HOLLAND, Michigan, July 1 (TNSper) -- Hope College issued the following news: The Hope College Board of Trustees has appointed a new chairperson and secretary, and three new members. The new Trustees are Lisa Meengs Joldersma of Washington, D.C.; Dr. Jeanne Petit of Holland; and Dr. Jon Soderstrom of Madison, Connecticut. Dr. Stephen Boerigter of Los Alamos, New Mexico, who previously served as secretary, has been elected chair, succeeding Karl Droppers of Holland, whose term is ending, and S  more

HOLLAND, Michigan, June 30 (TNSper) -- Hope College issued the following news: The Hope College Board of Trustees has appointed a new chairperson and secretary, and three new members. The new Trustees are Lisa Meengs Joldersma of Washington, D.C.; Dr. Jeanne Petit of Holland; and Dr. Jon Soderstrom of Madison, Connecticut. Dr. Stephen Boerigter of Los Alamos, New Mexico, who previously served as secretary, has been elected chair, succeeding Karl Droppers of Holland, whose term is ending, and   more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Energy issued the following testimony by Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, director of the Office of Science in the Energy Department, involving a hearing on June 22, 2022, entitled "Investigating the Nature of Matter, Energy, Space and Time": * * * It is with great pleasure that I join you today to represent the Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) at this hearing on the Office of Science. As members of this committee   more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- 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: A. Boussouf, D. Gutowski, and J. Plaue, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for Week Ending June 10, 2022 Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Building: The resident inspectors joined members of the Los Alamos County Fire Department and Triad emergency ma  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- 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: A. Boussouf, D. Gutowski, and J. Plaue, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for Week Ending June 3, 2022 Plutonium Facility-Accident Investigation: On Tuesday, the NNSA Cognizant Secretarial Officer for Safety signed out the report from the accident in  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, July 1 (TNSper) -- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on June 30, 2022: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday announced her appointment of Ron J. Lovato to the newly-created bipartisan committee tasked with nominating candidates for the Public Regulation Commission. Lovato is a former two-term governor of Ohkay Owingeh who has served as the CEO of the pueblo's Tsay Corporation for nearly two decades. As governor he negotiated ut  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 29 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: To solve a long-standing puzzle about how long a neutron can "live" outside an atomic nucleus, physicists entertained a wild but testable theory positing the existence of a right-handed version of our left-handed universe. They designed a mind-bending experiment at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory to try to detect a particle that has   more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- Rep. Joe Wilson, R-South Carolina, issued the following statement: * * * Congressman Joe Wilson, Senior Member of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement after the House Armed Services Committee completed the markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023. "This year's National Defense Authorization Act is a statement of unwavering support for America's men and women in uniform. This bill pushes our military moder  more

MERCED, California, June 28 (TNSres) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: By Lorena Anderson Green energy solutions are critical to meet current and future power demands, and while solar and wind power are great, they are also site-specific and intermittent. That's why researchers such as mechanical engineering Professor Po-Ya Abel Chuang and his Thermal and Electrochemical Energy Laboratory at UC Merced are focused on developing hydrogen-based energy solutions, w  more