WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) secured major wins in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) that support New Mexico's men and women in uniform, military installations, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and job-creating initiatives throughout the state. The Senate passed the NDAA today by a vote of 83 to 11. The legislation has passed both chambers   more

LIVERMORE, California, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2022: Call it the shot heard 'round the world. The monumental, first-ever demonstration of fusion ignition by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) National Ignition Facility (NIF) marks a potentially world-changing breakthrough for fusion energy and a key initial step in a decades-long quest for limitless clean energy, U.S. government  more

LIVERMORE, California, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2022: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today announced the achievement of fusion ignition at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) -- a major scientific breakthrough decades in the making that will pave the way for advancements in national defense and the future of clean power.   more

LIVERMORE, California, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2022: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today (Dec. 13) announced the achievement of fusion ignition at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) -- a major scientific breakthrough decades in the making that will pave the way for advancements in national defense and the future of cle  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) applauded Senate passage of the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that authorizes $857.9 billion for New Mexico's military bases, national labs, and servicemembers. The legislation also provides for additional security assistance to Ukraine and prioritizes strategic competition with China and Russia. The NDAA sets the spending  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: As demand for rare earth elements (REEs) and critical minerals (CMs) increases, research completed with NETL support and oversight has advanced the development of a lightweight tool that can be carried into the field to measure concentrations of these valuable materials in coal wastes and byproducts. This new technology, which is housed in a backpack and integra  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Dec. 14 (TNSfund) -- Florida State University's National High Magnetic Field Laboratory issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2022: The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory will receive $195.5 million over the next five years, a move that keeps the world's most powerful magnet lab headquartered at Florida State University with partner sites at University of Florida and Los Alamos National Laboratory and supports groundbreaking discoveries using high field magnet  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2022: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today announced the achievement of fusion ignition at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)--a major scientific breakthrough decades in the making that will pave the way for advancements in national defense and the future of clean power. On December  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2022: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced $5.3 million in funding for five cutting edge projects that will advance research supporting the domestic production of rare earth elements and other critical minerals. A domestic supply chain of rare earth elements and other critical minerals is key to manufac  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: At a special ceremony in our nation's capital, Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm announced that on December 5 at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), which is part of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California (LLNL), U.S. scientists achieved "ignition" -- a fusion reaction producing more energy than it took to create. This breakthrough marks a critical milestone for nuclear fusion an  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2022: In pursuit of novel advanced memory technologies that would accelerate simulation and computing applications in support of the nation's stockpile stewardship mission, Sandia National Laboratories, in partnership with Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore national labs, has announced a research and development contract awarded to Intel Federal LLC, a wh  more