John A. Andersen Presents ‘Hiroshima and Nagasaki 2010’
LA HISTORICAL SOCIETY News:
The Los Alamos Historical Society is hosting the presentation by John A. Andersen, “Hiroshima and Nagasaki 2010″ at 7:30 p.m. March 12 in Fuller Lodge, 2132 Central Ave.
“Hiroshima and Nagasaki 2010” is a pictorial tour of the peace parks and museums at the locations of the two U.S. atomic bombings of Japan in August 1945.
The epicenters are visited, numerous monuments and shrines are shown, and some impression is given of the groups of Japanese people in visitation.
Local travel arrangements and the reception as a visitor and the Read More
Forum on ‘The New Mexico Consortium’ Sunday
UCLA News:
The community is invited to atteend a forum, 10:10-10:50 a.m. Sunday, March 3, at the Unitarian Church of Los Alamos, 1738 on North Sage Street.
New Mexico Consortium Executive Director Katharine Chartrand and Financial Manager Patrick Sullivan will discuss, “The New Mexico Consortium,” programs in Advanced Computing, Plant Biology, Bio-medical Engineering and Modeling and Analysis.
Chartrand and Sullivan also will talk about the organization’s collaboration with Los Alamos County to construct a 27,000-square-foot Biology Laboratory in the Entrada Read More
LANS, LANL Fostering Economic Development in Northern New Mexico
Ribbon cutting and grand opening of Than Povi Fine Art Gallery in Cuyamungue. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Native American Venture Acceleration Fund provides boost to six regional businesses
Six Native American businesses received grants through a new Native American Venture Acceleration Fund created by Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS) and the Regional Development Corporation.
The grants are designed to help the recipients create jobs, increase their revenue base and help diversify the area economy.
Funding comes from LANS, which manages Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the Read More
Fines Dropped: LANL 6 Given Community Service
LANL 6 protestors Cathie Sullivan, Wind Euler, Janet Greenwald, Benjamin (Summer) Abbott, Barbara Grothus and Pam Gilchrist. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.comFrisbee Shooting Robot Bagged and Ready to Ship
Members of the Los Alamos FIRST Robotics Team 4153 from left, Jacob Marks, Ariel Koh, Steve Anton, Simon Redmond and George Barnum conduct the final assembly Feb. 19 of this year’s robot, which throws frisbees at targets and climbs pipe pyramids. It’s a lot more complicated than last year’s bot that shot basketballs and balanced on treadles. This year’s robot had to be completed by midnight, Feb. 19 and locked into a plastic bag with locker ties. The team will compete in Lubbock, Texas the end of February and then on to Salt Lake City in March. Photo by TK Thompson/ladailypost.comUS, UK, Russian Federation Hold Trilateral Nuclear Security Best Practices Workshop
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence and Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) met this week in Vienna, Austria, for their Seventh Annual Nuclear Security Best Practices Exchange.
The two-day workshop focused on overcoming challenges associated with securing nuclear materials worldwide.
NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Anne Harrington.
These workshops grew out of commitments in a 2005 U.S.-Russian Joint Statement on Nuclear Read More
NIST, DOJ Form Commission to Develop Guidelines for Forensic Labs
NIST News:
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have announced the establishment of a National Commission on Forensic Science as part of a new initiative to strengthen and enhance the practice of forensic science.
The National Commission on Forensic Science will be composed of approximately 30 members, bringing together forensic science service practitioners, academic researchers, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges and other relevant stakeholders to develop policy recommendations for the Attorney General.
The Read More
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