Udall, Heinrich Stand Up For NM College Students; Call For Renewal Of Perkins Loan Program
SENATE News:Art On Tap: New Mexico Film Industry Talk Nov. 5
LACDC News:NNSA Labs Host Foreign Disarmament Experts
DOE/NNSA Principal Deputy Administrator Madelyn Creedon
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) hosted a visit Oct. 26-27, by eight foreign disarmament and nonproliferation experts to demonstrate the technologies and capabilities through which the United States maintains the nuclear weapon stockpile in a non-testing environment.
This visit built on the success of the first visit by NPT Non-Nuclear Weapon State representatives in advance of the NPT Review Conference in May.
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At The Centre Of The Tuning Fork
This galaxy is known as Mrk 820. Courtesy/ESA/Hubble & NASA and N. Gorin (STScI) Acknowledgement.Judy Schmidt (www.geckzilla.com/)
SCIENCE News:
This galaxy is known as Mrk 820 and is classified as a lenticular galaxy — type S0 on the Hubble Tuning Fork.
The Hubble Tuning Fork is used to classify galaxies according to their morphology. Elliptical galaxies look like smooth blobs in the sky and lie on the handle of the fork. They are arranged along the handle based on how elliptical they are, with the more spherical galaxies furthest from the tines of the fork, and the more egg-shaped ones closest Read More
Los Alamos Scientist Part Of NASA’s Select Few Hunting For Meteorites In Antarctica
LANL scientist Nina Lanza at the summit of Hvannadalsnukur, the highest mountain in Iceland, practicing glacier travel techniques similar to those needed for Antarctic fieldwork. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Nina Lanza, of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Space and Remote Sensing group, was selected as one of eight members for the 2015-2016 field campaign of the Antarctica Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) program, which is supported by NASA.
“These meteorites can help us understand the formation and evolution of our solar system,” Lanza said. “They come from planets, their moons and asteroids. Read More
Christmas Cookie Proceeds Help NM Veterans
Proceeds from the Orthodox Church Christmas cookie sales go to Foxhole Homes, a nonprofit focused on alleviating veteran homelessness. Courtesy photo
COMMUNITY News:
After a year hiatus, the Orthodox Church in Los Alamos is selling cookies and is now taking advance orders for Christmas cookie boxes.
Past favorites will be available again, along with some new additions. Perfect for shipping to friends far and near; a hand-made present, which goes to support a great cause. The boxes of cookies cost $23.99 for one, or order four or more for $21.99 each.
This year all proceeds from the sale Read More
Public Comment Period On Chromium Project Draft Environmental Assessment Extended To Nov. 13, 2015
LANL News:
The Department of Energy Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) has prepared a Draft Environmental Assessment for the Chromium Plume Control Interim Measure and Plume-Center Characterization at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
This document describes the potential environmental impacts associated with the proposed actions in Mortandad Canyon. The objectives of the proposed actions are to control migration of the chromium plume and to further characterize and study the chromium plume in the groundwater beneath Mortandad Canyon.
The public comment period Read More
LANL: High-energy Physics Detector MicroBooNE Sees First Accelerator-born Neutrinos
An accelerator-born neutrino candidate, spotted with the MicroBooNE detector. Courtesy/Fermilab
LANL News:
- Los Alamos collaboration on target, beamline, aids detection of “ghost particles”
MicroBooNE, a neutrino detector saw its first neutrinos, known as the ghost particles, Oct. 15 in a multi-laboratory experiment at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, near Chicago.
“This is a great day for MicroBooNE, and it brings us closer to addressing the question of sterile neutrinos and short-baseline neutrino oscillations,” said Los Alamos National Laboratory staff member Richard Read More
Lowriders, Hoppers & Hot Rods: Car Culture Of Northern New Mexico Exhibit Open May 1, 2016
1963 Chevrolet Impala, owner Lee Cordova of Alcalde in 1998. Jack Parsons, photographer. Palace of the Governors Photo Archives HP.2007.11.PED Revises PARCC Results
By Superintendent Kurt SteinhausWe received a text from the Public Education Department that their original information about the definition of “proficient” was incorrect.
Following is the revised criteria: students are considered “proficient” if they score at a level of 4 or 5. (The initial information from PED stated that levels 3, 4, and 5 were “proficient”)
The test scores did not change.
For high school graduation, a score of level 3, 4, or 5 will be accepted for the classes of 2016 and 2017. In future years, a score of level 4 or 5 will be required for graduation. Read More
