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NRL and NASA to Launch ComPair Instrument to Measure Gamma-Ray Emissions

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Monday, August 7, 2023
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Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) will launch ComPair aboard a high-altitude balloon from Fort.

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  • Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) will launch ComPair aboard a high-altitude balloon from Fort.
  • The ComPair mission instrument measures and detects gamma-ray emissions from astrophysical objects.
  • The NRL instrument is one of the four subsystem instruments led by NASA GSFC.
  • “NASA GSFC and NRL, have a history with this next-generation instrument from the start,” Woolf said.

NRL Scientists Use Pulsar Timing to Measure Gravitational Waves from the Distant Universe

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Thursday, June 29, 2023
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Naval Research Laboratory’s Space Science Division along with a team of international scientists discovered groundbreaking evidence for gravitational waves that stretch and squeeze spacetime.

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  • Naval Research Laboratory’s Space Science Division along with a team of international scientists discovered groundbreaking evidence for gravitational waves that stretch and squeeze spacetime.
  • Those deviations, and the pattern of their correlations on the sky, are the telltale signature of gravitational waves, allowing scientists to conclude that gravitational waves are the most likely cause of the observed signal.
  • At NRL, Research Physicist Dr. Matthew Kerr is taking a different approach by timing many of the same pulsars using gamma-rays instead of radio waves.
  • “Other pulsar timing arrays also see this signal in independent data, which increases our confidence that it is real.

Pusan National University Researchers Develop Way to Tune Energy Levels of Semimetals

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023
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BUSAN, South Korea, March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Type-II Dirac semimetals are quantum materials with unique energy level structures, such as a bulk Dirac point (BDP). However, these semimetals are unsuitable for real-life applications because their BDP is far off the "Fermi energy level." Nickel ditelluride (NiTe2), a newly reported type-II Dirac semimetal has a BDP slightly above the Fermi level. Now, researchers have substituted tellurium with selenium in NiTe2 to alter the strength of its spin-orbit coupling and further tune its BDP.  

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  • However, these semimetals are unsuitable for real-life applications because their BDP is far off the "Fermi energy level."
  • Now, researchers have substituted tellurium with selenium in NiTe2 to alter the strength of its spin-orbit coupling and further tune its BDP.
  • Quantum materials, such as topological semimetals, are materials whose electronic properties are linked to exotic quantum effects.
  • Materials with tilted Dirac cones are known as type-II Dirac topological semimetals and have potential applications in topological quantum computing.

US Nuclear Corp. Discusses $611,000 Net Working Capital Announcement and New Detection Products to Help Public Safety and Clean Environment with The Stock Day Podcast

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Monday, June 13, 2022
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Copley then asked about a recent announcement detailing the Company's closing on a securities purchase agreement with Mast Hill Fund L.P. to raise $611,000 net working capital.

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  • Copley then asked about a recent announcement detailing the Company's closing on a securities purchase agreement with Mast Hill Fund L.P. to raise $611,000 net working capital.
  • "It will also allow us to bring our new products to market, which have recently been enhanced with new sensors."
  • Stock Day provides companies with customized solutions to their news distribution in both national and international media outlets.
  • The Stock Day Podcast is the number one radio show of its kind in America.

DTE Energy’s Blue Water Energy Center begins commercial operation

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Monday, June 6, 2022
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Detroit, June 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DTE Energy, Michigans largest electric utility company, today announced that its Blue Water Energy Center, a state-of-the art 1,150 megawatt (MW) combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant has begun commercial operation.

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  • Detroit, June 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DTE Energy, Michigans largest electric utility company, today announced that its Blue Water Energy Center, a state-of-the art 1,150 megawatt (MW) combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant has begun commercial operation.
  • Today marks an important milestone for DTE and Michigans energy future, said Jerry Norcia, chairman and chief executive officer, DTE Energy.
  • DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE) is a Detroit-based diversified energy company involved in the development and management of energy-related businesses and services nationwide.
  • The DTE portfolio also includes non-utility businesses focused on industrial energy services, renewable natural gas, and energy marketing and trading.

NRL Scientist Searches for Gravitational Waves From Monster Black Holes

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Wednesday, May 4, 2022
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To detect these faint gravitational waves, scientists carefully monitor pulsars.  These neutron stars---the extremely dense remnants of exploded massive stars---emit regular trains of pulses. Gravitational waves bend spacetime, so as the waves pass through, they must take a slightly longer path than if the gravitational waves were absent, slowing the pulse down. By looking for tiny variations in the time it takes a pulse to reach earth, scientists can detect and characterize the waves. These experiments are called pulsar timing arrays, and to date they have used sensitive radio telescopes.

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  • Naval Research Laboratory researcher is leading the way in helping understand gravitational waves generated by supermassive black holes in a new way.
  • The waves are produced when pairs of black holes, millions to billions of times more massive than the sun, spiral towards each other.
  • Many black hole mergers are occurring through the universe, each producing gravitational waves, and they fill space with a gravitational wave background.
  • Gravitational waves bend spacetime, so as the waves pass through, they must take a slightly longer path than if the gravitational waves were absent, slowing the pulse down.

University of Chicago’s Polsky Center Launches New Deep Tech Accelerator

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Tuesday, January 19, 2021
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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210119005774/en/
    The Compass is a deep tech accelerator program for early-stage startups and technologies created by researchers at the University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory, and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
  • The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation applies world-class business expertise from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business to bring new ideas and breakthrough innovations to the market.
  • The Polsky Center has a 60-person professional staff responsible for driving the creation of new ventures and commercial partnerships at the University of Chicago.
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University of Chicago’s Polsky Center, Argonne, and Fermilab Discuss Leadership in Water Innovation at First-Ever Chicago Water Week

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Monday, September 14, 2020
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The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago, in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory , is hosting a webinar as part of Current's inaugural Chicago Water Week.

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  • The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago, in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory , is hosting a webinar as part of Current's inaugural Chicago Water Week.
  • The event will highlight Chicagos innovative, cross-sector water leaders from Sept. 28 to Oct. 2, 2020.
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    On Monday, Sept. 28 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. CT, the Polsky Center, Argonne, and Fermilab will present a webinar titled, Partners in Innovation: How to Collaborate with Universities and National Labs .
  • Some of the researchers at Argonne and Fermilab have joint appointments with the University of Chicago.

Winners Of The 2021 Breakthrough Prizes In Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics And Mathematics Announced

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Thursday, September 10, 2020
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The Breakthrough Prize Foundation today announced the esteemed recipients of the 2021 Breakthrough Prize, recognizing a spectacular array of groundbreaking achievements in the Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The Breakthrough Prize Foundation today announced the esteemed recipients of the 2021 Breakthrough Prize, recognizing a spectacular array of groundbreaking achievements in the Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics.
  • Due to the global pandemic, however, this year's ceremony has been postponed until March 2021.
  • In total for this year, the Breakthrough Prize is awarding a collective $18.75 million in support of scientists working on the biggest and most fundamental questions.
  • Citation: For major contributions to particle astrophysics, from models of dark matter to the discovery of the "Fermi Bubbles."

Granite Awarded $14 Million Site Development Project in Illinois

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Wednesday, December 11, 2019
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Granite (NYSE:GVA) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Kenny Construction Company (Kenny), has been awarded a $14 million contract by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC for Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) Near Site Conventional Facilities (NSCF) Site Preparation Project at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Illinois.

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  • Granite (NYSE:GVA) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Kenny Construction Company (Kenny), has been awarded a $14 million contract by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC for Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) Near Site Conventional Facilities (NSCF) Site Preparation Project at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Illinois.
  • The LBNF Near Site will be home for a portion of the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), an international flagship science project to unlock the mysteries of neutrinos, hosted by the U.S. Department of Energys Fermilab.
  • By studying neutrinos, the most abundant matter particles in the universe, scientists at LBNF/DUNE will paint a clearer picture of the universe and how it works.
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