WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced his nominees to the United States Service Academies. A nomination is required to attend the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; the U.S. Coast Guard Academy does not require a nomination. Being nominated is a significant honor. The application process is rigor  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Final bill passed by the Senate and heading to President Biden's desk also includes historic pay raise for junior enlisted service members Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) welcomed Senate passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25). The legislation includes major wins that Heinrich secured, including investments in New Mexico's service members, mil  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: A research team at Los Alamos National Laboratory recently performed the first critical experiment with high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) TRi-structural ISOtropic (TRISO) fuel in four decades at the National Criticality Experiments Research Center (NCERC) in Nevada. It achieved its objective of establishing an advanced reactor testbed. "With companies such as Amazon an  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the Senate passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA): "Today, I voted to pass the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act that makes strong investments in our armed services, National Laboratories, and national defense. With our military installations and National Laboratories, New Mexico plays a critical role in pro  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Dec. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina Greensboro campus issued the following news: As a nanoscientist, the University of North Carolina Greensboro's Tetyana Ignatova focuses on materials at the smallest scales. Imagine the width of a human hair being split tens of thousands of times, and you get the idea. But as she explores the properties of nanomaterials that are so thin that they are essentially two-dimensional, she thinks on a much grander scale.   more

EUGENE, Oregon, Dec. 14 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2024: * * * PCBs in some areas more than 10,000 times safety limits * * * On December 9th, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final designation decision that stormwater discharges from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and Los Alamos County are contributing to violations of water quality standards and that these discharges require a National Pollutant Dischar  more