LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory and their collaborators from the University of California, Irvine have created fundamental electronic building blocks out of tiny structures known as quantum dots and used them to assemble functional logic circuits. The innovation promises a cheaper and manufacturing-friendly approach to complex electronic devices that  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: A new mentor-protege program between Triad National Security and Pueblo Alliance, LLC will groom Pueblo businesses for success in landing contracts with Los Alamos National Laboratory and other U.S. Department of Energy entities. Mentorship areas include business planning, business development, marketing, proposal development, and quality assurance. "Doing busine  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: A new study confirms the success of a natural-gas leak-detection tool pioneered by Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists that uses sensors and machine learning to locate leak points at oil and gas fields, promising new automatic, affordable sampling across vast natural gas infrastructure. "Our automated leak location system finds gas leaks fast, including sma  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: In a large, statistically significant, one-of-a-kind study, researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have confirmed that the explosive called PETN (Pentaerythritol tetranitrate), stabilized with a polysaccharide coating, is resistant to changes in particle shape, size, and structure that can degrade detonator performance over time. The benefits of polysacchar  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Oct. 26 -- The Los Alamos Study Group issued the following news release on Oct. 25: Yesterday, Honduras formally joined 49 other states parties in the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, triggering entry into force in 90 days. The Treaty prohibits signatory states from conducting or allowing a wide range of nuclear weapons activities, including: developing, testing, producing, manufacturing, and deploying; transferring to others or receiving from others; usin  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Oct. 27 -- The New Mexico Department of Economic Development issued the following news release on Oct. 26: The State of New Mexico's Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP) Board has awarded 18 companies with over $5.5 million during September and October 2020, in support of 803 new jobs, Economic Development Department Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced today. The September awards totaled $3.6 million for 672 trainees and 1 intern, with another $1.9 million for 12  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Tom Udall, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on Oct. 30: U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced today said the Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution to designate October 30, 2020, as National Day of Remembrance for workers who helped develop and support the nation's nuclear weapons program. The Day of Remembrance honors American workers who supported the nation's nuclear weapons efforts from World War II thr  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Oct. 27 (TNSJou) -- The University of Massachusetts-Amherst issued the following news: A team of researchers led by microbiologists Klaus Nusslein and Marie Kroeger at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in a new report say they have pinpointed the source - methane-producing microorganisms - for large amounts of methane emitted from rainforest-turned-cattle-pasture in Brazil's Amazon region. Deforested areas there are most often converted to cattle grazing, the auth  more