WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Brief: PPPL to lead two DOE-funded fusion innovation research teams * The U.S. Department of Energy Link is external (DOE) announced Link is external $128 million in funding for Fusion Innovation Research Engine (FIRE) Collaboratives. The funding was awarded to seven teams focused on creating a fusion energy science and technology innovation ecosystem by forming virtual, more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Democrats Launch Nationwide Organizing Campaign to Register Voters During National Voter Week of Action  * Yesterday, the DNC, ASDC, and Young Democrats launched a new organizing initiative to uplift National Voter Registration Week of Action. As a part of the DNC's commitment to organize everywhere, Democrats are registering voters across the country: from college campuses, to stadium e more PR

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Sept. 15 -- Defense Health Agency issued the following news: * * * New DHN Pacific Rim Deputy Director Visits Virtual Medical Operations Center at NMCSD * SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Capt. Kathleen Cooperman, the new deputy director for Defense Health Network Pacific Rim, visited the Virtual Medical Operations Center at Naval Medical Center San Diego Sept. 3 to learn firsthand how the hub is transforming patient care and operational medical support across the Military Health more PR

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * ORNL to lead, partner on FIRE Collaboratives in critical fusion energy technologies * The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been selected to lead two new research collaborations and partner on two others under the Fusion Innovation Research Engine, or FIRE, Collaboratives program. These projects aim to close critical gaps in fusion ma more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 17 -- The Republican Party of Virginia issued the following news: * * * POLL: Democrat Cost of Living Crisis Most Important Issue to Virginia Voters - Bad News for Abigail Spanberger A new poll from Virginia Commonwealth University has found that the rising cost of living is the most pressing issue for Virginia voters, with 28 percent identifying it as their top concern. Virginia voters know what Gov. Youngkin and Lt. Gov. Sears have long acknowledged: failed polici more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 16 -- VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, Richmond, Virginia has been assigned a patent (No. US 12415169 B2, initially filed Nov. 27, 2020) developed by Mo Jiang, Richmond, Virginia, and Ram B. Gupta, Richmond, Virginia, for "Slug-flow manufacturing of uniform and controllable microparticles for battery cathodes." more PT

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 16 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Virginia. *** Hash-Based Digital Signatures for Hierarchical Internet Public Key Infrastructure ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 16 -- VERISIGN, INC., Reston, Virginia has been assigned a patent (No. US 12418396 B2, initially filed Feb. 16, 2021) developed by Burton S. Kaliski, Jr., McLean, Virginia, for "Hash-based digital signatures for hierarchical internet public key infrastructure." *** Online Trained O more ST