WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news release: * * * - Budget vital to strengthening the Nation's Nuclear Security Enterprise * * * The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) released its portion of the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Budget Request. The President's $19.8 billion FY 2021 budget request is an increase of $3.1 billion - or 18.4 percent - above the FY   more

ARGONNE, Illinois, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release on Feb. 12: * * * - Novel technique for advancing the way semiconductors are made * * * Microelectronics like semiconductor devices are at the heart of the technologies we use each day. As we move into an era where we are stretching the limits of Moore's Law, it is essential to find new ways to continue to pack more circuitry into each individual device in order to incr  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: As the second-leading cause of death in the United States, cancer is a public health crisis that afflicts nearly one in two people during their lifetime. Cancer is also an oppressively complex disease. Hundreds of cancer types affecting more than 70 organs have been recorded in the nation's cancer registries--databases of information about individual cancer cases tha  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee issued the following testimony on Feb. 13 by Admiral Charles A. Richard, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command at the U.S. Navy, at a hearing in review of the Defense authorization request for fiscal 2021: USSTRATCOM is a global warfighting command, and I am privileged to lead the 150,000 Sailors, Soldiers, Airmen, Marines, and Civilians who dedicate themselves to the Department of Defense's highest priority mission. I thank the Presi  more