LANL Foundation Grant Helps PEEC Facilitate Hands-On Science Program
Students at Barranca Elementary School participate in the Pajarito Plateau Field Science program facilitated by PEEC. Courtesy/PEECPEEC News:
Thanks to a grant of $1,500 by the LANL Foundation in late 2013, the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) has been able to build on the success of its hands-on field science program in Los Alamos elementary schools.
The Pajarito Plateau Field Science (PPFS) curriculum is designed to get students outside doing hands-on field science in their schoolyards or on local trails. It also focuses on giving teachers the tools and training they need Read More
Santa Fe Institute Seeks New President
The Santa Fe Institute at 1399 Hyde Park Road in Santa Fe. Courtesy/SFI
SFI News:
The Santa Fe Institute is seeking an uncommon leader to guide the world-renowned nonprofit research and education center. Dr. Jeremy Sabloff will retire in August 2015 after serving two 3-year terms leading the Institute.
The President is responsible for defining and implementing a strategic vision to continue and extend the Institute’s leadership in computational and theoretical research within and across the natural and social sciences, while building bridges to the humanities. The President will strengthen Read More
Santa Fe Institute Turns 30
SFI News:
Throughout 2014, the Santa Fe Institute will reflect on its first three decades in which a signature approach to science was born. SFI also is looking ahead to the next 30 years.
As part of the celebration, SFI has launched a new SFI@30 section of its website, where all year stories about SFI’s history, opportunities to share your memories about SFI’s past, and ways you can support the 30th Anniversary Campaign will be displayed.
Visit https:////www.santafe.edu/support/sfi30/ to learn more. Read More
Layered Security: Carbon Nanotubes Promise Improved Flame-Resistant Coating
An easy-to-apply, NIST-developed coating significantly reduces the flammability of foam used in furniture. The thin coating is deposited onto the surface of all the nooks and crannies of the porous foam (top), with heat-dissipating multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) uniformly distributed throughout (bottom). (Color added for clarity.) Courtesy of Kim/NIST
NIST News:
Using an approach akin to assembling a club sandwich at the nanoscale, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers have succeeded in crafting a uniform, multi-walled carbon-nanotube-based Read More
Brown Bag Lecture Focuses on Ancient Stone Calendars of the Southwest
LANL News:
Ron Barber of Mechanical Design Engineering (AOT-MDE) will talk about the Stone Calendar Research Project in a Brown Bag Lecture noon-1 p.m., Jan. 22 at the Bradbury Science Museum.
The talk, titled “Ancient Stone Calendars of the Southwest,” focuses on the hundreds of stone calendar sites located in the southwestern United States that were used to mark the seasons and important indigenous dates. These calendars were made using specific glyphs that align with unique shadows used to mark the time of year, including winter and summer solstice, equinoxes, cross-quarters and many Read More
Kim Davis Lebak to Head Los Alamos Field Office
Kim Davis Lebak
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced that Kim Davis Lebak will be the Los Alamos Field Office manager effective this month.
As Field Office manager, Lebak will serve as the Secretary of Energy’s senior representative on site at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.
“With her strong leadership skills and wide experience at both headquarters and in the field, Kim is perfect as our Los Alamos Field Office manager,” Acting NNSA Administrator Bruce Held said. “Secretary Moniz and I believe that Kim and Los Alamos Read More
Expanding Your Horizons Conference Inspires Girls to Pursue Science Careers
For the past 20 years, Los Alamos National Laboratory employees have been presenting the Expanding Your Horizons Conference for young women. With the help of sponsors like Los Alamos National Laboratory, the LANL Foundation, Tech Source, and Los Alamos National Bank, the conference presents students with information and encouragement for pursuing education and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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