WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Today, a bill backed by U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) to extend federal programs that help local fire departments address staffing needs, purchase equipment, develop fire training and education programs, and improve emergency medical services, was signed into law by President Joe Biden. The Fire Grants and Safety Act reauthorizes two federal grant programs at the Federal Emergency Management A  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Committee released the following testimony by Energy Deputy Secretary David M. Turk from a June 26, 2024, hearing entitled "An Overview of the Budget Proposal for the Department of Energy for Fiscal Year 2025": * * * Chairman Lucas, Ranking Member Lofgren, and Members of the Committee, it is an honor to appear before you today to discuss the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Budget request for the Department of Energy ("the Departm  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Safety evaluations will assess biological capabilities and risks associated with AI * * * Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory are working with OpenAI on an evaluation study to bolster artificial intelligence safety. The upcoming evaluation will be the first of its kind and contribute to state-of-the-art research on AI biosecurity evaluations. "The potenti  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 9 (TNSres) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The National Nuclear Security Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Energy, has awarded $50 million in cooperative agreements to only two university consortia to support nuclear security and nonproliferation. LSU researchers will work with colleagues at 15 universities and eight national labs to develop AI models to protect the nation from nuclear threats while training a new genera  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Conservation efforts at Los Alamos National Laboratory add up, driving ecosystem diversity and food security * * * Along the roadside where West Road and N.M. Highway 501 intersect, near one of the Los Alamos National Lab's access points and the turnoff for Pajarito Ski Hill, a patch of showy milkweed grows each summer, becoming vital habitat for a species in declin  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Reducing greenhouse gas emissions with geologic carbon storage will require a new way to model rock physics. * * * Research from Los Alamos National Laboratory shows that a new rock physics model will provide more comprehensive and actionable data about how carbon dioxide changes rock properties throughout geologic storage sites, which will make monitoring for geolo  more