LANL Wins Three R&D 100 Awards
Cosmic Ray Muons for Contraband Detection. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
X-Ray Imaging, Spacecraft Nuclear Fission and Cosmic Ray Contraband Detection Score R&D 100 Awards
- Los Alamos and partner technologies honored for innovation and utility
R&D Magazine today announced the winners of its annual “R&D 100” competition, commonly known as the “Oscars of Innovation,” and three technologies from Los Alamos National Laboratory and its partners are among the honorees.
“The innovation and creativity shown in this year’s awards is truly inspiring. It gives me great confidence in Read More
Bradbury Ranks No. 5 on Mensa Top Ten Museums List
Mensa Top Ten: Bradbury Science Museum Ranks 5
The top 10 list of America’s best science museums selected by Mensa members:
1. National Air and Space Museum (Washington, D.C.)
2. Academy of Natural Science Museum of Drexel University (Philadelphia)
3.Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
4. California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco)
5. Bradbury Science Museum (Los Alamos, N.M.)
6. Arkansas Museum of Discovery (Little Rock, Ark.)
7. California Science Center (Los Angeles)
8. Exploratorium (San Francisco)
9. Museum of Science (Boston)
10. Center of Science and Industry (Columbus,
Truman’s Decision to Drop Bomb Discussed at 70th Anniversary Lecture July 10
Noel Pugach. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
President Harry S. Truman’s decision to use atomic bombs on Japan during World War II will be discussed in the next installment of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s 70th Anniversary Public Lecture Series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 10 at the Bradbury Science Museum.
Noel Pugach, professor emeritus of history at the University of New Mexico, will discuss Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; he also will explain the nature of Truman’s decision and how and why he made it.
“Harry S. Truman considered the use Read More
Spy Drone Test Conducted on Secret Mesa Top Near Los Alamos
Drone helicopter. Photo by Dave Yeamans
Drone’s test pilot, left, and runner. Photo by Dave YeamansUS, International Partners Remove Last HEU from Vietnam, Set Nuclear Security Milestone
Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) removel in Viet Nam. Courtesy/NNSA News
A Vietnamese commander gives instructions prior to departing in a convoy carrying highly enriched uranium. Courtesy/NNSA News
NNSA News:
VIENNA, Austria – The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), in a joint operation with the Russian Federation, announced today the successful removal of 11 kilograms of highly enriched uranium (HEU) from the Dalat Nuclear Research Institute in Dalat,
Regional Coalition of LANL Communities Meets July 19
The Regional Coalition of LANL Communities will hold its regular business meeting 9-11 a.m., July 19 at the Pueblo of Ohkay Owingeh Conference Center, Highway 68, two miles north of Española.
For more information: https:////regionalcoalition.org. Read More
NNSA Announces Selection of Centers of Excellence for Academic Computational Science Partnerships
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced the selection of its six new centers of excellence whose primary focus will be on the emerging field of predictive science.
Six universities were selected either as a Multidisciplinary Simulation Center (MSC) or as a Single-Discipline Center (SDC). The MSCs will receive $3.2 million and the SDCs will receive $1.6 million each year for five years under NNSA’s Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program II (PSAAP II) agreement. The six universities include:
- University of Utah, Salt Lake City,
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