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Six Regional Businesses Receive Native American Venture Acceleration Fund Grants

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LANL News:

  • LANS, LANL fostering economic development in Northern New Mexico

Six Northern New Mexico Native American-owned and operated businesses received a total of $60,000 in grants through a new Native American Venture Acceleration Fund created by Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS) and the Regional Development Corporation.

The grants are designed to help the recipients create jobs, increase their revenue base and help diversify the area economy.

Funding comes from LANS, which manages Los Alamos National Laboratory. The Native American Venture Acceleration Fund is managed Read More

Two UNM-LA Innovators Selected for Los Alamos Discovery Day

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Staff Report

The New Mexico Consortium (NMC), the Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation (LACDC) and the High Desert Discovery District (HD3) announced that 14 New Mexico innovators were chosen to present their ideas and/or technologies to a panel of business and subject matter experts at the Los Alamos Discovery Day, sponsored by Jaynes Corporation, Feb. 6.  

This event will be held at the Los Alamos Research Park and is not open to the public as it is a private consultation for the innovators.

Of the 14 companies/innovators chosen to present, two are recent students from one Read More

FBI Director Rates LANL Security ‘Excellent’

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National FBI Director James B. Comey flanked by New Mexico law enforcement agency leaders Friday during a press conference at Albuquerque FBI Headquarters. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Daily Post Publisher Carol A. Clark, left, and Russell Contreras of the Associated Press are among the media invited to Friday’s special press conference with National FBI Director James Comey at Albuquerque FBI Headquarters. Special Agent in Charge Carol K.O. Lee of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division is fourth from left. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com Read More

SFI Seminar: Singapore and Complexity

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Jan Wouter Vasbinder
Director, Centre of Complexity Sciences
Nanyang Technological University

SFI News:

Jan Wouter Vasbinder will discuss Singapore and Complexity at this week’s SFI Seminar.

Wednesday, Feb. 5 • 12:15 p.m. • Collins Conference Room • SFI

Abstract: For the first 40 years of its existence as an independent country Singapore seemed like simplicity itself. Why then should Singapore embrace complexity? And what does it mean to Singapore? I will discuss some underlying reasons why Singapore and complexity found each other, what complexity means for Singapore, Read More

LANL CPO Director Discusses Lab Impacts

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CPO Director Kurt Steinhaus. Courtesy/LANL

KIWANIS News:

Kurt Steinhaus, director of community programs at Los Alamos National Laboratory, spoke at Kiwanis Jan. 21, addressing the laboratory’s commitment to the community.

In a biographical statement provided to Kiwanis before he spoke, Steinhaus said his work “is focused on math, science, engineering and technology education, technical assistance for small businesses and helping entrepreneurs start new companies, and partnering with non-profit organizations to advance their strategic goals.”

He is a former deputy cabinet secretary Read More

Science on Screen Presents ‘Particle Fever’

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SFI News:

In a special Science On Screen event presented by The Lensic Performing Arts Center, The Center for Contemporary Arts and Santa Fe Institute, special guests physicist Geoffrey West and director Mark Levinson introduce the hit documentary film “Particle Fever,” the story of the machine and the people who sought, and found, the long-predicted but elusive Higgs boson, popularly known as “the God particle.”

The event is 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 11 at the Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe. Advance tickets are recommended.

For the first time, a film gives audiences a Read More

Jessamyn Fairfield Receives Early Career Physics Communicator Award

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Jessamyn Fairfield, left, receives Early Career Physics Communicator Award from Fran Scott. Courtesy/www.iop.org

Staff Report

This year’s Early Career Physics Communicator Award has gone to a postdoc at Trinity College Dublin who helped to create a physics campaign on the city’s light railway. Jessamyn Fairfield of Los Alamos and daughter of local scientist Eric Fairfield was presented with £250 in cash Nov. 26 by television communicator Fran Scott at the final of the awards.

Fairfield impressed judges with her enthusiasm and her commitment to finding funders for Read More

Question: Are Graduate Students Rational?

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NMC News:

Do graduate students make rational decisions? A recent study published by New Mexico Consortium (NMC) researcher Meg Blume-Kohout concludes that no, graduate students are not entirely rational – at least with respect to their postdoctoral employment prospects.

When deciding whether or not to enroll, prospective biomedical graduate students respond to current market changes and student funding opportunities, but seem to ignore long-term salary prospects. 

Data for 1996–2010 showed that graduate enrollment in biomedical sciences for a given year rose by 2.9–3.9 Read More

JILA Strontium Atomic Clock Sets New Precision and Stability Records

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JILA’s experimental atomic clock based on strontium atoms held in a lattice of laser light is the world’s most precise and stable atomic clock. The image is a composite of many photos taken with long exposure times and other techniques to make the lasers more visible. Photo by Ye group and Baxley/JILA

NIST News:

Heralding a new age of terrific timekeeping, a research group led by a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) physicist has unveiled an experimental strontium atomic clock that has set new world records for both precision and stability—key metrics for the performance Read More

LANL Foundation Grant Helps PEEC Facilitate Hands-On Science Program

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Students at Barranca Elementary School participate in the Pajarito Plateau Field Science program facilitated by PEEC. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

Thanks to a grant of $1,500 by the LANL Foundation in late 2013, the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) has been able to build on the success of its hands-on field science program in Los Alamos elementary schools.

The Pajarito Plateau Field Science (PPFS) curriculum is designed to get students outside doing hands-on field science in their schoolyards or on local trails. It also focuses on giving teachers the tools and training they need Read More