SANTA FE, New Mexico, Aug. 18 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * Assembling the hidden rules of proteins * Machine learning model AlphaFold transformed the study of proteins, predicting folding patterns faster and more accurately than humans ever have. But it has done little to elucidate protein history. "The origin of proteins was very complex. That great complexity surely did not spring into being like Athena from the brow of Zeus, out of nothing. But with current methods, we can't see  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * BREAKING NEWS: Heinrich, Lujan Denounce Trump Administration for Bypassing Senate, District Court in Extending Interim U.S. Attorney for New Mexico's Term * Move comes as Interim U.S. Attorney term was set to expire at 120 days WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) released the following statement denouncing President Trump's U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for wrongfully using the Vacancy Act to ext more PR

FARMINGTON, New Mexico, Aug. 19 -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints issued the following news release: * * * Elder Neil L. Andersen Dedicates the Farmington New Mexico Temple New Mexico's second house of the Lord will help prepare a righteous people for His Second Coming, says Elder Andersen * About 50 miles east of where four US states intersect, the Farmington New Mexico Temple stands as a new monument intersecting heaven and earth. "This sacred house of the Lord testifies more than any other place of the immortality of t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has authorized the use of two replacement disposal panels labeled 11 and 12 at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in southeastern New Mexico for defense-related transuranic radioactive waste. This approval follows an extensive review of technical data submitted by the U.S. Department of Energy independent analyses and public feedback. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, situated about 650 meters underground in a salt formation near Carlsbad, serves as a long-term reposito more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Introduce Legislation to Restore Federal Funding to Planned Parenthood * Trump's Big, Bad Bill put nearly 200 Planned Parenthood clinics at risk of closure by blocking the clinics from being reimbursed by Medicaid WASHINGTON --U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) to introduce the Restoring Essential Healthcare Act, legislation to  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Announces Guidance From DOJ for Claimants Following the Recent Extension and Expansion of RECA * Guidance From DOJ Comes Following Bipartisan Push Led by Lujan to Secure Detailed Guidance for Claimants to Access the RECA Program Albuquerque, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) has secured guidance from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for claimants seeking compensation through the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) pr more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Announces Guidance From DOJ for Claimants Following the Recent Extension and Expansion of RECA * Guidance From DOJ Comes Following Bipartisan Push Led by Lujan to Secure Detailed Guidance for Claimants to Access the RECA Program Albuquerque, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) has secured guidance from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for claimants seeking compensation through the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) pr more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Announces Guidance From DOJ for Claimants Following the Recent Extension and Expansion of RECA * Guidance From DOJ Comes Following Bipartisan Push Led by Lujan to Secure Detailed Guidance for Claimants to Access the RECA Program Albuquerque, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) has secured guidance from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for claimants seeking compensation through the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) pr more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan: More Evidence that GOP Budget Betrayal Benefits the Wealthiest Americans, Abandons Working Families * Albuquerque, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) latest assessment that the GOP Budget Betrayal benefits the wealthiest Americans while abandoning working families: "The nonpartisan CBO has confirmed what Senate Democrats have been warning all along: the R more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Welcomes $22 Million to Provide High-Speed Internet to Socorro, Torrance, & Valencia Counties * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) welcomed $22 million via the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide high-speed internet to 783 people, 14 businesses, and 40 farms in  more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Aug. 19 (TNSjou) -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU professor's research targets missing objects in the outer solar system Orbiting in the far reaches of the solar system are pristine remnants from its beginning. These unique objects, called planetesimals, are the building blocks of planets. In a new paper, New Mexico State University Astronomy Associate Professor Wladimir Lyra notices a gap in the data on these objects -- raising questions that could help researchers better u more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Aug. 19 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU research expenditures, awards continue to break university records New Mexico State University, which was officially designated an R1 research institution earlier this year, continues to see a record number of research expenditures and external awards. Preliminary numbers collected for the National Science Foundation's Higher Education Research and Development Survey indicate that NMSU will see between $150 million and $160 million i more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: * * * SBA Offers Relief to Private Nonprofits in New Mexico and the Mescalero Apache Tribe Affected by Severe Storms, Flooding and Landslides * WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the availability of low interest federal disaster loans to private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in New Mexico and the Mescalero Apache Tribe affected by severe storms, flooding and landslides beginning June 2 more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * This Week in Albuquerque: Lujan Visits Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office, Meets with Local Business Leaders Amid Tariff Chaos and Confusion * Albuquerque, N.M. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) concluded a series of events in Albuquerque this week, visiting the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office to discuss public safety and meeting with local business leaders to discuss the impacts of President Trump's reckless tariffs on New Mexico busine more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Vasquez Rebukes Administration's Effort to Cut Funds for Combating Drug Trafficking * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last month, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) spoke out against the administration's proposal to cut funding to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program - which combats drug trafficking in critical high-trafficking regions of the United States - by 35%. The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program provides fund more PR