CHICAGO, Illinois, April 1 -- The Illinois Institute of Technology issued the following news release on March 31, 2022: Beginning during his time at Illinois Institute of Technology while completing a master's degree in computer science, Jack Dongarra (M.S. CS '73) created code and led the development of concepts that allowed software to keep up with the exponential growth in hardware for more than 40 years. On March 30 the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) awarded Dongarra its highest   more

PASADENA, California, April 2 (TNSJou) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: A new study based on recordings made by the rover finds that the speed of sound is slower on the Red Planet than on Earth and that, mostly, a deep silence prevails. Listen closely to sounds from Mars, recorded by NASA's Perseverance: the rover's mechanical whine and click in a light Martian wind; the whir of rotors on Ingenuity, the Mars helicopter; the crackling strike of a rock-zapping laser  more

LAUREL, Maryland, April 2 (TNSRes) -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: An international team of scientists is performing the first-ever analysis of acoustics on Mars. Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) planetary scientist Ralph Lorenz is a co-author on a new study that reveals how fast sound travels through the Red Planet's extremely thin, mostly carbon dioxide atmosphere, how Mars might sound to human ears, and how scientis  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- 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 and J. Plaue, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for Week Ending March 11, 2022 DNFSB Staff Activity: On Tuesday, staff members conducted a teleconference with personnel from the Idaho National Laboratory, the DOE Idaho Operations Office,  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 1 -- The New Mexico Department of Economic Development issued the following news release: New Mexico Economic Development Department Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced that eight New Mexico high-growth-potential companies were awarded Science & Technology Business Start Up Grants at $25,000 each for a total of $200,000. Science & Technology Business Start Up Grants are available to New Mexico-based forprofit science and technology companies with fewer than   more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release on April 1, 2022: Science, education and economic development leaders across New Mexico have formed a coalition to bring future quantum computing jobs to the state. Sandia National Laboratories, The University of New Mexico and Los Alamos National Laboratory announced the new coalition today at UNM during the Quantum New Mexico Symposium: http://news.unm.edu/news/q  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, March 26 -- The National Park Service Bandelier National Monument issued the following news release: Santa Clara Pueblo and Bandelier National Monument have entered into a new agreement that will allow collaboration between the Pueblo and the Monument on a variety of projects in the coming years. Members of Santa Clara and Bandelier staff celebrated the agreement with a signing ceremony today at the Santa Claran Hotel in Espanola, NM. Governor J. Michael Chavarria of San  more