Science

Night With A Nerd: Exploring Mars With Perseverance & Ingenuity On Zoom

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Join LANL scientist Roger Wiens 6 p.m. today to catch the latest findings from explorations of Mars. Courtesy/NASA

LANL News:

Catch the latest findings from current explorations of the red planet with Scientist Roger Wiens, 6 p.m. today, June 10 on Zoom. There is a $10 fee, free for BSMA members.

Register for this event here.

NASA’s biggest rover, Perseverance, landed on Mars in February with a mission to collect and eventually return samples to Earth. Perseverance’s companion is the Ingenuity helicopter.

Wiens, leader of the rover’s SuperCam laser instrument, will share the latest details Read More

LANL: Why Arctic Soil Can Go Slip-Sliding Away

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(A) Solifluction terraces and lobes in Chicken Creek, AK. Photo by Philip S. Smith. Image credit: US Geological Survey. (B) Examples of solifluction and fluid patterns. Background: Orthophoto of solifluction lobes in Norway. (C) Morphology and dynamics of solifluction lobes vs. surface tension-dominated flows. Courtesy/Norwegian Mapping Authority

LANL News:

Slow-moving arctic soils form patterns that, from a distance, resemble those found in common fluids such as drips in paint and birthday cake icing. Los Alamos researchers and their collaborators analyzed existing arctic soil Read More

Luján Secures Key Amendments To U.S. Innovation & Competition Act To Support National Laboratories

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From the Office of U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the passage of the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act that will advance and solidify the United States’ leadership in scientific and technological innovation through increased investments in the discovery, creation, and manufacturing of technology critical to U.S. national security and economic competitiveness.

“The U.S. Innovation and Competition Act will drive American innovation and competitiveness for generations, and I was proud to help strengthen Read More

LANL: Los Alamos Scientists Earn DOE Early Career Awards

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Los Alamos scientist Miles Beaux is among the 83 scientists who will receive a total of $100 million through the Department of Energy’s Early Career Awards Program. Courtesy/LANL

Los Alamos scientist Matt Durham is among the 83 scientists who will receive a total of $100 million through the Department of Energy’s Early Career Awards Program. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Two Los Alamos scientists, Miles Beaux and Matt Durham, are among 83 scientists who will receive a total of $100 million through the Department of Energy’s Early Career Awards Program, which supports critical research at universities Read More

Economic Development Dept. Awards $125,000 Start Up Grants To 5 New Mexico Science & Technology Companies

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EDD News: 

SANTA FE — Economic Development Department’s (EDD) Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced that five New Mexico, high-growth potential companies were awarded Science & Technology Business Start Up Grants at $25,000 each.

Science & Technology Business Start Up Grants are available to New Mexico-based for profit science and technology companies with fewer than 50 employees. Eligible businesses must work in one of the following fields: aerospace, biosciences, cybersecurity, intelligent manufacturing, and sustainable and green energy.

The grant specifically Read More

Relationships Energize New Mexico MEP Resources

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IDS Nanojet Subsystem. Courtesy/IDS

Finance New Mexico:

When tech innovator Dave Keicher requested marketing and sales growth services from New Mexico Manufacturing Extension Partnership (New Mexico MEP), the nonprofit organization saw it as an opportunity to experiment. New Mexico MEP helps manufacturers increase their competitiveness and profitability by improving processes. 

Keicher is vice president of Integrated Deposition Solutions (IDS), whose founder Marcelino Essien patented an aerosol printing technology that IDS calls NanoJet. Keicher helped develop the technology Read More

Los Alamos Faith And Science Forum Summer Series Continues With Nels Hoffman Wednesday June 9

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Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum  News:

The Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum summer series continues Wednesday, June 9 with a lecture by Nels Hoffman: “How Christianity Laid the Foundation for Modern Science … and many other things, such as human rights and individual freedom — Part I: The Psychology of Europe”.

The first lecture of the Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum 2021 summer series was June 2 and featured a talk by Bob Reinovsky on faith and science interactions. 

His lecture was titled “Why Can/Should Faith and Reason/Religion and Science Interact.” He spoke of the commonality of Read More

Sen. Luján Tours Los Alamos And Sandia National Labs, Highlights Need To Pass U.S. Innovation & Competition Act

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Luján tours LANL and SNL today, highlighting the need to pass the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act. Courtesy photo

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján:

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) today toured Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories and met with Lab leaders to discuss the importance of passing the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act.

Recently, Sen. Luján secured an amendment to the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act that will invest $17 billion in America’s National Labs and other Department of Energy (DOE) facilities.

He also championed Read More

Los Alamos High School Students Garner Awards In Regeneron International Science And Engineering Fair

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LAPS News:

Four Los Alamos High School students garnered awards in the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair held virtually May 16-21.

The team of Phillip Ionkov and Anthony Lestone were awarded $2,000 and a second place in the Physics and Astronomy category for their project, Nondestructive Analysis of Geological Sites Through Muon Transmission Imaging.

Karin Ebey placed fourth in Animal Sciences for her project on Climate Change on Crocodilians: Modeling the Effects of Phenological Shifts.

Robert Strauss competed in the Robotics and Intelligent Machines category Read More

American Nuclear Society Honors Los Alamos Scientists 

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From left, Mark B. Chadwick, Stuart A. Maloy and D.V. Rao honored by American Nuclear Society. Courtesy/LANL 

LANL News:

  • Chadwick, Maloy and Rao’s accomplishments heralded by organization dedicated to nuclear scientific research and technology 

Two scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory were named fellows of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and a third was recognized with a special award.

Mark B. Chadwick, chief scientist and chief operating officer of Weapons Physics, and Stuart A. Maloy, deputy group leader for Materials Science at Radiation and Dynamic Extremes, were named Read More