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Chair Duncan Opening Statement at Markup of Three Bills to Bolster America’s Energy Reliability & Security
By DOE Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Energy, Climate, & Grid Security Subcommittee markup of three bills to bolster energy reliability and security.
E&C Republicans Press Cigna for Clarification After Investigative Report Accuses Insurance Company of Denying Claims Without Reading Them
By DOE Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (VA), on behalf of the Health and Oversight Subcommittee Republicans, wrote to the President and CEO of The Cigna Group regarding an investigative report by ProPublica.
Chair Rodgers Opening Statement on Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Cyberattacks
By DOE Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Cyberattacks: Examining Expertise of Sector Specific Agencies."
WIPP Mine Rescue Team Uses Lifesaving Skills in Highway Accident
By DOE Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Members of EM ’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) mine rescue teams recently put their lifesaving skills into action, possibly saving a young woman’s life as they were returning from a mine rescue competition in Ruidoso, New Mexico.
Chairs Rodgers & Latta Announce Subcommittee Legislative Hearing on NTIA Oversight and Reauthorization
By DOE Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-OH) today announced a legislative hearing titled “Oversight and Reauthorization of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration."
E&C Republicans Press Cigna for Clarification After Investigative Report Accuses Insurance Company of Denying Claims Without Reading Them
By DOE Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (VA), on behalf of the Health and Oversight Subcommittee Republicans, wrote to the President and CEO of The Cigna Group regarding an investigative report by ProPublica.
Idaho Waste Treatment Facility Increases Production Fivefold
By DOE Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Since the launch of operations just over a month ago, the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) has increased sodium-bearing waste treatment fivefold, a crucial step in removing remaining liquid waste from nearby underground tanks at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site and protecting the underlying Snake River Plain Aquifer.
Diamond cut precision: Beck to develop diamond sensors for neutron experiment and quantum information science
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
The nuclear physics group at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is looking for evidence of new physics in neutrons, electrically neutral particles that hold atomic nuclei together with an interaction called the strong force.
FSU announces bold investments in quantum science and engineering
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
At the atomic and subatomic scales of matter, classical laws of nature lose control and quantum mechanics take over. Discoveries of new quantum phenomena and materials, such as quantum entanglement and topological systems, promise to deliver groundbreaking technologies.
A Holographic View into Quantum Anomalies
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
Theorists calculated how the key ingredients of a phenomenon called the chiral magnetic effect (CME) should evolve over time in an expanding quark-gluon plasma (QGP).
Small Fusion Experiment Hits Temperatures Hotter than the Sun’s Core
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
To produce commercial energy, future fusion power plants will need to achieve temperatures of 100 million degrees C.
Detecting Neutrinos from Nuclear Reactors with Water
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
Neutrinos are subatomic particles that interact with matter extremely weakly.
Viruses Could Reshuffle the Carbon Cycle in a Warming World
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
Microbes play important roles in ecosystems, and these roles are changing with global warming.
Surprising Preference in Particle Spin Alignment
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
Certain particles that emerge from a hot soup of matter generated in collisions of atomic nuclei appear to have a preferential “global spin alignment.”
Conformer-Dependent Reactivity of Carbonyl Oxides Leads to Dramatically Different Atmospheric Fates
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is a type of air pollution that affects health, air quality, and the global climate. SOA forms when ammonia and related chemicals called amines react with oxygenated species.
Jefferson Lab Hosts International Computing In High Energy And Nuclear Physics Conference
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
Experts in high-performance computing and data management are gathering in Norfolk next week for the 26th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP2023).
How Could a Changing Climate Impact Society, Infrastructure, and People?
By DOE Newswire Report | May 17, 2023
New Climate Simulation Data Sets Provide Insights for Earth’s Future
Oak Ridge Groundbreaking: Viewing Platform Brings Historic K-25 Into Perspective
By DOE Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - Officials celebrated progress on a facility here last week that will give the public a new perspective of what was once the world’s largest building as they broke ground for the K-25 Viewing Platform at the East Tennessee Technology Park.
Elba Liquefaction Company, LLC; Southern LNG Company, LLC; Notice of Application for Amendment and Establishing Intervention Deadline discussed on May 16 by Energy Department
By DOE Newswire | May 17, 2023
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Tribal Energy Snapshot: San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation
By DOE Newswire | May 17, 2023
News Release: Solar Project Saves Community Thousands on Energy Bills.