pleased to announce that Timothy Rogne has been named its newest Fellow. Rogne, a principal research engineer in SRI's Surveillance Systems Lab, is recognized for his world-leading expertise and contributions to the development of electro-optic and infrared sensing programs at the national defense leve more PR