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LANL’s Radical Supercomputing: Extreme Speeds, Big Data, Powerful Simulations

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Radical Supercomputing: Extreme speeds, big data, powerful simulations

See how Los Alamos National Laboratory’s technology is pushing supercomputing to new frontiers … why we do it … and how the Laboratory supports its extreme requirements.

  • Hollywood produces simulations that appear to be real and do not need to reflect reality. Los Alamos scientists—working in weapons, HIV, new materials, climate modeling, and many other research areas—must produce a high-resolution representation of real events, as nature would unfold them.

  • To achieve

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LANL’s Community Programs Office Launches New Podcast Series

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CPO Director Kurt Steinhaus. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Podcasts and webinars are among the new communications tools being rolled out by the Los Alamos National Laboratory Community Programs Office to reach a broader audience. The CPO Office is charged with implementing the Los Alamos National Security, LLC Community Commitment Plan, with central focus areas of education, economic development and community giving. All of the podcasts and webinars will focus on one of these three areas.

“I am thrilled to be able to connect with more people in our community through the podcasts, webinars and Read More

NNSA Awards Funding to Accelerate Non-HEU-Based Production of Molybdenum-99

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NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced today the award of a cooperative agreement that accelerates the dual objectives of eliminating the use of proliferation-sensitive highly enriched uranium (HEU) in the production of medical isotopes and establishing reliable domestic supplies of Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) to meet U.S. patient needs.

Mo-99 is used frequently in common medical diagnostic procedures. The cooperative agreement with NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes, LLC provides support toward NorthStar’s Read More

Economic Development in Northern New Mexico Focus of New Podcast from LANL

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LANL News:

  • Podcast part of Lab’s new multi-channel effort to better engage with the community

Podcasts and webinars are among the new communications tools being rolled out by Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Community Programs Office to reach a broader audience. The first podcast discusses economic development and the Northern New Mexico 20/20 Campaign, a program spearheaded by the Regional Development Corporation of Española that recognizes high growth businesses in the region.

“We’re thrilled to be able to better connect with more people in our community through the new podcasts, Read More

Looking for Something to do with Visitors or Family? Visit Bradbury Science Museum FREE!

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BSM News:

The Bradbury Science Museum https:////www.lanl.gov/museum at 1350 Central Ave., in downtown Los Alamos is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m,. Tuesday to Saturday, and 1-5 p.m. Sunday and Monday.

The museum is closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Admission is FREE and photography is allowed.  

Find more information about museum events at https:////www.lanl.gov/museum/events/calendar.shtml. Read More

LANL: Advance in Bottle Scanning Could Enhance Airport Security and Benefit Passengers

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LANL News:

  • Video shows new MRI – X-ray technology at work

Los Alamos scientists have advanced a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technology that may provide a breakthrough for screening liquids at airport security. They’ve added low-power X-ray data to the mix, and as a result have unlocked a new detection technology. Funded in part by the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate, the new system is named MagRay.

The goal is to quickly and accurately distinguish between liquids that visually appear identical. For example, what appears to be a bottle of white wine Read More

NNSA Removes High-Activity Radioactive Materials From Boston

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NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) recently successfully recovered a disused, high-activity cesium-137 source from Massachusetts General Hospital in downtown Boston, Mass. and transported it for permanent disposition. Formerly used as a research irradiator for medical studies, the device contained cesium-137, which could be used in a dirty bomb. The removal was part of NNSA’s global campaign to prevent terrorists from acquiring nuclear and radiological material.

“This operation is a key part of Read More

Schools, LANL, County on Regular Hours Today

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Staff Report

Los Alamos Public Schools, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Los Alamos County are operating as usual today with no delays announced.

LAPS makes the decision to close school or delay the start of school, by 5:30 a.m. in order to notify bus drivers, school employees, and parents in a timely manner. Such announcements are made via the media of television, radio and websites.

LANL’s update information hotline indicates the Laboratory is on a normal operating schedule today.

Los Alamos County also is on a normal operating schedule today.

The following County facilities will Read More

Trilateral Nuclear Security Workshop Held

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NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives from the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), U.K.’s Ministry of Defence (MoD), and Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation “Rosatom” met Nov. 5-6 in Lisbon, Portugal, for the Eighth Nuclear Security Best Practices Exchange. The workshop focused on overcoming mutual challenges related to securing nuclear material.

The annual workshops were initiated in 2005 as a result of commitments made by President Bush and President Putin in their Joint Statement on Nuclear Security Cooperation, and which were reaffirmed by President Read More

Hands on Computer Training on Intellus Offered

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LANL News:

The public is invited to a hands-on public computer-based training on how to search, graph and map LANL environmental data using Intellus from 10 a.m. to noon Monday, Dec. 2 at UNM-Los Alamos, Room 306.

Intellus is a publicly accessible database that provides access to over 12 million environmental records collected by the Laboratory and the New Mexico Environment Department as part of environmental surveillance and compliance sampling activities in and around Los Alamos National Laboratory. 

Using the computer lab, the training will cover how to 

  • find
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