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SFI Lecture: Theoretical Neurobiologist Mark Changizi

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Theoretical Neurobiologist Mark Changizi

SFI News:

The Santa Fe Institute presents a SFI Seminar with Mark Changizi of 2A1 Labs at 12:15 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18 in the Collins Conference Room at SFI (1399 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe). His talk is titled “The Omes That Matter: Teleone, Nature-ome and Culture-ome.” The public is invited to attend this free talk and bring a lunch if they wish.

Talk Abstract: To understand biology and brain we must have, in addition to comprehensive mechanistic inventories like the genome and connectome, a comprehensive account of all the functions the biology implements Read More

Innovators Invited to Register for Information Day Event

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NMC News:

The New Mexico Consortium and Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation, partnering with High Desert Discovery District (HD3), is holding two events for innovators. 

The first event is Information Day, which is an information briefing 2-3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19. This pre-Discovery Day event will give innovators a chance to learn more from HD3 CEO, board members and advisors.

Those innovators who like what they hear and want to learn more are invited to the second event, Discovery Day, which will give them the chance to present their ideas and discoveries to a highly experienced Read More

Meteor Strike on NM-PBS Science Café

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NOVA ‘Meteor Strike.’ Courtesy/PBS

NM-PBS News:

ALBUQUERQUE – On the morning of Feb. 15, 2013, a 7,000-ton asteroid crashed into the Earth’s atmosphere, exploded, and fell to the ground across a wide swatch near the Ural Mountains in Russia.

According to NASA, the Siberian meteor exploded with the power of 30 Hiroshima bombs and was the largest object to burst in the atmosphere since the Tunguska event of 1908—another impact in Siberia that left few eyewitnesses or clues.

The meteor strike is the subject of the NM-PBS November Science Café taking place 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Read More

Former LANL Security Chief Jack Killeen Launches Retirement With 2,700 Mile Adventure

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Jack Killeen arrives at the Mexican Border south of Palomas, N.M., following a nine week, 2,700 mile mountain bike journey from the Canadian Border. Photo by Sonja Killeen

Attracted to the salt, this deer ate Jack Killeen’s glove, the inside of his bike helmet and one of the white arm guards he wore to protect against the sun. Photo by Jack Killeen

 

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post

It was 3 a.m. and the sound of a large animal outside his tent brought former Los Alamos National Laboratory Security Division Leader Jack Killeen to his feet. When the moon cleared and illuminated his

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20-Year Partnership Converts 20,000 Russian Nuclear Warheads into Fuel for U.S. Electricity

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Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz

NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C.– U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today announced the final shipment of low enriched uranium (LEU) derived from Russian weapons-origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) under the 1993 U.S.-Russia HEU Purchase Agreement, commonly known as the Megatons to Megawatts Program. Under this Agreement, Russia downblended 500 metric tons of HEU, equivalent to 20,000 nuclear wearheads, into LEU.

The resulting LEU has been delivered to the United States, fabricated into nuclear fuel, and used in nuclear power plants to generate nearly ten Read More

Stephen M. Younger Presents Future of Nuclear Arms Control Talk Nov. 20

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Stephen M. Younger

LACACIS News:

Stephen M. Younger will present the talk, “A Long-Term View of Nuclear Arms Control” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, at an open meeting of the Los Alamos Committee on Arms Control and International Security. 

Younger is a leading weapons-complex manager, author and former Associate Director for Nuclear Weapons at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
 
The public is invited to attend Younger’s talk, which will be held in the Lounge at the Education Building of the United Church, 2525 Canyon Road in Los Alamos.
 
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Author Discusses New Mexico’s Space Travel Contributions Nov. 12

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Cover of Loretta Hall’s ‘Out of This World: New Mexico’s Contributions to Space Travel.’ Courtesy photo

 

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

New Mexico and outer space have a long-standing relationship. Roswell of course, is famous for being a favorite destination for extraterrestrials. More seriously, the state has the longest continuous record in the nation for research to make space travel possible.

With Spaceport America, a commercial spaceport being built near White Sands Missile Range, the state is closer to reaching the goal of offering travel Read More

New York Times Science Writer Sandra Blakeslee To Speak at SFI

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‘New York Times’ Science Writer Sandra Blakeslee

SFI News:

New York Times Science Writer Sandra Blakeslee is the featured speaker at a Santa Fe Institute Seminar at 12:15 p.m.Wednesday  in the Collins Conference Room at SFI, 1399 Hyde Park Road in Santa Fe. Those attending are invited to bring their lunch.

Blakeslee’s topic is “Telling Compelling Stories about Science, and Getting it Right.”

Science writing is the art of translating finely crafted technical information into reader friendly prose. It’s about storytelling, the grand adventure of scientific discovery, Read More

Dr. Richard Sayre Discusses Projects at Hive Meeting

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Dr. Richard Sayre leads a tour of Hive meeting attendees Thursday of the New Mexico Consortium’s Biological Laboratory and Greenhouse. Photo by Lisa Christensen

Dr. Richard Sayre. Photo by Lisa Christensen

Staff Report

The Hive held its regular brown-bag networking lunch meeting Thursday at the New Mexico Consortium’s Biological Laboratory and Greenhouse (BioLab) at 100 Entrada Dr., Room 168.

Dr. Richard Sayre of the NMC and Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Bioscience Division, briefed the group on the latest projects underway at the BioLab. Sayre is one of the nation’s Read More