Science

Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory Tour Highlights Research, Partnerships

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From left, U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Under Secretary for Science Paul Dabbar listening last week to environmental scientists Teresa Matthews and Mark Peterson of the Aquatic Ecology Laboratory discuss EM-funded research. Courtesy/ORNL
 

DOE News:

 
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. ― Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Under Secretary for Science Paul Dabbar last week visited Oak Ridge National Laboratory where they learned about a partnership between EM and DOE’s Office of Science to identify effective and affordable solutions for mercury cleanup that can
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Viome Researchers Visit Senior Center Friday

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Courtesy/Viome

COMMUNITY News:

Viome’s research and development team members Ryan Toma and Nathan Duval, who work on product development and clinical studies, will be on hand 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the Betty Ehart Senior Center to answer questions about their program and recruit participants for a study.

“We are currently recruiting for a study, which aims to understand how human gene expression varies across different populations,” Toma said. “Our study is trying to recruit participants from diverse populations, specifically over the age of 50.”

The participants will schedule a time Read More

New Study Finds Island Lizards Are Expert Sunbathers, And It’s Slowing Their Evolution

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A diminutive little tree lizard soaks up the sun in the Caribbean. Photo by J. Salazar
 
VIRGINIA TECH News:
 
If you’ve ever spent time in the Caribbean, you might have noticed that humans are not the only organisms soaking up the sun.
 
Anoles – diminutive little tree lizards – spend much of their day shuttling in and out of shade. But, according to a new study in Evolution led by Assistant Professor Martha Muñoz at Virginia Tech and Jhan Salazar at Universidad Icesi, this behavioral “thermoregulation” isn’t just affecting their body temperature.
 
Surprisingly, it’s also
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Science On Tap: A Conversation With Dr. Cathy Wilson About The Impact Of Thawing Arctic Permafrost

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Creative District News:

The community is invited to join the Bradbury Science Museum and the Los Alamos Creative District for Science On Tap at 5:30 p.m. Monday, May 20 at project Y cowork, 150 Central Park Square.  

This discussion will feature Dr. Cathy Wilson of the Earth and Environmental Sciences Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Dr. Wilson is an observational and computational hydrologist and geomorphologist working with the Lab’s Earth and Environmental Sciences Division. She also is the curator of an exhibit at the Bradbury Science Museum, “Climate Perspectives: Read More

Amateur Naturalist: What’s Happening To The Birds?

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The Acorn woodpecker has a white ring around its eye and also is among the most commonly seen. Photo by Bob Walker

The Lesser goldfinch is the most commonly seen species in the lower forest habitat.  
Photo by Bob Walker

Robert Dryja
Los Alamos

We previously considered bird species that are generalists for breeding throughout the various habitats in Los Alamos County. The annual counts give the impression that these species as a group have been increasing in number over the years.

However there is one dominant species, the Evening grosbeak, which is increasing in numbers. The other less common Read More

Twelve Hundred NM Students Simulate Life On Mars

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KAFB News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE — More than 1,200 fifth-graders participated in one of New Mexico’s most exciting STEM events last week, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Mission to Mars.
 
Students from 37 New Mexico schools had the chance Friday to experience life on the Red Planet, at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
 
Participating students spent months in the classroom learning about Mars and put their knowledge to use in this large-scale simulation. Teams of students worked together to build 89 habitats, various life support systems, and gave technical briefings about
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LANB Provides 162 Students With Trip To Bradbury

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McCurdy Charter School students spend time examining exhibits at the Bradbury Science Museum recently thanks to financial support from LANB. Courtesy/BSMA
A McCurdy student works a puzzle at the Bradbury Science Museum. Courtesy/BSMA
BSMA News:
In partnership with the Bradbury Science Museum Association (BSMA), recently provided the bus transportation for 162 students from Arroyos Del Norte Elementary School in Arroyo Seco, F.X. Nava Elementary School in Santa Fe and McCurdy Charter School in Española.
The BSMA/LANB partnership is enabling students from Northern New Mexico Title
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AGU: Climate Change Gives Old Trees Growth Spurt

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A graph of Dahurian larch tree growth from 1964-2014. BAI stands for basal area increment – the amount of area the trees gained in cross-section each year, in square millimeters. The lines represent average growth for trees of different age groups (150 to 200 years old, 200 to 250 years old, 250 to 300 years old, and older than 300 years). The spike in growth around 2004 is evident. Courtesy/AGU/Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
 

Tree rings collected from old-growth Dahurian larch trees. Trees grow one ring per year. Courtesy/Xianliang Zhang

 
AGU News:
 
WASHINGTON,
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2019 JRMF Mathematics Festival At NNMC May 17

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NNMC News:
 
ESPANOLA ― STEM Santa Fe has announced that for the first time the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival (JRMF) is coming to Española Friday, May 17 on the campus of Northern New Mexico College (NNMC).
 
Since first held at Google in California in 2007, this festival has successfully sparked the imagination of students and teachers alike to the joy and beauty of mathematics all over the world.
 
STEM Santa Fe has brought this festival to New Mexico for the first time in 2017 and has been holding it annually in Santa Fe. This year STEM Santa Fe is holding a second festival at
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AGU: Radioactive Carbon From Nuclear Bomb Tests Found In Deep Ocean Trenches

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Hirondellea gigas, a type of amphipod that lives in the Mariana Trench. Courtesy/Daiju Azuma, CC BY 2.5
 
The 37 kiloton “Priscilla” nuclear test, detonated at the Nevada Test Site in 1957. Courtesy/U.S. Department of Energy
 
AGU News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Radioactive carbon released into the atmosphere from 20th-century nuclear bomb tests has reached the deepest parts of the ocean, new research finds.
 
A new study in AGU’s journal Geophysical Research Letters finds the first evidence of radioactive carbon from nuclear bomb tests in muscle tissues of crustaceans
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