ARGONNE, Illinois, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - Machine-learning based algorithm characterizes 3D material microstructure in real time * * * Modern scientific research on materials relies heavily on exploring their behavior at the atomic and molecular scales. For that reason, scientists are constantly on the hunt for new and improved methods for data gathering and analysis of materials at those scales. Rese  more

WASHINGTON, April 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news release: While people around the world hunker down in their homes to try to slow the advance of the COVID-19 virus and many services have decreased or stopped, two user facilities operated by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science continue to provide critical computing and networking resources to thousands of scientists, including some who are exploring ways to fight  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - Triad National Security contributes an additional $10,000 * * * On the first day of their online food drive, Los Alamos National Laboratory employees donated $16,490 to The Food Depot in support of Northern New Mexicans facing hardship. Triad National Security, LLC, the Laboratory's M&O contractor, contributed an additional $10,000. With another $5,731   more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * - Ultra-high energy gamma rays from the far reaches of the galaxy provide powerful proof that the predictions of relativity, including the constant speed of light, hold to the highest energy extremes yet probed * * * New measurements confirm, to the highest energies yet explored, that the laws of physics hold no matter where you are or how fast you're mo  more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 2 [TNSscientificresearch] -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) gamma ray observatory, located in the volcanic mountains of central Mexico (more than 13,500 feet above sea level), observes astrophysical sources emitting light at very high energies (gamma rays), higher energies than produced by any accelerator on Earth. Its large water tanks contain sensitive light detectors whic  more

AIKEN, South Carolina, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news release: The Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) has released for public comment the Draft Savannah River Site (SRS) Pit Production Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The SRS Pit Production EIS evaluates the environmental impacts of producing 50 pits per year at SRS. NNSA proposes to repurpose the partially built Mixed Ox  more