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SFI Seminar: Everything You (N)ever Wanted To Know About Our Water, Sewer and Sanitation Systems

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Christa Brelsford
SFI Postdoctoral Fellow

SFI News:

SFI Seminar: Everything You (N)ever Wanted To Know About Our Water, Sewer, and Sanitation Systems by Christa Brelsford at 12:15 p.m., Tuesday, May 5 in the Collins Conference Room of the Santa Fe Institute at 1399 Hyde Park Road in Santa Fe.

Abstract: The problem of water is one of location and timing. Some places have too little, some places have too much, and moving water from here to there was once a genuinely difficult engineering problem.

Today it’s not difficult, but it is expensive. In this informal talk, I’ll cover some interesting social, Read More

Energy Department Issues New Report, Highlights The Success And Potential Of American Hydropower

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David Danielson
 
DOE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C, ― In support of the President’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, at the National Hydropower Association Annual Conference April 27, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy David Danielson announced the release of the 2014 Hydropower Market Report, the first ever report to quantify the current size, scope and variability of the nation’s hydropower supplies.
 
Hydropower currently provides approximately seven percent of the U.S. electricity supply – enough to power more than 20 million homes,
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SFI Presents: Science On Screen – Jurassic Park May 3

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Liz Bradley (University of Colorado)
 
SFI News:
 
The popular Science On Screen series continues May 3 in Santa Fe with SFI External Professor Liz Bradley of the University of Colorado Boulder presenting Jurassic Park.
 
“Life finds a way.” Steven Spielberg’s 1993 film about scientists who clone long-dead dinosaur species on a hidden island features as a special family-friendly afternoon showing at Science on Screen. Professor Liz Bradley will introduce the film with a brief talk and helping place it in scientific context.
 
Jurassic Park
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SFI Colloquium: ‘Cyberspace And International Relations – The Co-Evolution Dilemma’

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Nazli Choucri (MIT; SFI Science Board)
 
SFI News:
 
Santa Fe Institute (SFI) presents “Cyberspace and International Relations: The Co-Evolution Dilemma,” by Nazli Choucri at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 29 at Noyce Conference Room in Santa Fe.
 
SFI Host: Jerry Sabloff

Click here to view the online event listing.

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LAPS Superintendent Congratulates Student Jovan Zhang

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Los Alamos Superintendent of Schools Kurt Steinhaus congratulates LAHS student Jovan Zhang of Team 46 on his recent third place win in the New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge for his research, ‘Number Theory Applied to RSA Encryption’, which demonstrates RSA encryption methods using only elementary number theory and presented proofs. Courtesy photo Read More

New LANL Science Learning Center Will Serve As Multipurpose Classroom At Nature Center

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LANL News:

  • PEEC Executive Director Katherine Watson Featured On LANL Community Connections Podcast

A Community Connections podcast episode featuring the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) has just been released from the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Community Programs Office.

Katherine Watson

PEEC Executive Director Katherine Watson highlights the new exhibits, events and workshops that PEEC will now be able to offer the community from their new headquarters at 2600 Canyon Road in Los Alamos. The new center celebrated its grand opening April 22 with a ribbon-cutting Read More

LANL’s Dr. Steven P. Girrens Named ASME Fellow

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Via video during a special event Thursday evening at the Los Alamos Research Park, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich congratulates new ASME Fellow Dr. Steven P. Girrens, at left, and commends him for his achievements in the field of engineering. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

From left, Dr. Brad Meyer, Sharon Stover and Dr. Alan Bishop. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

 

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
 
A hush fell over the room Thursday evening as word came that Dr. Steven P. Girrens had entered the elevator at the Los Alamos Research Park. He was heading to the
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DOE Accident Investigation Board Concludes: Plenty Of Blame To Go Around For Radioactive Release At WIPP

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DOE Accident Investigation Board Chair Ted Wyka speaking at Thursday’s Town Hall meeting at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Visual depiction of Panel 7, Room 7 at WIPP, where Drum 68660 in row 16, column 4 leaked radioactive material. The DOE Accident Investigation Board issued a 670-page forensic study of the Feb. 2014 accident and its aftermath. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

Ted Wyka, chairman for the Department of Energy Accident Investigation Board was at Fuller Lodge Thursday night to Read More

LANL: SOC – IGUA Agree To 60-Day Contract Extension

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LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory has announced that the contractor that provides security Protective Force services to the Laboratory, SOC-LA, and the International Guards Union of America Local #69 (IGUA) have agreed to a 60-day contract extension.

Union Protective Force personnel will continue to work as normal during the extension period, so a contingency plan to deploy an augmented Protective Force will not be implemented at this time. It is our sincere hope that SOC-LA and IGUA will reach agreement on a fair and equitable union contact during the extension period, LANL spokesperson Read More

SFI: ‘Impact Of Topology On Dynamical Processes Over Networks – Connectivity And Competition Matters’

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June Zhang Carnegie Mellon University
 
SFI News:
 
Santa Fe Institute (SFI) seminar “Impact of Topology on Dynamical Processes over Networks: Connectivity and Competition Matters” 12:15 p.m. Monday, April 27 in the Collins Conference Room in Santa Fe.

Abstract: Networks capture relationships between interactive agents in a population. Dynamical processes, such as epidemics, over networks is frequently used as a model to understand how information/virus/rumors/ opinions/failures spread amongst agents in a heterogenous population.

The inclusion

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