Lawmakers Request Strong New NNSA Administrator
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of the New Mexico Congressional Delegation, Sen. Tom Udall, Sen. Martin Heinrich, Rep. Ben Ray Luján and Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, are asking President Obama to nominate a candidate to lead the Nuclear National Security Administration (NNSA) who will work with Congress to reform the agency and maintain the highest scientific and technical capabilities at Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories.
LANL Scientists Make Major Step Toward Transforming Biomass-Derived Molecules into Fuels
Artist’s conception of the process: Researchers open up a component of the biofuel molecule, called a furan ring, to make it easier to chemically alter. Opening these rings into linear chains is a necessary step in the production of energy-dense fuels, so these linear chains can then be converted into alkanes used in gasoline and diesel fuel. Image by Josh Smith/LANL
LANL News:
- Fuels synthesis insight can reduce costs and greenhouse gases
Scientists made a major step forward recently towards transforming biomass-derived molecules into fuels.
The team led by Los Alamos National Laboratory Read More
LANL’s Long-Term Strategy for Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability
Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Long-Term Strategy is to be the sound environmental stewards required for accomplishing our national security mission.
The strategy is to protect human and environmental health by:
- Cleaning up or stabilizing historical releases to the environment
- Controlling current programs to ensure an impact to the environment which is as low as reasonably achievable and
- Creating a sustainable future through pollution prevention, waste elimination, energy and water conservation, and fostering resilient ecosystems.
The strategy Read More
LANL’s Emergency Services Division Leader Charged With Battery; No Longer Employed
Tony Stanford“Mr. Stanford is not currently an employee of the Laboratory. As general policy, because of employee privacy, the Laboratory does not discuss personnel matters,” LANL Spokesperson Kevin Roark said.
Stanford, 56, was formally charged Monday, Feb. 4 with battery and assault against a female employee at the Laboratory.
The charges stem
Regional Coalition of LANL Communities Meets Feb. 15
COALITION News:
The next meeting of the Regional Coalition of LANL Communities is schedule for 9-11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 15 at the Santa Fe Community Foundation, 501 Halona St., in Santa Fe.
The Coalition is comprised of Los Alamos County, City of Espanola, City of Santa Fe, County of Santa Fe, Town of Taos, County of Taos and the Pueblo of Ohkay Owingeh.
The Coalition proactively addresses issues of the neighboring cities, counties and pueblos directly affected by Los Alamos National Laboratory site activities.
By working together, the governments are better poised to define the public interest Read More
Lecture Details LANL’s Collaboration on Italy’s Great Cupola
Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral. Courtesy photoLAHS NEWS:
Learn about the construction of Brunelleschi’s great dome for Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral in Florence, Italy and how collaborations with scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory may help to save it.
The Los Alamos Historical Society will sponsor a talk by Carlo Blasi, Eva Coisson and Federica Ottoni, from the University of Parma, Italy.
The speakers are Italian scientists and historians of Renaissance architecture. The event will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15 at Fuller Lodge.
SFI’s Science On Screen Series: Primer
Professor Cris Moore
SFI News:
The popular Science On Screen series in Santa Fe continues at 7 p.m. today, Feb. 6 with a presentation by Santa Fe Institute Professor Cris Moore in the Center for Contemporary Arts, 1050 Old Pecos Trail in Santa Fe.
Moore a physicist, mathematician, computer scientist, and author – providing a window into Shane Carruth’s twisty and unforgettable 2004 cult film Primer, in which two young inventors, working after hours in a garage, craft a machine that opens up a universe of possibility … and consequences.
For tickets and prices, call the CCA Box Office at 505.982.1338. Read More
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