LANL News:
Per regulatory requirements, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) announces new documents have been added to the Electronic Reading Room.
The document(s) have been submitted to fulfill one or more requirements of the Los Alamos National Laboratory:
Members of the public may view these documents and many others at LANL’s Electronic Public Reading Room. Read More
DOE’s Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) and legacy waste contractor N3B hosted an Environmental Management Cleanup Forum Feb. 9 at Cottonwood on the Greens. Speakers, from left, included DOE EM-LA Manager Michael Mikolanis, N3B President and Program Manager Kim Lebak and EM-LA Senior Geologist Tom McCrory. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
EM-LA Senior Geologist Tom McCrory explains how EM-LA monitors and treats water contaminated with hexavalent chromium. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
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Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy/LANL
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
It’s no secret that Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is the biggest employer in the region and one of the largest economic drivers. LANL is an all-around juggernaut; it provides salaries, investment in communities and businesses, and promotes the area on a nation-wide and world-wide scale.
Community Partnerships Office Director Kathy Keith touched on the various ways LANL has affected the region.
Keith reported that this year, LANL paid $1.5 billion in salaries. In turn, Read More
LANL News:
Due to winter weather conditions, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has suspended on-site activities today, Feb. 15.
Employees may call the LANL Hotline at 505.667.6622 for updates. Read More
Join renowned naturalist Relf Price at the Los Alamos Nature Center for an exciting glimpse into his explorations within the Valles Caldera in search of fungi, slime molds and lichen. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Join PEEC and renowned naturalist Relf Price for an exciting glimpse into his explorations within the Valles Caldera in search of fungi, slime molds, and lichen at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Feb 22, at the Los Alamos Nature Center.
With almost 20 years of experience studying the Caldera, Price will share his wealth of knowledge on the fleshy fungi, lichens, algae, slime molds, and other spore-producing Read More
Congressional News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) welcomed Monday the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) first-ever agency-related Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation (FESI).
During the 117th Congress, Luján and Stansbury introduced the Partnerships for Energy Security and Innovation Act, bipartisan legislation to establish a nonprofit foundation for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that would channel private-sector investments to support DOE’s mission and to accelerate the commercialization of innovative Read More
A preserved vampire bat, part of the UNM Museum of Southwest Biology collection, is held by Jonathan L. Dunnum, Ph.D., Senior Collection Manager, Division of Mammals, Museum of Southwestern Biology. Items from this collection will be sampled by Los Alamos and UNM scientists to explore how pathogens travel from one species to another. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Zoonotic pathogens, those that spill over from animals to humans such as SARS-CoV-2 and hantavirus, present a challenge for scientists in terms of how the diseases evolve and spread in animal populations. Now, a broad coalition of Read More
The Pond Cabin. Courtesy/ LANL
LANL News:
The release of the film Oppenheimer may be months away, but public interest in Manhattan Project history is already mounting. Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, registration opens for the latest round of public tours of Manhattan Project National Historical Park, taking place March 29 & 30, limited to 100 participants.
Register now to tour the Manhattan Project National Historical Park. Admission is free but spots are limited.
New this year: Lab employees are NOT eligible for these particular tours, and we need your help getting the word out to those Read More
LANL News:
The community is invited to join LANL biologist Armand Dichosa to hear about experiments that are helping us understand how to keep future astronauts safe in space.
The presentation is 5:30-7 p.m. at projectY cowork, 150 Central Park Square. Read More
LANL Foundation News:
ESPANOLA — The LANL Foundation is now accepting applications for its competitive grant cycle. The Foundation’s competitive grants support schools, school districts, non-profits, Pueblos, Nations, and tribal communities in their seven-county service area of Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Miguel, Santa Fe and Taos counties.
The Foundation also serves Cochiti Pueblo, Jemez Pueblo, Jicarilla Apache Nation, Kewa Pueblo, Laguna Pueblo, Pueblo of Nambe, Navajo Nation, Ohkay Owingeh, Picuris Pueblo, Pueblo of Pojoaque, San Felipe Pueblo, Pueblo de San Read More