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‘Voices of the Manhattan Project’ Presents Eye Witness Accounts of Trinity Test

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Oppenheimer with the ‘Gadget’ before the Trinity test. Courtesy https:////www.atomicheritage.org.

AHF News:

At 5:29:21 MT July 16, 1945, Manhattan Project scientists conducted the world’s first atomic bomb test at the Trinity site near Alamogordo. The Atomic Heritage Foundation is pleased to feature dozens of audio/visual interviews with Trinity test eyewitnesses on the “Voices of the Manhattan Project.”  From Manhattan Project director General Leslie R. Groves to scientists and soldiers, they recall the overwhelming force and terrifying beauty of the Read More

Three New Mexico Cities Among Top Five U.S. Metro Areas For Export Growth

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BUSINESS News:

  • Las Cruces and Farmington Top Two, Set Records; Santa Fe in Top Five

SANTA FE — Today, Gov.  Susana Martinez announced that Las Cruces, Farmington and Santa Fe rank among the top five metropolitan areas in the nation for export growth.

Las Cruces and Farmington – which rank No. 1 and No. 2 in the nation, respectively – also shattered records for export growth, with more of their businesses exporting more products than ever before. Santa Fe ranks No. 5. The report was released by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

“I’ve always said that if we provide an environment that is friendly Read More

Heinrich, Risch Introduce Bill To Reduce Federal Government Energy Use

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SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C.  ― Tuesday, July 7, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. and Jim Risch, R-Idaho, members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, introduced the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act in an effort to reduce the federal government’s energy consumption and save taxpayer dollars.
 
The bipartisan legislation would require the federal government to develop plans to reduce energy consumption at federal data centers.
 
“This common sense approach will improve energy
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Los Alamos Scientist Claudia Mora New President Elect Of Geological Society Of America

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Los Alamos Scientist Claudia Mora

LANL News:

The Geological Society of America (GSA) recently tapped Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Claudia Mora as president elect.

Mora is a stable-isotope geochemist whose research spans the traditional fields of geology, soil science and climate science. At Los Alamos, she heads the Earth and Environmental Sciences Division’s (EES) largest group, Earth System Observations. This group’s research is broad and far-reaching, intersecting geology, ecology and atmospheric sciences.

“GSA welcomes Dr. Mora and we are confident that she will Read More

IBWA Applauds House Action To Ensure Healthy Water For National Park Visitors

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IBWA News:
 
ALEXANDRIA, VA ― The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) applauds the action by the U.S. House of Representatives halting National Park Service (NPS) policy that allows for banning the sale of bottled water in America’s national parks, thereby ensuring visitors have access to all types of water, the healthy hydration option.
 
On July 7, 2015, the House passed an amendment by Representative Keith Rothfus (R-PA) to the House Interior Appropriations bill, H.R. 2822, which prohibits the NPS from using any funds to implement or maintain bans on the sale
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Research Reveals Trends And Risk Factors Behind Growing Heroin Epidemic

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DEA News:
 
Heroin use has increased across the United States among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
 
The greatest increases have occurred in groups with historically lower rates of heroin use, including women and people with private insurance and higher incomes.
 
In addition, nearly all people who use heroin also use multiple other substances, according to the latest Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
 
The report also finds the strongest risk factor for a heroin
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National Lab Day On The Hill In D.C. Today

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SCIENCE News:

The House Science and National Laboratories Caucus in conjunction with the Department of Energy is presenting National Lab Day on the Hill today in the Cannon Caucus Room Washington, D.C.

Formed largely during World War II with the Manhattan Project, the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Laboratory system has grown to be the envy of the world. Our 17 National Laboratories form a critical component of America’s innovation ecosystem, enabling economic competitiveness, scientific discovery, and energy innovation while also providing world class research facilities Read More

FBI Seeking Info To Id Victims In Sextortion Case

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FBI News:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is seeking the public’s assistance to identify additional victims of convicted online predator Lucas Michael Chansler.

Chansler, 31, formerly of St. Johns, Fla., was sentenced to 105 years in federal prison for engaging in an extortion scheme to produce child pornography. Chansler pled guilty Aug. 13, 2014 to nine counts of producing child pornography.

According to court testimony, Chansler targeted 350 minor victims in 26 different states throughout the United States, three Canadian provinces, and the United Kingdom. One hundred and nine Read More

NLRB: Postal Service Deal With Staples Violates U.S. Labor Law

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BUSINESS News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― The U.S. Postal Service illegally subcontracted work to Staples, according to a complaint issued June 26 by Region 5 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
 
The complaint is a major blow to the agency’s deal with the office-supply chain, which set up postal counters staffed by Staples employees in hundreds of Staples stores.
 
“This is a major step in the fight against privatization of our public postal service,” says Mark Dimondstein, president of the American Postal Workers Union.
 
APWU reacted immediately
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New Research On Human Ability To Smell Odors

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Courtesy/ASU

ASU News:

  • ASU Researcher Disputes Claim that Humans can Distinguish One Trillion Odors

Assistant Research Professor Rick Gerkin

TEMPE, Ariz.—An Arizona State University researcher is calling into question recent findings that the human nose is capable of distinguishing at least 1 trillion odors.

Rick Gerkin, an assistant research professor with ASU School of Life Sciences, says the data used in a study made public last year does not support this claim.

According to Gerkin, this is important because findings from the 2014 study published in the journal Science are already Read More