Comment on State Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan Through Aug.15
DHSEM News:
The New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management is in the process of updating the State Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan.
The Plan presents the State’s mitigation strategy for reducing the impact of natural disasters.
The State Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan includes the following sections: natural hazard profiles, risk assessment, vulnerability, capability and recommended mitigation actions. The Plan provides an overall strategy that can be used to guide natural hazard mitigation planning and project implementation throughout Read More
Visitors Experience Bradbury Science Museum
Anna Cosimini checks out an exhibit Friday night at the Bradbury Science Museum in downtown Los Alamos. Cosimini is studying at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston and interning this summer at Santa Fe Clay. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Visitors file into the Bradbury Science Museum Friday night to attend the Pinocchio 2.0 demonstration. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Visitors of all ages experience hands-on exhibits at the Bradbury Science Museum. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
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Ping Pong Balls Simulate Neutrons in Chain Reaction at Bradbury Science Museum
During ‘Downtown Friday Nights’ at the Bradbury Science Musesum Friday, Ian Aeby demonstrates his Pinocchio 2.0, a complex network of sensors and mechanics that uses ping pong balls to simulate what happens to neutrons in a chain reaction. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Audience member Aidan Monteith, 12, agrees to assist Aeby during the demonstration. Museum marketing coordinator Jessica Privitte, center, looks on. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Staff Report:
Audience members viewed “Pinocchio Reanimated!” during the Downtown Friday Night event Read More
Importance of Science Education to National Security will be Los Alamos Director’s Topic at TEDxABQ
Charles McMillan
Importance of Science Education to National Security will be Los Alamos Director’s Topic at TEDxABQ
- Physicist Charles McMillan to provide unique perspective
Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Charlie McMillan will be one of 17 speakers at this year’s TEDxABQ, event organizers announced this week. TEDxABQ, scheduled for Saturday, September 7 at Popejoy Hall, is an independently organized event in Albuquerque affiliated with the popular TED Talks series.
McMillan will discuss the linkage between early education in science, technology, Read More
‘Pinocchio Reanimated’ Friday Night at the Bradbury Science Museum
Bradbury Science Musesum. Downtown Friday Nights is sponsored by the Los Alamos Creative District in coordination with local businesses and cultural organizations. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
“Pinocchio Reanimated!,” featuring a remake of a classic exhibit from the Bradbury Science Museum, takes center stage 5-8 p.m., Friday (July 12) at the museum downtown.
“Pinocchio Reanimated!” is the next Downtown Friday Night event at the Bradbury Science Museum and is free and open to all ages.
Created and donated by Ian Aeby, Pinocchio 2.0 is a complex network of sensors and Read More
Tinian Island Historian Presents Lecture
LAHS News:
Tinian Island historian Don Farrell will present “Fat Man: The Peacemaker” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 16 at Fuller Lodge.
His special lecture, part of the series of events commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and co-sponsored by the Los Alamos Historical Society, will deal specifically with the trials and tribulations faced by the Los Alamos team, under the code name Project Alberta, on the island of Tinian in the Pacific toward the end of World War II.
In the middle of the rainy season, the men attempted to complete scientific tests on the atomic Read More
LANL Picnic Draws Over 1,000 Students
More than 1,000 Los Alamos National Laboratory summer students attended the annual picnic in Urban Park today. Photo by Katy Korkos
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