Science

New Mexico Applauds Intel $3.5B Expansion In Rio Rancho

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Intel plans to invest $3.5 billion in New Mexico operations and hire more than 700 new workers at their facility in Sandoval County. Courtesy/Intel Corporation/Walden Kirsch

EDD News:

RIO RANCHO — Intel plans to invest $3.5 billion in its New Mexico operations and hire more than 700 new workers to create a domestic hub for advanced semiconductor manufacturing at its fabrication facility in Sandoval County, the company and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced.

In what will be one of the largest capital investments in New Mexico, Intel plans to modernize facilities to accommodate its Foveros Read More

LANL: Antarctica Remains The Wild Card For Sea-Level Rise Estimates Through 2100

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The front of Getz Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Courtesy/Jeremy Harbeck, NASA Icebridge

LANL News:

A massive collaborative research project covered in the journal Nature this week offers projections to the year 2100 of future sea-level rise from all sources of land ice, offering the most complete projections created to date.

“This work synthesizes improvements over the last decade in climate models, ice sheet and glacier models, and estimates of future greenhouse gas emissions,” Stephen Price said, one of the Los Alamos scientists on the project. “More than 85 researchers from various disciplines, Read More

LANL: Using Cosmic-Ray Neutron Bursts To Understand Gamma-Ray Bursts From Lightning … An ‘Accidental Discovery’ Confirms What Simulations Show

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A lightning mapper at the HAWC Cosmic Ray Observatory in Mexico unexpectedly observed that gamma rays produce more neutrons than previously known. Photo by Jordan Goodman, HAWC Collaboration (NSF.gov)

LANL News:

Analysis of data from a lightning mapper and a small, hand-held radiation detector has unexpectedly shed light on what a gamma-ray burst from lightning might look like – by observing neutrons generated from soil by very large cosmic-ray showers.

The work took place at the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Cosmic Ray Observatory in Mexico.

“This was an accidental discovery,” Read More

New Mexico Museum Of Space History Re-Opens May 7

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New Mexico Museum of Space History reopens May 7 in Alamogordo. Courtesy/NMDCA

Museum Executive Director Christopher Orwoll

NMDCA News:

ALAMOGORDO — The New Mexico Museum of Space History, a division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (NMDCA), has announced that it will re-open to the public on National Space Day, Friday, May 7.

The Museum will be open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday and closed Monday and Tuesday at 3198 State Rte. 2001 in Alamogordo. A temporary reduced entry fee of $5 per person will be in effect, due to ongoing renovation and other projects. Capacity Read More

DOE’s Office Of Science Graduate Student Research Program Selects 78 Outstanding U.S. Graduate Students To Perform Research At National Laboratories

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WASHINGTON, DC – The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science has selected 78 graduate students representing 26 states for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program’s 2020 Solicitation 2 cycle.

Seven graduate students will be coming to Los Alamos:

  • Luis Bichon – Vanderbilt University, NP – Heavy Ion Nuclear Physics
  • Michael Woodward – University of Arizona, ASCR – Applied Mathematics
  • Nathan Mark Myers – University of Maryland Baltimore County, BES – Quantum Information Science for Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
  • Nicholas
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International Space Hall Of Fame Mourns Michael Collins

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July 24, 1969, aboard the USS a happy President Richard M. Nixon laughs with astronauts, from left, Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin as they exchange greetings through the window of the Mobile Quarantine Facility. Courtesy/Bettmann/CORBIS

NASA Astronaut Michael Collins. Courtesy/ NASA

NMMSH News:

ALAMOGORDO — Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot Michael Collins passed away today, April 28, 2021, at the age of 90.

Collins was inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame at the New Mexico Museum of Space History in 1977.

The New Mexico Museum of Space History, International Read More

LANL Researchers Earl Lawrence And James Wendelberger Named Fellows By American Statistical Association

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Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) researchers Earl Lawrence and James Wendelberger were named fellows by the American Statistical Association (ASA). Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) researchers Earl Lawrence and James Wendelberger, both in the Lab’s Statistical Sciences group, were named fellows by the American Statistical Association (ASA).

“I am pleased to see Earl and James recognized by the American Statistical Association and I congratulate both of them,” Irene Qualters said, associate Laboratory director for Simulation and Computation. Read More

LANL: Ellen Cerreta Named President Of Minerals, Metals, & Materials Society

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Ellen Cerreta of Los Alamos National Laboratory has been named president of The Minerals, Metals, & Materials Society (TMS), a professional society for scientists and engineers in those fields. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Ellen Cerreta, the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s division leader for Materials Science and Technology, has been named president of The Minerals, Metals, & Materials Society (TMS), a professional society for scientists and engineers in those fields.

“TMS aspires to be the professional society where global materials, science, and engineering practitioners Read More

New Mexico Museum Of Space History Governor’s Commission Meets Virtually Friday April 30

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NMMSH News:

ALAMOGORDO — The Governor’s Commission to the New Mexico Museum of Space History will hold a regular quarterly meeting 1 p.m., Friday, April 30.

The meeting will be held via Zoom and carried live on the museum’s YouTube channel. The agenda for the meeting and Zoom link for public attendance will be posted to the museum’s website prior to the meeting.

The mission of the Governor’s Commission to the museum is to provide direction, advice, and support to the Director of the Museum in the maintenance and operation of the Museum and all of its activities. Read More

2021 New Mexico Science And Engineering Fair Results

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SCIENCE FAIR News:

This year science fairs are online rather than in-person posters and presentations. The 2021 Final New Mexico Science and Engineering Fair was Saturday, April 17 with results announced April 20.

Students from schools across New Mexico competed to perform research and present their results to judging panels.

Top projects selected in the regional fairs of New Mexico met at the State Fair, at which seven high school students (comprising five projects) were selected to go onto the International Fair representing New Mexico. The State level is the last competition for the junior Read More