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LAHS Sports Lit Students Hear Details On Manhattan Project

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Los Alamos High School (LAHS) teacher Lori Thompson invited Mel Strong, one of Bradbury Science Museum’s informal science educators, to speak to her Sports Liturature students about the Manhattan Project. Strong arrived Nov. 3 in the Science on Wheels van with materials for his presentation. He led the students through hands-on activities inside their classroom. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

Bradbury Science Museum’s informal science educator Mel Strong speaking Nov. 3 about the Manhattan Project to LAHS teacher Lori Thompson’s Sports Lit students during a Science on Wheels Read More

LANL: Podcast – The Historical Accuracy Of The Oppenheimer Film According To A Historian

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LANL News:

It has been around four months since the film Oppenheimer released in theatres, creating a buzz in the public and grossing nearly a billion dollars worldwide.

After the war, Oppenheimer was a world famous scientist that people recognized. Over time, that celebrity status faded and even a year ago, Oppenheimer wasn’t majorly known in the world but has now once again become a recognizable name to the average person.

The film, based on the Pulitzer Prize winning biography of Oppenheimer, American Prometheus, peeled back many layers of Oppenheimer’s life and complex legacy.

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LANL Periodic Table Talk With Roxana Bujack Nov. 13

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LANL staff scientist Roxana Bujack

LANL News:

At this month’s Periodic Table program, Roxana Bujack discusses Los Alamos National Lboratory’s work to develop algorithms to improve the color maps used in data visualizations, making them easy to understand and interpret. These visualizations help scientists and researchers make sense of vast amounts of data that might otherwise obscure their findings.

Bujack will also discuss her recent research determining an accurate mathematical model of color perception—and how her team recently proved that Erwin Schrödinger’s theory – yes, that Read More

Cleared Trees At Los Alamos National Laboratory Go To Provide Winter Heat For Pueblo Neighbors

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Timber cleared during wildfire mitigation efforts at LANL go to tribal members to heat homes. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Woodstoves and kiva fireplaces are warming up this winter, thanks to free firewood cleared from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Recently, tribal members from the neighboring Accord Pueblos of San Ildefonso, Santa Clara, Cochiti and Jemez collected hundreds of cords of firewood from Laboratory property, repurposing timber that was cleared during on-site wildfire mitigation efforts this year.

Every year since 2019, the Emergency Management Division has been Read More

Los Alamos Basks In Limelight From ‘Oppenheimer’ Movie

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Visitors seize the chance to take a photo with Oppie and Groves near Fuller Lodge. Courtesy/LAC

BY KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

The relationship between Los Alamos and Hollywood for the film, Oppenheimer, can only be described as symbiotic. Hollywood reaped commercial and critical acclaim for its depiction of the town’s origins and arguably its most famous resident while Los Alamos successfully capitalized on the massive, worldwide attention it received.

In short, filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s 2023 film has made both entities sparkle in the limelight. Read More

LANL: Pinpointing HIV Immune Response & More

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Science: Pinpointing HIV Immune Response

New research combining computer modeling and experiments with macaques shows the body’s immune system helps control human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections largely by suppressing viral production in already infected cells while also killing viral infected cells, but only within a narrow time window at the start of a cell’s infection. Read the full article here. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) shares a compilation of news stories for the week of Oct. 30, 2023.

Community: From canyons to mesa tops, explore Read More

REVIEW TA-63 Transuranic Waste Facility Soil Vapor Monitoring System Report Added To LANL Electronic Public Reading Room

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LANL News:

Per regulatory requirements, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has announced that new documents have been added to the LANL Electronic Reading Room.

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

Members of the public may view these documents and many others at LANL’s Electronic Public Reading Room. Read More

NNSA Publishes Final Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement For Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has published a Notice of Availability (NOA) of a Final Site-wide Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Continued Operation of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL SWEIS). The NOA was published in the Federal Register Nov. 3.

The Final LLNL SWEIS analyzes the potential environmental impacts of two reasonable alternatives for continuing LLNL operations for approximately the next 15 years.

“As we carry out our national security missions, NNSA is committed to the stewardship Read More

Laboratory Retiree Group First Tuesday Breakfast Nov. 7

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LRG News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory 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, Nov. 7 at Muy Salsas at 1315 Trinity Dr.

LRG pays for coffee and tea and attendees 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 at their website. Read More

N3B Details FY-2023 Waste Cleanup Progress At LANL

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Crews drill a well for hexavalent chromium plume characterization and monitoring to meet a New Mexico Environment Department Consent Order milestone. Courtesy/N3B

Sampling activity is conducted at TA-21 Middle DP Road before field work is completed. Courtesy/N3B

N3B News:

Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B) successfully completed several key legacy waste cleanup accomplishments at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30. 

N3B manages the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract for the U.S. Department of Energy, Environmental Management Los Alamos Read More