ARGONNE, Illinois, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release on Sept. 28: Scientists often refer to the neutrino as the "ghost particle." Neutrinos were one of the most abundant particles at the origin of the universe and remain so today. Fusion reactions in the sun produce vast armies of them, which pour down on the Earth every day. Trillions pass through our bodies every second, then fly through the Earth as though it were not th  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news release on Oct. 2: Innovative technologies from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) to achieve higher energy efficiency in buildings, make lithium batteries safer and higher performing, and secure quantum communications were some of the inventions honored with R&D 100 Awards by R&D World magazine. For more than 50 years, the annual R&D 100 Awards have recognize  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Four research teams from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and their technologies have received 2020 R&D 100 Awards. In lieu of the traditional in-person event, this year's R&D 100 winners were announced in online events Sept. 29 - Oct. 1, as part of the R&D 100 Conference and Awards. Established in 1963, the R&D 100 recognizes new commercial   more

LIVERMORE, California, Oct. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers completed assembly and qualification of 16 prototype high-voltage solid state pulsed-power drivers (pulsers) in July, enabling the project to still meet the delivery schedule for the Scorpius radiography project, despite COVID-19 workplace restrictions. Eight of those pulsers were shipped to Sandia Na  more

LIVERMORE, California, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) will provide significant computing resources to students and faculty from nine universities that were newly selected for participation in the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)'s Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program (PSAAP). The program is funded by NNSA's Office of Advanced Simulation and Co  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: About this time of year, tarantulas start making themselves known in Bandelier and other parts of New Mexico. Every autumn, mature male tarantulas start out on their quest to find a mate. This exposes them to many dangers, from hawks and skunks, which want to eat them, to fast-moving cars, to people who just find them creepy and may think they should be squashed. T  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Sept. 29 (TNSRes) -- New Mexico State University issued the following news: A New Mexico State University researcher who is part of a group of scientists leading efforts to uncover the unknown force responsible for killing possibly millions of migratory birds across the Southwest believes the deaths may be signaling much graver ecological troubles. "There's a major problem," NMSU Regents Professor Martha Desmond said of the mysterious avian die-off that has baffled res  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news release: The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) has selected nine new Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program (PSAAP) III Centers to support science-based modeling and simulation and exascale computing technologies. PSAAP III Centers will be funded by NNSA's Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) program, which directs research a  more

RICHLAND, Washington, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following news release: A shoe scanner that would allow people to keep on their footwear as they pass through airport security and a cement that repairs itself are R&D 100 Award recipients. The scanner and self-healing cement are among five innovations developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) that were bestowed six honors this week in   more

LA GRANGE PARK, Illinois, Oct. 3 -- The American Nuclear Society issued the following news: American Nuclear Society Fellows hold the highest grade of membership in the Society. The following new Fellows will be recognized on November 16 during the opening plenary session of the 2020 ANS Virtual Winter Meeting. David L. Aumiller, ANS member since 1995 and senior advisor at the Naval Nuclear Laboratory, for innovative and significant contributions to the development, verification, qualification  more