RESTON, Virginia, Sept. 23 [Category: Aerospace] -- The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics issued the following news release: The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce its newly elected Class of 2025 Associate Fellows. AIAA will formally honor and induct the class at the AIAA Associate Fellows Induction Ceremony and Dinner, Wednesday, 8 January 2025, at the Hyatt Regency Orlando during the 2025 AIAA SciTech Forum, 6-10 January 2025, Or  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2024: * * * Saw Wai Hla was named the Science Breakthrough of the Year winner in the physical sciences category for the prestigious Falling Walls award * * * The German Falling Walls Foundation is recognizing Hla for using a new X-ray capability in a way that could be widely applied in environmental and medical research and the development of batt  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- The Department of Energy's Office of Science Atmospheric Radiation Measurement facility issued the following news on Sept. 24, 2024: * * * Beginning on October 1, 2024, the new observatory will provide data to help scientists better understand how forests affect weather and climate * * * If you are eager to start using the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility's newest atmospheric observatory, your wait is just about over. The Bankhead Nation  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Sept. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2024: * * * Free-floating experiments at Z machine provide deflection data * * * The most efficient way to prevent potentially dangerous asteroids from damaging or even obliterating Earth may involve a coordinated nuclear response based on extensive prior data, according to Sandia National Laboratories physicist Nathan Moore. "To most peop  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Manager's Package on Annual Defense Bill includes Heinrich's Good Samaritan bill, significantly increased funding for the Southwest Border Regional Commission, & legislation he authored to bolster the Department of Defense's AI capabilities Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced that, in addition to strong investments in New Mexico's military installations, national labs, and service members, he   more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: * * * Modern engineering brings water to livestock on the Navajo Nation * * * "They say water is life, and that couldn't be truer," said Anne Francis, who has spent her life on the Navajo Nation, watching how water sustains the land, the crops and the herds of cattle on her family ranch. But life on the Navajo Nation is hard. The va  more

DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- The University of Dayton issued the following news: Anyone stepping barefoot across a hot beach knows sand stores heat. A University of Dayton researcher is working on extracting and storing heat from that sand and other sand-like materials, which someday may be used to power U.S. homes. "Similar technologies have been demonstrated in laboratories and small industrial settings, but the next step is optimizing such technologies in a variety of industries to ha  more