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NPS And DOE Seek Public Input On Manhattan Project National Historical Park Draft Memo Of Agreement

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NPS News:

Washington, D.C. — The National Park Service and the U.S. Department of Energy are inviting the public to review and comment on the Draft Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the National Park Service and the Department of Energy (DOE) that will guide the operation of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park.

The 2015 National Defense Authorization Act established the Manhattan Project National Historical Park and required the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Energy to create a Memorandum of Agreement for the park by Dec. 19, 2015. 

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Four LANL Projects Are R&D 100 Award Finalists

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A team uses the PipeLIBS tool, which can quickly assess the condition of a pipe. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Finalists include X-ray imaging, pipe corrosion, data handling and damage-detection software

Four Los Alamos National Laboratory projects have been selected as finalists for the 2015 R&D 100 awards, which honor the top 100 proven technological advances of the past year as determined by a panel selected by R&D Magazine.

The Los Alamos finalists are:

  • LARS: Lab-scale Asynchronous Radiographic System;
  • PipeLIBS: A Self-Contained Elemental Analysis Tool for the Oil Industry;
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Research Promising For Bomb Proof Planes

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Dr. Andy Tyas is leading the research on a bomb-proof lining developed by an international team of scientists. Courtesy photo

SECURITY News:

A bomb-proof lining developed by an international team of scientists, including academics from the University of Sheffield, has successfully contained blasts in a series of controlled explosions in the luggage hold of a Boeing 747 and an Airbus 321.

The Fly-Bag, which lines an aircraft’s luggage hold with multiple layers of novel fabrics and composites, was tested under increasing explosive charges on disused planes last week at Cotswolds Read More

Final Week Of Summer Reading Challenge

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LAPS News:

On June 20, the Los Alamos School Board announced additional student incentives to help address the “summer slide” in reading skills.

This is the final week for participation.

The idea began at an Aspen Elementary School kickoff when Gov. Susana Martinez announced a statewide reading challenge encouraging students to read more books over the summer break. 

Reading is the foundation for learning and when students read well, they are better positioned to succeed academically, in the workplace, and in life. 

Los Alamos Public Schools, Los Alamos County, Los Alamos Commerce Read More

SFI: An Exploration Of Beauty And Madness Aug. 5

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SFI News:
 
A singular conversation between artist James Drake and incoming SFI President David Krakauer will unfold Aug. 5 in Santa Fe in conjunction with the first public reading from SFI Trustee Cormac McCarthy’s new novel The Passenger.
 
During the free event sponsored by the Lannan Foundation, guests will be treated to an exploration of beauty and madness at the intersections of drawing, reading, and counting by Santa Fe luminaries from the arts and sciences.
 
Krakauer, an evolutionary biologist, will
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2015 Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund Recipients Recognized At Special Event

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A group shot of all the recipients who attended Thursday’s Los Alamos Employees Scholarship Fund awards reception at the LANL Foundation Office in Espanola. Photo by Eric Vasquez/valleydailypost.com

More than 100 people from several communities in the seven counties surrounding Los Alamos attended the Thursday evening event as students from Los Alamos, Espanola, Taos, Mora, Las Vegas, Rio Rancho, Santa Fe, Pojoaque and elsewhere received scholarship awards. Photo by Eric Vasquez/valleydailypost.com

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Christine Gelles Speaks At ETEBA Aug. 12

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Christine Gelles at Puye Cliffs. Courtesy/energy.gov

ETEBA News:

Energy Technology Environmental Business Association (ETEBA) will hold its member meeting Wednesday, Aug. 12 at the Lodge at 750 North Saint Francis Dr. in Santa Fe.

The guest speaker is Christine Gelles, acting manager Acting Manager of the Department of Energy’s Environmental Management (EM) Los Alamos Field Office. Gelles will provide an update on EM’s legacy cleanup program at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the status of the field office’s transition.

Networking begins at 5:30 p.m. with dinner at 6:30 p.m. Read More

Oppenheimer Lecture: Alan Guth Talks Cosmic Inflation And The Multiverse

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Alan Guth will deliver the J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Lecture Monday. Courtesy photo

By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post

Alan Guth is not just one of the leading cosmologists in the world; he is widely viewed as a rock star cosmologist in a time of revolutionary advances. The distinguished Victor F. Weisskopf Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Guth is best known for his leading role in developing the theory of inflationary cosmology.

In 1979, he had what he labeled in a note to himself, a “spectacular realization” about the birth of the universe. Since Read More

LANL News: Top Los Alamos Technology Spinoff Ideas Honored At DisrupTech

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Taking the ‘Best Pitch’ prize of $10,000 in internal Laboratory funding was the aptly named Cosmic Plumbing Inspection project, described by physicist Matt Durham. The project uses cosmic particles called muons  with the goal of ending catastrophic industrial accidents due to flow-accelerated corrosion. Courtesy/LANL

 

LANL News:

Three potential business partnership projects emerged from the 2015 DisrupTech competition at Los Alamos National Laboratory with winning proposals.

“The goals of the DisrupTech forum were two-fold, to expose industry to potentially Read More

LANL Sponsors 19th Annual Hazmat Challenge

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Midwest City, Okla., Fire Department members use sandbags to stop simulated radioactive liquid waste from a spill from flowing downstream during the 2014 Hazmat Challenge. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Competition tests skills of hazardous materials response teams from three states

Twelve hazardous materials response teams from New Mexico, Missouri and Nebraska test their skills in a series of graded, timed exercises at the 19th annual Hazmat Challenge July 27-31 at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

“The challenge provides hazardous materials responders the opportunity to test their skills, Read More