WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Department of Energy Office of Science Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Twenty-Five Graduate Students, Early-Career Researchers Selected to Attend EMSL 2026 Summer School In Person On-site learning includes application-based training related to understanding critical minerals and materials biogeochemistry - Strengthening a domestic supply of critical minerals and materials (CMM) is critical to the United States' pursuit   more

WASHINGTON, July 16 (TNSLrpt) -- The Government Accountability Office issued the following report: * * * Department of Energy: Efforts to Streamline Project Management at National Laboratories and Nuclear Sites * Fast Facts The Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration manage over $65 billion in construction and acquisition projects at 16 contractor-operated labs and nuclear enterprise sites. DOE and NNSA are implementing changes to streamline how they manage thes  more

LIVERMORE, California, July 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * "AI Science at Scale" summit showcases advances in AI-enabled research and innovation Recently, the University of California (UC), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) convened researchers and leaders from across the UC system in Santa Fe, New Mexico, for the first annual AI Science at Scale summit. The summi  more

PASADENA, California, July 16 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA's Perseverance Rover Reads Record of Ancient Mars Impacts Old rocks exposed on the rim of Jezero Crater preserve a roughly 4-billion-year-old cosmic "weather report" from the solar system's most dynamic era. - NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has uncovered evidence that a 245-foot-thick (75-meter-thick) stack of ancient rock on the rim of Jezero Crater was built by repeated asteroid   more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, July 15 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * SBIR/STTR reauthorization extends funding opportunities for New Mexico innovators * WRITER: John Waller, jcwaller@nmsu.edu SOURCE: Carlos Murguia, cmurguia@nmsu.edu The federal Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs have been reauthorized through September 30, 2031, providing long-term stability for America's largest source of non-dilutive r  more