DARWIN, Australia, March 31 -- Charles Darwin University posted the following news: * * * Circular economies should work for communities, not against them * The circular economy concept is often thought of as a model to eliminate waste and pollution - but when applied thoughtfully, circular approaches can create jobs, strengthen local economies, improve public health and more, according to new research led by Charles Darwin University (CDU). Circular economies - a system which aims to mini more PR

ARGONNE, Illinois, March 31 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * The promise of a critical metal revealed Study uncovers how the surface chemistry of iridium matters in electrochemical energy and critical material technologies * By unraveling iridium's hidden chemistry at interfaces between a solid and liquid, Argonne scientists are helping strengthen the scientific basis for technologies that produce fuels and valuab more PR

NEW YORK, March 30 [Category: BizMedia] -- Dow Jones, a provider of news and business information, posted the following news release: * * * Dow Jones Energy to Provide EV Charging Data for Vehicles of the BMW Group * Dow Jones, a global provider of news and business information, today announced an agreement with BMW Group to provide its customers premium, real-time electric vehicle (EV) charging data across the luxury carmaker's fleet of electric vehicles. The integration brings proprietar more PR

CEDARVILLE, Ohio, March 30 -- Cedarville University posted the following news: * * * Engineering the Oceans and Shaping the Blue Economy By Cara Ramer, Student Public Relations Writer As nations invest in the "blue economy" - efforts to explore, use, and protect the oceans that cover more than two-thirds of the Earth's surface - Cedarville University graduate Toby Dewhurst is helping shape how offshore development happens. Dewhurst founded Kelson Marine in 2020 to design marine structures f more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 30 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * MIT researchers use AI to uncover atomic defects in materials * In biology, defects are generally bad. But in materials science, defects can be intentionally tuned to give materials useful new properties. Today, atomic-scale defects are carefully introduced during the manufacturing process of products like steel, semiconductors, and solar cells to help improve strength, control el more PR

HONG KONG, March 30 -- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University issued the following news release: * * * PolyU researchers pioneer novel multi-energy field-assisted diamond cutting technology, enabling ultra-precision manufacturing for high-performance materials * Machining, involving the precise cutting and shaping of materials, is a key manufacturing process. As industries increasingly adopt the use of high-performance materials with high strength and hardness, traditional machining methods of more PR

BOCHUM, Germany, March 30 -- The University in Bochum issued the following news release: * * * Soil bacteria break down toxic chemicals in the environment * These masters of adaptation offer a wide range of potential metabolic pathways for a vast array of environmental conditions. Many aromatic compounds, such as phenols, cresols and styrenes, are toxic to organisms and harmful to the environment. They can accumulate as a result of industrial processes and harm ecosystems. Soil bacteria ca more PR

WASHINGTON, March 30 [Category: Energy] -- The Institute for Energy Research posted the following commentary: * * * The Iran Conflict Is Hitting Europeans Hard * Key Takeaways 1 Europe was already suffering from high energy prices before the Iran conflict, as climate policies and other factors lifted prices there much higher than those in Asia and the United States. 2 Higher rates of renewable energy adoption in Europe have not reduced electricity prices, but have instead led to the offsho more PR

CALLAGHAN, Australia, March 31 -- The University of Newcastle posted the following news: * * * Top marks for sports uniform proposal to boost students' physical activity * New research suggests most Australians support a simple change that could significantly boost children's physical activity levels: letting students wear sports uniforms every day. The majority of young Australians are still not active enough, despite well-established evidence that regular physical activity improves child more PR

LA JOLLA, California, March 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news: * * * A New Way to Eavesdrop on Ocean Temperature in the Arctic Researchers reveal ocean sound travel times can track climate under the ice year-round * New research led by scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography finds that the travel time of underwater sounds traveling across the Arctic Ocean can be used to precisely measure ocean temperature under th more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 31 (TNSjou) -- The University of Pennsylvania issued the following news: * * * Mapping catalyst failure to advance clean hydrogen fuel production A new study co-led by computational Penn engineering professor Aleksandra Vojvodic and collaborators offers an unprecedented view of the complicated degradation process of a material based on one of the rarest elements, iridium. Their findings, which show how this catalytic agent breaks down at the atomic scale, pav more PR

EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin, March 30 -- The University of Wisconsin Eau Claire campus posted the following news: * * * UW-Eau Claire's Dr. Sanchita Hati earns national award for mentorship * Her collaborative research model, comparable to graduate-level programs at other institutions, has resulted in dozens of published, peer-reviewed journal articles with undergraduates as co-authors and has established a strong pipeline of students that have gone on to earn Ph.D.s and medical degrees at top-tie more PR