WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Government Innovation released the following written testimony by Brenda M. Rubenstein, an associate professor of chemistry and physics and director of the Data Science Institute at Brown University, from a June 24, 2025, hearing entitled "Preparing for the Quantum Age: When Cryptography Breaks": * * * First and foremost, I would like to thank Chairwoman Mace, Ranking Memb  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 18 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Michigan's Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: * * * Growth of data centers requires new policies to mitigate local community impacts The rapid growth of data centers, with their enormous energy and water demands, requires targeted policy interventions to mitigate environmental impacts and protect local communities. A new report by the University of Michigan's Science, Technology, and Public Policy program at the G  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Restore and Modernize National Labs * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) introduced the Restore and Modernize Our National Labs Act of 2025, legislation that would invest in maintenance projects and infrastructure improvements at America's National Labs. Specifically, the legislation would authorize funding for deferred mainte  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Bill Foster, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Foster, Sen. Lujan Introduce Legislation to Fund Infrastructure Upgrades at National Laboratories * Washington, D.C. -- Today, Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Restore and Modernize Our National Laboratories Act. The bill would authorize $25 billion through Fiscal Year 2030 to support maintenance and infrastructure at the Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories. Rep. Foster sec  more

LA GRANGE PARK, Illinois, July 16 [Category: Energy] -- The American Nuclear Society posted the following news: * * * Trinity Test at 80: American Nuclear Society CEO Craig Piercy reflects on the Manhattan Project * By Craig H. Piercy, CEO and Executive Director of the American Nuclear Society Eighty years ago today, at exactly 5:29:45 a.m. local time* on July 16, 1945, the United States Army detonated the world's first nuclear bomb in the Jornada del Muerto desert of southern New Mexico.   more