ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 25 -- The Los Alamos Study Group issued the following news release: * * * Anti-war yard sign cut down by vandal(s) for fourth time in north University neighborhood On Sunday morning at approximately 1:03 am, a carefully-masked vandal cut down a 3 ft. x 4 ft. vinyl sign in the front yard of the home of Greg Mello and Trish Williams-Mello, which is also the headquarters of the Los Alamos Study Group, a 30-plus year-old anti-war and nuclear disarmament organization  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on March 26, 2025: * * * Chairman Lee Demands Answers from National Lab Directors Over Alarming Ties to Chinese Military Supercomputers WASHINGTON - Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Mike Lee sent letters to the Directors of Oak Ridge, Los Alamos, and Argonne National Laboratories regarding reports that researchers at all three la  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, March 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Building blocks of innovation: Light-induced symmetry changes in tiny crystals Argonne scientists unveil new methods to control material properties Breakthrough allows researchers to create materials with tailored properties, unlocking unprecedented control over their optical and electronic properties. Imagine building a Lego tower with perfectly aligned blocks  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey, Colleagues Press Energy Secretary on Firings and Suspensions in Nuclear Security Programs Letter Text (PDF) Washington (March 27, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) led his colleagues Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Representative John Garamendi (CA-08) in writing today to Secretary of Energy Chris W  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 28 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on March 26, 2025: * * * Professor Emeritus Earle Lomon, nuclear theorist, dies at 94 On the physics faculty for nearly 40 years and a member of the Center for Theoretical Physics, he focused on the interactions of hadrons and developed an R-matrix formulation of scattering theory. By Sandi Miller, Department of Physics Earle Leonard Lomon PhD '54, MIT professor emeritus of physics, die  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, March 28 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Three UC Santa Cruz faculty members named 2024 AAAS fellows David Deamer, Theodore Holman, and Raphael Kudela awarded lifetime honor By Mike Pena and Emily Cerf Three UC Santa Cruz faculty members have been named new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of j  more