Michelle Hall Garners Top Geophysical Education Award
Michelle Hall of Los Alamos with Michael McFadden, President of the American Geophysical Union at an awards ceremony last month in San Francisco at which Hall was honored. Courtesy photo
Michelle Hall of Los Alamos received the 2012 American Geophysical Union Excellence in Geophysical Education Award during a special honors ceremony Dec. 5 in San Francisco.
Hall is a geophysicist and science educator who is married to Terry Wallace, Principal Associate Director of Global Security at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Hall was recognized and honored by the AGU for her Read More
Regional Coalition of LANL Communities Meets Jan. 18
RCLC members from top row left, Commissioner Mayfield, Brian Bosshardt, Harry Burgess, Mayor David Coss, Seth Kirshenberg, John Heaton. Bottom row from left, Sharon Stover, Commissioner Chavez, Mayor Alice Lucero. Courtesy photo
RCLC News:
Regional Coalition of LANL Communities Business Meeting is scheduled for 9-11 a.m. Jan. 18 at Ohkay Casino Conference Center, Suite C/D, Highway 68 – two miles North of Espanola in the Pueblo of Ohkay Owingeh.
AGENDA
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Welcome & Introductions |
Mayor Lucero |
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Action |
Confirmation of Quorum |
Mayor Lucero |
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NNSA Holds Radiation Emergency Consequence Management Training in Israel
Soreq Nuclear Research Center is an applied R&D Institute affiliated to the Israel Atomic Energy Commission. Courtesy/Soreq.gov
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C.–The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) this week conducted a training course on Consequence Management (I-CM) in Israel.
The training was held in the Soreq Nuclear Research Center and was attended by 25 Israeli participants.
“The training is part of an ongoing bilateral cooperation between NNSA and Israel,” said NNSA Associate Administrator for Emergency Operations Joseph Krol. “The training provided participants Read More
LANL 6 Found Guilty on Two of Three Counts
The self-named LANL 6 protesters outside the Los Alamos Justice Center Wednesday include Janet Greenwald, Catherine Euler, Pamela Gilchrist, Cathie Sullivan, Benjamin ‘Summer’ Abbott and Barbara Grothus. Photo by Greg Kendall/ladailypost.com
By Greg Kendall
Six defendants sat in the front of Judge Alan Kirk’s Municipal Courtroom at the Los Alamos Justice Center Wednesday morning with their defense lawyer, Santa Fe Attorney Jeffery Haas.
The defendants were on trial for charges of trespass, refusing to obey an officer and obstructing movement as a result of their actions Read More
Sig Hecker to Talk on Los Alamos and Kazakhstan
Sig HeckerOn Jan. 19, Hecker will present a public talk titled, “One of the Greatest Nuclear Stories Never Told – Los Alamos and Kazakhstan.”
Local Scientist Competing in 3,000-Mile Race
Lisa Dougherty participating last November in the 24 Hour World Time Trial Championships in Coachella Valley, Calif., finished 2nd among the women, one 16-mile loop behind six-time Race Across AMerica (RAAM) winner Seana Hogan. Courtesy photo
By Carol A. Clark
Local athlete Lisa Dougherty is a Ph.D. materials scientist, Project Management Professional and Certified Quality Engineer working full-time as an engineer at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL.)
In November, she qualified to participate in the 3,000 mile non-stop Race Across AMerica – RAAM. She will start in Oceanside, Read More
‘Standard Quantum Limit’ Smashed, Could Mean Better Fiber-Optic Comms
Fiber optic communications illustration. Courtesy/NIST
NIST News:
Communicating with light may soon get a lot easier, hints recent research* from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland’s Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), where scientists have potentially found a way to overcome a longstanding barrier to cleaner signals.
The findings, which demonstrate for the first time an error rate far below the “standard quantum limit” for a wide range of light levels, could increase the efficiency of fiber-optic systems by reducing Read More
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