OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Kate Evans, director for the Computational Sciences and Engineering, or CSE, Division at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been awarded the 2024 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematicians, or SIAM, Activity Group on Mathematics of Planet Earth Prize, or SIAG/MPE Prize. SIAM is a preeminent professional organization for mathematics  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Legacy Management issued the following news: Many U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) cleanup sites have waste disposal facilities with a variety of designs, and those various approaches are routinely monitored and analyzed. Mark Kautsky -- program manager for the Office of Legacy Management's (LM) Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act program -- was a co-chair of a panel of federal and contractor staff who provided information on   more

ARGONNE, Illinois, March 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: * * * Argonne researchers have created a new device that acts like a superconductivity switch, helping boost the signal of tiny particles in particle colliders * * * In particle colliders that reveal the hidden secrets of the tiniest constituents of our universe, minute particles leave behind extremely faint electrical traces when they are g  more

LIVERMORE, California, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news on March 11, 2024: The Department of Energy's (DOE) High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) initiative today announced over $5 million in new funding for 13 industry partnerships, including a project led at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to develop more efficient optical cables. The awards, which stem from DOE's Office of Energy Efficienc  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Machine learning predictions successfully model atomic masses of nuclide chart * * * The origin of heavy elements in our universe is theorized to be the result of neutron star collisions, which produce conditions hot and dense enough for free neutrons to merge with atomic nuclei and form new elements in a split-second window of time. Testing this theory and answeri  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: A research team at Los Alamos National Laboratory is developing a new technology called the Non-destructive Alpha Spectrometer, or NDAlpha, which is the first field-deployable alpha spectrometer that is capable of "point and shoot" measurements of nuclear material or contaminated surfaces. One of the key signatures of a nuclear accident is the release of alpha-emitting radionuclide  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, March 13 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: Whether you're a science lover or just enjoy experiences that spark your curiosity, New Mexico State University is hosting "Physics Fun Day" from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, March 22 at Gardiner Hall. The event is free and open to the public to engage in hands-on physics experiments along with a taste of an ice cream made of liquid nitrogen. "'Physics Fun Day' is the fusion of learning and laughter,  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Savannah River Site issued the following weekly report on March 15, 2024: * * * TO: Katherine R. Herrera, Acting Technical Director FROM: L. Lin, Z.C. McCabe, and E.P. Richardson, Resident Inspectors SUBJECT: Savannah River Site Activity Report for Week Ending February 23, 2024 Tank Farms: A resident inspector (RI) discussed cold weather protection procedures and practices with Tank Farms personnel.   more

ARGONNE, Illinois, March 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Argonne researchers pioneer "redox gating" -- a new way to precisely modulate electron flow * * * As the integrated circuits that power our electronic devices get more powerful, they are also getting smaller. This trend of microelectronics has only accelerated in recent years as scientists try to fit increasingly more semiconducting components on a chip  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, March 14 (TNSres) -- Santa Fe Community College issued the following news release: * * * Research will test using algae mix to increase biogas production that could bring renewable energy to underserved and off-grid populations. * * * Santa Fe Community College's student biofuels team, Just AD Algae, is one of 15 finalists in the national AlgaePrize 2023-2025 Competition. The announcement came from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO  more

DALLAS, Texas, March 13 (TNSres) -- Southern Methodist University issued the following news: * * * What exactly happens at the tiny scale at which individual atoms exist and interact? SMU chemist Elfi Kraka and her colleagues have been working on developing a computational tool aimed at providing answers to that mystery. * * * What exactly happens at the tiny scale at which individual atoms exist and interact? SMU chemist Elfi Kraka and her colleagues have been working on developing a comput  more