LANS: Funding Available for New Mexico Businesses
LANS News:
- Los Alamos Venture Acceleration Fund accepting 2013 applications
The Venture Acceleration Fund (VAF) of Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS), the company that manages and operates Los Alamos National Laboratory for the National Nuclear Security Administration, is accepting applications for the 2013 calendar year.
Companies selected will receive awards that can range from $10,000 to $100,000 in order to commercialize technology and take it to market faster.
VAF helps innovative companies reach the next level of success through business and technology development activities, Read More
Luján Encourages Tech Transfer; Oversight of National Labs
Rep. Ben Ray Luján
CONGRESSIONAL News:
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District submitted the following statement into the record Tuesday during the House Energy and Commerce Committee mark-up of the Committee’s oversight plan for the current Congressional session.
“Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the inclusion of ‘management and operations issues at the Department of Energy’ within the Committee’s Oversight Plan for the 113th Congress.
“As Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is located in my district Read More
LANL Presents ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ to Rep. Nick Salazar
LANL Executive Director Rich Marquez presents Rep. Nick Salazar with ‘Lifetime Achievement Award.’ Courtesy/LANL
- Rep. Salazar Longest Serving House Member
SANTA FE – Los Alamos National Laboratory presented Rep. Nick Salazar, D-Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba and San Miguel counties, with a “Lifetime Achievement Award” at a breakfast Jan. 30 in Santa Fe.
Salazar received the highest honor recognizing his profound and significant contributions during his 63 years of service, which include expanding opportunities for research and development, small business and minority business Read More
Lecture Examines Seven LANL Explosive Fatalities
Cary Skidmore. Courtesy photo
By Kirsten Laskey
In 1954, seven workers in Los Alamos lost their lives as a result of three high explosive accidents.
It is not a well-known event. In fact, at the time, even the workers’ families were not given a lot of information.
Times have changed, however, and Cary Skidmore, a group leader for the Explosives Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory, is sharing the story with the public.
Skidmore will present “The Seven LANL Explosives Fatalities: Technical and Human Perspective,” as part of the Los Alamos Historical Society’s lecture series.
The free talk Read More
SFI Seminar: Shared Information — New Insights and Problems in Decomposing Information in Complex System
Eckehard Olbrich
SFI News:
The Santa Fe Institute presents a SFI Seminar by Eckehard Olbrich, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, at 12:15 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 7 in the Collins Conference Room at 1399 Hyde Park Road in Santa Fe.
Olbrich’s seminar is titled “Shared Information — New Insights and Problems in Decomposing Information in Complex System.”
Abstract: How can the information that a set of random variables contains about another random variable be decomposed? To what extent do different subgroups provide the same, i.e. shared or redundant, Read More
DNA and Quantum Dots: All That Glitters is Not Gold
The NIST team explored the behavior of quantum dots and gold nanoparticles placed in different configurations on small rectangular constructs made of self-assembled DNA. Laser light (green) allowed the team to explore changes in the fluorescent lifetime of the quantum dots when close to gold particles of different sizes. Courtesy/NIST
NIST News:
A team of researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has shown that by bringing gold nanoparticles close to the dots and using a DNA template to control the distances, the intensity of a quantum dot’s fluorescence Read More
Los Alamos Daily Post Awarded 2013 Small Business of the Year
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, center, with members of the Los Alamos Daily Post news team Friday, from left, Reporter Kirsten Laskey, Publisher Carol A. Clark, Lifestyles Editor Bonnie J. Gordon and Webmaster/Reporter Greg Kendall. Courtesy photo
LACDC News:
The Los Alamos Commerce & Development Corporation (LACDC) has selected the Los Alamos Daily Post online newspaper as its Small Business of the Year for 2013.
“We are pleased to announce that the Los Alamos Daily Post will be recognized as our 2013 Success Client," LACDC Executive Director Kevin Holsapple said. "Carol Read More
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