PASADENA, California, June 19 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: A naturally occurring injection of underground fluids drove a four-year-long earthquake swarm near Cahuilla, California, according to a new seismological study that utilizes advances in earthquake monitoring with a machine-learning algorithm. In contrast to mainshock/aftershock sequences, where a large earthquake is followed by many smaller aftershocks, swarms typically do not have a single stando  more

PASADENA, California, June 18 -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: Astronomers tend to have a slightly different sense of time than the rest of us. They regularly study events that happened millions or billions of years ago, and objects that have been around for just as long. That's partly why the recently discovered neutron star known as Swift J1818.0-1607 is remarkable: A new study in the journal Astrophysical Journal Letters estimates that it is only about 240 years  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report: MEMORANDUM FOR: Christopher J. Roscetti, Technical Director FROM: J.W. Plaue and D. Gutowski, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for Week Ending May 29, 2020 COVID-19 Impacts: The nuclear facilities continue with routine entry into their normal operation modes as defined in their safety bases to support programmatic  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, June 18 -- The New Mexico Department of Economic Development issued the following news release: Four companies in the innovative technology industry were awarded funds this month through the state's Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP), Economic Development Department Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced. The June JTIP allocation was just over $1 million and will assist in training 41 high-wage employees and two interns. The average wage for trainees is $46.60. Since Gov  more

CLAREMONT, California, June 16 -- Pomona College issued the following news: Jake Hauser '20 and Elise Koskelo '20 are the recipients of National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships from the Pomona College Class of 2020. The Graduate Research Fellowships support the graduate education of outstanding students in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics by providing three years of financial support. Hauser, who majored in physics with minors in computer science   more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Ranking Member of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, and co-founder of the Senate Artificial Intelligence Caucus, announced provisions he secured in the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that support New Mexico's men and women in uniform, military installations, national laboratories, the Wa  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June 18 -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news on June 17: Each year, engineering students from all over the United States gear up for the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program and other research internships. This year started off no different as students prepared their applications, received acceptance letters from the programs of their choice, and were eagerly awaiting their interns  more