LANL Director Thom Mason Discusses New Construction Standards, Need For Efficiency With New Mexico Business Leaders At Recent Forum
LANL Director Thom Mason discussing strategic vision and business engagement at the Energy, Technology and Environment Business Association’s New Mexico Federal Business Opportunities Forum, April 15-17 at Buffalo Thunder Resort. LLNL Principal Deputy Director Carolyn Zerkle looks on at right. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Federal Business Opportunities Forum connects LANL to a range of service providers
Business leaders from across New Mexico gathered April 15-17 at Buffalo Thunder Resort for the Energy, Technology and Environment Business Association’s New Mexico Federal Business Read More
New Documents Added To LANL Electronic Reading Room
LANL News:
Per regulatory requirements, the following documents have been added to the Los Alamos National Laboratory Electronic Reading Room.
The document(s) have been submitted to fulfill one or more requirements of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- Direction and Approval of Extension for Submittal of the Revised Los Alamos National Laboratory General Part A and Part B Permit Application for Renewal of the Los Alamos National Laboratory Hazardous Waste Facility Permit Los Alamos National Laboratory EPA ID#NM0890010515 HWB-LANL-20-001
Pages Of Our History: Highlights Of The Life Of Los Alamos Ranch School Student Whitney Ashbridge
Whitney Ashbridge as a boy at the Ranch Schoool. Courtesy/Los Alamos Historical Society Photo Archives
By SHARON SNYDER
Los Alamos
Several Los Alamos Ranch School boys have returned to the site of their school in their adult years, bringing back the memories. One such boy returned in his adult years, but he had very little time to reminisce during the months he spent on the grounds of his old school. That returning Ranch School boy was Col. Whitney Ashbridge, the Post Commander for the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos.
Ashbridge was born in 1904 in Philadelphia, Penn. He attended the Los Alamos Ranch Read More
Imagining Tomorrow, Inspiring Today: New Exhibit Explores Influence Of Science Fiction On Innovation And Society
NMNSH News:
ALBUQUERQUE — The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History announces the opening of a new temporary exhibit, “Inspired by Fictional Events”, on Saturday, May 24.
The exhibit delves into the fascinating relationship between science fiction and real-world advancements, demonstrating how speculative narratives have not only entertained but have also sparked technological innovation and prompted critical discussions about our future.
About the Exhibit
The exhibit showcases iconic examples of science fiction that have foreshadowed or inspired actual technologies, Read More
Los Alamos National Lab: Is Terraforming Mars Possible?
Terraforming Mars would require warming the atmosphere to enable engineered microbes to create oxygen through photosynthesis, which would further allow for slow oxygen build-up to support liquid water and more complex life. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- A new paper in Nature Astronomy looks at the science
The possibility of terraforming Mars to make it habitable by humans has captured recent headlines and the imagination — but is there science to support it? In a recent perspective paper in Nature Astronomy, a team of planetary scientists, led by Pioneer Research Labs and the University of Chicago, Read More
Heinrich, Top Committee Leaders Press DOE Secretary For Answers On Detrimental Policies, Unlawful Funding Freeze
Congressional News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, alongside other top Democrats in Congress with oversight over the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), sent a letter Tuesday to Energy Secretary Chris Wright pressing for information the Department has thus far failed to provide about its suspension of critical energy programs, cancellation of awards and contracts, mass reductions in force, and other detrimental actions.
In their letter, Heinrich, alongside U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Read More
How Los Alamos National Laboratory Helped Bring Hydrogen Power To Northern New Mexico
Rendering of components at the planned Kit Carson Electric microgrid project. Image by Kore Power/Courtesy KCEC.
LANL News:
- When a small electric cooperative needed assistance getting its new energy product off the ground, Los Alamos National Laboratory was there to help
When the Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC) was granted a federal award to build a hydrogen microgrid — the first of its kind in the nation — the small Northern New Mexico utility won widespread praise.
Awarded in January, the funds will help the electrical co-op serve its 30,000 customers around Questa, New Mexico, with Read More
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