Meteor Strike on NM-PBS Science Café
NOVA ‘Meteor Strike.’ Courtesy/PBS
NM-PBS News:
ALBUQUERQUE – On the morning of Feb. 15, 2013, a 7,000-ton asteroid crashed into the Earth’s atmosphere, exploded, and fell to the ground across a wide swatch near the Ural Mountains in Russia.
According to NASA, the Siberian meteor exploded with the power of 30 Hiroshima bombs and was the largest object to burst in the atmosphere since the Tunguska event of 1908—another impact in Siberia that left few eyewitnesses or clues.
The meteor strike is the subject of the NM-PBS November Science Café taking place 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Read More
Former LANL Security Chief Jack Killeen Launches Retirement With 2,700 Mile Adventure
Jack Killeen arrives at the Mexican Border south of Palomas, N.M., following a nine week, 2,700 mile mountain bike journey from the Canadian Border. Photo by Sonja Killeen
Attracted to the salt, this deer ate Jack Killeen’s glove, the inside of his bike helmet and one of the white arm guards he wore to protect against the sun. Photo by Jack Killeen
It was 3 a.m. and the sound of a large animal outside his tent brought former Los Alamos National Laboratory Security Division Leader Jack Killeen to his feet. When the moon cleared and illuminated his
20-Year Partnership Converts 20,000 Russian Nuclear Warheads into Fuel for U.S. Electricity
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C.– U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today announced the final shipment of low enriched uranium (LEU) derived from Russian weapons-origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) under the 1993 U.S.-Russia HEU Purchase Agreement, commonly known as the Megatons to Megawatts Program. Under this Agreement, Russia downblended 500 metric tons of HEU, equivalent to 20,000 nuclear wearheads, into LEU.
The resulting LEU has been delivered to the United States, fabricated into nuclear fuel, and used in nuclear power plants to generate nearly ten Read More
Stephen M. Younger Presents Future of Nuclear Arms Control Talk Nov. 20
Stephen M. Younger
LACACIS News:
Stephen M. Younger will present the talk, “A Long-Term View of Nuclear Arms Control” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, at an open meeting of the Los Alamos Committee on Arms Control and International Security.
Author Discusses New Mexico’s Space Travel Contributions Nov. 12
Cover of Loretta Hall’s ‘Out of This World: New Mexico’s Contributions to Space Travel.’ Courtesy photo
New Mexico and outer space have a long-standing relationship. Roswell of course, is famous for being a favorite destination for extraterrestrials. More seriously, the state has the longest continuous record in the nation for research to make space travel possible.
With Spaceport America, a commercial spaceport being built near White Sands Missile Range, the state is closer to reaching the goal of offering travel Read More
New York Times Science Writer Sandra Blakeslee To Speak at SFI
‘New York Times’ Science Writer Sandra Blakeslee
SFI News:
New York Times Science Writer Sandra Blakeslee is the featured speaker at a Santa Fe Institute Seminar at 12:15 p.m.Wednesday in the Collins Conference Room at SFI, 1399 Hyde Park Road in Santa Fe. Those attending are invited to bring their lunch.
Blakeslee’s topic is “Telling Compelling Stories about Science, and Getting it Right.”
Science writing is the art of translating finely crafted technical information into reader friendly prose. It’s about storytelling, the grand adventure of scientific discovery, Read More
Dr. Richard Sayre Discusses Projects at Hive Meeting
Dr. Richard Sayre leads a tour of Hive meeting attendees Thursday of the New Mexico Consortium’s Biological Laboratory and Greenhouse. Photo by Lisa Christensen
Dr. Richard Sayre. Photo by Lisa Christensen
Staff Report
The Hive held its regular brown-bag networking lunch meeting Thursday at the New Mexico Consortium’s Biological Laboratory and Greenhouse (BioLab) at 100 Entrada Dr., Room 168.
Dr. Richard Sayre of the NMC and Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Bioscience Division, briefed the group on the latest projects underway at the BioLab. Sayre is one of the nation’s Read More
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