COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 5 [TNSgrantsresearch] -- The Texas A&M University's Engineering Experiment Station issued the following news: U.S. Senator John Cornyn joined the U.S. Army Futures Command and The Texas A&M University System to announce a cooperative agreement that will provide up to $65 million over five years to Texas A&M, supporting research into new technologies to help the Army Futures Command modernize the nation's fighting force. "Our country's military readiness depends on   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 2 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * - Highlighted Multi-Year, Multi-Million Dollar Cooperative Agreement to Advance National Defense * * * U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today joined the U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC) and The Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) to announce a Cooperative Agreement that will provide up to $65 million over five years to Texas A&M, supporting research into new technologies to help the Army Futures Comman  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The Department of Energy's Office of the Inspector General issued the following inspection report: The mission of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (Environmental Management) is to address the Nation's Cold War environmental legacy resulting from 5 decades of nuclear weapons production and Government-sponsored nuclear energy research. Environmental Management's Los Alamos Field Office is tasked to safely and efficiently complete the cleanup of  more

LIVERMORE, California, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: In a perfect world, engineers would like metals to be strong and electrically conducive without any defects. But no metal is perfect. It loses strength due to synthetic defects, causing a softening of the material. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists and collaborators have created a new class of metal material that keeps its strength  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 1 [TNSmaterialsresearch] -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * - MIT team successfully tests a new method for verification of weapons reduction. * * * How do weapons inspectors verify that a nuclear bomb has been dismantled? An unsettling answer is: They don't, for the most part. When countries sign arms reduction pacts, they do not typically grant inspectors complete access to their nuclear technologies, for fear of givi  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Oct. 3 -- The New Mexico Department of Economic Development issued the following news release: * * * - Innovation Vouchers awarded to help early stage science and technology companies overcome business development barriers * * * New Mexico Economic Development Department (NMEDD) Office of Science and Technology announced that four New Mexico companies will receive Innovation Voucher Grants to help their businesses grow by covering eligible expenses at a state certified   more

LIVERMORE, California, Oct. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: Six Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) (http://www.llnl.gov/) scientists have been selected as 2019 fellows of the American Physical Society (APS) (http://www.aps.org/). The new fellows represent a selection of physics expertise, ranging from computational physics and shock compression of condensed matter to instrument and measurement science. AP  more

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Oct. 4 -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Dr. Warren "Pete" Miller was recently appointed to professor of practice with the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University. Miller served as the assistant secretary of energy for nuclear energy in 2009 under the Obama Administration where he oversaw the country's research, development and advancement of nuclear energy. Miller has over 27 years of experience working with Lo  more