ARGONNE, Illinois, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - Interaction of sound and light reveals new information of a crystal's quantum properties. * * * When exposed to stress and strain, materials can display a wide range of different properties. By using sound waves, scientists have begun to explore fundamental stress behaviors in a crystalline material that could form the basis for quantum information technologie  more

BERKELEY, California, Sept. 19 -- The University of California issued the following news release: The University of California Board of Regents approved today (Sept. 19) the appointment of Dr. Craig Leasure, a longtime UC leader with extensive experience in directing and operating large-scale national labs and weapons programs, as the next vice president of the university's Office of the National Laboratories following a nationwide search. Leasure, who has served as interim vice president of t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Nebraska, issued the following column: This week, I put out a tweet that read: "My advice to Congress: less drama, more work." The possibility of a vote on the impeachment of the President sent the media and DC into a frenzy. Here's another reality: Tomorrow Nebraska plays Ohio State. Most of the game will not be a big dramatic exercise. It will be blocking, tackling, and the basics of moving the football down the field. My main job in Washingto  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - As part of MOSAiC field campaign, environmental researchers will operate a suite of instruments 24/7 as ship drifts in ice for the winter * * * Heading off to spend months on a ship trapped in the Arctic ice, a team from Los Alamos National Laboratory got underway last week aboard the R/V Polarstern from Tromso, Norway. They are supporting MOSAiC, the   more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Sept. 25 -- The New Mexico Department of Health issued the following news: The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) reports an increase in alcohol-related deaths in New Mexico in 2018, when 1,544 New Mexicans died from alcohol-related causes. That is up six percent from 2017, when there were 1,461 alcohol-related deaths. New Mexico has had the highest alcohol-related death rate of any state in the U.S. since 1997. Alcohol-related deaths include all deaths from causes t  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: EM federal and contractor leaders from several sites highlighted major successes in the cleanup program during a panel session at this year's National Cleanup Workshop. Although they have different missions, the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site, Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO), Oak Ridge Office of EM (OREM), and EM Los Alamos Field Offi  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 24 [TNSscientificresearch] -- The University of Pennsylvania issued the following news: Results of a new study will help physicists establish a cutting-edge neutrino research facility to study some of the most abundant yet least understood particles in the universe. In physics, antimatter is simply the "opposite" of matter. Antimatter particles have the same mass as their counterparts but with other properties flipped; for example, protons in matter have a pos  more