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Entreprenurial Teen Grand Challenge Participants Wow Judges

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The Quality Mobile Small Engine Repair Team from Espanola took First Place in the Entreprenurial Teen Grand Challenge and received $400 to build their business. The event was held Monday at UNM-Los Alamos as part of Los Alamos ScienceFest 2014. Judges were impressed by the achievable goals outlined in their proposal. Seven teams from around northern New Mexico competed in the Challenge, presenting their business plan to a panel of six judges. Team members, from left, Alejandro Atencio, Joshua Lopez and lead mechanic Xena Martinez. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
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Broken by Secrets: Robert Oppenheimer and the Early Atomic Age

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Gen. Leslie Groves speaks at a ceremony honoring Robert Oppenheimer, far left, in Los Alamos in 1945. Courtesy/Palace of the Governors Archives

NMHM News:

  • A Free First Friday Evening Talk

SANTA FE—Less than a decade after he helped craft the weapons that helped bring an end to World War II, Robert Oppenheimer was stripped of his top security clearance.

In a public display played out in the nation’s newspapers, he was removed as even an advisor to the Atomic Energy Commission. Learn more about “Oppie’s” fall from grace when Dr. Jon Hunner, interim director of the New Mexico History Museum, speaks Read More

Los Alamos Historical Society Gala Treats Crowd To Evening Under The Stars

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A crowd attends the Los Alamos Historical Society 2014 Fall Gala ‘An Evening Under the Stars’ Friday on the lawn at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Clay and Dorothy Perkins with their Los Alamos History Award. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
Clay Perkins speaks at the podium after he and his wife Dorothy Perkins received the Los Alamos History Award for their contributions to preserving the history of Los Alamos. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
STAFF REPORT

The Los Alamos Historical Society hosted the 2014 Fall Gala

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Heinrich Highlights National Labs R&D Program

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

U.S. SENATE News:

ALBUQUERQUE – During a visit to the University of New Mexico’s Science & Technology Park Aug. 28, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., was briefed on Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) projects from Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories.

The projects ranged from software that helps prevent cybersecurity attacks to reducing water usage for the energy industry.

In an effort to foster and develop research in the area of national security, Congress in 1992 authorized national laboratories

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DOE Announces $8 Million to Improve Resiliency of the Grid

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DOE News:

  • Projects in Seven States to Help Communities Become More Adaptive With Microgrids

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In support of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan and the Administration’s commitment to improve national power grid resiliency, today the Energy Department announced more than $8 million for microgrid projects to help cities and towns better prepare for extreme weather events and other potential electricity disruptions.  

This investment – which includes seven awardees in Alaska, California, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Tennessee and Washington – supports Read More

LANL Conducts Important Hydrodynamic Experiment in Nevada

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Technicians at the Nevada National Security Site move the ‘Leda’ experiment in a specially designed container from the Device Assembly Facility. Courtesy/LANL

Technicians at the Nevada National Security Site make final adjustments to the ‘Leda’ experimental vessel in the ‘Zero Room’ at the underground U1a facility. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Nicknamed “Leda,” it provides key data for Stockpile Stewardship

Los Alamos National Laboratory has successfully fired the latest in a series of experiments at the Nevada National Security Read More

Visitors to Bradbury View Live-streamings of TEDxABQ

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Participants view a live streaming of TEDxABQ Saturday morning at the Bradbury Science Museum, part of Los Alamos ScienceFest. The event actually took place at the University of New Mexico’s Popejoy Hall in Albuquerque. A series of speakers, including Karissa Sanbonmatsu of Los Alamos National Laboratory, took to the stage to discuss various topics. While TED, which stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design, annually brings speakers from around the world, TEDxABQ works independently and focuses on New Mexico speakers. Last year, LANL Director Charlie McMillian was one
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Los Alamos Historical Society Honors Helene Suydam During Pre-Gala Event At Bethe House

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Los Alamos Historical Society Board Member John Ruminer presents the Los Alamos History Award to Helene and Jerry Suydam during a pre-gala event Friday evening at the Bethe House. Jerry has passed away but since the 1950s, he and Helene owned the home on Bathtub Row once occupied by J. Robert Oppenheimer. The couple donated the Oppenheimer House to the Los Alamos Historical Society in 2004. Helene continues to contribute to the Los Alamos Historical Society in many ways and was honored for her generosity at Friday’s event. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

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Veterans of USS Curtiss Visit Los Alamos

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Veterans, spouses and widows of veterans of the USS Curtiss during a tour Thursday of the Bradbury Science Museum. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
 
Archive photo of the USS Curtiss. Courtesy/LANL
 
STAFF REPORT

Some 25 WWII veterans, spouses and widows of veterans of the USS Curtiss paid a special visit Thursday to Los Alamos. 

Members of the American Legion Riders escorted the group during their visit. Los Alamos National Laboratory Historian Alan Carr presented a talk to the group at the Bradbury Science Museum on the Lab’s history and impact on the world.

“We

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WIPP Personnel Completing Preparations For Underground Facility Rock Bolting Activities

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Mining personnel install a rock bolt that helps stabilize the rock formation in the WIPP underground facility. Courtesy/WIPP

WIPP News:

Personnel at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) are completing preparations to resume rock bolting activities maintaining the WIPP underground facility in a safe and stable condition as the recovery process continues.

At WIPP, rock bolts are typically installed in a pattern that optimizes the bolt’s effectiveness to ensure stability of disposal rooms and access tunnels. Mechanics must first perform preventative maintenance on the mine equipment, Read More