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NSF selects 15 finalists to advance to the next round of its second Regional Innovation Engines competition

Published: 18 September 2025
Categories: National Science Foundation

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The U.S. National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) program announced 15 finalists advancing to the next stage of the program’s second competition — spanning critical technologies and applications ranging from enhancing energy grid security to maximizing the yield of critical minerals mining extraction to advancing quantum computing. The finalist teams, many of whom have been building their regional coalitions for a year or longer, are led by a range of organizations, including universities, nonprofits and private industry from across the United States. View a map of the NSF Engines finalists.

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A map showing the locations of the U.S. National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) program’s 15 finalists for 2025.

“Securing America’s place at the forefront of science and technology requires growing innovation capacity everywhere so that we can, in turn, aggressively accelerate the pace of development of key technologies,” said Brian Stone, performing the duties of the NSF director. “The NSF Engines finalists have consistently communicated their strong vision for placing their regions on the map as the national and world leaders in key technologies, demonstrating their commitment to advancing U.S. research, innovation and workforce development. We congratulate each team on making it to this stage of the competition.”

The NSF Engines program is beginning to

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Statement from Laura Chanchien Parajón, MD, MPH, Director (Acting), CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, on the passing of Michael Fletcher, Tips From Former Smokers® participant

Published: 18 September 2025
Categories: CDC Newsroom, cdc-emergency-preparedness-response, What's New

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Michael Fletcher, a passionate advocate for quit-smoking efforts, has passed away

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Summer diesel margins tighten with European supply shift

Published: 17 September 2025
Categories: US Energy Information Administration

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In-brief analysis

September 17, 2025

Data source: Vortexa Analytics
Note: Europe includes countries in the European Union, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

In early 2023, the European Union implemented a ban on seaborne imports of diesel fuel, commonly called gasoil, from Russia following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine the previous year. The ban reoriented trade flows as Europe imported more diesel from the Middle East and the United States rather than Russia. This summer, Europe’s increased reliance on imports from the Middle East, coupled with conflict-related disruptions to refineries and escalating geopolitical tensions, contributed to a tightened global diesel market.

Before the ban, Russia supplied a significant portion of Europe’s diesel imports, accounting for 50% in 2022, according to data from Vortexa. The 2023 ban on diesel imports from Russia led to a rerouting of

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