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NMC Gives UNM Large Scale Computer System for Science and Engineering Research

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CARC Systems Group staff members Susan Wilson and Ben Archuleta assist in unloading the second shipment of  supercomputer equipment sent from the NMC to UNM. Courtesy/NMC

NMC News:

The New Mexico Consortium (NMC), one of the largest technology-based businesses in Los Alamos County, has repurposed a supercomputer cluster by giving it to one of its partners, the University of New Mexico (UNM.) The 120-node/960 core, AMD/Infiniband-based system will be housed at the UNM supercomputer center, the Center for Advanced Research Computing (CARC), and made available for parallel research Read More

Discover E 2014 at LAHS Feb. 20!

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Discover E provides interesting, interactive and fun engineering, science, math and technology demonstrations. Courtesy photo

Students brace for the big bang. Courtesy photo

DISCOVER E News:

Discover E (Engineering) is an evening of interesting, interactive and fun engineering, science, math and technology demonstrations for K-12 students and their parents or guardians. The 12th annual Engineers Week activity is 4:30-7 p.m.,Thursday, Feb. 20 at the Los Alamos High School Commons Area.

The event is co-sponsored by the Los Alamos Chapter of ASM International (a professional society Read More

SFI Colloquium: Agent-based Modeling and Public Health – Progress and Potential

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Ross A. Hammond, Brookings Institution

SFI Colloquium:

Tuesday, Feb. 11 • 3:30 p.m. • Noyce Conference Room • 1399 Hyde Park Road in Santa Fe

Agent-based Modeling and Public Health: Progress and Potential

Abstract. Complex social dynamics drive many important public health outcomes, and understanding these dynamics can be critical for designing effective public policies. Advanced computational modeling such as agent-based modeling (ABM) is increasingly used to understand multi-level determinants of complex public health challenges and to design and test effective responses.

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Historical Society Lecture Features LANL Historian Alan Carr Tuesday at Fuller Lodge

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LANL Historian Alan Carr

LA HISTORICAL SOCIETY News:

The Los Alamos Historical Society presents Alan B. Carr, author of “On The Front Lines of the Cold War,” 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 11, at Fuller Lodge.

Carr will explore the political landscape of the later Cold War years from the Los Alamos perspective by introducing the Laboratory leaders and technologies that helped win history’s most dangerous conflict.

Carr is the Historian for Los Alamos National Laboratory. During his tenure as Laboratory Historian, Carr has produced several publications pertaining to the Manhattan Project, early Read More

Science Cinema Draws Locals to the Bradbury

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Charles Arnold and his sons, Judah, 4 and Samuel, 2, take part in Saturday’s Science Cinema at the Bradbury Science Museum. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

The Bradbury Science Museum sees a lot of traffic throughout the year – about 80,000 people – a large chunk of whom are tourists. In an effort to attract more Los Alamos residents through its doors, the Bradbury recently began a series called Science Cinema.

The series is 10:30 a.m. every Saturday in the museum’s auditorium. A short film addressing a topic in Read More

‘Experimental Physical Sciences Vistas’ Presents 70 Years of Los Alamos Milestones

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LANL News:

Making, measuring and modeling are inextricably linked throughout the history of Los Alamos National Laboratory. These scientific endeavors were instrumental in fulfilling the objectives of the Manhattan Project and they remain so today in executing the Laboratory’s national security mission.

The new issue of “Experimental Physical Sciences Vistas” presents 70 years of Los Alamos milestones in making, measuring and modeling; highlights the people who perform this science; and it outlines the evolution of the Laboratory’s signature facilities Read More

Annual ‘La Noche Encantada’ Draws 2,000 VIPs

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Representatives from Los Alamos National Laboratory and spouses from left, James Kloeppel, Jo Ann Archuleta, Michael Cisneros, Doug McCray, Chris Fresquez, Renee Fresquez, Paula Padilla, Patrick Padilla, Yvonne Gonzales and Joseph Gonzales. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Chamber Director Katy Korkos, right, with New Mexico Attorney General Gary King and his wife Yolanda Jones King. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Dr. Paul Daly of Northern New Mexico Medical Associates and Chief of Staff of Los Alamos Medical Center  with his wife Linda Daly, executive Read More

Bradbury Science Museum Lecture: HIV Genetic Research Feb. 12

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LANL News:
  • Genetics in the Era of Big Data
Tanmoy Bhattacharya
 
Tanmoy Bhattacharya of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Theoretical Division will talk about the Laboratory’s research in HIV genetics and how the deluge of new data is going to impact its future at 5:30 p.m., Feb. 12 at the Bradbury Science Museum.
 
The talk is the second in a series of evening lectures planned this year at the museum, and is free and open to the public.
 
“In biology, access to large amounts of genetic information about organisms revolutionized the way we could analyze their behavior and relationships;
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Science of Signatures Seminar Feb. 12

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IGPPS News:

NSEC – Institute for Geophysics, Planetary Physics and Signatures, announces the Science of Signatures Seminar Series 1-2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 12 at the Research Park, 2nd Floor, 203A Conference (Hot Rocks Cafe.)

Speaker Sanna Sevanto, EES-14, will discuss “Watching Water Flow Through Trees to Assess Climate Change.”
 
Water vapor flux through the stomata of plants (transpiration) is one of the key components linking the atmosphere to the land surface. In global scale, plants return about 60 percent of the annual precipitation to the atmosphere, helping control Read More

NNSA Reaches B61-12 LEP Milestone

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The B61-12 LEP. Courtesy/NNSA

NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced that Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories successfully completed the first full-system mechanical environment test of the B61‑12 as part of the NNSA’s ongoing effort to refurbish the B61 nuclear bomb.

Dr. Donald L. Cook

This first full-system mechanical environment test is one of several critical milestones for the B61-12 Life Extension Program (LEP.) The B61-12 LEP is an essential element of the U.S. strategic nuclear deterrent and of the U.S.’s commitments Read More