WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following activity report for the week ending May 29, 2026: * * * Los Alamos National Laboratory Resident Inspectors Activity Report for Week Ending May 29, 2026 Federal Staffing-NNSA: The NNSA field office is currently operating at around a 75% staffing level, and NNSA management is anticipating the loss of several additional staff from the field office in the ne  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, June 17 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NM FAST launches space SBIR/STTR accelerator for New Mexico startups * WRITER: Alejandro Najera-Acosta, a_najera@nmsu.edu SOURCE: Carlos Murguia, cmurguia@nmsu.edu NM FAST is now accepting applications for a free space-sector accelerator cohort designed to help New Mexico-based technology companies compete for federal funding through the Small Business Innovation Research and Small B  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, June 17 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Team builds best-performing detection system for next-generation accelerators * Key takeaways  * This system is crucial for enabling next-generation particle accelerators to better reveal fundamental biological and chemical processes, as well as advancing materials science and energy research. * The compact detector is a technological breakthrough, combining artificial diamon  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New Mexico. *** Early Exit Dynamic Analysis of a Virtual Machine ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 16 -- PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC., Santa Clara, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12657286 B2, initially filed July 29, 2024) developed by four inventors Esmid Idrizovic, Trumau, Austria; Daniel Raygoza, Seattle, Washington; Robert Jung, Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Michael S. Hughes, Davenport, Florida, fo  more