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Theoretical Study: Most Earth-Like Worlds Have Yet To Be Born

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SCIENCE News:
 
Earth came early to the party in the evolving universe.
 
According to a new theoretical study, when our solar system was born 4.6 billion years ago only eight percent of the potentially habitable planets that will ever form in the universe existed.
 
And, the party won’t be over when the sun burns out in another 6 billion years. The bulk of those planets — 92 percent — have yet to be born.
 
This conclusion is based on an assessment of data collected by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the prolific planet-hunting Kepler space observatory.
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NNSA Announces Procurement Of Penguin Computing Clusters To Support Stockpile Stewardship At National Laboratories

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Doug Wade

NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA’s) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory today announced the awarding of a subcontract to Penguin Computing – a leading developer of high-performance Linux cluster computing systems based in Silicon Valley – to bolster computing for stockpile stewardship at its three national security laboratories.

Under the terms of the contract, awarded by Lawrence Livermore for NNSA’s tri-lab Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) program, Penguin Computing will receive $39 million to provide Read More

SFI: Prediction And Diffusion … Oct. 20

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Dan Goldstein, Microsoft Research
 
SFI News:
 
The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) hosts “Prediction and Diffusion with Online Social Network Data” at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20 at Noyce Conference Room in Santa Fe. 
 
Abstract: Because of online social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and the like, social science researchers finally have access to data that have been missing for most of human history.
 
These data describe networks of people’s social worlds, as well as the behaviors of people and their social contacts.
 
These data seem to hold
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LANL Protective Force Contract Protested

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Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy/LANL
 
By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post

The Los Alamos National Laboratory protective force contract that was awarded to Centerra Group, LLC Sept. 11 has been formally protested by SOC, LLC, the incumbent service provider.

“There is a protest,” said SOC Los Alamos General Manager Jack Killeen today. “The lawyers are working on it.”

Killeen said the appeal was lodged within the five-day period allowed and included the basis of the protest, but he could not elaborate on that now.

“It’s lawyers talking Read More

Los Alamos Physicist Wins 2016 Joseph F. Keithley Award For Advances In Measurement Science

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LANL physicist Albert Migliori, having led the development of a powerful tool for important measurements in condensed matter physics including superconductivity, is being given the Joseph F. Keithley Award For Advances in Measurement Science, the top instrumentation prize of the American Physical Society. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Honors to Albert Migliori, developer of resonant ultrasound spectroscopy

Los Alamos National Laboratory physicist Albert Migliori, having led the development of a powerful tool for important measurements in condensed matter physics including superconductivity, Read More

W80-4: Sandia California Works On Nuclear Weapon Life Extension Program

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The W80-4 mechanical team at Sandia National Laboratories reviews the results of thermal analysis. From the top center, counterclockwise, are Ryan Johnson, Bryn Miyahara, Alvin Leung and Matt H. Jones. Photo by Randy Wong

SANDIA LABS News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Sandia National Laboratories is doing what it hasn’t done in decades: extending the life of a nuclear warhead at the same time the U.S. Air Force develops a replacement cruise missile that will carry the weapon.

The goal of the W80-4 Life Extension Program (LEP) is refurbishing the W80 warhead with replacement components for aging technology Read More

Panel Discussion On Women In Science Thursday

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LIBRARY News:

Are women in science achieving their goals in careers and research today? Attend the panel discussion at 7 p.m., Thursday, October 15, at Mesa Public Library and hear what three women who work in science and engineering have to say about the topic.

The program is held in conjunction with Ada Lovelace Day celebrations at the Los Alamos County Library System. Ada Lovelace is considered the first computer programmer because of her work with Charles Babbage on an analytical machine.

The three panelists for Thursday’s discussion are Sandy Frost, Nicole Lloyd-Ronning and Teri Roberts. Read More

Udall Highlights Push To Expand Tech Transfer At DOE Labs, Build NM’s Economy

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U.S. Senator Tom Udall

U.S. SENATE News:

  • Udall seeks input from roundtable on tech transfer legislation 

ALBUQUERQUE – Today, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall hosted U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairwoman Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) and DOE Acting Director of the Office of Technology Transitions Jetta Wong at Sandia National Laboratories for a roundtable discussion about improving technology transfer and creating jobs.

Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) officials joined several local businesses that were created based on technology developed at the labs to discuss Read More

Science On Tap At UnQuarked Thursday Oct. 15

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LACDC News:
 
Thomas Leitner will speak at Science on Tap beginning at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 15, at the UnQuarked Wine Room at 145 Central Park Square in downtown Los Alamos.
 
Leitner works in LANL’s Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group and has been tracking phylogenetics and epidemics. He leads a team of researchers at the Lab who are investigating the complex relationships between the spread of the HIV virus in a population (epidemiology) and the actual, rapid evolution of the virus
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Oak Ridge 3 Peace Protesters Headline Awards Ceremony On Capitol Hill

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NFFAF News:
 
TAKOMA PARK, Md., ― Peace protesters Megan Rice, Michael Walli and Greg Boertje-Obed are among those to be honored at this year’s Nuclear-Free Future Awards in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Nuclear-Free Future Award Foundation (NFFAF).
 
The Nuclear-Free Future Awards are given annually to individuals who, through courage, integrity and conviction, have acted to rid the world of uranium mining, nuclear power and nuclear weapons.
 
This year’s Nuclear-Free Future Award ceremony is Wednesday, Oct. 28, in the Rayburn House
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