LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Oct. 17 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news: EnergySprint, the successful business accelerator hosted by Arrowhead Center at New Mexico State University, recently primed participants to contribute to New Mexico's emerging clean energy economy. The six-week venture builder allowed New Mexico innovators to focus on what made their technologies unique and what they could do to improve - by getting in front of real customers and hearing immediate feedbac  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Oct. 14: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) researchers have won 38 of the 100 awards given out this year by R&D World. The annual R&D 100 Awards are given in recognition of exceptional technologies developed during the previous year. The awards were announced in three separate virtual events on September 29 and 30 and October 1, 2020. "The Department of Energy and its National Laboratories and sites were born out o  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 16 -- Florida A&M University, a component of the public university system in Florida, issued the following news: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering faculty members are part of a new Florida International University (FIU)-led consortium of universities, private and public partners, who received a $4.9 million grant from the Department of Energy to help fill the need for more diversity in the STEM workforce. Sharing a vision, the Advanced Sensor Technologies for Applicat  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- 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 September 11, 2020 Transuranic Waste Management: Triad personnel continue to make progress shipping containers of newly generated transuranic waste to the Waste Isolation P  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- 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 September 18, 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic: On Monday, both field offices and N3B transitioned to Phase 2. Triad also transitioned to normal operations with maximized telework. M  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- 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 September 25, 2020 Area G-Safety Basis: On Monday, N3B personnel determined that a potential inadequacy of the safety analysis exists for an as-found condition where the ra  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: Evelyn Mullen, chief operating officer for Global Security at Los Alamos National Laboratory, was named a fellow of the American Nuclear Society for her leadership in nuclear national security and ensuring the nation's experimental capability in nuclear criticality. "For more than 25 years, Evelyn Mullen has displayed outstanding leadership in nuclear and radiolo  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: Seven Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists and engineers have been named 2020 Laboratory Fellows: Tanmoy Bhattacharya, Christopher Fontes, Vania Jordanova, Thomas Leitner, John Lestone, Joseph Martz and Ralph Menikoff. "Recognizing the Fellows of Los Alamos National Laboratory is one of my proudest responsibilities. To be a Fellow is to be a leader at the La  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Oct. 14 (TNSRes) -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: Quantum mechanics, the physics of atoms and subatomic particles, can be strange, especially compared to the everyday physics of Isaac Newton's falling apples. But this unusual science is enabling researchers to develop new ideas and tools, including quantum computers, that can help demystify the quantum realm and solve complex everyday problems. That's the goal behind a  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news on Oct. 14: Representatives from alloy producers, original equipment manufacturers, end users and other industrial stakeholders will join NETL and other national laboratories to review research plans and progress during the virtual 2020 eXtremeMAT Industrial Stakeholder Meeting on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Fossil energy transformational power technologies like ult  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 13 -- The National Speech and Debate Association issued the following news release: The National Speech & Debate Association is proud to award one chapter from each competition district with this year's Leading Chapter Awards. Only approximately 3% of schools are recognized as Leading Chapter Award winners. "This award, which is based on student participation, represents a tremendous dedication to speech and debate education," said Executive Director J. Scott Wunn. "Our  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Sean Hearne, director of the Materials Science and Technology Division at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in recognition of his "outstanding contributions to the science and technology of thin-film materials and for visionary leadership of research institutions and professional socie  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Oct. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: Machine-learning techniques, best known for teaching self-driving cars to stop at red lights, may soon help researchers around the world improve their control over the most complicated reaction known to science: nuclear fusion. Fusion reactions are typically hydrogen atoms heated to form a gaseous cloud called a plasma that releases energy as the particles bang in  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Oct. 17 -- Santa Fe Institute issued the following news release: SFI External Professor Tanmoy Bhattacharya of Los Alamos National Laboratory has been named a 2020 Laboratory Fellow. He is one of seven LANL scientists and engineers to receive this recognition for their scientific leadership. Thom Mason, the Lab's director, told the Los Alamos Reporter: "Recognizing the Fellows of Los Alamos National Laboratory is one of my proudest responsibilities. To be a Fellow is to b  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: Six Los Alamos National Laboratory physicists have been elected Fellows of the American Physical Society this year. The Lab's 2020 APS Fellows are Luis Chacon, Andrea Favalli, Ralph Menikoff, Andrea Palounek, Nikolai Sinitsyn, and Blas Uberuaga. "I'm pleased to see six members of our technical staff recognized through their election as Fellows of the American Phy  more