Members of the Los Alamos High School team including Do Vo, Michael Chigaev, Elijah Pelofske, Conner Rittner and Steven Zhao competing April 25-19 in Washington, D.C. at the National Science Bowl. Team sponsors are Kathy and Steve Boerigter. This is the ninth time in the last 10 years that the LAHS team has advanced to represent New Mexico at the national competition. Science Bowl is a nationwide academic competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy that tests the knowledge of middle and high school students in all areas of science and mathematics. The team returns home today so check Read More
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BSMA: Free National Geographic Summer Workshop
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In this interactive session, educators will discuss how they teach with a global and geographic perspective, reflecting on their teaching missions and collaborating to build upon one another’s best project ideas.
They’ll also be introduced to National Geographic’s Learning Framework, which is a set of attitudes, skills, and knowledge areas that embody the attributes of an explorer-one who seeks solutions to our world’s most pressing problems.
This session counts as Phase 1 of the free professional learning program known Read More
AGU: New Studies Highlight Challenge Of Meeting Paris Agreement Climate Goals
Smokestacks in Champaign, Ill. Two new studies show future climate extremes depend on the policy decisions made by major emitters, and that even if major emitters were to strengthen their commitments to reducing emissions, the rest of the world would have to immediately reduce their greenhouse gases to zero to achieve the Paris 2015 goal. Courtesy/Wikimedia CommonsAGU News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — New research highlights the “incredible challenge” of reaching the Paris Agreement without intense action and details the extreme temperatures parts of the planet will suffer if countries
Read More LANB Enables 134 Students To Visit Bradbury Museum
A Lybrook Elementary School student explores the Bradbury Science Museum. Photo by Ryn Herrmann
BSMA News:
In partnership with the Bradbury Science Museum Association (BSMA), recently provided bus transportation for 134 students from San Juan Elementary School in Espanola, Milagro Middle School in Santa Fe and Lybrook Elementary School in Counselor.
The BSMA/LANB partnership is enabling students from northern New Mexico Title 1 Schools to travel to the museum and visit Los Alamos.
While at the museum, the students learn about engineering.
“The students are guided through a fun engineering Read More
PEEC: Earth Day Astronomy Talk And Premiere Of New Full-Dome Film
Join Rick Wallace for a special Earth Day talk at 6 p.m., Friday, April 26 in the Los Alamos Nature Center’s planetarium. Plus, enjoy the premiere of the full-dome film “EXPLORE” at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 27 after the Earth Day Festival. Courtesy/PEECPEEC News:
Join astronomer Rick Wallace Friday, April 26 for a special Earth Day talk in the Los Alamos Nature Center’s planetarium.
Climate scientists overwhelmingly agree that Earth’s climate has changed significantly in the past few decades, but some people argue that this is natural because Earth has experienced large
Odyssey Of The Mind Team Qualifies For World Finals
Aspen Elementary School Odyssey of the Mind Team poses early Tuesday evening outside the school board room, from left, Grace Virgilio, Sophia Pacheco, Vickie Daley, Alea Kretz, Matthew Allen, Jayden Garcia, Xander Wilson and Mike Coggeshall. Courtesy/LAPS
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com
The Los Alamos School Board recognized a group of Aspen Elementary School students during its meeting Tuesday evening who participated in the Odyssey of the Mind competition and qualified for World Finals being held in May at Michigan State University.
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29th Annual Supercomputing Challenge Concludes With Award Ceremony Tuesday April 30
Supercomputing Challenge News:
- New Mexico Middle and High School Students Compete for Scholarships and Awards
The 29th annual Supercomputing Challenge concludes with a festive Award Ceremony 9 a.m. to noon, April 30, at Smith-Brasher Hall on the campus of Central New Mexico Community College.
The competition for scholarships and awards showcases the school year-long research projects of budding scientists and engineers throughout the state of New Mexico. The Awards ceremony follows the judging event for finalists at Smith-Brasher Hall and Expo in the rotunda at the University of New Read More
LANL: Scientists Create First Billion-Atom Biomolecular Simulation Of Entire Gene Of DNA
A Los Alamos-led team created the largest simulation to date of an entire gene of DNA, a feat that required one billion atoms to model. Courtesy photoLANL News:
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have created the largest simulation to date of an entire gene of DNA, a feat that required one billion atoms to model and will help researchers to better understand and develop cures for diseases like cancer.
“It is important to understand DNA at this level of detail because we want to understand precisely how genes turn on and off,” said Karissa Sanbonmatsu, a structural
Read More Particles, Tugging Tides May Affect Extraterrestrial Life
UA News:TUCSON, Ariz. — Since its discovery in 2016, planetary scientists have been excited about TRAPPIST-1, a system where seven Earth-sized rocky planets orbit a cool star.
Three of the planets are in the habitable zone, the region of space where liquid water can flow on the planets’ surfaces. But two new studies by scientists in the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory may lead astronomers to redefine the habitable zone for TRAPPIST-1.
The three planets in the habitable zone are likely facing a formidable opponent to life: high-energy
Read More NMT Students Launch Experimental Rocket
NMT Rocket Design Team, Faculty Advisor and WSRDs launch crew. Courtesy photoNMT News:
SPACEPORT AMERICA, NM ― At 8:19 a.m., MDT, Sunday, April 13, The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT) Rocket Team launched the latest of its student rockets from the Spaceport America Vertical Launch Area.
The rocket was developed jointly by NMT and White Sands Research and Developers (WSRDs), a Las Cruces certified Woman Owned Small Business specialized in aerospace R&D. Measuring 11 feet long by 6.1 inches in diameter, the mission was similar to last year’s with
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