PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 12 (TNSjou) -- Brown University issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: * * * By observing spin structure in "magic-angle" graphene, a team of scientists led by Brown University researchers have found a workaround for a long-standing roadblock in the field of two-dimensional electronics. * * * For two decades, physicists have tried to directly manipulate the spin of electrons in 2D materials like graphene. Doing so could spark key advances in the burg  more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, May 9 (TNSres) -- Purdue University issued the following news release: * * * Users can customize a recipe to peel 1-atom-thick 2D materials like graphene from a surface and affix it onto another * * * Purdue University engineers have developed a patent-pending tool to make the manufacture of ultrathin semiconductors more consistent, controllable and repeatable than traditional methods. Thomas Beechem, an associate professor of mechanical engineering in the College o  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development issued the following testimony by Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm involving a hearing on March 23, 2023, on the fiscal 2024 budget request: * * * Chairman Fleischmann, Ranking Member Kaptur, and Members of the Committee, 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 Ame  more

LAUREL, Maryland, May 10 (TNSres) -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have developed a new thermal battery for national security applications. The battery utilizes a nickel-aluminum heat source and offers several performance enhancements, including improved energy density, increased operating times and decreased operating temperatures an  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, May 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: Hundreds of miles north of the Arctic Circle, Sandia National Laboratories researchers ensure the collection of important weather and climate data. By switching the gas used in their weather balloons, they have reduced their metaphorical footprint on the fragile Arctic ecosystem. More than three years ago, the Sandia-operated atmospheric measurement facility in Ala  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development issued the following testimony by Energy Deputy Secretary David M. Turk involving a hearing on May 3, 2023, entitled "A Review of the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Energy, including the National Nuclear Security Administration": * * * 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   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee issued the following joint testimony involving a hearing on April 26, 2023, entitled "The Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration Atomic Energy Defense Activities in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2024 and the Future Years Defense Program." The witnesses are Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Jill Hruby, under secretary for nuclear security at the National Nuclear Security Adminis  more

AUSTIN, Texas, May 12 (TNSfund) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: The National Science Foundation has awarded funding to The University of Texas at Austin to lead an alliance of industry partners, academic research institutions, and nonprofit organizations and national laboratories to lay the groundwork for a new regional innovation engine in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico to help bridge the gaps between research, entrepreneurship and job creation in the r  more