WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news release: In support of ongoing U.S. arms control negotiations, Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and U.S. Department of Energy's Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, hosted the Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control, Ambassador Marshall S. Billingslea, on a visit to NNSA sites that support the Nation's nuclear  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Tom Udall, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) and Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) announced that seven New Mexico colleges and universities will receive over $4.1 million in combined continuing grants to expand and improve educational opportunities for Hispanic students. The colleges and universities received the Department   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee issued the following testimony by Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, under secretary for nuclear security and administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration at the Energy Department, at a hearing on the agency's budget request on Sept. 17: Chairman Inhofe, Ranking Member Reed, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to personally appear before you, with my colleagues Under Secretary Lord and Admiral Richard, to   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 16: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross today announced that 52 organizations -- including nonprofits, institutions of higher education, and entrepreneurship-focused organizations -- from 36 states will receive grants totaling $35 million to support entrepreneurship, acceleration of company growth, and increased access to risk capital across regional econom  more

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, Sept. 17 (TNSJou) -- The University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus issued the following news release: The concentration of mercury in fish in Alaska's Yukon River may exceed EPA mercury criterion by 2050 if greenhouse gas emissions are not constrained, according to a new scientific research paper co-authored by a professor at the University of South Florida's St. Petersburg campus. The new report, co-authored by USF Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry   more