WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: Economic diversity, education and community giving will get a big boost this year, thanks to a $2.5 million grant from Triad National Security LLC, operator of Los Alamos National Laboratory. "This funding underlines Triad's continuing commitment to improve the well-being of communities in Northern New Mexico through partnerships and investments," said Thom Mason, president and CEO of  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- 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 April 14, 2023 Staff Activity: On Tuesday, a headquarters staff team held a call with Triad and NNSA Field Office personnel to continue interactions supporting their review of the e  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: In a result decades in the making, Los Alamos scientists have achieved light amplification with electrically driven devices based on solution-cast semiconductor nanocrystals -- tiny specs of semiconductor matter made via chemical synthesis and often called colloidal quantum dots. This demonstration, reported in the scientific journal Nature, opens the door to a completely new   more

WASHINGTON, May 4 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: A team of researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory recently published the most comprehensive study of global COVID-19 variant transitions, which showed significant diversity in variant spread around the globe related to vaccination rates, number of co-circulating variants and immunity from previous infection. The paper was published in eBioMedicine. "This work pulls toge  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: A multi-institutional team exploring the physics of collective behavior has developed and measured a model nanomagnetic array in which the behavior can be best understood as that of a set of wiggling strings. The strings, which are composed of connected points of high energy among the lattice, can stretch and shrink, but also reconnect. What makes these strings special is that  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news release: In March 2023, the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration's Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs approved the W80-4 Life Extension Program (LEP) to transition into Phase 6.4, Production Engineering. The W80-4 LEP achieved Phase 6.4 entry following successful execution of the Preliminary Design Review and Acceptance Group Review and the Sy  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces issued the following joint testimony involving a hearing on April 18, 2023, entitled "Department of Energy's Atomic Energy Defense Activities and Department of Defense Nuclear Weapons Programs in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2024 and the Future Years Defense Program." The witnesses from DOE are Jill Hruby, administrator and under secretary for nuclear security, and Marvin L. Adams, dep  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces issued the following testimony by William "Ike" White, senior advisor for the Office of Environmental Management, involving a hearing on April 18, 2023, entitled "Department of Energy's Atomic Energy Defense Activities and Department of Defense Nuclear Weapons Programs in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2024 and the Future Years Defense Program": * * * It is an honor to appear before you  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm involving a hearing on April 20, 2023, on the fiscal 2024 budget request: * * * It is an honor to appear before you today to discuss the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Budget request for the Department of Energy ("the Department" or "DOE"). Serving the American people as the 16th Secretary of Energy, I am entrusted with the awesome responsibility  more

LOGAN, Utah, May 2 (TNSper) -- Utah State University issued the following news: After an extensive national search, the Utah State University Presidential Search Committee has recommended three finalists to the Utah Board of Higher Education for the position of President: Rodney D. Bennett, Elizabeth "Betsy" R. Cantwell and Kenneth "Ken" L. White. "The process of selecting institutional presidents is one that prioritizes engagement, impartiality and diligence," said Lisa Michele Church, Chair   more