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Gessing: Time For New Mexico’s Democrats To Get Serious About Energy & Climate

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By PAUL J. GESSING
President
Rio Grande Foundation

There are many things that make New Mexico unique, but one of the most noteworthy political nuances is the State’s deep and unusual relationship with energy.

New Mexico’s Democratic politicians love the money and jobs generated by the traditional energy industry, but also wish to be seen as pushing back against it to placate their environmentalist base. 

Nonetheless, New Mexico, a state blessed with all sorts of energy resources (both traditional as well as wind and solar) has continued to embrace Democrat politicians despite the Party’s Read More

Los Alamos High School Junior Isabella (Kelly) McTeigue Wins 1st Place In Congressional App Challenge

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LAHS junior Isabella (Kelly) McTeigue won 1st place in the Congressional App Challenge for New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District. McTeigue also recently won 2nd Alternate Best of Show at the International Science and Engineering Fair. Photo by Pamela Miller

LAPS News:

Isabella (Kelly) McTeigue, an 11th grader at Los Alamos High School, won 1st place in the Congressional App Challenge for New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District. She created the mobile app MedAssess, which evaluates the impact of medication combinations.

U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández announced McTeigue’s win.

“My Read More

Los Alamos-based UbiQD And Heliene Initiate Joint Development Of Agrivoltaic Modules For Greenhouses

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UbiQD R&D Engineer inspects a quantum dot glass prototype under UV. Courtesy/ UbiQD, Inc.

UbiQD News:

The development will combine UbiGro® light optimizing technology to maximize crop yields with solar power generation for greenhouses.

UbiQD, Inc., a deep tech company specializing in nanomaterials innovation, and Canada-based Heliene Inc., a customer-first provider of North American made solar modules, today announced the initiation of a joint development agreement to embed UbiGro® sunlight optimizing technology in Heliene’s photovoltaic modules.

“As energy costs continue Read More

New Mexico, Western Inter-States Hydrogen Hub Responds To U.S. Department Of Energy Request For Information

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Secretary James Kenney of New Mexico Environment Department

STATE News:

SANTA FE — The Western Inter-States Hydrogen Hub Memorandum of Understanding States and the “Collaboratory” submitted a joint response Friday to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Request for Information (RFI) on the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs Implementation Strategy.

The response can be found here.

The submission was a collective effort between the states of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, led by the “Collaboratory”. The Collaboratory was formally chartered in 2007 as the Colorado Energy Research Read More

AFRL: Equipping Space Force Operators Through Innovation

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Col. Stephen Landry, director of the Space Force Integration & Digital Transformation office, discusses the Space Force coders creation of innovative, cutting-edge software to enhance warfighter capabilities at the final day of the Delta Innovation Summit held in February at the NewSpace New Mexico’s Unite & Ignite Space LaunchPad, a co-innovation hub with AFRL, in Albuquerque, joining him are space operators Tech. Sgt. Robert Cameron and Capt. Scott Hubert. Courtesy/Allen Winston

Brig.-Gen. Kevin Whale, Deputy Commanding General of Transformation, Space Operations Read More

General Atomics Names Dr. Wayne Solomon Vice President For Magnetic Fusion Energy Division

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General Atomics Vice President Wayne Solomon

General Atomics News:

General Atomics (GA) has named Dr. Wayne Solomon as Vice President for its Magnetic Fusion Energy (MFE) Division, effective immediately.

“I want to congratulate Wayne on his promotion to the role of Vice President for the MFE Division,” said Dr. Anantha Krishnan, Senior Vice President for the General Atomics Energy Group. “Wayne has been an integral part of GA’s Energy Group for many years and brings a wealth of experience and both institutional and community knowledge to this position. This is an exciting time for fusion, Read More

NOAA’s GOES-T Blasts Into Orbit

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NOAA’s GOES-T launched into orbit Tuesday, March 1 from Cape Canaveral, Fla. Courtesy/NOAA

NOAA News:

NOAA’s GOES-T, the third in a series of four advanced geostationary weather satellites, blasted into orbit aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket at 4:38 p.m. EST Tuesday, March 1 from Cape Canaveral, Fla. GOES-T’s mission managers confirmed that its solar arrays successfully deployed at 8:28 p.m. EST and the satellite was operating on its own power.

GOES-T will track destructive wildfires, lightning, Pacific Ocean-based storms, dense fog and other hazards that threaten

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New Alzheimer’s Association Report Finds Doctors And Public Face Challenges In Understanding & Distinguishing Early Alzheimer’s Development From ‘Normal Aging’

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Alzheimer’s Association News: 

ALBUQUERQUE — The Alzheimer’s Association 2022 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report unearthed challenges both doctors and the American public face in understanding and diagnosing mild cognitive impairment (MCI), which is characterized by subtle changes in memory and thinking.

It is estimated 10 to 15 percent of individuals with MCI go on to develop dementia each year. And as the size of the U.S. population age 65 and older continues to grow (from 58 million in 2021 to 88 million by 2050), so too will the number and proportion of Americans with Alzheimer’s Read More

NMSU Transfers Tombaugh Science Education Center To New Mexico Museum Of Space History

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Ownership of the Clyde W. Tombaugh Science Education Center in Alamogordo is transferred from NMSU to the New Mexico Museum of Space History. Courtesy/NMMSH

NMMSH News:

ALAMOGORDO — The New Mexico Museum of Space History (NMMSH), a division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (NMDCA), and New Mexico State University – Alamogordo (NMSU) have completed the ownership transfer of the Clyde W. Tombaugh Science Education Center from the university to the museum.

The transfer of ownership between the two organizations took place Jan. 24 following review and approval by New Mexico Read More

This Week From AGU: Cosmic Ray Intensity Can Warn Of Unexpected Geomagnetic Storms

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AGU News:

Space industry should work with space weather researchers to avoid crashes:

Feb. 3, a majority of StarLink’s 49 launched satellites crashed back to Earth, pushed out of the sky by a relatively minor geomagnetic storm. Improved communication and collaboration between space industry and space weather researchers is necessary to avoid future satellite fallout, say three space weather researchers. [paper]

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Moving sands reveal evening breezes on Mars:

Repeat images of the Martian ground by cameras onboard the Curiosity rover provide a rare look at wind-blown Read More