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U.S. Sen. Tom Udall To Visit UbiQD, Pebble Labs, New Mexico Consortium (NMC) Biological Laboratory Sept. 4

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U.S. Sen. Tom Udall

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Tom Udall:

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall will visit Los Alamos to tour the facilities of Ubiquitous Quantum Dots (UbiQD), 10-10:45 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 4 at 134 Eastgate Dr. UbiQD is a successful tech transfer company at the forefront of LCD innovation.

 

Also Wednesday, the senator will tour another successful tech transfer company, Pebble Labs, and the New Mexico Consortium (NMC) Biological Laboratory noon to 12:45 p.m. at 100 Entrada Dr. Read More

Society of Catholic Scientists Invites Community To Inaugural Talk By Rev. Michael Demkovich Sept. 19

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Fr. Michael Demkovich, O.P.

SCS News:

The newly forming Los Alamos / Northern New Mexico Chapter of the Society of Catholic Scientists (SCS) is pleased to invite the community to its inaugural talk, 6:45 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, in the Karen McLaughlin Parish Hall at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church.

The talk is sponsored jointly with the group of Dominican Laity in Los Alamos and includes, beginning at 6:15 p.m., a light dinner.

The guest speaker is the Very Rev. Michael Demkovich, O.P., who will deliver a talk on “Aquinas on Revelation: Do we really need theology?”

In addition, the Read More

Hundreds Attend Robotics Night Thanks To NMB&T

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NMB&T’s Liz Cavasos, Leslie Harrelson and Pam Mayfield. Courtesy/BSMA Crawford/ladailypost.com

Scene from Robotics Night Aug. 23 at the Bradbury Science Museum. Courtesy/BSMA

BSMA News:

Hundreds of robotics enthusiasts gathered Aug. 23 at the Bradbury Science Museum, when more than 30 robotics teams from around the region were joined by the Los Alamos Police Department bomb diffusing robots, UNM-LA’s Robotics Degree Program and Los Alamos STEM Lab.

New Mexico Bank & Trust (NMB&T) sponsored the event.

“It’s nice to give back to the community,” NMB&T Vice President Read More

EM’s Ike White Tours SRS Liquid Waste Facilities

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Ike White, right, Senior Advisor for EM, engages DOE-Savannah River employees at a meeting after touring Savannah River Site (SRS) liquid waste facilities. Also pictured is SRS Manager Mike Budney. Courtesy/DOE
 
Ike White, left, Senior Advisor for EM, tours the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) with Cliff Conner, cognizant system engineer and process manager for Parsons, EM’s SWPF contractor at the Savannah River Site. Courtesy/DOE
 
DOE News:
 
AIKEN, S.C. ― EM Senior Advisor Ike White recently visited the Savannah River Site (SRS), where he toured liquid waste facilities
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History Museum Exhibit: Test Tube Community Sept. 6

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Courtesy/LAHS
 
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Los Alamos History Museum News:
 
Test Tube Community: Constructing Normalcy in Cold War Los Alamos, the new temporary exhibit at the Los Alamos History Museum opens 4-6 p.m. Sept. 6.
 
Sponsored by Enterprise Bank & Trust, the exhibit explores social life in Los Alamos during a period when the town was striving to create a community out of what had been a muddy, hastily-built army base.
 
Bringing the exhibit to life are family photographs, interviews, and artifacts ranging from an AEC tenant’s handbook to the soda fountain taps
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‘Innovation’ Word Of The Day For Air Force

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KAFB News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― The Air Force Research Laboratory Tech Engagement Office honored AFRL scientists and engineers who are moving technology out of the laboratory into industry for commercialization purposes.
 
This was the second year for the AFRL New Mexico Innovation Awards event. It was held Aug. 9 at the University of New Mexico Science and Technology Park where AFRL in partnership with UNM now occupies more than 3,000 square feet of office and innovation laboratory space.
 
“The Tech Engagement Office facilitates and encourages the growth of technical transfer,”
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Historical Society: Evolution Of Bathtub Row Press

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The first published book by the Los Alamos Historical Society’s press. Courtesy/LAHS

By SHARON SNYDER and MAXINE JOPPA
Los Alamos Historical Society

In 1973, the alumni of the Los Alamos Ranch School arranged a huge reunion in Santa Fe. Many of the former students flew to Chicago just to take a special train to Lamy, a route many of them had taken as young boys.

John Shedd Reed, CEO of the Santa Fe Railroad and a member of the LARS Class of 1933, made the cars on that special train available. Once in Santa Fe, the alumni stayed at Bishop’s Lodge, then owned by Jim Thorpe, LARS Class of 1942.

In anticipation Read More

Scenes From Robotics Night At Bradbury Museum

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Members of the Los Alamos Robotics Team 4153, known as Project Y, Zach Koehn, left, and Carter Noeninckyx operate the team’s ball tossing robot during Robotics Night Friday at the Bradbury Science Museum. Koehn and Noeninckyx said their team built the robot in six weeks.They added that competively, thus has been its best year, going all the way to the World’s Competition in April in Houston, Texas. They competed against 400 teams. Robotics Night featured robotics teams from regional schools and local groups with robots used by Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos Police Read More

Robotics Night At Bradbury Science Museum Aug. 23

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BSMA News:
Robotics teams from regional schools, along with local robotics groups, will demonstrate their robots to the public 5-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23.
This free event is brought to you by the Bradbury Science Museum Association (BSMA) and generously supported by New Mexico Bank & Trust.
Visitors will have an opportunity to see the robots used by organizations such as Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos County Police Department and University of New Mexico – Los Alamos.
LANL Scientist Samuel Clegg will present current research on the Mars Chem-Cam on the planet-exploring
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