ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, March 28 (TNSres) -- Eckerd College issued the following news: By Tom Zucco Karin Ebey was competing against graduate students from colleges and universities across the Southeast. But if the past was any clue, she was up for the challenge. An Eckerd College junior biology, chemistry and mathematics student from Los Alamos, New Mexico, Karin recently received one of two J. Larry Landers Student Research Grants from the Gopher Tortoise Council that will provide $2,000 t  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The House Appropriations Committee issued the following testimony by Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm involving a hearing on March 20, 2024, entitled "Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the Department of Energy": * * * 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) 2025 Budget request for the Department of Energy ("the Department" or "DOE"). I want to  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's Resident Inspector in Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following weekly report on March 29, 2024: * * * TO: Timothy J. Dwyer, Technical Director FROM: D. Gutowski, Resident Inspector SUBJECT: Los Alamos Activity Report for the Week Ending March 8, 2024 Staff Activity: M. Bradisse and M. Dunlevy were onsite providing resident inspector support. While onsite they met with safety basis personnel regarding proposed c  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * The Secure, Automatic, Failsafe Eraser ensures sensitive data is erased if tampered with * * * A new technology created by researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory will improve data safety in several areas ranging from treaty verification to medical services. The project, called the Secure, Automatic, Failsafe Eraser (SAFE), is able to erase the memory of devi  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news on March 27, 2024: On March 7, assembly began at Los Alamos National Laboratory on a groundbreaking machine that will allow scientists to use real plutonium in experiments while studying the conditions immediately before the nuclear phase of a weapon's functioning. The machine will prove instrumental in the Laboratory's stockpile stewardship mission, which ensures the safety, securit  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: As it executes its national security mission, Los Alamos National Laboratory produces transuranic (TRU) radioactive waste -- protective clothing, tools and equipment contaminated from nuclear weapons research and production. Handling, staging and shipping TRU waste offsite to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in southern New Mexico are all central to the Lab's mission -- and so  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- NASA issued the following news release: During his fourth mission to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Don Pettit will serve as a flight engineer and member of the Expedition 71/72 crew. After blasting off to space, Pettit will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations to help prepare crew for future space missions. Pettit will launch on the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft in September 2024, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey  more

ROCHESTER, New York, March 26 -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: Rochester Institute of Technology will be a contributing partner on a $4.5 million U.S. Department of Energy initiative to improve the operation of grid transmission and distribution systems, including how information about energy resources can be better transmitted securely. The university will provide optimization models and methods as more solar energy resources are added to the current grid  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 29 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Small nonfarm businesses in 33 New Mexico counties and neighboring counties in Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 29 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Small nonfarm businesses in 33 New Mexico counties and neighboring counties in Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administrati  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: Technology transfer officials from 13 Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories converged on NETL in Morgantown, West Virginia to exchange ideas, share successes related to efforts to move new energy technologies from laboratories to the marketplace, and meet with key NETL leaders. Technology transfer is described as the movement of data, designs, invent  more