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Tibbar Plasma Technologies Headquartered In Los Alamos Files Patent For New Type Of Fusion Device

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Tibbar Plasma Technologies, Inc., has filed a patent for a new type of fusion device. The team includes, from left,  Illustrator Pam Paine, Dr. Dan Karmgard, Senior Experimentalist Dr. William Gibson, President/CEO Dr. Rick Nebel, Intern Paul Thibodeaux, Senior Plasma Physicist Dr. John Finn and Chief Financial Officer Anthony W. Belletete, CPA. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

Tibbar Plasma Technologies, Inc., (TPTI) headquartered in Los Alamos has filed a patent for a new type of fusion device. TPTI President/CEO Read More

Los Alamos And SK Hynix To Demonstrate New Object Computational Storage System At Flash Memory Summit

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The OCS approach to data processing accelerates the performance of data-intensive applications, such as big-data analytics and artificial intelligence. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

At the upcoming Flash Memory Summit, Los Alamos National Laboratory and SK hynix, an AI memory provider, will demonstrate a novel Object Computational Storage (OCS) system being used with real scientific data analysis that employs Paraview/Visualization Tool Kit (VTK), a broadly adopted scientific visualization software stack.

The demonstration will show the stack pushing down queries to the OCS, proving Read More

LANL’s National Security Science Magazine Summer 2024: The New Mexico Issue Focuses On State

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New Mexico abounds with places to see the stars, thanks to low levels of light pollution. With that in mind, Los Alamos National Laboratory student Aerin Jacobson set out one August evening to photograph the Milky Way above this radio telescope, which is located on Lab property and is part of the Very Long Baseline Array—a network of 10 radio telescopes across the United States that is operated f rom the Array Operations Center in Socorro. Scientists use the radio telescopes to study radio signals from astronomical sources. Courtesy/LANL

By JAMES OWEN
LANL

This issue of National Security Science Read More

LANL: New Open-Source Code ‘Fierro’ Improves Safety And Performance Of Manufactured Parts

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LANL researcher Sarah Brown with a lattice simulation result from the Fierro code. Courtesy/LANL 

LANL News:

A new open-source code developed by researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) accurately simulates the performance of manufactured parts accounting for the microstructure to make them stronger, safer, and better-performing.

Called Fierro, the code performs multiscale and multiphysics simulations, meaning it can simultaneously simulate different aspects of physical systems and their interactions across varied time and length scales. Fierro also offers multiphysics Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory: New Papers On Studies Of Innovative Energy Sources For Intermountain West

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The geography and history of the intermountain west region create unique energy opportunities. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Two new papers, both authored by Mohamed Mehana of the Earth and Environmental Sciences division at Los Alamos National Laboratory, explore the feasibility of well retrofitting and clean hydrogen production from fossil fuels.

“With no action taken, over 5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide will leak into the atmosphere annually from the Intermountain West region,” Mehana wrote in the paper. “This volume is the equivalent of 1 million cars’ annual exhausts.”

The Read More

UNM-Los Alamos Offers Four Additional Fall Continuing Education Certificate Programs: Python Programming, IT, Cybersecurity And Early Childhood Education

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UNM-LA News:

UNM-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) is offering four additional fall certificate programs to members of the community including a Python Programming Certificate, IT and cybersecurity certifications and an Early Childhood Education (ECE) Certificate.

Python Programming Certificate is a 40-hour online program, held 12-3:20 p.m. Fridays beginning  Sept. 6 through Nov. 22. The cost is $480. Python is one of the most versatile and widely used programming languages in the world. The course will provide students with a solid understanding of Python and its libraries, as Read More

County And LANL Partner On Graffiti Removal Near Ice Rink

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Before: Los Alamos County Parks Division and Los Alamos National Laboratory partnered together the week of July 22 to remove unsightly graffiti around the Los Alamos County Ice Rink. Courtesy/LAC 

After: With the darker paint applied to cover up the old graffiti on the wall, the hope is that it will deter any future vandalism. Los Alamos County Parks Division and Los Alamos National Laboratory partnered together the week of July 22 to remove the unsightly graffiti around the Los Alamos County Ice Rink. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County Parks Division and Los Alamos National Laboratory Read More

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich Announces Committee Passage Of Over $79 Million For New Mexico 

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:

          • Investments Heinrich Championed Support Service Members, Defense Installations and National Labs, Clean Energy, Water Infrastructure, Economic Development, Education, Health Care and Workforce Development 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced the bipartisan Senate Appropriations Committee passage of the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Defense, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, and Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Read More

Laboratory Retiree Group: First Tuesday Breakfast Aug. 6

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LRG News:

Lab retirees (and potential retirees) are invited to drop in at the Laboratory Retiree Group (LRG) monthly breakfast social 8:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday Aug. 6 at Muy Salsas at 1315 Trinity Dr.

LRG will pay for coffee and tea and individuals 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 its website. Read More

Hampton: Electrification Or The Caja?

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By DAVID HAMPTON
Los Alamos

At last Monday evening’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) public meeting at Buffalo Thunder, hundreds attended, mostly anti-nuke advocates. Most who spoke wound up speaking against the third power line, the Electrical Power Capacity Upgrade (EPCU) project, which is planned to go into the Caja del Rio. No one spoke in favor.

NNSA acknowledged that they have received 23,000 public comments on the EPCU. I would imagine most if not all are against it. The third power line is necessary to support expanded LANL operations.

On Tuesday evening, we learned Read More