WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on Jan. 4, 2022: Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez announced the 2021 Congressional App Challenge Winner for New Mexico's 3rd congressional district. The App-Challenge is a district-wide competition for middle and high school students that encourages young people to learn to code and pursue careers in computer science. This year, 16 students across the district submitted applications for the vi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (TNSOps) -- The Society for Science, an organization that promotes the understanding and appreciation of science and the vital role it plays in human advancement, issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2022: Society for Science (the Society) today announced the top 300 scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2022, the nation's oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. The 300 scholars and their schools will be awarded $2,0  more

SEGUIN, Texas, Jan. 5 (TNSRes) -- Texas Lutheran University issued the following news: A Texas A&M University-led consortium has been awarded a two-year, $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a first-of-its-kind traineeship program in isotope research and development, production and processing that aims to develop the future isotope production workforce for the nation and the DOE Isotope Program (IP). Texas A&M will serve as the isotope traineeship coordination  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Jan. 7 (TNSJou) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: It turns out San Francisco has been a destination for lovers of imported delicacies since its earliest Gold Rush days. According to results published recently in the peer-reviewed Journal of Anthropological Research, an excavation at Thompson's Cove in San Francisco has shown "Atlantic cod were imported during the 1850s, likely as a (largely) deboned, dried and salted product from the East Coast of the Uni  more