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LANL’s Kane Fisher – Fishing For Success

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Fisher poses with gear from the various sports he’s supported and coached over the years. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

“My experiences in a harsh place like Alaska have served me well,” explains Kane Fisher, a Yupik Eskimo who now works at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). “It was a place where we played as hard as we worked. I grew up hunting and fishing, taught by my father, who was a school teacher.”

That outdoor education came in handy after Fisher graduated from high school. “I had no trust fund or any reserves of money when I went to college, so I sent myself through school by working as a commercial Read More

LANL: Apply For Summer Physics Camp For Young Women

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LANL News:

Applications are open for the Laboratory’s Summer Physics Camp for Young Women, which offers a great opportunity for high-school age young women (including transgender women or nonbinary) to explore careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) with STEM professionals.

The free camp is June 5-16 at the New Mexico School for the Arts in Santa Fe (and Hilo Intermediate School, Hilo for Hawaii residents), exploring topics related to energy and energy Security and offering students a chance to boost their understanding of how STEM improves the world Read More

Remembering Former SNL Director C. Paul Robinson

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C. Paul Robinson (Oct. 9, 1941 – March 2, 2023)

By JAMES PEERY
Director
Sandia National Laboratories

Colleagues,

Sandia has lost a towering figure in our history. Paul Robinson, Laboratories Director from 1995 to 2005, passed away Thursday (March 2). The news brings deep sadness to the many people whose lives Paul touched and to the laboratory where his legacy is visible almost everywhere. Paul was an exceptional and visionary leader who was dedicated to Sandia Labs, the United States and national security. He was charismatic, outgoing and a mentor and friend of mine and many others.

Paul was Read More

Rotary: Michael Mikolanis On LANL Legacy Waste Cleanup

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Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office Manager Michael Mikolanis speaking at the Feb. 21 Rotary Club meeting describing the Field Office’s role in the cleanup of LANL’s legacy waste. Photo by Linda Hull

ROTARY News: 

Describing himself as “a nerdy engineer at heart”, Michael Mikolanis, the manager of the Environmental Management Los Alamos (EM-LA) Field Office, Department of Energy (DOE), presented a program entitled LANL Legacy Environmental Cleanup at the Feb. 21 meeting of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos. He was accompanied by Stephanie Gallagher, Senior Public Affairs Specialist Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Spots Dust Devils On Mars

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When a dust devil — nearly 400 feet tall — passed directly over the Perseverance rover on Mars, a team of researchers on Earth recorded its sound. The eerie whooshing was captured for the first time ever thanks to the microphone on the SuperCam instrument developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory. On the new episode of ‘Mars Technica’ , Baptiste Chide discusses what they learned and just how lucky they were to capture this audio. Click to listen to the latest episode. Courtesy/LANL Read More

Catch Of The Week: Phone Scams

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos

I received this question from a Los Alamos Daily Post reader:

“We receive a lot of robocalls and other spam calls, while there does not seem to be a way to block them, we were wondering if you know why flooding everyone with scam calls is effective? We have answered a few of these calls and nobody is there, and when we call the number back it is disconnected.”

I would not recommend answering or calling back any of these scam calls, it’s always better to avoid interaction. That said, good question, and what possible benefit can it be to scammers to send out Read More

LANL & NNSA Los Alamos Field Office Host Virtual Town Hall

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From left, LANL Deputy Director of Public Affairs Lexi Petronis moderates a virtual town hall meeting Monday night hosted by LANL Director Thom Mason and NNSA Los Alamos Field Office Manager Ted Wyka. Screenshot/LADP

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

Economic development, Russia’s decision to exit the New START treaty and the status of various programs at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the NNSA Los Alamos Field Office were big topics during a virtual town hall meeting Monday night.

NNSA Field Office Manager Ted Wyka and LANL Director Thom Mason hosted Read More

NNSA: Construction At N.M. 4 & East Jemez Road Intersection Scheduled To Begin In Late March

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NNSA News:

Construction to expand and improve the intersection at East Jemez Road and N.M. 4 is scheduled to begin in late March, weather permitting.

Under contract with the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT), Star Paving began some of the prep work in the Fall of 2022, building a retaining wall on the west side of NM4. This next phase will involve traffic controls as there will be some impact.

“I’m looking forward to getting this important piece of infrastructure started and completed,” said NNSA’s Los Alamos Field Office Manager Ted Wyka. “It’s going to greatly ease traffic congestion, Read More

LANL News Roundup: One Of Lab’s First Black Project Engineers, Contracts With Pueblo Alliance

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People: James Hollins: One of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s first Black project engineers:

In honor of Black History Month, Laura McGuiness, a librarian at the Los Alamos National Security Research Center, talks with James Hollins about his experiences as one of very few Black staff working in nuclear weapons testing in the 1980s. Hollins shares his memories, talks about adversity, and explains his calling to serve his country in a technology-driven career in support of national security. Listen to the audio conversation here. Courtesy/LANL

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Catch Of The Week: Ransomware? That’s Bananas!

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos

In a less than appealing turn of events last week Dole corporation reported a massive ransomware attack.

What is ransomware? In a ransomware attack malware, a type of malicious software, is installed on your system, this then quietly runs and encrypts your operating system, or possibly just individual files. You will lose access to your system/files unless you can pay a ransom to retrieve the encryption key.

On the individual level this can be bad, at the corporate level it can be a disaster, as Dole seems to be finding out. Consumers had been reporting packaged Read More