LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Nov. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - Noted Los Alamos chemist honored by American Association for the Advancement of Science * * * Los Alamos National Laboratory chemist Jennifer A. Hollingsworth is being honored as a Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for her work in materials chemistry. "We're thrilled that Jennifer is receiving this well-deserved h  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - Multiple Earth Systems computer models assessed potential drought levels * * * Extreme drought's impact on plants will become more dominant under future climate change, as noted in a paper out today in the journal Nature Climate Change. Analysis shows that not only will droughts become more frequent under future climates, but more of those events will b  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Nov. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - A new routing algorithm anticipates the day trucks and drones cooperate to drop packages at your doorstep quickly and efficiently * * * Santa has always run a one-sleigh operation, but a new analysis could help him speed deliveries and save energy, if he ever decided to add a drone to his route. "People have considered combinations of ground vehicles a  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Nov. 26 -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news: Carnegie Mellon University has received a supercomputer from Los Alamos National Lab (LANL) that will be reconstructed into a computing cluster operated by the Parallel Data Lab (PDL) and housed in the Data Center Observatory. This new cluster will augment the existing Narwhal, also from LANL and made up of parts of the decommissioned Roadrunner supercomputer technology, the fastest supercomputer in the w  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news release: * * * - Brings more than 30 years of experience to position * * * The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) has selected Michael Weis as the new manager of its Los Alamos Field Office, effective January 2020. At the Los Alamos Field Office, Weis will head a federal team that oversees management, security, quality assurance, e  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The American Association for the Advancement of Science issued the following news: More than 400 members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science have earned the lifetime distinction of AAAS Fellow, in honor of their invaluable contributions to science and technology. Fellows are elected each year by their peers serving on the Council of AAAS, the organization's member-run governing body. The 2019 group will receive official certificates and rosette pin  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Nov. 27 -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news: Bernalillo County is protecting your water with a $100,000 commitment to support The Nature Conservancy-led Rio Grande Water Fund. The Water Fund is a far-reaching collaborative effort to restore 600,000 acres of at-risk forests in New Mexico that will secure clean drinking water for 1 million people. The work is happening from Taos to Albuquerque. "As a county, we recognize that healthy watersheds and flowing sp  more

DAVIS, California, Nov. 26 -- The University of California Davis campus issued the following news: Michele Barbato, professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Eric Prebys, professor of physics, are leading projects that will receive more than $6 million over three years from the University of California Laboratory Fees Research Program competition. The annual competition is designed to promote the development of multicampus projects and collaborations that advance the missions of t  more