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Disaster Recovery Center Opening in Hazelwood

Published: 26 June 2025
Categories: FEMA News

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A Disaster Recovery Center with FEMA Individual Assistance staff is opening in St. Louis County to help people affected by the May 16 tornado and storms.

The Disaster Recovery Center opens this Friday, June 27.

At all locations, FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration will help impacted residents with their disaster assistance applications, answer questions, and upload required documents.

An additional location in St. Louis County will be announced in the coming days.

Opening Friday, June 27LOCATIONHOURS OF OPERATIONSt. Louis County Library – Prairie Commons Branch
915 Utz Ln.
Hazelwood, MO 63042Monday-Thursday: 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
Friday-Saturday: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 
Sunday: ClosedLocations Currently Open in St. Louis CityLOCATIONSHOURS OF OPERATIONSumner High School — Parking Lot                             
4248 Cottage Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63113Monday-Saturday: 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
Sunday: 8 a.m.-6 p.m.  Union Tabernacle M.B. Church
626 N. Newstead Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63108Monday-Saturday: 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
Sunday: Closed

To save time, please apply for FEMA assistance before coming to a Disaster Recovery Center. Apply online at DisasterAssistance.gov or by calling 800-621-3362. 

If you are unable to apply online or by phone, someone at the Disaster Recovery Center can assist you. 

You may visit any location, no matter where you are staying now.

If your home or personal property sustained damage not covered by insurance, FEMA may be able to provide money to help you pay for home repairs, a temporary place to live,

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Disaster Recovery Centers Opening in Camden, Iron Counties

Published: 26 June 2025

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Disaster Recovery Centers (DRC) with FEMA Individual Assistance staff are opening in Camden and Iron Counties to help people affected by the March 14-15 severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and wildfires.

FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration will help survivors with their disaster assistance applications, answer questions, and upload required documents.

The Camden County DRC opens Monday, June 30 for three days.

LOCATION HOURS OF OPERATIONCamden County
Camden County Emergency Management Office
12 V F W Road
Camdenton, MO 65020June 30: 9 a.m.-7 p.m.
July 1 and 2: 8 a.m.-7 p.m.

The Iron County DRC opens Monday, June 30 for four days. 

LOCATION HOURS OF OPERATIONIron County
Harvest Full Gospel Church                                   
59219 Highway 49
Des Arc, MO 63636June 30: 9 a.m.-7 p.m.         
July 1-3: 8 a.m.-7 p.m.

To save time, please apply for FEMA assistance before coming to a DRC. Apply online at DisasterAssistance.gov or by calling 800-621-3362. 

If you are unable to apply online or by phone, someone at the DRC can assist you. 

You may visit any location, no matter where you are staying now.

If your home or personal property sustained damage not covered by insurance, FEMA may be able to provide money to help you pay for home repairs, a temporary place to live, and replace essential personal property that was destroyed.

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Superconducting material stabilized at everyday pressure, another step toward real-world applications

Published: 25 June 2025
Categories: National Science Foundation

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U.S. National Science Foundation-funded researchers have stabilized a composite material in a superconducting state at ambient or normal, everyday pressure. Their technique, called the “pressure-quench protocol,” offers a new approach for exploring and developing superconducting materials. Superconducting materials have the potential to enable highly efficient electronic devices and minimal energy loss in power grids.

Superconducting materials typically exhibit zero electrical resistance only at very low temperatures or very high pressures, depending on the material. Researchers at the University of Houston overcame these limitations by using their pressure-quench technique to stabilize a composite of bismuth, antimony and tellurium in a superconducting state under ambient pressure. This study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, also included contributions from researchers at the University at Buffalo and the University of Illinois Chicago.

Credit: Liangzi Deng and Ching-Wu Chu

A multi-purpose measurement device used in the pressure-quenching experiments can reach a temperature of 1.2 degrees Kelvin (-457 degrees Fahrenheit).

The new protocol also opens up a new way to explore material phases that usually exist only under extreme pressure. “It should help our search for superconductors with higher transition temperatures,” says Paul Ching-Wu Chu, a study author and professor of physics at the University of Houston.

“The technique used in this study not only demonstrates potential

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