Paying it Forward: Chad Brown and Helen Milenski each received a $500 scholarship from Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Earth and Environmental Science Division during a presentation Tuesday at the New Mexico Consortium facility in Los Alamos. LANL hydrologist/geochemist Jeri Sullivan Graham of the Chemical Diagnostics and Engineering Group, funded the scholarships with a 2014 Conservation Grant Award she received from the Climate Change Leadership Institute. Courtesy/LANL
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DOE Launches New Office Of Technology Transitions
Acting Director Jetta Wong of the Office of Technology Transitions. Courtesy/DOE
DOE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced the launch of the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) to help expand the commercial impact of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) research.
The office will work closely with the national laboratories and engage with industry to commercialize technology and strengthen the global competitiveness of U.S. industries based on scientific and technological innovations.
“Through technology transfer, commercialization, and deployment Read More
A Different Big Bang Theory: Los Alamos Unveils Explosives Detection Expertise
Instructors discuss the production of aluminum based explosives, part of an advanced course in worldwide threats from homemade explosives created by the Los Alamos Collaboration for Explosives Detection (LACED). Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Collaboration project defeats explosives threats through enhanced detection technologies
Having long kept details of its explosives capabilities under wraps, a team of Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists is now rolling out a collaborative project to defeat explosives threats through enhanced detection technologies.
“We’re aiming to Read More
Los Alamos Engineering Council Engineer Week Dinner
Prof. Cleve Moler
LAEC News:
This year’s Los Alamos Engineering Council dinner will feature Prof. Cleve Moler, chief mathematician, chairman and cofounder of MathWorks, which got its start in New Mexico.
The event is Wednesday, Feb. 25 at the Betty Ehart Senior Center and includes:
- Social Time: 5:30 p.m.;
- Dinner: 6 p.m.; and
- Lecture: 6:40-7:30 p.m.
Abstract: MATLAB is a high-level language and interactive environment used by millions of engineers and scientists worldwide, including many at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The University of New Mexico and Los Alamos National Read More
Los Alamos Historical Society Offering Overnight Tour To Trinity Site
Trinity Site tour. Courtesy/LAHS
LA HISTORICAL SOCIETY News:
On July 16, 1945, the first man-made nuclear explosion was detonated in the pre-dawn darkness in the high desert ranchland about 30 miles southeast of Socorro. This year marks the 70th anniversary of that event, and the Los Alamos Historical Society is offering a special guided tour to the site.
For the first time, the Trinity Tour includes an expanded two-day, one night experience via the Alamogordo southern approach through the seldom seen interior of White Sands Missile Range. Departure from Trinity Site will be out of Read More
NNSA, Air Force Complete Successful B61-12 Life Extension Program Instrumented Flight Tests
NNSA reaches B61-12 Life Extension Program milestone. Courtesy/NNSA
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and United States Air Force completed eight successful B61-12 Life Extension Program (LEP) Vibration Fly Around/ Instrumented Measurement Vehicle (VFA/IMV) tests at Eglin Air Force Base and Edwards Air Force Base during July to December 2014.
The VFA/IMV test series collected and verified flight environment data for the B61-12 LEP.
“These tests are a major achievement for the B61-12 LEP to evaluate flight environments,” said Read More
SFI Seminar: ‘Information Flow And Closed Levels In Complex Systems’
Jüergen Jost
SFI News:
The Santa Fe Institute will present a seminar by Jüergen Jost (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences; SFI External Professor) titled “Information Flow and Closed Levels in Complex Systems” at 12:15 p.m., Feb. 11 in the Collins Conference Room at SFI, 1399 Hyde Park Road in Santa Fe.
Abstract. Levels of a complex system are characterized by the fact that they admit a closed functional description I shall consider dynamical systems where the different levels are linked by a coarse-graining of variables and states of the system, Read More
LANL Foundation Awards $48,000 In Education Grants
LANL FOUNDATION News:
In 2014, the LANL Foundation awarded 32 small Educational Outreach Grants, each $1,500, totaling $48,000.
- Abrazos Family Support Services, Autism After-School Program, provided monthly field trips for up to nine students where STEM subjects were reinforced with hands-on experiences.
- Atalaya PTA, Atalaya Elementary School Librarian Fund, supported a librarian to help students read, research and achieve academic success.
- Center for the Education and Study of Diverse Populations (CESDP) at New Mexico Highlands University, 23rd Annual Back to School Family and
DOE Secretary: Today’s National Security Strategy Update Reaffirms US Commitment
DOE News:
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz made the following statement regarding the National Security Strategy (NSS) announced today:
“The vision that President Obama laid out in the latest National Security Strategy positions the United States to be a continued global leader in promoting a safe and secure world while mitigating the risks of climate change. When President Obama spoke nearly six years ago in Prague, he laid out many of the challenges that the world faces, from climate change to the global economic crisis to nuclear proliferation. And Read More
Energy Secretary Moniz Dedicates World’s Brightest Synchrotron Light Source
Brookhaven National Lab’s National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II). Courtesy/BNL
DOE News:
- NSLS-II at Brookhaven National Lab will Accelerate Unprecedented Advances in Energy, Environmental Science, and Medicine
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz today dedicated the world’s most advanced light source, the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL).
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
The NSLS-II is a $912-million DOE Office of Science User Facility that produces extremely bright beams Read More