ARGONNE, Illinois, March 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - When superconductivity material science meets nuclear physics * * * Imagine a wire with a thickness roughly one-hundred thousand times smaller than a human hair and only visible with the world's most powerful microscopes. They can come in many varieties, including semiconductors, insulators and superconductors. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DO  more

SAN JOSE, California, March 5 -- Hewlett Packard Enterprise, an information technology company, issued the following news release on March 4: * * * - DOE/NNSA's El Capitan reaches 2 exaflops - more powerful than the top 200 fastest supercomputers in the world combined - to support nation's nuclear security missions * * * Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced that it will deliver the world's fastest exascale-class supercomputer for the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Nuclear S  more

LIVERMORE, California, March 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) today announced the selection of AMD as the node supplier for El Capitan, projected to be the world's most powerful supercomputer when it is fully deployed in 2023. With its advanced computing and graphics processing units (CPUs/GPUs), El C  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - Two-day notice lets satellite operators take protective measures against energetic electrons * * * A new machine-learning computer model accurately predicts damaging radiation storms caused by the Van Allen belts two days prior to the storm, the most advanced notice to date, according to a new paper in the journal Space Weather. "Radiation storms from   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 7 -- The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society issued the following news release: The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) has announced the names of the individuals who were honored with division-level awards at the TMS 2020 Annual Meeting & Exhibition (TMS2020) held from February 24-27 in San Diego, California. These awards recognize outstanding contributions and excellence within each of the society's five technical divisions. For more information abou  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) has introduced the Low or No Emission Bus Access Act of 2020 to bolster federal investment in low and no emission buses and infrastructure and improve the grant application process. "The Low or No Emission Bus Access Act improves both funding and the application process for state and local governments so they can better access the resources they need to modernize   more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on March 3: During a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine President Trump's budget request for the Department of Energy for Fiscal Year 2021, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) questioned Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette on a $100 million reduction in funding for the ongoing cleanup and environmental management efforts at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Senator   more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Tom Udall, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Yesterday, U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.), senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, pressed U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette on the Trump administration's attempt to slash funding for environmental cleanup at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the Department of Energy's (DOE) Fiscal Year 2021 budget request and failure to request funding for road infrastructure critical to safe transport  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Energy and Water Development issued the following testimony on March 4 by Energy Department Secretary Dan Brouillette, at a hearing to review the fiscal 2021 budget request for the agency: It is a great privilege to serve as the Secretary of Energy. This is my first hearing as Secretary with your Committee and I am thankful for the opportunity to be here to testify in this role on the President's Budget Request for DOE. The Depart  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony on March 3 by Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette, at a hearing to examine President Trump's fiscal 2021 budget request for the agency: It is a great privilege to serve as the Secretary of Energy. I am thankful for the opportunity to be here to testify on the President's Budget Request for DOE. The Department is grateful for the support of this Committee for DOE's mission and we look forward to  more

LETHBRIDGE, Alberta, March 4 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of Lethbridge issued the following news: University of Lethbridge researchers in the Alberta RNA Research and Training Institute (ARRTI) are making strides in addressing the antibiotic crisis caused by the steady emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant pathogens. Recent work on the molecular basis of antibiotic action conducted in the research group of Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden, director of ARRTI, was published in the Proce  more