UPTON, New York, Oct. 13 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: John C. Gordon has been named Chemistry Division Chair at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, effective Sept. 12, 2022. Gordon, an accomplished chemist, comes to Brookhaven from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) where he was a senior scientist and Laboratory Fellow. He brings several years of experience in management and po  more

HULL, Iowa, Oct. 14 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release and letter: Last week, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) joined several of his Republican colleagues on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee in sending a letter to Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Arati Prabhakar regarding targeted efforts by the Chinese Communist Party to infiltrate U.S. institutions and steal confi  more

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: Two Grand Valley undergraduate students and one faculty member worked over the summer at U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories with research teams that are operating supercomputers, while another faculty member solidified a partnership for future DOE collaborations. Their work contributed to long-term projects aimed at improving the accuracy of climate change predictions and testing a ne  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following notice (No. 2022-43), which appeared in IRS Internal Revenue Bulletin No. 2022-42 on Oct. 17, 2022: * * * SECTION 1. PURPOSE This notice provides guidance regarding an extension of the replacement period under Sec. 1033(e) of the Internal Revenue Code for livestock sold on account of drought in specified counties. SECTION 2. BACKGROUND .01 Nonrecognition of Gain on Involuntary Conversi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- 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 and D. Gutowski, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for Week Ending September 23, 2022 Area G: On Tuesday, N3B management authorized resumption of field activities in Area G with the exception of corrugated metal pipe retrieval (see 9/16/2  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Oct. 14 -- The New Mexico Department of Environment issued the following news release: The New Mexico Environment Department is excited to announce the newest round of recipients of Recycling and Illegal Dumping (RAID) grants for fiscal year 2023. Communities, tribes, and pueblos around the state - many in rural areas - received $800,000. Grant funding was spent on cleaning up illegal dumpsites, establishing composting programs, offsetting the cost of scrap tire collectio  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 12 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Strong electron interactions allow topological state to be switched on and off * * * For the first time, U.S. and European physicists have found a way to switch the topological state of a quantum material on and off. Because they are extremely stable and have immutable features that cannot be erased or lost to quantum decoherence, topological states play an important role in materials research and q  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Oct. 14 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * The method aids in optimizing enzymes or proteins 'stickiness' for diverse biotechnological applications * * * Rutgers scientists have developed an analytical toolkit to measure the binding forces of single proteins when they are pulled away from their substrate - such as an enzyme - that will help the development of new nanomaterials, improve biofuel production and global carbon cycling, and i  more