MECOSTA COUNTY - Gotion Inc. says a $2.4 billion, 2,350-job electric vehicle battery facility can move forward after a federal agency determined the project is outside its jurisdiction. The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Committee on Foreign Investment – an agency tasked with assessing national security risks – determined the purchase of land in Mecosta County
WASHINGTON DC - NASA says the astronauts who are scheduled to touch down on the surface of the Moon as soon as late 2025 — if everything goes according to plan, an increasingly significant "if" — might not be the first organisms in town, Space.com reports. "One of the most striking things our team has found is that,
LONDON, UK - Climate change will reduce the land available for coffee by 54% by 2100 even if global temperatures are contained to internationally agreed targets, according to a new report. Coffee growers from Honduras to Ethiopia said they are already suffering from climate destabilization and the charity Christian Aid is calling on the U.K.
WASHINGTON DC - NASA will hold a historic public meeting on UFOs this week and you can watch it all live online in a free webcast. The agency will hold a meeting of the "independent study group" it formed nearly a year ago in June 2022 in order to study data related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP),
WASHINGTON DC - In a first, US climate scientists have quantified the extent to which greenhouse gasses from the world's top fossil fuel companies have contributed to wildfires. Their analysis, published Tuesday in Environmental Research Letters, found that carbon dioxide and methane emissions from the so-called "Big 88" firms were responsible for more than a third of the area
ANN ARBOR – Washtenaw Community College will launch a new semiconductor technician training program to advance the electrification of the automotive industry. WCC’s new short-term program will launch over the next year in partnership with the Semiconductor Talent and Automotive Research (STAR) initiative announced today by KLA Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) and imec, the Belgium-based global
EDMONTON, Alberta - University of Alberta researchers have developed a new catalyst that could revolutionize how we generate power and purify water. When placed in any type of water and provided with a small amount of power, the catalyst produces hydrogen that can be fed into a fuel cell to generate electricity along with distilled
According to a new study, some of the strongest of those radio signals have reached far-off stars. And apparently, if those stars happen to be home to extraterrestrial life that could respond to our ping, we could be hearing back as early as 2029. It’s an incredibly long shot. “Our puny and infrequent transmissions are unlikely to
NEW YORK - With powerful new chatbots and AI-powered apps and search engines released practically every day, concern about the rapid advance of artificial intelligence has heated up recently to near obsession. And with good reason. The risk of humans losing control over AIs smarter — or at the very least faster — than us has been
WASHINGTON DC - The Senate Armed Services Committee will be conducting an open hearing on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, more commonly called Unidentified Flying Objects, on April 19, confirmed press secretary Cole Stevens. The hearing has been scheduled to address the growing concerns surrounding the allegedly growing UAP incidents. The lawmakers are also expected to bat for
