LANL’s New Culturing Tool Reveals a Full Genome From Single Cells
Two GMD containing gut-community microcolonies are shown, with green fluorescence marking the DNA. Photo by A. Dichosa/LANL
LANL News:
- Gel microdroplet culturing reveals intraspecies genomic diversity within the human microbiome
A new technique for genetic analysis, “gel microdroplets,” helps scientists generate complete genomes from a single cell, thus opening the door to understanding the complex interrelationships of bacteria, viruses and eukaryotes that form “microbiome” communities in soil, in humans, and elsewhere in the natural world.
Microbes live in complex communities Read More
LANL: Documenting Stone Age Cleverness By Tool Development
Ancient stone tools showing the pace of remarkable technological enhancements over time – 1.75 to 0.85 million years ago. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Ancient handaxe craftsmanship gives insight into mental advances
Stone Age man’s gradual improvement in tool development, particularly in crafting stone handaxes, is providing insight into the likely mental advances these early humans made a million years ago.
Better tools make for better hunting, and better tools come from more sophisticated thought processes. Close analysis of bits of chipped and flaked stone from across Ethiopia Read More
LANL Foundation Names New Executive Director for Northwest New Mexico First Born® Program
LANLF News:
The Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation announced its new executive director for the Northwest New Mexico First Born® Program at a press conference Tuesday at the State Capitol.
Regina Huffman, former director of the Family Infant Toddler Program (FIT) in Gallup, has been named executive director.
Huffman has a master’s degree in counseling from Western New Mexico University and a bachelor of university studies degree in early education and psychology from the University of New Mexico.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has announced a $1.8 million grant to the Los Alamos National Read More
LANL Economic Impact Focus of Successful House Memorial
RCLC News:
- Memorial focused on the critical importance of New Mexico’s National Laboratories and DOE facilities to state’s economy
SANTA FE – Last week, House Memorial 71 introduced by Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard (D- Los Alamos) won unanimous passage from the New Mexico House of Representatives.
The House Memorial recognized the critical importance of New Mexico’s National Laboratories and DOE facilities to the state’s economy.
The Regional Coalition of LANL Communities supported passage of the House Memorial and provided expert testimony on behalf Read More
SFI Seminar: On the Foundations and Philosophy of Info-Metrics
SFI News:
SFI Seminar: On the Foundations and Philosophy of Info-Metrics
Thursday, March 14 at 12:15 p.m. in Collins Conference Room at the Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road in Santa Fe.
Amos Golan of the Department of Economics, American University
Abstract: Info-metrics is the science and art of quantitatively processing information and inference. It crosses the boundaries of all sciences and provides the universal mathematical and philosophical foundations for inference with finite, noisy or incomplete information.
Info-metrics lies in the intersection of information theory, Read More
SFI Colloquium: What Social Computing Means to Emergency Management
SFI Colloquium: What Social Computing Means to Emergency Management
Tuesday March 12 • 3:30 p.m. • Noyce Conference Room at the Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road in Santa Fe.
Leysia Palen, University of Colorado, Boulder
Abstract: Growth in the capabilities of and access to social computing services brings new questions to bear on how large scale on-line interaction is studied, understood, and shaped.
In an area of research we call “crisis informatics,” I examine the use of social media in mass emergency contexts by extending methodological approaches and theoretical Read More
Quantum Refrigerator Offers Extreme Cooling and Convenience
NIST’s prototype solid-state refrigerator uses quantum physics in the square chip mounted on the green circuit board to cool the much larger copper platform (in the middle of the photo) below standard cryogenic temperatures. Other objects can also be attached to the platform for cooling. Photo by Schmidt/NIST
NIST News:
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a solid-state refrigerator that uses quantum physics in micro- and nanostructures to cool a much larger object to extremely low temperatures.
What’s more, the prototype Read More
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