Nanotechnology and Algae Biofuels: Exhibits Open July 26 at Bradbury Science Museum
What if you could power your life using pond scum? Los Alamos researchers are working to make this a reality. Courtesy/LANL
Big possibilities with tiny science! Nanotechnology scientists at Los Alamos study how to design and create structures and materials from nanoparticles. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Bradbury Science Museum is opening two new exhibits Friday, July 26 as part of the Laboratory’s 70th Anniversary celebration.
One is a nanotechnology exhibit featuring the Laboratory’s Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) and the other Read More
Curating NASA’s Extraterrestrial Samples
Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module pilot for the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission, holds a Special Environmental Sample Container filled with lunar soil collected during the extravehicular activity (EVA) in which Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., commander, and Bean participated. Connrad, who took this picture, is reflected in the helmet visor of the Lunar Module pilot. Courtesy/NASANASA News:
Over the past half century, NASA plucked pieces of the sky and brought them down to Earth. Samples range from lunar rocks scooped up by Apollo astronauts to interstellar dust particles trapped by Read More
SFI Presents a Talk on Cities Through the Ages
Michael E. Smith
SFI News:
The Santa Fe Institute will present a colloquium with Michael E. Smith of Arizona State University titled Cities through the Ages: One Thing or Many?
The colloquium will take place at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 23 in the Noyce Conference Room at the Santa Fe Institute. The event is free and open to the public.
Smith writes in his abstract to his talk, “I address the question of whether the urban scaling laws identified for modern cities by Bettencourt, West and others should apply to premodern cities. I propose a dichotomy between economic cities (mostly contemporary cities, Read More
Local Leaders Visit WIPP
From left, Los Alamos County Councilor Rick Reiss, Rep. Stephanie G. Richard and Councilor Kristin Henderson. Courtesy PhotoLANL: Mudundi R. Raju Receives Padma Shri Award
President of India Pranab Mukherjee presents the Padma Shri award to former Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Mudundi Raju. Courtesy/M. Raju
Mudundi Raju and his wife M. Subhadra Devi Raju met recently for lunch with John Hopkins at the Blue WIndow Bistro in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
LANL News:
Mudundi R. Raju Receives Padma Shri Award
- Los Alamos retiree brings medical advances to poor of India
The government of India honored former Los Alamos scientist and Laboratory Fellow Mudundi Raju with a Padma Shri award this year for his distinguished service Read More
Open House at Bradbury Science Museum July 26 for New Mexico Consortium’s Biofuel Exhibit
NMC’s Los Alamos greenhouse where algae for biofuels is researched. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
BSM News:
An open house event featuring New Mexico Consortium’s (NMC) Biofuel Exhibit is scheduled 5-8 p.m. Friday, July 26, with a brief presentation at 6 p.m. by Bioscience Division Leader Dr. Jose Olivares. Light refreshments will be served.
“Algae to Biofuels: Squeezing Power from Pond Scum” is brainchild of Dr. Olivares of Los Alamos National Laboratory and Dr. Richard Sayre of NMC and LANL. The exhibits highlight the work of the Read More
Letter to the Editor: Protest Against Slanted Reporting of Nuclear Weapons Issues
Protest Against Slanted Reporting of Nuclear Weapons IssuesThis is a protest against the consistently slanted reporting of the Los Alamos Monitor on nuclear weapons issues. It appears that the Monitor takes pleasure in attacking the foundation of this town’s existence and deriding its proud history of supporting the nation’s defense. I am open to balanced criticism and, although I do not agree, I can respect intelligent advocacy of the abolition of nuclear weapons. However, I am disgusted by the extensive quoting of anti-nuclear ideologues who are treated Read More
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