Taylor Receives Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal
Jacob Taylor, NIST Physicist, Receives Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal for Public Service. Photo by Sam Kittner/Kittner.com
NIST News:
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) physicist Jacob Taylor received a Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal (Sammies) for his advanced scientific research, which has potential for advances in health care, communications, computing, and technology.
Presented the award by Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank Sept. 13, Taylor was one of just nine winners chosen from nearly 400 nominees for awards honoring excellence Read More
U.S. Senatorial Candidate Heather Wilson Raises Concerns for LANL’s Future
By Carol A. Clark
U.S. Senatorial candidate Heather Wilson expressed worry “that there is no longer anyone standing up for Los Alamos National Laboratory since Sen. Pete Domenici retired.”
“Sending out press releases and speaking about amendments after they’ve been decided is ineffective,” Wilson said during a telephone interview today from Albuquerque.
Known for her strong advocacy for homeland security, the former U.S. Congresswoman cautioned about allowing LANL’s Chemical and Metallurgy Research Replacement (CMRR) project to Read More
Business Leaders Advocate for LANL Budget
RDCNM News:
A delegation of New Mexico business leaders will travel to Washington D.C. July 16 and 17 to discuss the importance of Los Alamos National Laboratory to the state’s economy.
The delegation will be accompanied by Gov. Susana Martinez’ Chief of Staff Keith Gardner and Los Alamos County Council Chair Sharon Stover.
Stover is a member of the Regional Coalition of LANL Communities, which traveled to Washington, D.C., on a similar mission in March. .
The current business group plans to meet with New Mexico’s Congressional delegation, staff from key committees in both the U.S. House Read More
NNSA Completes Fourth International Meeting on Next Generation Nuclear Safeguards
NNSA News:
Laser Ablation Absorbance Ratio Spectroscopy Environmental Sampling (LAARS-ES) … A scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, is developing a unique destructive analytical capability—funded by NNSA’s Office of Nonproliferation and International Security and the Next Generation Safeguards Initiative—to provide timely detection of undeclared HEU production. Courtesy/NNSA
HANOI, VIETNAM – The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), together with the Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety, announced Read More
New Contract Links LANL and Robotics Firm
From left, David Pesiri and David Seigel of the LANL Technology Transfer office, and Andrew Borene, Andrew Drenner, and Patrick McKinney of ReconRobotics agreed to coordinate on technical advances for the robotics company’s line of tactical micro-robot systems. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Miniature robots are about to get an intelligence boost from a new partnership, linking Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and ReconRobotics, Inc.
Representatives from the two organizations announced today that they have signed a cooperative research and development agreement to “identify, evaluate Read More
LANL and Sandia Scientists Collaborate with Artists
The University of New Mexico and 516 ARTS, a nonprofit art space in Downtown Albuquerque, are hosting this summer’s Scientists/Artists Research Collaborations (SARC), in conjunction with the International Symposium on Electronic Art (www.isea2012.org).
The New Mexico Consortium (NMC) and Lockheed Martin are sponsors for this year’s SARC program.
SARC will match artists with scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and Sandia to explore how a creative approach can inform scientific discovery and make the science accessible to a broader audience. The collaborations Read More
World Record Neutron Beam at LANL
Tom Hurry of Plasma Physics adjusts the target positioner and particle beam diagnostics prior to an experiment at Trident. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- New Method Has Potential to Advance Materials Measurement
Photo: LANL visiting scientist Markus Roth. Courtesy/LANL
Using a one-of-a-kind laser system at Los Alamos National Laboratory, scientists have created the largest neutron beam ever made by a short-pulse laser, breaking a world record. Neutron beams are usually made with particle accelerators or nuclear reactors and are commonly used in a wide variety of scientific research, particularly Read More
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