LANL: New Global HIV Vaccine Design Shows Promise in Monkeys
Bette Korber of Los Alamos National Laboratory, who developed a component of a new vaccine against HIV, now being tested in monkeys. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Preclinical study provides strong rationale for clinical trials
The considerable diversity of HIV worldwide represents a critical challenge for designing an effective HIV vaccine. Now, it appears that that a vaccine bioinformatically optimized for immunologic coverage of global HIV diversity, called a mosaic vaccine and designed by Bette Korber and her team at Los Alamos National Laboratory, may confer protection from infection. Read More
LANL Frontiers in Science Lecture: Matter, Antimatter and Surviving the Big Bang
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LANL News:
- Talk begins at 7 p.m. and is open to public
Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Vincenzo Cirigliano asks the question, How did we survive the big bang? in a series of Frontiers in Science lectures beginning Monday, Nov. 4, in the Duane Smith Auditorium at Los Alamos High School.
“Particles and antiparticles were produced in equal numbers in the aftermath of the big bang,” according to Cirigliano. “As the primordial soup cooled, they should have completely destroyed each other, leaving behind a universe with no matter. Instead, an imbalance of matter over antimatter Read More
NNSA Commemorates 50th Anniversary of First Vela Launch
The Vela-5A/B Satellite in its cleanroom. The two satellites, A and B, were separated after launch. Image/wikipedia.com
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) this month commemorated the 50th Anniversary of the Vela satellite launch, the U.S.’s first treaty monitoring satellite. The purpose of Vela was to monitor compliance with the 1963 Limited Test Ban Treaty, a cornerstone arms control treaty which prohibits nuclear weapons testing in the atmosphere, in outer space and under water.
“The Vela Project is a great success story,” said NNSA Deputy Read More
LANL Invites Community to ‘Cruis’n to Campaign’ Car Show Wednesday
LANL News:
Classic cars and motorcycles spanning seven decades will be on display at the “Cruis’n to Campaign” car show at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the public is invited to attend 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 30.
“Cruis’n to Campaign” is LANL’s 2014 Employee Giving Campaign kick off event and Lab employees and the public are invited to visit the car show, which has nearly 90 vehicles registered, and also meet representatives from United Way of Northern New Mexico and United Way of Santa Fe County. All car show participants Read More
LANL: Technologies to Characterize Natural Gas Emissions Tested in Field Experiments
The Rocky Mountain Oilfield Test Center, RMOTC, which includes a small area with active oil and gas production. Courtesy JPL/Los Alamos
Aircraft overflight of the methane and meteorological sensing towers deployed by Los Alamos National Laboratory at the South methane controlled release site. Courtesy JPL/Los Alamos
LANL News:
A new collaborative science program is pioneering the development of ultra-sensitive methane-sensing technology.
“Given the importance of methane to global climate change, this study is essential,” said Manvendra Dubey of Los Alamos National Laboratory Read More
NMC/LANL Researcher Receives NSF Award
Photo credit: Astronomy North, Yellowknife, Canada
NM CONSORTIUM News:
- NMC/LANL researcher engages social media to forecast and track space weather.
The New Mexico Consortium (NMC) has announced that the aurora monitoring project, Aurorasaurus, has been awarded support by the Integrated NSF Support Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and Education (INSPIRE) program. Aurorasaurus.org provides a real-time Google map of auroral visibility from multiple sources: user contributions, filtered social media Tweets, weather, and auroral oval predictions from the NOAA Read More
Regional Coalition of LANL Communities Meets Nov. 7
Regional Coalition of LANL Communities will hold its regular business meeting 9-11 a.m., Nov. 7 at the City of Española Council Chambers, 405 North Paseo de Oñate.
Note, this is a Thursday rather than the Board of Director’s typical Friday morning meeting.
For more information, visit the Regional Coalition website at https:////regionalcoalition.org
Individuals with a disability in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the hearing of the meeting should Read More
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