Enabling Precise Predictions With Proton Radiography
Members of the Proton Radiography high explosives use a crane to install an explosive experiment assembly into the confinement vessel. Courtesy/LANL
By LEVI NEUKIRCH
Scientist at the Proton Radiography facility
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Being able to see inside an object is essential to understanding how it works. X-rays revolutionized medicine by giving doctors a noninvasive way to look beneath the skin — to spot broken bones, identify problems in vital organs and detect diseases such as cancer. Now, scientists are pushing diagnostic imaging to new levels of precision with a technique Read More
Catch Of The Week: FBI Warns Users About A New Scam Costing Millions
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
The FBI is warning users to watch out for a fast-spreading scam that has already cost people more than $260 million this year. Yikes!
The scheme is simple and convincing, which is exactly why it is working- Scammers reach out by text, phone, or messaging apps and pretend to be someone you trust. They often pose as Apple Support, your bank, a delivery service, or even a government agency. Their goal is to get you to click a link or hand over personal information that lets them break into your accounts. This is known as ATO (Account Take-over) Read More
Daily Postcard: Unsuspecting Pair Wander Beginner Hill
Daily Postcard: Unsuspecting pair wander Beginner Hill at Pajarito Mountain early Friday morning. Courtesy photo Read More
McQuiston: Insurance Companies Settle 95% Of Injury Claims — Three Things The 5% Who Litigated Did Differently
By ALLEN MCQUISTONJemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
Rabbi Jack: Traditionnnnnnn – Tradition?
Hanukkah menorahs during a previous holiday celebration. The community is invited to gather Tuesday, Dec. 16 and Sunday, Dec. 21 at 5:30 p.m. to light candles, sing some Hanukkah songs, and distribute a few Hanukkah trinkets. Also on Saturday, Dec. 20, at the Los Alamos Jewish Center, starting at 5:30 p.m., for a party including candle lighting, songs, and some traditional oil-fried Hanukkah treats like latkes and sufganiot (potato pancakes and jelly donuts). Please RSVP on the website, www.lajc.org. Courtesy photo
By Rabbi Jack Shlachter
Los Alamos Jewish Center
The familiar song from Read More
Martinez: Challenges Of Grandparents, Kin Raising Children
Jeramay Martinez
By JERAMAY MARTINEZ
Health Care Specialist
Los Alamos County
Most of us know how the adoption and foster care system works, but kinship care is somewhere in the middle. It’s when grandparents, extended family members or even family friends take in, become legal guardians, and care for the children when their parents can’t. Kinship care is more common than you may think in New Mexico. A recent report from the Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation found that 8 percent of all kids in New Mexico are in some type of kinship care arrangement. That is more than double the national Read More
Daily Postcard: Crisp December Morning On Valles Caldera
Daily Postcard: Crisp December morning on the Valles Caldera, view from the Cabin District webcam. Courtesy/NPS Read More
