SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 17 (TNSPer) -- Southwest Research Institute issued the following news release: Dr. Ben Thacker, P.E., has been named vice president of Southwest Research Institute's Mechanical Engineering Division. Thacker previously served as executive director of the division's Materials and Fluids Engineering Departments. "I am deeply honored to be entrusted with this responsibility and feel incredibly grateful to SwRI and its leadership team for the many ways they have advanced my  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Nov. 16 -- Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news on Nov. 15, 2021: First Lieutenant Ashwin Rao received the best student poster award from the Society for Applied Spectroscopy at the 2021 Scientific Exchange conference in Providence, RI. SciX is an international conference for analytical chemistry and spectroscopy researchers organized by the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies. Rao is a nuclear engineering doctoral st  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- 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: D. Gutowski, Resident Inspector SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for Week Ending October 22, 2021 Plutonium Facility: On Tuesday, Triad personnel declared a violation of the Technical Safety Requirements (TSR) for the Plutonium Facility due to a breach of a confinement  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- 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: D. Gutowski, Resident Inspector SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for Week Ending October 29, 2021 Plutonium Facility: On Thursday, the NNSA Field Office conditionally approved a safety basis addendum for the Plutonium Facility pertaining to missile barriers to protect   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: In experiment after experiment, the synthetic radioisotope actinium-225 has shown promise for targeting and attacking certain types of cancer cells. Although researchers have studied this radioisotope's cancer-fighting potential for more than two decades, there's not a Food and Drug Administration-approved treatment using Ac-225 - yet. But with multiple clinical tri  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Nov. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: A team at Sandia National Laboratories has completed a series of tests on specially designed stainless-steel containers used by the Department of Energy for storage and transportation of hazardous materials. The engineers, technologists and project managers were surprised to find that the containers did not split open when heated to 2000 degrees Fahrenheit. That i  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Nov. 18 -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news on Nov. 17, 2021: Taft Chicago partners Andrew M. Alul and Roshan P. Shrestha, Ph.D., secured a significant litigation victory for generic drug client, Bionpharma Inc. (Bionpharma). Bionpharma markets a 1.0 mg/mL enalapril maleate oral solution as generic to Azurity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s (Azurity) Epaned(R), a prescription drug product used to treat hypertension in children and elderly. Earlier this year, Bionphar  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Nov. 17 (TNSGra) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Through three awards granted by the United States Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy University Program, the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University is leading efforts for a push toward a cleaner energy future. The awards will fund research to optimize current and novel nuclear materials to further establish nuclear energy as a viable, sustainable source. "W  more