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LANL Invites Community Participation In Spring Food Drive … Drive Up & Drop Off At Immaculate Heart Of Mary April 10

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Joyful LANL employees prepare food bags for distribution. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL) Spring Food Drive benefiting The Food Depot runs now through April 16.

New this year, the Laboratory invites community members to contribute, too. Friday, April 10, community members may drop off food donations at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 3700 Canyon Road in Los Alamos. Participants can drive through the parking lot and drop off their donations. Lab volunteers will help unload.

Needed items:

  • Canned protein, healthy snacks, baby food, ground coffee,
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Heinrich, Risch Lead Legislation To Ensure Long-Term Funding For Community Infrastructure Projects In New Mexico Surrounding WIPP

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Sen. James Risch (R-Idaho) introduced the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Economic Assistance Assurance Act, legislation to amend the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Land Withdrawal Act.

 The Economic Assistance Assurance Act will ensure sustained, inflation-adjusted funding for New Mexico communities to maintain vital infrastructure projects, such as road maintenance Read More

TAU Systems, LBNL Achieve Breakthrough In Laser-Powered Accelerator Operation

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Stephen Milton checking operation of the Hundred-Terawatt Undulator system. Courtesy photo

Sam Barber and Finn Kohrell working in the BELLA facility. Courtesy photo

SCIENCE News:

CARLSBAD, CA —TAU Systems, a pioneer in compact particle accelerator technology, today announced a major scientific milestone: the first-ever demonstration of reliable, continuous operation of a laser-powered accelerator (LPA)-driven free-electron laser (FEL) sustained over more than eight hours without operator intervention. The achievement, published in a new research paper, marks a pivotal step Read More

New Documents Added To LANL Electronic Reading Room

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LANL News:

The following documents have been added to the Los Alamos National Laboratory Electronic Reading Room.

The document(s) have been submitted to fulfill one or more requirements of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

 

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Documents Added To LANL Electronic Public Reading Room

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LANL News:

New documents have been added to the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.

All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.

For legacy cleanup documents that were posted before April 30, 2018, please visit the LANL electronic public reading room.

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Documents Added To LANL Electronic Public Reading Room

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LANL News:

New documents have been added to the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.

All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.

For legacy cleanup documents that were posted prior to April 30, 2018, please visit the LANL electronic public reading room.

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New Documents Added To LANL Electronic Reading Room

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LANL News:

The following documents have been added to the Los Alamos National Laboratory Electronic Reading Room.

The document(s) have been submitted to fulfill one or more requirements of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

You may view these documents and many others at LANL’s Electronic Public Reading Room. Read More

LANL Foundation Celebrates 14 Educators Achieving National Board Certification

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LANL Foundation News:

ESPAÑOLA — Fourteen educators reached a major professional milestone by achieving or renewing their National Board Certification through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, supported by the LANL Foundation.

“We are thrilled to announce this year’s National Board Certified Teachers, Counselors, and Administrators. Each year, it is our privilege to support these educators, and our team is in awe of the perseverance, determination, and commitment that all candidates have for their students,” said Paul LeFrancois, LANL Foundation K-12 Education Read More

Community Invited To Celebrate Manhattan Project National Historical Park 10th Anniversary April 8 At Fuller Lodge

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COUNTY News:

Manhattan Project National Historical Park will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a community event, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 8, in the Pajarito Room at Fuller Lodge.

The event starts with a program that reflects on the park’s first decade of preserving and sharing the complex history of the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos and its lasting impact on the world.

Following the program conclusion at 6:15 p.m., the event will offer visitors and locals an opportunity to connect with park staff and partners, learn more about the park’s mission, and commemorate a decade of preservation, Read More

LANL Team Develops AI Model Successfully Trained In Electrochemical Deposition

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Training data for the AI model included high resolution images captured by a scanning electron microscope. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Electrochemical deposition, or electroplating, is a common industrial technique that coats materials to improve corrosion resistance and protection, durability and hardness, conductivity and more. In new research published in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society, a Los Alamos National Laboratory team has developed generative diffusion-based AI models for electrochemistry, an innovative electrochemistry approach demonstrated with experimental Read More