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Manhattan Project Lecture: Life Of Scientist Harold Urey

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The cover of the new biography of Nobel Prize-winning chemist Harold Urey (1893–1981), The Life and Science of Harold C. Urey, by Matthew Shindell. Courtesy/LAHS

Smithsonian Curator Matthew Shindell discusses Manhattan Project scientist Harold Urey online at 6 p.m., Oct. 13 as part of the Los Alamos Historical Society Lecture Series. Courtesy/LAHS

Los Alamos Historical Society News:

The community is invited to join the Los Alamos Historical Society online at 6 p.m., Oct. 13 for a fascinating look at the life of Manhattan Project scientist Harold Urey.

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AGU: Jupiter’s Ocean Moons Raise Tidal Waves On Each Other

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Jupiter’s four largest moons, Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, are shown in their relative positions to each other and Jupiter. A new study argues that these moons may have a bigger influence on each other’s tides than Jupiter has, contrary to popular thought. Courtesy/NASA/JPL

AGU News:

A new study argues that Jupiter’s four largest moons may have a bigger influence on each other’s tides than Jupiter itself does.

The findings suggest that oceans on these moons could then generate more heat from friction and could be more suitable to hosting life than previously thought.

Jupiter is the largest Read More

AFRL Satellite Program Preparing Future Workforce

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Two University Nanosatellite Program students assemble the Oculus-ASR satellite. Courtesy/AFRL

AFRL News:

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE — After more than 20 years and 5,500 graduates, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s University Nanosat Program is still providing college students around the country with a hands-on education in designing, building, and launching a satellite into space.

In 1999, the first year of the program, 10 universities participated. Over the years, that number has tripled, and is now being managed by one of its graduates, Jesse Olson. 

Having entered the University Read More

Northern New Mexico College Alumnus Jazmine Lopez To Attend Prestigious Johns Hopkins Science Writing Program  

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Jazmine Lopez 

NNMC News:

After graduating with her Bachelor’s degree from Northern New Mexico College (NNMC), alumnus Jazmine Lopez will attend the prestigious Masters in Science Writing program at Johns Hopkins University.

The Cundiyo native, who graduated with a Bachelor of Integrated Studies Degree with an emphasis in Psychology this year, found a love of writing and the natural world late in her college career.

After working as an intern with the Air Quality Bureau at the New Mexico Environment Department, she discovered a new interest and decided to apply for the program with the Krieger

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American Association Of University Women Features LANL Scientist Harshimi Mukundan At Virtual Fall Luncheon

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Harshimi Mukundan, deputy group leader for the physical chemistry and applied spectroscopy division at LANL is the guest speaker for the AAUW virtual luncheon Saturday, Oct. 3. Courtesy/LANL 
AAUW News:
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) will hold its annual Fall Luncheon virtually at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3.
The speaker is Harshimi Mukundan who is a deputy group leader for the physical chemistry and applied spectroscopy division at LANL. She will describe her research and what she is doing to help women interested in a science career.
Following the talk, a few members
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NNMC Electromechanical Engineering Technology, Information Engineering Technology Bachelor Programs Fully Accredited By ABET

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Abigail Lopez and Lynette Baca, conduct a lab experiment using a hydraulics test bench as part of a Fluid Mechanics Class in the Bachelor of Electromechanical Engineering Technology (EMET) at Northern New Mexico College. Photo by John T. Denne

Students in Northern’s Bachelor of Information Engineering Technology (IET) program learn how to manage computer networks as part of a lab course at Northern New Mexico College. Photo by John T. Denne

EMET News:

ESPAÑOLA — Following a recent evaluation, the Bachelor of Engineering in Electromechanical Engineering Technology (EMET) and the Read More

NIST Scientists Get Soft On 3D Printing

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Illustration of a prospective biocompatible interface shows that hydrogels (green tubing), which can be generated by an electron or X-ray beam 3D printing process, act as artificial synapses or junctions, connecting neurons (brown) to electrodes (yellow). Courtesy/A. Strelcov/NIST

NIST News:

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new method of 3D-printing gels and other soft materials.

Published in a new paper, it has the potential to create complex structures with nanometer-scale precision. Because many gels are compatible with Read More

BSMA: Night With A Nerd Virtual Jeopardy-Style Game

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BSMA News:

You be the Nerd at 6 p.m. Oct. 8!

As promised, the Bradbury Science Museum Association (BSMA) is reprising the jeopardy-style game where you have a chance to be a contestant!

They need at least three contestants to make a go.

The subject is Los Alamos trivia: the Lab, the town, current and past history, science, the surrounding area and more.

RSVP by noon on the day of the event and say whether you would like to be a contestant or an audience member. (If there are more potential contestants than slots, names will be drawn at random.) 

A Zoom link will be sent the afternoon of the event to those Read More

Amateur Naturalist: The Change Of Seasons

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A lone hummingbird remains at a feeder. Perhaps it is still storing away food before its flies south. A week earlier several hummingbirds were at the feeder at the same time. The first snow of winter has fallen, as seen in the background. Photo by Robert Dryja

By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos

The first distinct change of the seasons for this year occurred during the last week of August and first week of September.

The temperature had been reaching toward eighty degrees in August. It then dropped to freezing, bringing rain and snow at the start of September. A cold front from the north brought this all about. Read More

The Phish Scale: NIST-Developed Method Helps IT Staff See Why Users Click On Fraudulent Emails

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A still image from the National Institute of Standards and Technology video on the Phish Scale. Courtesy/NIST

NIST News:

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new method called the Phish Scale that could help organizations better train their employees to avoid a particularly dangerous form of cyber attack known as phishing.

By 2021, global cybercrime damages will cost $6 trillion annually, up from $3 trillion in 2015, according to estimates from the 2020 Official Annual Cybercrime Report by Cybersecurity Ventures. 

One of the more prevalent Read More