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Regional Coalition Of LANL Communities Gathers Friday Morning In Española

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Assistant Manager Pete Maggiore of NNSA’s Environmental Projects Office at the Los Alamos Field Office gives a presentation at Friday’s RCLC meeting in Española City Chambers. Photo by Eric Vasquez/valleydailypost.com

Staff Report

The Regional Coalition Of LANL Communities (RCLC) met Friday morning in the Española City Chambers at 405 N. Paseo de Oñate.

RCLC members heard an update on activities of the New Mexico Congressional Delegation. The members also heard presentations from Assistant Manager Pete Maggiore of NNSA’s Environmental Projects Office at the Los Read More

LAGS Talk: Methane Hot Spot In Four Corners: Where Is It coming from? Why Does It Matter?

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Manvendra Dubey
Scientist and Climate Focus Lead, LANL

LAGS News:

Manvendra Dubey is the guest speaker at the Los Alamos Geological Society’s (LAGS) monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m., April 21 at Christian Church, 92 East Road in Los Alamos.

Dubey is a scientist and Climate Focus Lead at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He will present the talk, “Methane Hot Spot In Four Corners: Where Is It coming from? Why Does It Matter?”

Abstract

Methane is 25 times more potent gas than carbon dioxide and its production has increased dramatically from advanced mining and extraction technique. This offers Read More

Los Alamos Historical Society Leads Trinity Site Tour

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The Los Alamos contingent joins others on a tour April 3-4 of the Trinity test site. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com

Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com

Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com

Editor’s note: Los Alamos Daily Post photographer Leland Lehman traveled with members of the Los Alamos Historical Society on a two-day tour April 3-4 of the Trinity test site. Here are photos and a story from that event.

Staff Report

Marking the 70th anniversary of the test of the first nuclear weapon on July 16, 1945, the Los Alamos Historical Society led a tour to the Trinity test site Read More

DOE Awards $200 Million For Next-Generation Supercomputer At Argonne National Laboratory

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DOE Under Secretary for Science and Energy Lynn Orr

DOE News:

  • Under Secretary Announces Next Steps in Pursuit of Exascale Supercomputing to Accelerate Major Scientific Discoveries and Engineering Breakthroughs

Argonne, Ill. – Today, U.S. Department of Energy Under Secretary for Science and Energy Lynn Orr announced two new High Performance Computing (HPC) awards that continue to advance U.S. leadership in developing exascale computing. 

The announcement was made alongside leaders from Argonne National Laboratory and industry partners at Chicago’s tech start-up hub, Read More

RCLC Meets 9-11 A.M. In Española Friday

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RCLC News:

The Regional Coalition of LANL Communities (RCLC) meets 9-11 am., Friday in the Española City Chambers at 405 N. Paseo de Oñate in Española.

The agenda includes:

Call to Order by Mayor Alice Lucero – 9 a.m.

Confirmation of Quorum 

Approval of Agenda

Approval of Meeting Minutes – 9:15 a.m. 

Discussion/Action Items (1 hr 20 min) 9:15-10:35 a.m.

  • New Mexico Congressional Delegation Updates (5 mins) 9:15-9:20 a.m.
  • Presentation by Pete Maggiore, Asst. Manager Environmental Projects Office (30 mins) 9:20-9:50 a.m.
  • Presentation by Carole Rutten, Deputy
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Letter To The Editor: Was Big Bang A Foam Experiment In An Open Vessel?

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By JOEL WILLIAMS
Los Alamos

Regarding LANL’s Picture of the Week published in today’s edition of the Los Alamos Daily Post: https://ladailypost.comcontent/lanls-picture-week-cyber-image-cosmos.

I have attached a figure of the LANL cosmos with an image of a phase separated foam that I generated many years ago. Many similar features.

Was the Big Bang a foam experiment in an open vessel?

The foam image is shallow in depth and more structured, whereas I assume the cosmos image is infinite.

Image of a phase separated foam. Courtesy/Joel Williams Read More

NNSA Hosts NPT Parties At LANL And Sandia

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Ambassador Adam Scheinman
U.S. Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation

NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) on March 25-27, hosted representatives from 11 members of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and one representative from the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs. 

The officials from non-nuclear-weapon states visited facilities at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) related Read More

LANL’s Picture Of The Week: Cyber Image Of Cosmos

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This intricate orange web is actually a high-resolution cyber image of our cosmos. The region pictured here represents about 1/10,000 of the total simulation volume. A team of astrophysicists and computer scientists, including LANL researchers, completed the first-ever complete trillion-particle cosmological simulation and have made an initial 55 Tbyte (trillion bytes) public data release. A primary goal of this project is to adopt some of the fundamental concepts of the open source community, and translate them to open data for state-of-the-art cosmological simulations. Courtesy/LANL Read More

SFI Seminar: Darwinian Neurodynamics

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Harold de Vladar
Parmenides Foundation
 
SFI News:

The Santa Fe Institute presents a seminar on Darwinian Neurodynamics by Harold de Vladar at 12:15 p.m., Tuesday in the Collins Conference Room in Santa Fe.

Abstract: Theoretical models of neuronal function consider different mechanisms through which networks learn, classify and discern inputs. A central focus of these models is to understand how associations are established amongst neurons, in order to predict spiking patterns that are compatible with empirical observations.

Although these models have led to major insights and

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WIPP Technical Assessment Team Issues Final Report

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WIPP News:

This week the Department of Energy’s Technical Assessment Team (TAT) visited Carlsbad and met with federal and contractor staff at WIPP and the Mayor’s Nuclear Task Force to provide a briefing and answer questions on their final report that was released March 26.

The TAT, which was established shortly after the Feb. 14, 2014 radiological release that occurred in the WIPP underground, was led by the Savannah River National Laboratory and consisted of experts from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Read More