WESTLAKE VILLAGE, California, March 28 (TNSres) -- The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation issued the following news release: The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation announced today its year-end grantmaking exceeded $434 million in 2022 - the largest grantmaking year since it was founded in 1944. This amount includes more than $93 million in board-approved grants and program-related investments in the fourth quarter alone, both in the U.S. and internationally to support the goals of the Hilton Foundation's pro  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on March 29, 2023: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is cosponsoring the bipartisan Fire Grants and Safety Act, legislation to extend federal programs that help support local fire departments in New Mexico and across the country. The bill would reauthorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program, the Assistance to Fire  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news release on March 28, 2023: The Biden-Harris Administration announced Darleane Hoffman and Gabor Somorjai as recipients of the Enrico Fermi Presidential Award, one of the oldest and most prestigious science and technology honors bestowed by the U.S. government. Hoffman, a pioneering nuclear chemist, joined the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report: TO: Christopher J. Roscetti, Technical Director FROM: A. Boussouf and D. Gutowski, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for the Week Ending March 10, 2023 Staff Activity: W. Dumayas and R. Jackson were onsite as part of their review of the seismic testing of the fire suppression system (FSS) at the Plutonium Facility  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 (TNSawa) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news on March 31, 2023: Darleane C. Hoffman, a nuclear chemist who spent a significant part of her career at Los Alamos National Laboratory, has been honored with the Enrico Fermi Presidential Award, which is administered on behalf of the White House by the U.S. Department of Energy. Hoffman is recognized for scientific discoveries advancing the field of nuclear and radiochemistr  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: A team of researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory has developed a new Hyperspectral X-ray Imaging (HXI) detector that provides ultra-sensitive elemental and chemical composition analysis for a variety of materials. "HXI represents a generational leap forward in energy resolution and efficiency for material analysis in scanning electron microscopes," said Matt Carpenter of Los   more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, March 20 -- The New Mexico Department of Public Education issued the following news release: Four teachers are in the running for the prestigious Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST), serving as models and inspiration for educators and students across the state. The finalists are: * Kimberly Conell, Albuquerque Public Schools (math) * Debbie Grothaus, Los Alamos Public Schools (science) * Amanda Kraft, New Mexico International  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 29 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A team of scientists led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed a molecule that disrupts the infection mechanism of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and could be used to develop new treatments for COVID-19 and other viral diseases. The molecule targets a lesser-studied enzyme in COVID-19 research, PLpro, that helps the coronavirus   more