WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (TNSRes) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news release on Dec. 14: A promising approach to treating cancer - called targeted alpha-particle therapy or TAT - could better harness the curative power of radiation treatments and lessen the severity of their more debilitating side effects. TAT recruits drugs containing radioactive materials called alpha-emitting radioisotopes or combined with cell-targeting molecules l  more

LIVERMORE, California, Dec. 19 (TNSRes) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: Earlier this month, researchers from 10 national labs came together for a virtual showcase of Department of Energy (DOE) innovation when scientists pitched their business model ideas to seasoned investors and competed for a $25,000 prize for work to advance commercialization. The National Lab Accelerator Pitch Event, something like the "Shark Tank  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- 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 27, 2020 Area G-Readiness: Last Friday, the contractor readiness assessment team for the glovebag and drill & drain operations paused the review due to operational  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Dec. 18 (TNSAwa) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: Mississippi State's College of Arts and Sciences recently announced four new recipients of the Dean's Eminent Scholar Awards honoring "exceptionally meritorious faculty who have achieved national recognition and enhanced the quality and stature of academic programs." "It is one of the personal highlights of my year when I get to present these awards on behalf of the Dean's Office. They are all   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- 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 (NNSA) published a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register Dec. 16 to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program (SPDP), which would dilute and dispose of 34 metric tons of material using the capabilities at multiple sites across the Nation. The E  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Dec. 17 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news: Participants from 33 high school teams convened virtually Dec. 12 for the second New Mexico Governor's STEM Challenge, a competition testing students' ability to use science, technology, engineering and math to solve real-world problems. Led by New Mexico's Office of the Governor, the Challenge was a collaboration between New Mexico State University, the Department of Public Education, the Department of Wo  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 16 (TNSRes) -- Northeastern University issued the following news: The depth of the latest Russian hack into the e-mail systems of the Treasury Department, State Department, and other U.S. government agencies is stunning, but the strategy of manipulating a third party to infiltrate computer networks is not, according to Engin Kirda, a professor of computer science at Northeastern who studies computer security. "It highlights the problem of I.T. outsourcing and also r  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (TNSJou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following web feature: A multi-institutional research team led by materials scientists from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has designed a highly active and durable catalyst that doesn't rely on costly platinum to spur the necessary chemical reaction. The new catalyst contains cobalt interspersed with nitrogen and carbon. When compared to a similarly structured catalyst  more