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LANL Monitoring Situation Unfolding In Paris, France

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory is monitoring the situation unfolding in Paris, France.

Security officials are engaged with the Department of Energy (DOE) as well as federal and local law enforcement. There are no known imminent threats to DOE sites or personnel.

LANL employees traveling in France are directed to contact their manager or the Emergency Operations Center for accountability purposes. In addition, the EOC is prepared to take calls for additional assistance and information. Employees are further directed to stay posted on local events and security precautions

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DEA Announces ‘360 Strategy’ To Address Heroin, Prescription Drugs And Violent Crime

DEA News:
 
PITTSBURGH, PA  The United States Drug Enforcement Administration announced Pittsburgh as the pilot city for a comprehensive law enforcement and prevention “360 Strategy” to help cities dealing with a heroin and prescription drug abuse epidemic, and its associated violent crime.
 
DEA Special Agent in Charge for the Philadelphia Division, Gary Tuggle made the announcement along with United States Attorney David J. Hickton of the Western District of Pennsylvania and several local and federal agencies and organizations working in the fields
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Udall, Heinrich Welcome Passage Of Funding For NM Veterans And Construction At Military Bases

SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Martin Heinrich, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined the Senate Nov. 10 in voting 93-0 for critical funding for New Mexico’s veterans and military construction projects.
 
The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Fiscal Year 2016 Appropriations bill funds the Department of Veterans Affairs and construction at military bases in New Mexico and across the country. 
 
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed similar
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Udall, Heinrich Urge Support For Native American Students

SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON  U.S. Sen. Tom Udall and Sen. Martin Heinrich are urging congressional leaders to ensure bipartisan reforms that support Tribes, Native students and schools serving Native students are included in a final bill updating the nation’s major education law, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
 
Leaders of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce are working to reach a final agreement that merges House and Senate
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USPTO Opens Regional Office In Dallas

Dignitaries cut the ribbon Monday to officially open the permanent location for the Texas Regional United States Patent and Trademark Office, which will serve New Mexico. Courtesy photo
 
USPTO News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C.  Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Michelle K. Lee, participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday to officially open the permanent location for the Texas Regional United States Patent and Trademark Office.
 
Located in the Terminal Annex Federal Building
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Wash, Dry And Repeat … Billion Dollar Cleanup Settlement Starts Over

New Mexico Environment Department Cabinet Secretary Ryan Flynn asks for input on a revised consent order from members of the Northern New Mexico Citizens Advisory Board Thursday at the Cities of Gold Conference Center in Pojoaque. Photo by Roger Snodgrass/ladailypost.com

During a break at the NNMCAB meeting Thursday, from left, NNSA Environmental Programs Office Assistant Manager George Rael, talks to EM Los Alamos Field Office Manager Doug Hintze and contractor Bob Zulick. Photo by Roger Snodgrass/ladailypost.com

 

By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post

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NASA’s Swift Spots Its Thousandth Gamma-ray Burst

GRB 151027B, Swift’s 1,000th burst, center, is shown in this composite X-ray, ultraviolet and optical image. X-rays were captured by Swift’s X-Ray Telescope, which began observing the field 3.4 minutes after the Burst Alert Telescope detected the blast. Swift’s Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) began observations seven seconds later and faintly detected the burst in visible light. The image includes X-rays with energies from 300 to 6,000 electron volts, primarily from the burst, and lower-energy light seen through the UVOT’s visible, blue and ultraviolet Read More

Ten Los Alamos Scientists Honored As New Fellows By American Physical Society

New Fellows of the American Physical Society, LANL scientists Tariq Aslam, Steven Batha, Eric Bauer, Hou-Tong Chen, Diego Alejandro Dalvit, Dinh Nguyen, Alan Perelson, Filip Ronning, Alexander Saunders and Glen Wurden. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Ten Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists are new Fellows of the American Physical Society.

Named this week by the national organization:

  • Tariq Aslam;
  • Steven Batha;
  • Eric Bauer;
  • Hou-Tong Chen;
  • Diego Alejandro Dalvit;
  • Dinh Nguyen;
  • Alan Perelson;
  • Filip Ronning;
  • Alexander Saunders;
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Los Alamos National Laboratory To Study Future Computing Technology Capabilities

D-Wave’s newest quantum processor is over 1000 qubits – about double the size of its previous generation processor, and far exceeding the size of any other quantum processor. Courtesy/D-Wave

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory is exploring the future of computing by critically evaluating quantum annealing technology through the acquisition of a 1000+ quantum bits (qubits) D-Wave 2X™ system.  

D-Wave is a company that specializes in the development, fabrication, and integration of superconducting quantum annealing computers.

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New Report Shows Significant Improvement For Mental Health In New Mexico

NMHS News:
 
SANTA FE — Today, New Mexico Human Services Department Cabinet Secretary Brent Earnest announced that New Mexico has improved ten spots in Mental Health America’s annual rankings, The State of Mental Health in America.
 
New Mexico showed significant improvement across the board in these rankings, including overall, adult, youth, need, and access categories.
 
“We’re continuing to make it a priority to provide much-needed care and treatment to our most vulnerable fellow New Mexicans,” Earnest said. “This encouraging news only strengthens our commitment
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