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Santa Fe Institute Seeks New President

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The Santa Fe Institute at 1399 Hyde Park Road in Santa Fe. Courtesy/SFI

SFI News:

The Santa Fe Institute is seeking an uncommon leader to guide the world-renowned nonprofit research and education center. Dr. Jeremy Sabloff will retire in August 2015 after serving two 3-year terms leading the Institute.

The President is responsible for defining and implementing a strategic vision to continue and extend the Institute’s leadership in computational and theoretical research within and across the natural and social sciences, while building bridges to the humanities. The President will strengthen Read More

Santa Fe Institute Turns 30

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SFI News:

Throughout 2014, the Santa Fe Institute will reflect on its first three decades in which a signature approach to science was born. SFI also is looking ahead to the next 30 years.

As part of the celebration, SFI has launched a new SFI@30 section of its website, where all year stories about SFI’s history, opportunities to share your memories about SFI’s past, and ways you can support the 30th Anniversary Campaign will be displayed.

Visit https:////www.santafe.edu/support/sfi30/ to learn more. Read More

Layered Security: Carbon Nanotubes Promise Improved Flame-Resistant Coating

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An easy-to-apply, NIST-developed coating significantly reduces the flammability of foam used in furniture. The thin coating is deposited onto the surface of all the nooks and crannies of the porous foam (top), with heat-dissipating multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) uniformly distributed throughout (bottom). (Color added for clarity.) Courtesy of Kim/NIST

NIST News:

Using an approach akin to assembling a club sandwich at the nanoscale, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers have succeeded in crafting a uniform, multi-walled carbon-nanotube-based Read More

Brown Bag Lecture Focuses on Ancient Stone Calendars of the Southwest

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LANL News:

Ron Barber of Mechanical Design Engineering (AOT-MDE) will talk about the Stone Calendar Research Project in a Brown Bag Lecture noon-1 p.m., Jan. 22 at the Bradbury Science Museum.

The talk, titled “Ancient Stone Calendars of the Southwest,” focuses on the hundreds of stone calendar sites located in the southwestern United States that were used to mark the seasons and important indigenous dates. These calendars were made using specific glyphs that align with unique shadows used to mark the time of year, including winter and summer solstice, equinoxes, cross-quarters and many Read More

Kim Davis Lebak to Head Los Alamos Field Office

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Kim Davis Lebak

NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced that Kim Davis Lebak will be the Los Alamos Field Office manager effective this month.

As Field Office manager, Lebak will serve as the Secretary of Energy’s senior representative on site at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.

“With her strong leadership skills and wide experience at both headquarters and in the field, Kim is perfect as our Los Alamos Field Office manager,” Acting NNSA Administrator Bruce Held said. “Secretary Moniz and I believe that Kim and Los Alamos Read More

Expanding Your Horizons Conference Inspires Girls to Pursue Science Careers

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LANL News:

For the past 20 years, Los Alamos National Laboratory employees have been presenting the Expanding Your Horizons Conference for young women. With the help of sponsors like Los Alamos National Laboratory, the LANL Foundation, Tech Source, and Los Alamos National Bank, the conference presents students with information and encouragement for pursuing education and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
 
During the course of the day-long conference, the young women hear inspiring talks about women and their careers, participate in two hands-on
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Public Meeting to Discuss LANL’s NPDES Storm Water Permit

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LANL News:

A public information meeting to discuss the biannual update on the NPDES Storm Water Individual Permit for Los Alamos National Laboratory will take place at 5:30 p.m.Wednesday, Jan. 22 at Cities of Gold Conference Center in Pojoaque.

The agenda is as follows:

  • 5:30 p.m. Poster Session                        
  • 5:50 p.m. Welcome Steve Veenis
  • 6:00 p.m. Flooding Events Fall 2013 Armand Groffman
  • 6:15 p.m. IP Compliance for 2013 Jeff Walterscheid, Kate Lynnes
  • 6:35 p.m. IP Corrective
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SFI Colloquim: Michael Nielsen Explores Using Modern Media for Learning

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Michael Nielsen/Courtesy SFI

SFI News:

Writer and physicist Michael Nielsen will give a Santa Fe Institute Colloquium titled “Reinventing Explanation” at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16 in the Noyce conference Room at the Santa Fe Institute.

Nielsen is one of the pioneers of quantum computation, and recently written a book called Reinventing Discovery which advocates for a more open scientific culture.

Abstract. Our society collectively devotes enormous resources and remarkable talent to producing entertainment products. A video game such as Grand Theft Auto V or a movie such as Avatar can Read More

Science on Screen Presents ‘The Road’ With Ole Peters

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Movie poster for ‘The Road.’

SFI News:

The popular Science On Screen series continues at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21 at the Center for Contemporary Arts, 1050 Old Pecos Trail in Santa Fe. Santa Fe Institute (SFI) External Professor Ole Peters presents The Road, directed by John Hillcoat and adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Cormac McCarthy.

McCarthy’s heart-wrenching post-apocalyptic tale is translated to the screen in unforgettable fashion. Viggo Mortenson, Charlize Theron and Kodi Smit-McPhee play members of a family in a world where survival can be the only goal. Read More