LA GRANGE PARK, Illinois, May 31 (TNSawa) -- The American Nuclear Society issued the following news: At the Nuclear Energy Institute's Nuclear Energy Assembly, held this year in Washington, D.C., the Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award was presented on May 17 to Mark Peters, Battelle's executive vice president for national laboratory management and operations. The award: The Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award is a joint effort between the American Nuclear Society and NEI that re  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- 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 May 12, 2023 Staff Activity: N. Huntington and E. Tetteh were on site to attend a training course on DOE- STD-5506, Preparation of Safety Basis Documents for Transuranic Was  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news on June 1, 2023: * * * The interface-type device offers energy-saving performance for next-generation computing design * * * The human brain has been called the most complicated object in the universe. Trying to replicate that still-unmatched capability for computing, scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have made a new interface-type memristive device, which their   more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: The Energy, Technology and Environmental Business Association's New Mexico Federal Business Opportunities Forum brought together about 200 contractors, developers, business leaders and consultants from around the region on April 20 to discuss, among other things, the Laboratory's increasing need for support from the area's top infrastructure experts. Hosted annually, the ETEBA forum   more

BERKELEY, California, June 2 (TNSres) -- The University of California issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: The University of California announced today (June 1) that 28 exceptional young scientists from its campuses and affiliated national laboratories have been selected for the fourth class of UC President's Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Fellows and the opportunity to join Nobel laureates from around the world at the 2023 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany. "These fellows  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 2 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: A team at Sandia National Laboratories is developing materials to tackle what has become one of the biggest problems in the world: human exposure to a group of chemicals known as PFAS through contaminated water and other products. Sandia is now investing more money to take their research to the next level. "It's in the news constantly. It seems every day w  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 2 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: During the COVID-19 pandemic's first 15 months, people in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods in a large U.S. city suffered infection rates up to 10 times as high as their counterparts in wealthier neighborhoods, research from The University of Texas at Austin has found. The findings could offer clues to address health disparities in future outbreaks and public health crises. People living in ZIP   more