Friendship: An Evolutionary Puzzle
SFI News:
Dan Hruschka will present his talk: Friendship: An Evolutionary Puzzle at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday June 27 in the James A. Little Theater in Santa Fe.
Hruschka is a Santa Fe Institute Omidyar Fellow alumnus, is an assistant professor of anthropology at Arizona State University and author of Friendship: Development, Ecology, and Evolution of a Relationship
Abstract: Friends sacrifice for one another with little concern for past behavior or consequences.
Such unconditional helping provides an important buffer against hardship. But it also poses an evolutionary puzzle.
How have people Read More
LANS Donates to Over 230 Nonprofits
LANL News:
LANL employees Randy Erickson, center, and Louise Mendius, at right, help fill sandbags at Santa Clara Pueblo. Courtesy/LANL
- LANS Recognizes Employee and Retiree Volunteer Efforts
Nonprofit organizations will receive more than $180,000 from Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS) during a recognition event beginning at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, June 28, at Fuller Lodge in downtown Los Alamos.
LANS contributions are determined by the number of volunteer hours logged by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) employees and retirees through an organization called VolunteerMatch. Read More
LANL Dissolves N-4 Today
In a memo to staff members, Associate Director W. Scott Gibbs of Threat Identification and Response at Los Alamos National Laboratory announced late last week that N-4 (Safeguards and Security Systems Group) is being dissolved.
N Division recently became the Nuclear Engineering and Nonproliferation Division (NEN) to recognize and expand on two important capabilities for the Laboratory, Gibbs explained in the memo.
As the next step in furthering those capabilities, he decided that the International and Nuclear Systems Engineering Group (D-5) should join NEN to leverage that group’s Read More
The Crown Jewel of Manhattan Project Properties: The Oppenheimer House
Exterior of Master Cottage #2, when May Connell lived there. Courtesy/LA Historical Society
When conducting school tours of the Los Alamos Historic District and the Oppenheimer House, I like to tell kids that A. J. Connell, director of the Los Alamos Ranch School, thought girls had cooties. Most third and fourth graders love that!
Even the hard-headed Connell had to give in a bit, though, realizing that if he intended to prepare his young male students for Ivy League schools, he would have to offer art education, Read More
NIST: Protocols for Measurement and Dispersion of Nanoparticles
NIST News:
This series of NIST Special Publications (SPs) consists of protocols developed by NIST researchers in conjunction with external collaborators, such as Duke University’s Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEINT) and the National Cancer Institute’s Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory (NCL).
In many cases, the original version of these protocols was posted on external collaborator web sites; all previous versions are superseded by these SP versions.
Updates to the SP version of the protocols may be released in the future. Read More
Federal Agencies Join to Build Permanent Local Interagency Fire Center
NNSA News:
As the one-year anniversary of New Mexico’s second largest wildfire on record approaches, a focused multi-federal agency effort is underway to build a permanent Interagency Fire Center in the heart of Northern New Mexico’s fire country.
Building upon the success of last year’s multi-agency coordination during the Las Conchas Fire, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Bandelier National Monument (BAND), and Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) have again partnered to greatly enhance northern New Mexico fire protection efforts by building a 6,400 square foot facility Read More
LANL Proposes to Submit Interim Work Plan on Chromium Contamination Monitoring
LANL News:
On Monday, Los Alamos National Laboratory sent the following letter to Hazardous Waste Bureau Chief John Kieling at the New Mexico Environment Department.
In the letter, LANL proposes to develop by Dec. 15, a work plan to perform interim measure alternatives analysis for chromium in Mortandad and Sandia canyons.
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