ARGONNE, Illinois, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release on March 13: John M. "Jack" Carpenter, an American nuclear engineer who pioneered using accelerator-based pulsed neutrons for scientific research, died on March 10. He was 84. Jack is perhaps best known for his development of the short-pulsed spallation neutron source concept. It was prototyped, fully realized with the Intense Pulsed Neutron Source (IPNS) at the United S  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $25 million in funding for plastics recycling research and development (R&D). The funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is part of the Department's Plastics Innovation Challenge, a comprehensive program to accelerate innovations in plastics recycling technologies. "The Trump Administration is committed to advancing plastic recycling technologies and the   more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - Electronically controlled 2-D reflector promises improved microwave communications, beam steering without moving pieces, and one-way microwave mirrors * * * Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory are reinventing the mirror, at least for microwaves, potentially replacing the familiar 3-D dishes and microwave horns we see on rooftops and cell towe  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, March 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - Qualifying companies may receive up to $150,000 in technical assistance from Los Alamos or Sandia national laboratories for fostering projects from invention to commercialization * * * New Mexico companies who find themselves up a creek without venture capital to ferry them across the research and development gap from invention to commercialization may  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, March 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * - New program enables Sandia, Los Alamos labs to help companies mature technologies * * * A recently signed New Mexico law enables Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories to assist in turning transferred technology into viable products and services, which could boost innovation and create jobs, according to Sandia business development experts. The Te  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following statement urging the Trump administration to do everything possible to engage the researchers and scientists at New Mexico's national laboratories to find solutions to the coronavirus pandemic: "Our national labs employ some of the best and brightest minds on Earth, and they have played a leading role in finding solutions to past public health crises. "Sandia National Labs trained their high-powered electron micro  more