WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: Los Alamos National Laboratory released its annual Economic Impact Report detailing spending during fiscal year 2023, which ended Sept. 30. With an annual budget of $4 billion, the Laboratory is a major economic driver in the state. "Los Alamos National Laboratory plays a critical role in New Mexico's economy and its communities," said Laboratory Director Thom Mason. "We fee  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Building on $180 million in joint energy-related research, EPB and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) marked 10 years of collaboration Friday with the announcement of the new Collaborative for Energy Resilience and Quantum Science (CERQS). The new joint research effort will focus on utilizing Chattanooga's highly advanced and integrated energy and communications in  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2024: In Idaho Falls' 159-year history, it would be hard to dispute the importance of May 18, 1949. That's the day the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) announced the city as the location for its National Reactor Testing Station headquarters. In type size normally reserved for events like Pearl Harbor or Kennedy's assassination, the Post Register's Page 1 hea  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report on Jan. 31, 2024: TO: Katherine R. Herrera, Acting Technical Director FROM: D. Gutowski, Resident Inspector SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for the Week Ending January 12, 2024 Staff Activity: Staff members P. Migliorini, S. Seprish, and S. Sircar were on site this week providing resident inspector augmentation and gaining perspective  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Insight may help reduce costs of quantum processing * * * Experimental research conducted by a joint team from Los Alamos National Laboratory and D-Wave Quantum Systems examines the paradoxical role of fluctuations in inducing magnetic ordering on a network of qubits. Using a D-Wave quantum annealing platform, the team found that fluctuations can lower the total ener  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has named Raeanna Sharp-Geiger as chief operations officer. Sharp-Geiger begins her new role on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, leading Argonne's operational strategy, excellence, modernization and innovation. Sharp-Geiger joins Argonne from DOE's Los Alamos National Laboratory. In her role as the   more

IRVINE, California, Feb. 1 (TNSres) -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * The advance will allow researchers to transform everyday materials into conductors for use in quantum computers * * * Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and Los Alamos National Laboratory, publishing in the latest issue of Nature Communications, describe the discovery of a new method that transforms everyday materials like glass into materials scientists  more