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SFI Colloquium: ‘Informational Principles in the Perception-Action Loop’

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Daniel Polani. Courtesy/SFI

SFI News:

Santa Fe Institute Colloquium • Tuesday, March 18 • 3:30 p.m. • Noyce Conference Room • 1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe

Daniel Polani, University of Hertfordshire, presents “Informational Principles in the Perception-Action Loop.”

Abstract.  Ashby’s Law of Requisite Variety (1956) and, in last years, especially its later rediscovery and extension by Touchette and Lloyd (2000, 2004) have indicated that Shannon information acts as fundamental “currency” constraining the potential organization and “administration” Read More

Public Invited to Tour New Mexico Consortium Biolab

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N.M. Consortium Biolab. Courtesy/NMC

LACC News:

The public is invited to tour the New Mexico Consortium Biolab at a Los Alamos Chamber of FAN Club event 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, March 19.

The Biolab is at 100 Entrada Dr. in Los Alamos.

The Consortium is involved in many different areas of research and the staff will speak about them during the tour. Read More

Los Alamos Scientist Addresses Bioaerosol Risks and Detection

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Kristin Omberg. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

A biological attack could spread through a population quickly and have a devastating effect. An early detection system would be key to reducing a population’s chance of exposure. The challenge is how to detect and identify an agent before people start getting sick.

“The 2001 anthrax letters contained only a few grams of material ─ about two sugar cubes’ worth. The federal government is concerned about attacks with hundreds of grams of material. So how do we protect ourselves against an attack with a whole bag of sugar the next time?” said Kristin Read More

New Ladder Truck ‘Pushed In’ At Fire Station No. 1

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Los Alamos National Laboratory and Los Alamos County officials ‘pushed in’ a new ladder truck during a ceremony Monday at Fire Station No. 1 on West Jemez Road across from the J. Robert Oppenheimer Study Center and Otowi Building at LANL’s Technical Area 3. Los Alamos County Fire Department provides fire protection services to the Laboratory. Driver engineer Joseph Romero of the Los Alamos County Fire Department actually backed the ladder truck into the fire bay. The 2013 custom built Smeal ladder truck can pump up to 2,250 gallons Read More

2015 Budget Proposal Makes Critical Investments in All-Of-The-Above Energy Strategy and Nat’l. Security

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DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz

DOE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz detailed President Barack Obama’s $27.9 billion Fiscal Year 2015 budget request for the Energy Department. Secretary Moniz emphasized the President’s continued commitment to a low-carbon future, improved energy infrastructure resilience, U.S. science and technology leadership and stronger national security.

This budget request represents a 2.6 percent increase above the FY 2014 enacted level, reflecting the importance of the Department’s core focus areas:

  • Energy and Science;
  • Nuclear
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Bradbury Science Museum Celebrates Pi Day

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Reuben Hersh

LANL News:

 

Reuben Hersh, professor emeritus at the University of New Mexico, will speak on “Mathematician’s Delight,” noon to 1 p.m. Friday, March 14 at the Bradbury Science Museum as part of the Pi Day celebration.

 

Pi Day is the celebration of the number π (Pi—3.14) and is held March 14 (3/14). Hersh’s talk will demonstrate fun with numbers and triangles, and some puzzles with logic and philosophy.

 

Other Pi Day events include hands-on Pi activities throughout the museum, and the historic Marchant calculator used by wartime “Rosies” Read More

Free Resource Fair Thursday On How To Do Business With LANL And The Government

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RDC News:

ESPANOLA – The Regional Development Corporation (RDC) is hosting the “Resource Roundtable: Opportunities Close to Home,” a free event 1-5 p.m. Thursday, March 13 at Buffalo Thunder Resort.

Three topics will be covered:

  • Finance;
  • Doing Business with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL); and
  • Doing Business with the Government.

The event format will facilitate small group discussions between entrepreneurs and knowledgeable resource providers.

Co-sponsoring the event is the Minority Business Development Agency Business Center and Los Alamos National Laboratory. Members Read More

Jeff Mousseau Named LAESF Scholarship Chair

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Jeff Mousseau

LAESF News:

Jeff Mousseau, Associate Director of Environmental Programs for Los Alamos National Laboratory, is chairing the 2014 Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund campaign.

Laboratory employees contributed $308,000 to the campaign last year, and Los Alamos National Security, LLC, through its employee match program, gave $250,000.

The 2014 LAESF campaign begins May 19. Scholarship awards range from $30,000 to $1,000 to help students in the seven counties of Northern New Mexico pursue a higher education.

“As the father of five children who have college degrees, I know Read More

SFI Seminar: Natural Evolution of Duplicated DNA — An Evolutionary Stick-Breaking Process

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Peter F. Arndt

SFI News:

SFI Seminar Wednesday, March 12, 2014 • 12:15 p.m. • Collins Conference Room • 1399 Hyde Park Road

Peter F. Arndt, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, presents “Natural Evolution of Duplicated DNA — An Evolutionary Stick-Breaking Process.”

Abstract: Recently, an enrichment of identical matching sequences has been found in many eukaryotic genomes. Their length distribution exhibits a power law tail raising the question of what evolutionary mechanism or functional constraints would be able to shape this distribution. Here we introduce Read More

Breaking News: LANL Deputy Director Resigns

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Beth Sellers

Breaking News:

The Los Alamos Daily Post just received news that Los Alamos National Laboratory Deputy Director Beth Sellers has resigned.

Sellers issued the following statement to LANL employees:

“You may soon read news coverage about an issue involving the Laboratory. A family member of mine was awarded a consulting agreement with the Lab in the fall of 2012. At the time, this was not properly disclosed for full evaluation of potential conflict of interest. I realized this mistake several months later and immediately requested a review from Lab Counsel and Audits and Read More