LIVERMORE, California, Feb. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: Lisa Woodrow, a longtime manager at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), has been named associate director of the Lab's Environment, Safety & Health (ES&H) program. Director Bill Goldstein and Deputy Director Linda Bauer announced the selection Feb. 19; the appointment is effective March 12. As the new associate director for ES&H, Woodrow will re  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: Magnetic field lines that wrap around the Earth protect our planet from cosmic rays. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have now found that beams of fast-moving particles launched toward Earth from a satellite could help map the precise shape of the field. This mapping could provide insight into a region of the  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Congressman Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), the U.S. House Assistant Speaker, participated in events across New Mexico's Third Congressional District honoring the service and sacrifice of Vietnam veterans and their families. At a ceremony in Los Alamos on Saturday, Congressman Lujan presented two local veterans - Dennis Fordham and Gregg Lesler - with the Vietnam Veteran Lapel Pin to honor their service to our   more