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Laboratory Retiree Group: First Tuesday Breakfast Oct. 1

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LRG News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory retirees (LRG) and potential retirees are invited to drop in at the LRG monthly breakfast social, between the hours of 8:30 and 10:30 a.m., Tuesday Oct. 1 at Muy Salsas at 1315 Trinity Drive.

Come hang out and join the conversation with other Lab retirees. LRG will pay for your coffee and tea!

Individuals will pay for their breakfast and other drinks. Contact sgirard@losalamos.com or 505.672.3497 for more information.

More information about the LRG can be found on the LRG website. Read More

Alan Bishop And Brad Meyer Win 2024 Los Alamos Medal

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Alan Bishop, left, and Brad Meyer are the 2024 winners of the Los Alamos Medal. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has awarded its highest honor, the Los Alamos Medal, to two of its premier staff members for their contributions to science. Alan Bishop, cofounder of the Lab’s Center for Nonlinear Studies, was recognized for his broad impact on the Laboratory, and Brad Meyer, of the Gas Transfer Systems group, was recognized for enabling Los Alamos’ mission without nuclear testing.

“Alan and Brad are essential to our mission and have made breakthroughs that transformed Read More

Alina Deshpande Honored With University Of New Mexico 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award

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Alina Deshpande of Los Alamos is the recipient of the University of New Mexico 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award. Courtesy photo

University of New Mexico 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Alina Deshpande in front of the University of New Mexico Honors College. Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY News:

Alina Deshpande was recently awarded the University of New Mexico 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award. The award recognizes alumni who have contributed to the University’s reputation and success through their leadership, professional achievements, research, and community service. The award Read More

Hundreds Of Artifacts Provide Glimpse Into Past – Findings From Manhattan Project Work At LANL Give Insight Into Average Wartime Worker

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Jonathan Creel, of LANL’s Environment and Waste Programs, lines up artifacts recently found on LANL  property where the inner workings of Little Boy and Thin Man were tested during the Manhattan Project. From left, a steel target used during testing; a slug used as a projectile inside the gun-type device’s cannon; and another steel target with the slug’s indentation. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory archaeologists recently found nearly 500 unrecorded artifacts at a historic site where non-nuclear parts for Little Boy and Thin Man, the gun-style bombs built as part Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Shows Hydraulic Failure In The Tropics Expected To Increase

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LANL research scientist Zachary Robbins conducts field research in Panama. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Plant trait assemblages and the FATES-HYDRO model are key to understanding fate of many tropical plants

Hydraulic failure in tropical environments is expected to increase, according to new research published in New Phytologist. As weather patterns change and temperatures rise, plants will need to adapt in order to survive. Hydraulic failure occurs when more water is lost from transpiration than is taken in through the roots. If uncorrected, the xylem loses conductivity and the plant Read More

Kairos Power To Expand New Mexico Operations Including A New Space At Los Alamos National Laboratory

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EDD News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Kairos Power LLC, a mission-driven clean energy technology, engineering, and manufacturing company, is expanding its operations in New Mexico to build three facilities and create 100 jobs.

Kairos Power is headquartered in Alameda, Calif. and initially expanded to Albuquerque’s Mesa del Sol community in 2019 for its research and development engineering center to support the commercialization of its advanced reactor technology.

The company also has locations in Oak Ridge, Tenn. and Charlotte, N.C.

Kairos Power plans to construct a salt production facility to Read More

NNSA Posts Floodplain Statement Of Findings On Proposed Live Fire Range Fuels Mitigation Project At LANL

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NNSA News:

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has posted the Floodplain Statement of Findings for the proposed live fire range fire fuels mitigation project at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).

The fire fuels mitigation project would take place in lower Sandia Canyon at the Technical Area 72 Outdoor Live Fire Range and surrounding areas at  LANL.

The proposed project would result in limited and minor direct and indirect short-term impacts to the Sandia Canyon 100-year floodplain and would not result in adverse impacts to the floodplain values or functions.

The proposed Read More

Catch Of The Week: ‘Funeral Streaming’ Facebook Scams

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

Losing a loved one is hard, but it’s even harder when scammers target friends and family left behind. Scammers have been offering fake streaming services for Facebook events for some time, and have now begun to target funeral and memorial event groups on Facebook.

Brian Krebs, renowned cyber-researcher, recently uncovered this disturbing scam, you can read the article here on his website.

How does the scam work? After a loved one dies, many people might create a Facebook group to help organize memories of the loved one, simplify funeral Read More

Students Get Quantum Computing Mentorship And Research Experience At LANL … Fellowship Covers Theory, Programming And Hands-On Projects

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Pairing up with mentors on research projects that typically lead to publications in high-impact journals is part of the appeal of the Lab’s summer internship. The novelty of working on actual quantum computers is a bonus. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Twenty-one students got hands-on experience working with Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL) quantum computing experts and the opportunity to program on actual quantum computers, a unique opportunity for them to work on cutting-edge research and for LANL to build a pipeline to advance the mission.

In existence since 2018, the Quantum Computing Read More

Catch Of The Week: Facebook Marketplace Scams

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

I love Facebook marketplace, and I have found some amazing bargains there. That said, you need to be careful because for every bargain there’s a scam!

How can you tell if a marketplace listing is actually a scam?

One of the first clues that an ad might be a scam is easy to spot. Does the poster have comments and post sharing turned off?

In the image below, you can see the options to react or to send the post as a message, but the option to comment or share is not there. This is because the poster has turned off commenting and sharing for the post, and Read More