SANTA FE, New Mexico, May 8 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * Bill Miller elected to American Philosophical Society SFI Life Trustee and Chairman Emeritus Bill Miller has been elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society (APS). The APS was founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1743 "for the purpose of promoting useful knowledge." Today it continues its mission through research, fellowships, and public outreach. One of 38 new membe  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, May 8 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * Mason Porter elected to NetSci Society SFI External Professor Mason Porter (UCLA) has been named a Fellow of the Network Science Society, an organization that supports an interdisciplinary research community that is dedicated to investigating the phenomena, modeling, and behavior of networks. Every year, the Network Science Society names up to seven fellows, each recognized for   more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, May 8 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU College of Engineering collaborates with international partners to enhance research New Mexico State University and a research and development institute in Portugal formed a partnership to advance research capabilities for scientific collaboration in power and energy systems. NMSU's College of Engineering and the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science, or  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, May 8 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU Honors student named NSF research fellow Alejandro Gomez, a senior Honors student at New Mexico State University studying wildlife ecology, has been awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, which provides three years of support over a five-year fellowship period for the graduate education of individuals who have demonstrated potential for significant research  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, May 9 -- The Los Alamos Study Group issued the following news release: * * * Nuclear agency begins new environmental analysis of strategies to produce plutonium warhead cores ("pits") Meanwhile, in Congressional testimony, acting administrator Robbins declines to mention actual pit production as an agency goal for 2026 Tomorrow, the Department of Energy (DOE) and its semi-autonomous subsidiary the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) will announce the star  more