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Kirtland AFB Air Force Research Laboratory Holds Directed Energy Wargaming, Modeling And Simulation Event

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Major Daniel Liu, an F-15E weapon systems officer from Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C., participates in the Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Utility Concept Experiment held Jan. 11-15 at Kirtland AFB. AFRL’s Directed Energy Directorate held the capstone event to evaluate the capabilities of directed energy for the future battlefield. Photo by Todd Berenger/USAF

AFRL held its capstone Directed Energy Utility Concept Experiment to assess the capabilities of directed energy for the future battlefield Jan. 11-15 at Kirtland AFB. Photo by Todd Berenger/USAF

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Heinrich Welcomes Biden-Harris Commitment To Tackle Climate Crisis, Create Jobs, Restore Scientific Integrity

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From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement on President Joe Biden’s recent executive action to combat the climate crisis and restore scientific integrity across the federal government:

“We have known for decades that we need to act aggressively to confront the climate crisis that threatens our land, our water, and our children’s future. The science of what we are facing—and what we must do—is unequivocal. New Mexicans can’t wait any longer Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Dana Dattelbaum Wins Prestigious 2020 E.O. Lawrence Award

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Dana Dattelbaum is a recipient of DOE’s prestigious E.O. Lawrence award for 2020. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Dana Dattelbaum of Los Alamos National Laboratory is a recipient of the Department of Energy’s prestigious E.O. Lawrence award for 2020.

Dattelbaum is honored for “several transformative scientific and intellectual achievements, including her pioneering work providing physical insights into shock and detonation physics, her innovations in the development of the Equations of State of a spectrum of energetics and polymers, and providing critical data for hydrodynamic simulations Read More

UbiQD Publishes Initial Results Of NASA-Funded Agriculture Study, Optimizing Spectral Quality For Growing Plants On Space Missions Using Quantum Dot Films

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Artist’s rendition of UbiQD’s quantum dot-enabled greenhouse film, UbiGro™, installed in a lunar greenhouse growing tomatoes. Courtesy/UbiQD, Inc.

UbiQD News:

 …The peer-reviewed study presents collaborative research with the University of Arizona’s Controlled Environment Agriculture Center, validating the importance of light color on crop productivity

UbiQD, Inc., a Los Alamos-based advanced materials company, announced today that it has published the groundbreaking results of the first phase of its NASA-funded plant trials in the open-access Nature Research journal, “Communications Read More

AGU: Study Shows Reaching Zero Net Carbon Emissions Surprisingly Feasible And Affordable

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Infographic details way U.S. can reach carbon neutrality by mid-century. Photo by Jenny Nuss/LLLNL

AGU News:

WASHINGTON—Reaching zero net emissions of carbon dioxide from energy and industry by 2050 can be accomplished by rebuilding U.S. energy infrastructure to run primarily on renewable energy, at a net cost of about $1 per person per day, according to new research.

In a new study in AGU Advances, which publishes high-impact, open-access research and commentary across the Earth and space sciences, researchers created the first published roadmap specifying how to achieve carbon neutrality Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Names Lisa Danielson Director Of The Center For Space And Earth Sciences

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Lisa Danielson is the new director of the Center for Space and Earth Science. Courtesy/LANLLANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory has named Lisa Danielson the new director for the Center for Space and Earth Science.

As one of six strategic centers within the National Security Education Center, CSES is a multi- and Interdisciplinary Center for Astrophysics, Near Space Environment, Planetary Science, Geophysics, Earth Systems and Climate, and Bioscience.

CSES provides a gateway for collaborations with academic institutions in these science areas, provides external visibility and

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LAPS Shares 2021 Los Alamos County Science Fair Results

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LAMS 8th grader William Borovina earned 1st place in the Animal Science Junior Division and Best in Show in the Life Science Junior Division for his project on a comparison of hardness between collected Fossil shark teeth and Modern shark teeth. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

Fifty-nine students participated in the 2021 Los Alamos County Science Fair this past weekend, with six projects being named best of show in the elementary, junior and senior categories. 

Every student participant is considered to be a winner.

“We were able to host the Science Fair while sticking to the current COVID restrictions Read More

TechSource Providing Expertise Through Newly Awarded Savannah River National Laboratory M&O Contract

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TechSource Chairman/CEO V. Brian D’Andrea

BUSINESS News:

TechSource, Inc., headquartered in Los Alamos, is part of the Battelle Savannah River Alliance, LLC (BSRA) team to which the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) has awarded the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) Management and Operations contract (M&O).

The $3.8 billion cost plus award fee contract scope includes operations and maintenance of SRNL’s nuclear and non-nuclear facilities. The contract also entails DOE missions support in environmental management, national security, Read More

AFRL Astronomer Observes New Asteroid Satellite

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Dr. Jack Drummond on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea telescope site. Courtesy/AFRL

AFRL News:

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE — “I was wrong,” said Air Force Research Laboratory researcher, Dr. Jack Drummond, when looking back to his early research on asteroids and their orbiting moons.

Drummond is an astronomer at AFRL’s Directed Energy Directorate Starfire Optical Range (SOR) on Kirtland Air Force Base. First as a government civil servant, and now as a Leidos contractor supporting AFRL, he has spent decades studying the solar system, and his research has often focused on asteroid satellites.

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Mountaineers Feature Antarctic Explorations Jan. 26

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France Córdova in the ice-free dry valleys of Antarctica will discuss ‘The Best Journey in the World’ at the Jan. 26 virtual meeting of the Los Alamos Mountaineers. Courtesy/NSF

By BILL PRIEDHORSKY
Los Alamos Mountaineers

The November Los Alamos Mountaineers meeting continues in its electronic format, consistent with the needs of this special time.

The meeting is 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26. As usual, the Mountaineers meeting is held in collaboration with the Pajarito Environmental Education Center. This month, the meeting features a talk by France Anne Córdova entitled “The Best Journey in Read More