WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news release: * * * - 'El Capitan' at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will perform mission critical research to maintain U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile * * * The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) has signed a contract valued at $600 million with Cray Inc. to build NNSA's first exascale supercomputer, "El Capitan," with an anticip  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news: Idaho National Laboratory's Kemal Pasamehmetoglu has become chairman of the Nuclear Energy Agency's Nuclear Science Committee, the international organization's panel in charge of developing and collecting basic scientific and technical knowledge related to current and next-generation nuclear systems. Pasamehmetoglu is also executive director of the Versatile Test Reactor program,   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - The National Microbiome Data Collaborative will develop an open-access framework for harnessing microbiome data to accelerate discoveries * * * The National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC), a new initiative aimed at empowering microbiome research, is gearing up its pilot phase after receiving $10 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office o  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - Funding from Los Alamos National Laboratory operator Triad will support Regional Development Corporation efforts to create jobs, strengthen economic diversity * * * Small businesses across Northern New Mexico will benefit this year from an injection of capital through loans and a tribal diversity fund under a $500,000 grant from Los Alamos National Labo  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - 'Toughest scenarios yet' plus an obstacle course help hazmat teams hone their abilities * * * Ten hazardous materials response teams from Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Tennessee will test their skills in a series of graded exercises Aug. 19-23 at Los Alamos National Laboratory's Hazmat Challenge. "The Challenge provides a unique training venue for  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release: The Center for American Progress today announced that Adam Conner will lead the organization's newly created technology policy team as its inaugural vice president. In an op-ed published today by Morning Consult, Conner discussed his decision to lead CAP's work around technology policy. "The challenges posed to our society and our economy by the technology sector are vast and growing by the day. Today, t  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news: Three researchers from Idaho National Laboratory - Vivek Agarwal, Krzysztof Gofryk and Christopher Zarzana - were among the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) announced July 2 by the White House. First given in 1996, the PECASE is bestowed by the United States government to outstanding scientists and engineers who are beginnin  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 5 -- The University of Tennessee issued the following news: Two researchers with UT ties have received a 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. David Cullen, a joint faculty member in the UT-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education and ORNL's Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, and Kate Page of ORNL's Neutron Scattering Division are among the more than 300 researchers and engi  more