Los Alamos National Laboratory postdoctoral researcher Elena Guardincerri, right, and undergraduate research assistant Shelby Fellows prepare a lead hemisphere inside a muon tomography machine, which can peer inside closed containers and provide detailed images of dense objects such as nuclear materials or other items of interest. The detector, developed at Los Alamos, uses muons — tiny particles generated when cosmic rays interact with Earth’s atmosphere — to do its work, providing a simple, passive system that can be used to thwart nuclear smugglers or look inside Read More
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New Los Alamos Approach May Be Key to Quantum Dot Solar Cells With Real Gains in Efficiency
Core/shell PbSe/CdSe quantum dots (a) and a carrier multiplication (CM) pathway (b) in these nano structures. (a) Transmission electron microscopy image of thick-shell PbSe/CdSe quantum dots developed for this study. (b) A hot hole generated in the shell via absorption of a photon collides with a core-localized valence-band electron, promoting it across the energy-gap, which generates a second electron-hole pair. In thick-shell PbSe/CdSe quantum dots this process is enhanced due to slow relaxation of shell-localized holes into the core.Courtesy/LANL
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SFI Community Lecture: Luis Bettencourt on What Makes Cities Unique
Professor Luis Bettencourt of the Santa Fe Institute. Courtesy/SFI
SFI News:
What defines the unique character of a city? What unexpected purpose is served by the world’s slums?
Luis Bettencourt, professor at the Santa Fe Institute, will answer these questions and many more during his talk “The Fabric of Our Lives: Cities, Slums, Neighborhoods, People,” scheduled for 7:30 p.m. today at the James A. Little Theater, 1060 Cerrillos Road in Santa Fe.
To participate in SFI’s Community Lectures live online, visit SFI’s YouTube page. To participate in the discussion via Twitter, follow Read More
Udall Secures Critical Funding for Labs, WIPP
Sen. Tom Udall
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tuesday, Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., joined the Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee in approving a bill that provides critical Fiscal Year 2015 funding for New Mexico’s national labs, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), and other Department of Energy (DOE) and water-related programs important to the state.
The full committee will vote on the bill as early as this week.
As a member of the subcommittee, Udall was instrumental in securing full funding for key DOE programs at Los Alamos and Sandia national Read More
Innovation at the Atomic Level: Watch Video on LANL’s CINT
An image 10,000 times smaller than a human hair that researchers at CINT work with on a daily basis. CINT Image. PrintScreen/LADP
LANL News:
10,000 times smaller than a human hair — that’s the scale of the structures researchers at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) work with on a daily basis.
At CINT, a user facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories, experts from the fields of engineering, physics, chemistry and biology are working together to solve challenges related to the design, performance, and integration Read More
LANL: Taking Pictures With Protons
A wristwatch was one of the first items imaged by the new proton radiography system. At left the inner workings of the mechanism are visible. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- U.S., German, Russian collaboration conducts first experiments in Germany
A new facility for using protons to take microscopic images has been commissioned at the ring accelerator of the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH (Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research) in Darmstadt, Germany.
The proton microscope was developed by an international collaboration consisting of Los Alamos National Laboratory, Read More
High-Performance Computer System Installed at LANL
The Wolf computer system modernizes mid-tier resources for Los Alamos scientists. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Unclassified ‘Wolf’ system to advance many fields of science
Los Alamos National Laboratory recently installed a new high-performance computer system, called Wolf, which will be used for unclassified research.
“This machine modernizes our mid-tier resources available to Laboratory scientists,” said Bob Tomlinson, of the Laboratory’s High Performance Computing group. “Wolf is a critical tool that can be used to advance many fields of science.”
Wolf, manufactured by the Cray Read More
DOE Launches ‘How Energy Works Week’ at Energy.gov
DOE News:
- Learn the Ins and Outs of Game-Changing Energy Technologies
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week DOE is celebrating the launch of a new series on Energy.gov: How Energy Works. Each day DOE will break down the inner workings of a different energy technology – including particle accelerators, microgrids, 3D printers and wind turbines – while presenting the public with daily opportunities to ask leading experts about the technology of the day on Twitter at 2 p.m. ET. Use the hashtag #HowEnergyWorks on social media to stay engaged throughout the week.
Schedule:
- Tuesday, June 17
Regional Coalition of LANL Communities Meets Friday
RCLC News:
Regional Coalition of LANL Communities Regular Business Meeting is 9-11 a.m. Friday, June 20 in the Taos County Chambers, 105 Albright St., in Taos.
The meeting focuses on Northern New Mexico’s workforce, starts promptly at 9 a.m., and presenters include the LANL Community Programs Office, the Regional Development Corporation and the Northern Area Local Workforce Development Board.
Directions: Take Paseo del Pueblo Sur (Highway 68 – the main road coming into Taos). Turn right on Albright Street (about a quarter mile before coming to the Plaza Read More
Business Owners Showcase Their Services at Chamberfest
Valerie Montoya of Navarro, a LANL subcontractor, hands out swag Saturday afternoon at Chamberfest. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Valerie Nevarez of SA Associated Services, LLC and Sandra Villa of Beauty Villa show off their wares at Chamberfest. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.comBy KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
Saturday, 65 Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce business members pulled out promotional banners, key chains, tote bags and pamphlets and headed to Central Park Square to mingle with the public and spread the word about their enterprises.
The Read More