Community: Supercomputing history unveiled at Bradbury Science Museum

A diverse crowd of computing experts and enthusiasts gathered at the Bradbury Science Museum recently to celebrate the opening of a revamped supercomputing exhibit. Leadership, designers, historians and scientists from the Laboratory’s past and present ate cupcakes and talked petaflop clusters while exploring the exhibit’s newest features and stories. Read the full article here. Courtesy/LANL

Science: Validation brings new predictive capability to global megafire smoke impacts

New research modeling smoke from two recent megafires sets the stage for better forecasting of how emissions from these global-scale events will behave and impact temperatures. As huge wildfires become more common under climate change, increased attention has focused on the intensity and duration of their emissions, which rival those of some volcano eruptions. Read the full article here. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Here is a weekly compilation of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL) news stories from May 16-23.

Science: Climate change will force big shift in timing, snowmelt across Colorado River Basin

New research predicts that changes in mountain snowmelt will shift peak streamflows to much earlier in the year for the vast Colorado River Basin, altering reservoir management and irrigation across the entire region. Read the full article here. Courtesy/LANL

Science: Finding coherence in quantum chaos

A theoretical breakthrough in understanding quantum chaos could open new paths into researching quantum information and quantum computing, many-body physics, black holes, and the still-elusive quantum to classical transition. Read full article here. Courtesy/LANL

People: Kumar recognized as ‘Future Leader’ by Infection and Immunity journal

Los Alamos National Laboratory microbiologist Anand Kumar has been recognized as a “Future Leader in the Field of Host-Microbe Interactions” by Infection and Immunity, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology. Read full article here. Courtesy/LANL

People: Eight Los Alamos National Laboratory teams honored for excellence

Eight Los Alamos National Laboratory teams were recognized with the 2020 Defense Programs Awards of Excellence in a special ceremony at the Lab on May 18. Because the original award ceremony was delayed due to COVID-19, many of the recipients were reuniting with team members they hadn’t seen since their 2020 successes. Read full article here. Courtesy/LANL