WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, June 29 -- Air Force Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * AFIT Announces Distinguished Alumni Winners The Air Force Institute of Technology and the AFIT Foundation and Association of Graduates selected five graduates to receive recognition for their outstanding career achievements in a ceremony June 19. Lt. Gen. Linda S. Hurry, commander, Air Force Materiel Command, and AFIT alumnus, was the featured speaker and noted the impacts of AFIT education on developing Department of the Air Force lea more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, June 23 (TNSjou) -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Did Two Historical New York and New Jersey Hurricanes Trigger Tsunamis Stevens Scientists Unravel a Mystery and Future Threat of Flooding As hurricane season starts, the findings bear important safety implications for millions of residents in the densely populated urban shorelines, because flooding can happen hours after storms subside - Drawing on historical storm and flooding records, combined with computer simulations, Stevens resea more PR

VILNIUS, Lithuania, June 30 -- Electronic Information for Libraries issued the following news: * * * Three more projects advancing no-fee OA journals in Africa Results of projects aiming to strengthen the quality and sustainability of no-fee open access publishing in Africa - Reports from projects aiming to strengthen the quality and sustainability of African no-fee open access (OA) publishing are continuing to come in, and we take pleasure in sharing results from three projects, in Mozambique, Nigeria and South Africa. The projects are a more PR

HONG KONG, June 28 -- The University of Hong Kong issued the following news release: * * * HKU Research Reveals Unintended Climate Trade-off: Clean Air Policies Intensify Urban Heat Island in Humid Cities * Researchers at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have uncovered a critical, underrecognized trade-off in global environmental policies: while essential for improving public health, large-scale air pollution reductions are unintentionally intensifying warm-season surface urban heat islands (UHI) in humid climates. Published in the prestig more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division issued the following news release on June 29, 2026: * * * Justice Department to Rename Division as Energy and Natural Resources Division The Justice Department will rename one of its divisions the Energy and Natural Resources Division (ENRD). The announcement was originally made yesterday by Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Adam Gustafson of ENRD in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. "Energy security is national security. Iran's rec more PR

BRISTOL, England, June 29 -- The University of Bristol issued the following news release: * * * New study shows table sugar could hold a cheaper, quicker key to making vital drugs for diabetes, heart failure and chronic kidney disease * These drugs currently rely on a chemical bond, which has been notoriously difficult, slow and expensive to manufacture. But a study, co-led by scientists at Scripps Research in the US and the University of Bristol in the UK and published in the journal Nature, has shown an ingeniously simple method to build  more PR

LA JOLLA, California, June 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of California-San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography issued the following news: * * * Scientists Identify Houston Power Plant as Dominant Source of Cloud-Forming Aerosols Power plant particles are also the size frequently associated with respiratory illnesses Author: Robert Monroe Research by atmospheric scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography and colleagues pinpointed an individual coal-fired power plant in Houston, Texas, as the main source of parti more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, June 29 -- The University of California posted the following news release: * * * UCLA team uses 3D printing to develop zinc-ion hybrid battery with 7 times more energy * Key takeaways * Banking renewable energy for electricity requires technology with high power output, fast recharging, long overall life and low cost. * Aiming to check all of those boxes, a UCLA-led research team has unveiled a hybrid zinc-ion battery that uses 3D printing to store over seven times more energy than current devices like it.  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * Mapping trade-offs to help build better EV batteries Working with car companies, battery developers and policy makers, University of Michigan researchers have developed a framework to help stakeholders navigate toward a future with better, more affordable and more sustainable electric vehicles. "I think of it as a break-out story. How do we break out of this complex puzzle where we're trying to benefit the environment, to help the industry c more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW SER Research Team Publishes Analysis of Nuclear Facility Licensing A newly published legal article by the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources' jurisprudence of underground law and energy (JOULE) research group examines the state and federal procedures through which new nuclear utilization facilities are licensed. Published in the Ohio State Law Journal, a top-ranked national flagship U.S. law review, the article is titled "Just N more PR