Researchers Test Novel Power System for Space Travel
John Bounds of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Advanced Nuclear Technology Division makes final adjustments on the DUFF experiment, a demonstration of a simple, robust fission reactor prototype that could be used as a power system for space travel. DUFF is the first demonstration of a space nuclear reactor system to produce electricity in the United States since 1965. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Joint DOE and NASA team demonstrates simple, robust fission reactor prototype
A team of researchers, including engineers from Los Alamos National Laboratory, has demonstrated a new concept Read More
Bradbury Science Museum Exhibit: Strengthening Global Security
Courtesy/BSMStrengthening Global Security
The central mission of Los Alamos National Laboratory is to ensure the safety, security, and reliability of the U.S. nuclear deterrent while reducing the global threat of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons.
As part of that mission, the Laboratory provides the necessary expertise and technology developed here to help the nation respond effectively to significant threats of broad scope and to help make the world a safer place.
Bradbury Science Museum Exhibits:
- Replicas of Little Boy and Fat Man, the first nuclear bombs
- Understanding Nuclear
SFI Colloquium Explores Animal-Human Correlation
Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, left, and Kathryn Bowers. Courtesy photo
SFI Colloquium
Zoobiquity: How Jaguar Breast Cancer, Dolphin Diabetes, and Flamingo Heart Attacks will Transform Human Medicine
Tuesday, Nov. 27 • 3:30 p.m. • Noyce Conference Room, 1399 Hyde Park Road in Santa Fe.
Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Kathryn Bowers University of California, Los Angeles.
Abstract: Dinosaurs suffered from brain cancer, arthritis and gout. Koalas catch Chlamydia. Reindeer seek out narcotic Read More
Santa Fe Institute Elects New Chair
Michael Mauboussin, Chief Investment Strategist for Legg Mason Capital Management, has been elected chairman of the Santa Fe Institute’s Board of Trustees.
His three-year appointment began Nov. 4 and he replaces Jim Rutt, who served as chairman since 2009.
Mauboussin has been an active member of SFI’s Board since 2000 and of SFI’s Business Network since 1998.
He has contributed extensively to the Network’s activities as a speaker, panel member and co-organizer of Network Topical Meetings and Symposia.
His complex systems-inspired advice on market behavior and dynamics is frequently
LANL Employees Make Gifts of Time, Talent and Money
A student receives a new pair of shoes from the generosity of Los Alamos National Laboratory employees through the LANL Laces Program. Courtesy/LANL
Staff Report
Throughout the year, the generous efforts of Los Alamos National Laboratory management and employees helps to enhance the lives of others through the sharing of their time, talent and money.
Each Thanksgiving season, LANL hosts “Take a Turkey to Work Day.” Last year, employees donated more than 400 frozen turkeys and helped fill holiday meal food baskets for 852 Northern New Mexico families.
LANL’s manager, Read More
SFI’s Science On Screen Series: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Photo: George J. Gumerman
SFI News:
Science On Screen
Raiders of the Lost Ark will be presented by George J. Gumerman, Senior Scholar, School for Advanced Research and External Professor, Santa Fe Institute at 7 p.m. today, Nov. 21 at the Center for Contemporary Arts, 1050 Old Pecos Trail in Santa Fe.
Thirty years after its premiere, Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning tale of archaeological derring-do remains one of cinema’s most thrilling and rugged film adventures.
Archaeologist and SFI External Professor George Gumerman shares real-life tales of risk and reward on his journey of scientific Read More
Scientists Chart Emergence of High-Temperature Superconductivity
Brookhaven Lab physicist Ivan Bozovic with the molecular beam epitaxy system he uses to engineer atomically precise superconducting materials. Courtesy/BL
BL News:
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New study reveals unexpected disappearance of superconducting fluctuations at super-cold temperatures
UPTON, NY – The next generation of sustainable energy systems, from magnetic storage to offshore wind turbines, hinges in part on high-temperature superconductors (HTS), which can carry current with zero loss and perfect efficiency.
Unfortunately, that loss-free behavior comes at the cost of extreme and inefficient Read More
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