Science

DOE Renews Non-Competitive Financial Assistance Grant For Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring & Research Center

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DOE News:

The Office of Environmental Management (EM), Carlsbad Field Office is renewing a financial assistance grant to the Regents of New Mexico State University (NMSU), a Public/State Controlled Institution of Higher Education. 

The project value is $14,470,270 million, with a 5-year project period.

Under NMSU, College of Engineering, environmental monitoring will be performed at the Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center (CEMRC), in Carlsbad.

The primary objective of the CEMRC is to develop, implement and sustain an independent health and environmental monitoring Read More

HU: Jenna Bustos Has Pick Of Seven Doctoral Programs

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Jenna Bustos

NMHU News:

LAS VEGAS, NM — Jenna Bustos, a chemistry and biology senior at New Mexico Highlands University, has her pick of seven top doctoral chemistry programs across the country.

In January, Bustos’ letters of acceptance started rolling in from Ph.D. programs at Purdue University, Penn State University, Ohio State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Oregon State University, University of Connecticut and New Mexico State University.

“Studying chemistry is exciting for the opportunity to stretch my imagination and synthesize the materials of the future,” said Read More

Civil Air Patrol Cell Phone Forensics Team Marks 1,000th ‘Find’ Credited By Air Force Rescue Coordination Center

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Lt. Col. Vic LaSala is an analyst trainee with Civil Air Patrol’s National Cell Phone Forensics Team. Photo by Capt. Margot Myers/Arizona Wing

CAP News:

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. — Civil Air Patrol’s award-winning National Cell Phone Forensics Team achieved another major milestone, recording its 1,000th find of a lost or missing person on the way to its 656th life saved since the innovative technology was developed.

Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, conducts approximately 90 percent of all search operations within the United States as assigned by the Read More

NM STEM Boomerang: The Place For SPACE

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STEM BOOMERANG News:

Do you love the idea of space as the next frontier?

Are you interested in how the internet will work between the moon, earth, and Mars? Are satellites or nanorobots cool? How about a great STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) career in New Mexico?

It might surprise many that, even in the middle of a pandemic, New Mexico’s Space and Beyond economy – from satellites and big data to cybersecurity, and nanotech – is working hard and in need of great STEM talent. It’s paradoxical – who would imagine companies that have jobs open now, when so many are working remotely? But Read More

Amateur Naturalist: Plants Growing In Springtime

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Leaves are beginning to emerge on the lower branch of the aspen tree. Flowers are emerging on upper branches. Photo by Robert Dryja

By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos

Springtime and plant growth go together, but how does a plant know when it is springtime?

The usual answer is that a plant senses increasing temperature or longer day light. But is it that simple?  Let’s first consider “length of day”.

Today the sun rose at 6:20 in the morning and set at 7:46.

Yesterday it rose at 6:21 and set at 7:45. There was two minutes less of daylight.

Tomorrow it will rise at 6:18 and set at 7:47. There will be three more minutes Read More

In One Of America’s Rare Undergraduate Immunology Programs, UAB Students ‘Prepare For The Next Pandemic’

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Students in UAB’s Undergraduate Immunology Program, the next generation of immunologists, are preparing for the next pandemic. Courtesy/UAB

Courtesy/UAB

UAB News:

BIRMINGHAM, AL — The entire planet, more or less, is fixated on the greatest pandemic in modern memory. Claire Elliott is already preparing for the next one.

Elliott, a junior from Franklin, Tenn., is part of University of Alabama-Birmingham’s (UAB) Undergraduate Immunology Program, one of a handful of such programs at universities in the United States.

In high school, where she was part of an International Baccalaureate Read More

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich Lauds Approval For Sandia National Laboratories To Begin COVID-19 Testing

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Sandia National Laboratories has been granted approval by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to begin public testing for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Courtesy/SNL

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 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, is lauding the announcement that Sandia National Laboratories has been granted approval by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to begin public testing for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The approval will expand New Mexico’s testing capabilities Read More

EPA Expands Research On COVID-19 In Environment

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EPA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to make COVID-19 issues a top priority.

The Agency has been actively supporting response efforts across the country to protect public health. As part of these efforts, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler is asking for a rapid review with the Science Advisory Board (SAB) to provide feedback on research needs identified by EPA’s researchers.

This research will enhance and build on the Agency’s capabilities to address the environmental and human health impacts from the virus that causes COVID-19.

“EPA’s world-class Read More

Stay-Home, Stay-Busy Options Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

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Sunrise breaks over the plains at the Very Large Array. Courtesy/NRAO/AUI/NSF

STATE News:

  • New Mexico institutions offer virtual crafts, music and more

SANTA FE – State agencies are offering plenty of distractions for New Mexicans stuck at home for another weekend amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Crafts, concerts and kitchen chemistry are just a few of the activities the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs and the Tourism Department have prepared. Here’s a list of some of the things you can do this weekend – without leaving home:

Go shopping – online – using the Tourism Department’s

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