Science

SFCC, Other Higher Ed, Industry Partners Selected As Semifinalist In NSF Regional Engines Innovation Competition

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SFCC News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) along with higher education and industry partners has been named as a semifinalist for a proposal in the National Science Foundation (NSF) regional engines competition.

The proposed initiative would address water scarcity and resilience across the Southwest. Known as the Energized Watershed Engine (EW Engine), the effort would bring together more than 50 partners and over $641 million in public and private commitments to accelerate water access, reuse and energy innovation.

The proposed initiative will be led by the University of Read More

Budding Innovators Build Strong In Los Alamos Makers’ Intensive Summer 3D Printing Program

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Mentors and volunteers for the 3D Printing Summer School at Los Alamos Makers, from top left, Kathy Fitch and Brett Blackwell; bottom from left, Jacob Yoder and Josh Breidenbach; Not shown: Dusan Kral. Courtesy photo

Students printing designs during 3D Printing Summer School at Los Alamos Makers. Courtesy photo

Los Alamos Makers News:

Seven rising high school students (including homeschooled students) recently completed an intensive four-day 3D Printing Program hosted by Los Alamos Makers, gaining hands-on experience in design, engineering, and rapid prototyping.

The program, supported Read More

Rep. Chris Chandler Emphasizes Need To Regulate AI During Two Day Meeting Of State Legislature’s Science, Technology & Telecommunications Committee Held In Los Alamos

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Dist. 43 Rep. Christine Chandler, left, leads a discussion on AI at the New Mexico State Legislature’s Science, Technology & Telecommunications Committee meeting Tuesday morning in Council Chambers at the Los Alamos County Municipal Building. Chandler emphasized that the legislature should take steps to regulate AI while not stifling its growth. ‘I think we should impose an obligation on developers to make sure the products they are marketing to other companies or individuals … kind of meet the good housekeeping seal of approval,’ Chandler said. Attending Tuesday’s meeting virtually, Read More

Explore The Lives Of Stars With PEEC & Astrophysicist Galen Gisler At Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium

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PEEC News:

The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) invites curious minds to journey through the cosmos at the Los Alamos Nature Center’s planetarium for a captivating program: “Stellar Lifecycles:, taking place 7-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 12.

Led by PEEC Board Member and astrophysicist Galen Gisler, this family-friendly presentation explores the fascinating question: What can we learn from the light of stars? Using only the light that reaches Earth, scientists over the past two centuries have uncovered the secrets behind the lives of stars — from their formation in stellar nurseries Read More

Los Alamos Faith And Science Forum 2025 Summer Lecture Series Presents ‘Ethics, Love And The Alignment Problem In Artificial Intelligence’ Aug. 5

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Los Alamos Faith And Science Forum News:

Los Alamos Faith And Science Forum 2025 Summer Lecture Series Presents “Ethics, Love and the Alignment Problem in Artificial Intelligence” by Dr. James Carroll, Tuesday, Aug. 5 at the Los Alamos Unitarian Church. A light meal will be served at 6 p.m. with the lecture beginning at 6:30 p.m. The presentation will be recorded and streamed to the ZOOM site given at: https://losalamosfaithandscienceforum.org.

One of the largest unsolved problems in artificial intelligence is the so-called “alignment problem”, that is, the problem of creating an AI that Read More

Celebrate NMMNHS’s Past, Present And Future During Free Closing Celebration Aug. 3

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NMMNHS News:

Visitors are invited to say “See you soon” to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science while looking ahead to the future with free shows, educational activities, and much more during the museum’s free Closing Celebration event on Sunday, Aug. 3.

With the museum slated to temporarily close for renovations starting on August 4, the museum team and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation are planning a celebration of the museum on August 3 so that visitors can say goodbye to the familiar façade before the museum undergoes its first major renovation in Read More

How Los Alamos National Laboratory Is Addressing ‘Forever Chemicals’ Known As PFAS …  With This Nationwide Contaminant Of Concern, LANL Is Ahead Of The Curve

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Sarah Holcomb and Randy Vigil check a device that collects wastewater samples entering and leaving Laboratory property. The samples assess the effectiveness of the treatment process for PFAS as well as other substances. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

They’re arguably the most talked about chemicals of our time, pervasive in everyday products and linked to a litany of adverse health effects. They are so widespread, in fact, that they’ve been detected in snowmelt on Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth.

Known as PFAS, or per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, high levels have been found Read More

LANL Team Finds New Path Toward Quantum Machine Learning, Publishes Paper In Nature Physics

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A Los Alamos National Laboratory team has developed a new method to bring Gaussian processes to quantum computers. Credit to: GPT-4o

LANL News:

Neural networks revolutionized machine learning for classical computers: self-driving cars, language translation and even artificial intelligence software were all made possible. It is no wonder, then, that researchers wanted to transfer this same power to quantum computers — but all attempts to do so brought unforeseen problems. Recently, however, a team at Los Alamos National Laboratory developed a new way to bring these same mathematical Read More

Luján Fights For National Lab Science Funding 

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From the Office of U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján:

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Co-Chair of the Senate National Labs Caucus, today called on President Trump to reverse course on proposed reductions in the Fiscal Year 2026 federal budget to research and development programs within the Department of Energy (DOE), including cuts to programs at National Laboratories.

In the letter to President Trump, Sen. Luján highlights the successful economic impacts by these DOE research and development programs, including our National Laboratories’ critical role in driving global scientific Read More

Los Alamos Faith & Science Forum 2025 Summer Lecture Series Presents: ‘Faith, Science and Biotechnologies. Navigating Science With Integrity’

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Los Alamos Faith & Science Forum News:

Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum 2025 Summer Lecture Series Presents ‘Faith, Science and Biotechnologies. Navigating Science with Integrity’ by guest speaker, John Loike, MD, Monday, July 28 at the Los Alamos Unitarian Church.

A light meal will be served at 6 p.m. with the lecture beginning at 6:30 p.m. The presentation will be recorded and streamed to the Zoom site given at: https://losalamosfaithandscienceforum.org.

This presentation explores the complex ethical terrain at the intersection of cutting-edge biotechnology and moral responsibility. Read More