IRVING, Texas, Oct. 5 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: A total of 541 student-athletes have been named to the 2022-23 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team, which honors conference competitors who are new, including freshmen, at their respective league institution. Texas led the way with 84 honorees, while Kansas followed with 74. A total of 79 student-athletes were nominated with 4.00 grade point averages. Nominated by each institution's direct  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, Oct. 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * By focusing on regions of interest, new technique dramatically accelerates data collection and protects samples. * * * As anyone who has ever skimmed a book or magazine can tell you, sometimes you don't have to read every word to grasp the essence. Inspired by this notion, scientists are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to enable a for  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: An NETL researcher who leads a multi-national laboratory effort to determine the viability, safety, and reliability of storing hydrogen in subsurface environments recently told an international audience of National Academy Committee on Earth Sciences that hydrogen's potential as a flexible fuel for many end users depends upon a reliable system of subsurface storag  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news release: The Minority Serving Institution Partnership Program (MSIPP) and Tribal Education Partnership Program (TEPP) of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) awarded five grants totaling $2.5 million to Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) in response to Funding Opportunity Announcement  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: One thousand feet below the ground, three national defense labs and a remote test site are building Scorpius -- a machine as long as a football field -- to create images of plutonium as it is compressed with high explosives, creating conditions that exist just prior to a nuclear explosion. These nanosecond portraits will be compared with visuals of the same events   more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: Since the discovery of penicillin in 1928, bacteria have evolved numerous ways to evade or outright ignore the effects of antibiotics. Thankfully, healthcare providers have an arsenal of infrequently used antibiotics that are still effective against otherwise resistant strains of bacteria. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have combined earlier w  more