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New Documents Added To LANL Electronic Reading Room

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LANL News:

Per regulatory requirements, this email is to notify the public that the following documents have been added to the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Electronic Reading Room.

The document(s) have been submitted to fulfill one or more requirements of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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NNSA’s Los Alamos National Laboratory Launches Frontier AI Models On Venado Supercomputer

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NNSA News:

ALBUQUERQUE — After moving to a classified network earlier this year, the Venado supercomputer at Los Alamos National Laboratory is now running OpenAI’s latest o-series reasoning models to accelerate national security research. Venado, which uses NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchips, is the 19th-fastest supercomputer in the world and serves as a shared resource for researchers at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) laboratories.

“Artificial Intelligence will be the defining technology of the 21st century, and NNSA is already examining how AI intersects Read More

New Findings Reveal Cause Of Potentially Damaging Electrical Discharges On Satellites

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Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers observed that increased electron activity on the surface of a spacecraft, such as the satellite in the AI-generated depiction above, resulted in an accumulated electrical charge and eventual discharge, similar to static electricity on Earth. These discharges can damage sensitive electronics onboard the satellite. Credit to: ChatGPT, DALL-E

LANL News:

For the first time, researchers have found that the number of electrical discharges on a spacecraft directly correlates to the number of electrons in the surrounding environment—information Read More

Emergency-Preparedness Exercise Scheduled At Los Alamos National Laboratory Wednesday Sept. 3

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LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has scheduled an emergency preparedness exercise for Wednesday, Sept. 3.

The exercise will test the preparedness of personnel who would respond in the case of an actual emergency.

The exercise will last approximately six hours, beginning at 10 a.m. The event is only an exercise.

Some elements of this exercise may be observable to the public, such as increased emergency vehicle traffic, workers in protective equipment performing simulated activities and “exercise in progress” signage.

The Laboratory’s Emergency Management Division Read More

Fencing To Be Installed Around Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Health Research Laboratory

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LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL) Health Research Laboratory (HRL) complex, adjacent to Los Alamos Medical Center on Diamond Drive, is being emptied for pre-demolition preparation activities. Fencing around the perimeter of the complex is expected to be installed in the next couple of months.

Most of the parking used by hospital staff and patients between the medical center and HRL will remain open and may continue to be used. Parking will be reassessed for safety prior to construction mobilization. A gate will be installed under the Los Alamos Canyon (Omega) Bridge to prevent Read More

Op-Ed: Which Side Are You On?

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By ANDI KRON
Los Alamos

I recently reunited with an Israeli friend who was visiting the Lab on official business. It had been 2 1/5 years since I last saw him in Israel. “How are things going in Israel?” I asked with trepidation. “We are traumatized,” he answered. His brother is a surgeon and has been on reserve duty for months as a medic in Gaza. His wife is a lecturer in universities and lost several students in the massacre of October 7, 2023. Her parents live in the south where Hamas terrorists infiltrated and killed residents of their community. He needs police protection when he travels to Europe Read More

Laboratory Retiree Group To Host ‘First Tuesday Breakfast’ At Muy Salsas Sept. 2

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Scene from a Laboratory Retiree Group’s monthly breakfast social at Muy Salsas. Photo by Morrie Pongratz

LRG News:

Lab retirees (and potential retirees) are invited to drop in at the Laboratory Retiree Group’s (LRG) monthly breakfast social, between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 2, at Muy Salsas at 1315 Trinity Drive.

Come hang out and join the conversation with other Lab retirees. LRG will pay for coffee and tea.

Individuals will pay for their breakfast and other drinks. The LRG is a non-profit organization that seeks to maintain communications with and to serve the needs and interests Read More

Catch Of The Week: Netherlands Speed Cameras Hacked

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

Speed cameras are about as popular as chopped liver on a grade school cafeteria menu, just one of many modern inconveniences keeping us “safe”. In an interesting turn of events, speed cameras were one of several affected services in a cyber attack in the Netherlands. The attack occurred against Openbaar Ministerie (OM), the official body responsible for bringing suspects before the criminal court in the Netherlands. Just look at you, Netherlands, winning for the best name ever for your criminal courts. One can only hope there is Read More

New Documents Added To LANL Public Reading Room

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LANL News:

New documents have been added to the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.

All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.

For legacy cleanup documents that were posted prior to April 30, 2018, please visit the LANL electronic public reading room.

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Local Innovation Driving Breakthrough In Space Defense

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Space Kinetic co-founders Ryan Sullivan, left, and Scott Ziegler. Courtesy photo

LANL News:

  • Originating from a garage-built prototype and with a springboard from NM LEEP at Los Alamos National Laboratory, the company is now a venture-backed deep tech leader redefining what’s possible in national security innovation.

Space Kinetic, a startup founded in 2022 by UC Berkeley alumni Scott Ziegler, M.Eng, Principal Inventor, and New Mexico Lab-Embedded Entrepreneur Program (NM LEEP) fellow, and Ryan Sullivan, MBA, U.S. Peace Corps participant, just secured investment from CerraCap Ventures Read More