Heinrich Calls for Sufficient DOE Cleanup Funding
Sen. Martin Heinrich with President Barack Obama in January. Courtesy/U.S. Senate
U.S. SENATE News:
Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. together with Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., sent a letter to President Obama today calling for sufficient funding for DOE’s Defense Environmental Cleanup program in FY2014.
Heinrich asked the president to consider funding two projects that he said are of particular importance to New Mexico.
“We urge you to request $225 million for environmental cleanup for Los Alamos National Laboratory and $222 million to operate and maintain the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Read More
World War II Role of Oak Ridge National Laboratory Featured in Second 70th Anniversary Lecture
Y12-142: Calutron Girls shown operating the electromagnetic separation units (Calutrons.) Gladys Owens, right, said hair pins would fly out of her hair and stick to the equipment because of the high level of magnetism in the room. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Shared national security mission with Los Alamos highlighted
Los Alamos National Laboratory continues its 70th anniversary lecture series at the Bradbury Science Museum at 5:30 p.m., Feb. 13 with a talk by Y-12 National Security Complex historian Ray Smith about that laboratory’s role during World War II and the shared national security Read More
The Laboratory at 70: A Proud History, Leaning Forward to Shape the Future
LANL Director’s ColumnSeventy years ago on the Pajarito Plateau, the U.S. Army and the University of California joined together to undertake perhaps the most influential effort of the 20th century: the Manhattan Project.
The Project accomplished what it set out to do and gave birth to transformational technologies not only in national security, but in many areas which affect our daily lives. For example, in 1948, work began on the MANIAC computer, one of the first electronic, digital computers. MANIAC’s descendants are now everywhere—in our smart phones, tablets, Read More
LANL’s Xu Named Mineralogical Society of America Fellow
Hongwu Xu. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
The Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) has selected Hongwu Xu of LANL’s Earth System Observations group as a Fellow.
MSA members who have contributed significantly to the advancement of mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, petrology or allied sciences and whose scientific contribution used mineralogical studies or data are elected to the rank of Fellow.
The Society recognized Xu as a crystallographer who is equally talented in neutron diffraction, conventional and synchrotron X-ray studies.
His research focuses on detailed Read More
SFI Colloquium: Diffusion of Microfinance
Matthew O. Jackson. Courtesy photo
SFI News:
SFI Colloquium features Matthew O. Jackson’s talk on Diffusion of Microfinance at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5 in the Noyce Conference Room at the Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road in Santa Fe.
Jackson is a professor on the Department of Economics at Stanford University.
Abstract: We develop a new, simple model of word-of-mouth diffusion that we then fit to data that we collected in 43 rural villages in Karnataka in southern India. Based on this model we do several things.
First, we use it to derive a new measure of how central a given node is in Read More
SFI Professor Provides Scientific Window into Cult Film
SFI News:
The popular “Science On Screen” series at the Center for Contemporary Arts continues at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, 1050 Old Pecos Trail in Santa Fe.
Advance tickets are recommended. For tickets and prices, call the CCA Box Office at 505.982.1338.
Professor Dr. Cris Moore of the Santa Fe Institute, a physicist, mathematician, computer scientist and author provides 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. Read More
Energy Secretary Chu Opts Out of Second Term
Energy Secretary Steven Chu. Courtesy/DOE
DOE News:
In a letter to Energy Department employees Friday, Energy Secretary Steven Chu highlighted the “tremendous progress” of the last four years, and announced his decision to not serve a second term as Secretary. Text of the letter is below.
Dear Colleagues:
Serving the country as Secretary of Energy, and working alongside such an extraordinary team of people at the Department, has been the greatest privilege of my life. While the job has had many challenges, it has been an exciting time for the Department, the country, and
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