LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Tess Light will discuss the beauty and mystery of lightning at three Frontiers in Science public talks starting Sept. 11 in Santa Fe. "On any given day lightning flashes nearly 4 million times across the earth," said Light, a physicist at the Laboratory. "Yet it's surprising that this routine natural phenomenon is still co  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - Los Alamos bioscientist notes deep commitment to STEM outreach goals * * * Los Alamos National Laboratory bioscientist Harshini Mukundan has been selected as one of the 125 AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) IF/THEN Ambassadors. IF/THEN, a national initiative of Lyda Hill Philanthropies, seeks to further women in science, technol  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - Funding from Los Alamos National Laboratory operator will support K-12 science, technology, engineering and mathematics education * * * Students and teachers across Northern New Mexico will benefit this year from more education opportunities thanks to two grants to regional education nonprofits totaling nearly $800,000 from Los Alamos National Laborato  more

VIENNA, Austria, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news release: * * * - Administrator presents a 435-B container to Agency's Deputy Director General * * * Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, the Administrator of the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) presented the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) with a container for transporting highly radioactive materials Sept. 17 during the Annua  more

EUGENE, Oregon, Sept. 17 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: Late yesterday, clean water advocates filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to force it to address extremely high urban storm water pollution in Los Alamos County, downstream from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Urban storm water pollution from PCBs, copper, zinc, nickel, and gross alpha radiation in Los Alamos County is threatening public health - some polluta  more