WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The American Association for the Advancement of Science issued the following news: Nearly 500 members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science have earned the lifetime distinction of AAAS Fellow. AAAS Fellows are elected each year by their peers serving on the Council of AAAS, the organization's member-run governing body. The title recognizes important contributions to STEM disciplines, including pioneering research, leadership within a given field, tea  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- 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 November 6, 2020 Transuranic Waste Management: Triad personnel completed two shipments of transuranic waste using the mobile loading capability from an outdoor pad at the P  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: Five Los Alamos scientists have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as a AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. Members have been awarded this honor by AAAS because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. "The range of s  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release on Nov. 24: Developing safe and sustainable fuels for nuclear energy is an integral part of Los Alamos National Laboratory's energy security mission. Uranium dioxide, a radioactive actinide oxide, is the most widely used nuclear fuel in today's nuclear power plants. A new "combustion synthesis" process recently established for lanthanide metals--non-radioactive and  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release on Nov. 24: From soda bottles to car bumpers to piping, electronics, and packaging, plastics have become a ubiquitous part of our lives. Advancements in materials have made plastics low cost, flexible, hygienic, lightweight, durable and readily available. While some plastics are recyclable, only a fraction -- about 8.4% nationally in 2017, according to the Environment  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Nov. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: A mock B61-12's strike in the dusty Nevada desert successfully completed the first in a series of flight tests with the U.S. Air Force's newest fighter jet, demonstrating the bomb's first release from an internal bomb bay at greater than the speed of sound. The flight test of the B61-12 with the F-35A Lightning II this summer was the first ever at Sandia National   more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Nov. 26 -- Santa Fe Institute issued the following news release on Nov. 25: When Santa Fe Institute scientists first started working on economics more than thirty years ago, many of their insights, approaches, and tools were considered beyond heterodox. These once-disparaged approaches included network economics, agents of limited rationality, and institutional evolution -- all topics that are now increasingly considered mainstream. In a new book published by the SFI Pres  more