Imperial Valley News Center
Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Black History Month
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- Written by IVN
Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring February 2016, as Black History Month in the State of California.
University Teams Present Innovative Campaigns to Challenge Extremism
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- Written by State Department
Washington, DC - On February 2, the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs will host the finalists for the “Peer to Peer [P2P]: Challenging Extremism” initiative. The initiative, an innovative partnership between the U.S. government and universities around the world, empowers students to design and pilot new digital products and tools that counter violent extremist narratives and reach those susceptible to violent extremism messaging.
Navy Divers Support POW/MIA Mission at WWII Crash Sites
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- Written by Micah P. Blechner
Singapore - Sailors from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1 Company 1-5, embarked USNS Safeguard (T-ARS-50) and began an 80-day mission January 31 to document World War II aircraft crash sites in waters around Papua New Guinea.
Quantum Information Transfer: From Microwaves to Motion to Light
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- Written by Laura Ost
Washington, DC - When a long-awaited quantum information network finally arrives, in whatever form, it will incorporate two essential technologies: a method of generating and manipulating quantum bits* (qubits); and a method of moving those qubits from one network node to another one far away without destroying their fragile quantum states.
New ‘Quick Test’ Station May Speed Commercialization of Photonic Thermometers
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- Written by Ben Stein
Washington, DC - Physicists in NIST’s Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML) have been working on a new class of chip-based photonic thermometers that measure temperature with light*. Now the team has reached another key milestone with the creation of a system that tests and packages their photonic thermometers automatically and in a fraction of the time it previously took.
Always complain, always explain
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- Written by Lesley Fair - FTC
Washington, DC - Take a look at ftc.gov and what’s the first thing we say in the top right and on pretty much every page on the site? File a consumer complaint. Ever wonder where we get those complaints and how we use them?
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