HAMILTON, New York, March 23 -- Colgate University issued the following news: The Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute (Picker ISI) has announced this year's awards supporting interdisciplinary approaches in innovative research. The awards bring together Colgate faculty and other researchers with complementary expertise to open new areas of study and to tackle existing problems in creative, new ways. "I am pleased by the breadth and depth of research projects that we funded this year," s  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, March 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: The National Virtual Climate Laboratory (NVCL) is a comprehensive web portal featuring climate science projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science's Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program. It is a living portal, with new functionalities added continuously. New features are designed specifically to help students, faculty   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 22 -- Florida State University issued the following news: By Kathleen Haughney Florida State University has named acclaimed researcher and industry leader Kathleen Amm as the new director of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (National MagLab), the largest and highest-powered magnet laboratory in the world and the only facility of its kind in the United States. Dr. Amm, who currently serves as director of the Magnet Division at Brookhaven National Laborato  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report on March 18, 2024: * * * TO: Katherine R. Herrera, Acting Technical Director FROM: D. Gutowski, Resident Inspector SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for the Week Ending February 16, 2024 Staff Activity: M. Bradisse was on site providing resident inspector support. E. McCullough was on site for familiarization with transuranic waste a  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report on March 18, 2024: * * * TO: Katherine R. Herrera, Acting Technical Director FROM: D. Gutowski, Resident Inspector SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for the Week Ending February 23, 2024 Staff Activity: On Tuesday, a staff team held a remote interaction with personnel from both the NNSA Field and Project Management Offices to discuss  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report: * * * TO: Timothy J. Dwyer, Technical Director FROM: D. Gutowski, Resident Inspector SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for the Week Ending March 1, 2024 Staff Activity: On Wednesday, a staff team held a remote interaction with personnel from Triad and the NNSA Field Office to discuss maintenance of safety related batteries. This is   more

WASHINGTON, March 21 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Machine learning helps simulate reactive molecular dynamics for research and discovery * * * The ability to simulate the behavior of systems at the atomic level represents a powerful tool for everything from drug design to materials discovery. A team led by Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers has developed machine learning interatomic potentials that predict  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: Peaceful though it may seem from Earth, space is beset by "weather" that can prove perilous for the sensitive -- and expensive -- technology aboard the spacecraft and satellites increasingly populating the realms outside our atmosphere. To meet that challenge, Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers have developed the Compact Space Plasma Analyzer, a small and cost-efficient spac  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, March 23 -- The New Mexico Department of Environment issued the following news release: The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) released the second quarter (Q2) performance assessment for fiscal year 2024 (FY24) that offers the public, stakeholders, and legislators the opportunity to track the department's progress in protecting public health and the environment between October 1 and December 31, 2023. The assessment also provides insights on budget and staffing chall  more

SAN DIEGO, California, March 20 -- San Diego State University issued the following news: By Bryana Quintana In his three decades serving in San Diego State University's Physics Department, professor emeritus Lowell Burnett mentored, inspired and educated students while managing multiple businesses and authoring numerous publications. Burnett, who lost his father at a young age, worked hard to support his educational goals and maintain good grades. With the help of various scholarships, he com  more