WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (TNSrep) -- The Government Accountability Office issued the following report: Here are excerpts: * * * Fast Facts Fusion--the process that powers the sun--could produce commercial electricity to help meet growing clean energy needs. But there are technical, economic, and other challenges. The Department of Energy's Fusion Energy Sciences program has started investing in public-private partnership initiatives and taken steps to develop a fusion energy strategy. For exampl  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Vivek Sujan, a distinguished R&D scientist in the Applied Research for Mobility Systems group at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named a 2024 National Academy of Inventors, or NAI, Fellow. The NAI promotes inventors with patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the Fellow status is nationally recognized as the hi  more

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release: * * * This frame from "Visualizing the Nucleus" shows animations of four different nuclei, with their protons and neutrons, quarks and gluons visible. In the year of quantum, bring the heart of matter into focus with a new science-based animation of the atomic nucleus and learn how scientists have studied the structure of matter throughout recorded hu  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Michigan, issued the following news release: Today, the University of Michigan announced(link is external) it is ending its joint institute with Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). The announcement follows a letter(link is external) from Congressman John Moolenaar to U-M President Santa Ono that detailed the ties between SJTU and the Chinese Communist Party's military modernization efforts. "The University of Michigan is making the right decision  more