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Regional Coalition of LANL Communities Meets Friday
LANL News:
The Regional Coalition of LANL Communities meets at 9 a.m., Friday, Feb. 21. The meeting is at the Convento Mission Museum, Plaza de Española, at the corner of Paseo de Oñate, 84/285, and Los Alamos Highway, N.M. 30. There will be plenty of space, sound and a projector.
For the February Meeting Agenda, click here. For the February Meeting Packet, click here. For more information, visit the Regional Coalition website at regionalcoalition.org.
Individuals with a disability who need a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter or any other form of auxiliary aid or service Read More
Venture Acceleration Fund Proposals Due March 21
LANL News:
Applications Due March 21
ESPANOLA—The Venture Acceleration Fund (VAF) is accepting applications for the 2014 calendar year, due March 21.
Selected companies will receive awards of up to $100,000 to assist in taking their innovations to market more quickly. Companies located in the Northern New Mexico counties of Los Alamos, Santa Fe, Sandoval, Rio Arriba, Taos, San Miguel and Mora are given preference for funding, as are projects associated with Los Alamos technology or expertise.
Since its inception in 2006, VAF has assisted 39 New Mexico companies through marketing and technology Read More
Energy Secretary Moniz to Make Major ‘All of the Above’ Energy Announcement
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
DOE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz will address the National Press Club Wednesday, where he will make a major announcement regarding the Administration’s “all of the above energy strategy” and the path toward a low carbon energy future.
Building on his recent travel across the country, the Moniz will discuss the importance of developing a diverse energy portfolio and offer insight into the Department’s next step in supporting cutting-edge energy technologies. Read More
LANL: Biosurveillance Panel to Address Essential Science for Public Health
Basil Swanson. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Symposium at AAAS Chicago conference on the ‘Interface of Biological, Physical, and Information Sciences’ for biosurveillance
A team of national experts across varied disciplines are gathering today in Chicago, prepared to explore the most critical aspects of international disease awareness.
Convened during the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting, its organizer Basil Swanson of Los Alamos National Laboratory noted, “It is absolutely essential that nations are able to quickly detect and characterize Read More
SFI Seminar: Complex-Systems-Biology Approach to Plasticity and Robustness
Kunihiko Kaneko/Courtesy/SFI
SFI News:
12:15 p.m. • Thursday, Feb. 20 • Collins Conference Room • 1399 Hyde Park Road • Santa Fe
Kunihiko Kaneko of the University of Tokyo will discuss Complex-Systems-Biology Approach to Plasticity and Robustness at Thursday’s SFI Seminar.
Abstract: Life systems generally consist of different levels with hierarchy, from molecules, cells, tissues, organisms, to ecosystem. States at each level change dynamically in time, while consistency between different levels is generally formed for a stable biosystem. Such consistency is Read More
SFI Seminar: Behind the Scenes at Nature
Alexandra Witze
SFI News:
12:15 p.m. • Wednesday, Feb. 19 • Collins Conference Room • 1399 Hyde Park Road • Santa Fe
Nature news correspondent & SFI Journalism Fellow, Alexandra Witze, will discuss Behind the Scenes at Nature at Wednesday’s SFI Seminar.
Abstract: Nearly every scientist has a classic story involving Nature, be it a rejected paper or a peer-review clash or a quote in the news section. As former US news chief for the magazine, now a contributing correspondent, I’ll try to demystify the workings of the journal. I’ll discuss the differences between the news and manuscript Read More
SFI Seminar: Celestial Events, Conceptual Metaphors and Myth
W. Bruce Masse
SFI News:
3:30 p.m. • Tuesday, Feb. 18 • Collins Conference Room • 1399 Hyde Park Road • Santa Fe
W. Bruce Masse will discuss Celestial Events, Conceptual Metaphors and Myth: Their Role in the Development of Human Cognition at this week’s SFI Seminar.
Abstract: This talk examines the possibility that the celestial heavens in general, and specifically celestial events, were critical to the development of major cognitive constructs within past human societies including religion, cosmology and the specification of emblems of social and political power.
To explore Read More
Roger Weins to Speak at Military Order of the World Wars Dinner Meeting Feb. 18
Dr. Roger WeinsMOWW News:
Dr. Roger Weins, LANL MARS Rover CURIOSITY researcher, is the guest speaker for the Feb. 18 dinner meeting of the Major General Franklin E. Miles Chapter 229 of The Military Order of the World Wars at the Los Alamos County Research Park.
The Major General Franklin E. Miles Chapter 229 of The Military Order of World Wars in Los Alamos is pleased to announce that Dr. Roger Weins is to speak on his work in researching the planet MARS and the LANL exploration “rovers” including the rover Curiosity now exploring the planet surface.
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Read More Regional Coalition of LANL Communities Meets Feb. 21
LANL News:
The Regional Coalition of LANL Communities regular business meeting is 9-11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 21, at Espanola City Council Chambers, 105 Paseo de Oñate.
The Regional Coalition is comprised of eight cities and counties surrounding the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory. Founded in 2011, the Regional Coalition works in partnership to ensure national decisions incorporate local needs and concerns.
The organization’s focus is environmental remediation, regional economic development and site employment and adequate funding for LANL. Read More