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Health Subcommittee Markup Recap: E&C Advances Seven Bills to Lowers Costs and Expand Access to Care

News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans today advanced seven solutions during a Subcommittee on Health markup.


Chair Rodgers Opening Statement at Health Subcommittee Markup to Lower Costs & Increase Transparency

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee markup to lower health care costs and to expand competition and access to care.


Texas Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice of Request for Extension of Time discussed on May 17 by Energy Department

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Health Subcommittee Chair Guthrie Opening Statement at Markup to Lower Costs & Increase Transparency

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee markup to lower costs and increase transparency.


Chair Rodgers Opening Statement at Health Subcommittee Markup to Lower Costs & Increase Transparency

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee markup to lower health care costs and to expand competition and access to care.


Biden-Harris Administration Invests $251 Million to Expand Infrastructure to Support CO2 Transport and Storage

Release: President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Supports Projects Across Seven States That Will Slash CO2 Emissions, Build High-Quality Jobs, and Deliver Cleaner Air


C&T Subcommittee Chair Latta Opening Statement at Markup to Speed up Broadband Deployment

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee markup of 28 bills to close the digital divide.


Manchin to Vote to Approve Solar Tariff Resolution to Decrease Reliance on Foreign Nations

News Release: Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that he will vote to pass H.J. Res. 39, a joint resolution of disapproval of the Administration’s rule allowing tariff waivers for solar modules and cells from four Southeast Asian countries. Chairman Manchin is the only Democratic co-sponsor of the identical Senate resolution, S.J. Res. 15.


Health Subcommittee Markup Recap: E&C Advances Seven Bills to Lowers Costs and Expand Access to Care

News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans today advanced seven solutions during a Subcommittee on Health markup.


Health Subcommittee Chair Guthrie Opening Statement at Markup to Lower Costs & Increase Transparency

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee markup to lower costs and increase transparency.


Energy Department discusses Kaukauna Utilities; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments on May 17

The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


CCRC to receive $14M from DOE in renewal of bioenergy center

The Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI), a multi-institutional initiative based at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and co-led by University of Georgia researchers, has been renewed by the U.S. Department of Energy as one of four bioenergy research centers across the nation that advance robust, economical production of plant-based fuels and chemicals.


Frib Project Receives Doe-sc Office Of Project Assessment Award For 2022

The FRIB Project received the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC) Office of Project Assessment Award for 2022 on 11 April 2023 in Washington, DC.


Vanderbilt grad student awarded extended DOE residency to advance scholarship in transport of subatomic materials

Nicole Moehring, a fifth-year graduate student in interdisciplinary materials science, has been selected for an extended residency to continue her doctoral research at the Savannah River National Laboratory.


Probing Lithium Ions Near a Solid’s Surface Reveals Clues to Boost Solid-State Battery Performance

An international team of researchers, including nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego, has uncovered nanoscale changes inside solid-state batteries that could offer new insights into improving battery performance.


A physicist’s journey to the ‘critical point’ and the ‘strong force’

Yale physicist Helen Caines has arrived at a key juncture in her long campaign to understand the “critical point” and the “strong force” of nuclear matter.


Technology Ventures Inventor Spotlight: Xiangbo "Henry" Meng

Xiangbo "Henry" Meng's research focuses on synthesis of new inorganic, organic and hybrid nanomaterials in precisely controllable modes at the atomic and molecular level, and development of high-performance energy-storage battery systems.


Newly Observed Effect Makes Atoms Transparent to Certain Frequencies of Light

A newly discovered phenomenon dubbed "collectively induced transparency" (CIT) causes groups of atoms to abruptly stop reflecting light at specific frequencies.


Chemists tackle the tough challenge of recycling mixed plastics

Plastics are everywhere in our daily lives, but not all plastics are created equal ­– far from it.


Husker duo part of national push for improved biofuels

Lincoln research that aims to transform sorghum into a sustainable feedstock for the bioeconomy is receiving renewed support from the U.S. Department of Energy.