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Marc Kippen Awarded Inaugural Global Security Medal

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Los Alamos Global Security Medal recipient Marc Kippen. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • R. Marc Kippen is an expert in space-based sensing and nuclear detonation detection … he is the first recipient of LANL’s Global Security Medal
  • Medal honors commitment to Los Alamos National Laboratory’s mission

R. Marc Kippen has been awarded the inaugural Los Alamos Global Security Medal in recognition of his innovative professional and scientific excellence supporting Los Alamos National Laboratory’s global security mission.

Specifically, Kippen is recognized for his leadership and achievements Read More

SFI: Limits Of Computers In Science & Society Tonight

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‘The Fixer’ from ‘The Future is Now’, by Josan Gonzales/www.ixcitadel.com
 
SFI News:
 
Stanislaw Ulam Memorial Lecture Series: “Limits of Computers in Science and Society” with Cristopher Moore, Santa Fe Institute, at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Sept. 24 and Tuesday, Sept. 25, at The Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St., in Santa Fe.
 
Computers, algorithms, and artificial intelligence have touched every aspect of our society, from science, to communication, to the justice system. But despite their enormous power,
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Final FY19 Appropriations: NNSA Weapons RDT&E

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Technicians inspect an optics assembly at the National Ignition Facility. Photo by Jason Laurea/LLNL

 

NNSA News:
 
The final fiscal year 2019 appropriations bill for the Department of Energy includes a 4 percent overall increase for the National Nuclear Security Administration, bringing its total budget to $15.2 billion.
 
Congress approved the appropriation last week as part of a three-bill package, and President Trump is expected to sign it into law today at an event in Las Vegas.
 
The bill continues a multi-year spending surge that is financing a comprehensive
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LANL Scientist Jonathan Dowell Discusses Lighthouse Directional Radiation Detector During Science On Tap

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Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Jonathan Dowell presented the talk, ‘Simple sophistication: Detecting radiation one beam at a time’ Monday evening at UnQuarked in Central Park Square. Like its namesake, the lighthouse directional radiation detector is all about maintaining a safe distance from harm. Whether the goal is confirming absence of radioactive materials or tracking them, the latest engineering innovation by Dowell and his colleagues brings a radiation-detection tool with immense potential to keep workers and the public safe. Dowell discussed the peanut butter Read More

AGU: Mysterious ‘Lunar Swirls’ Point To Moon’s Volcanic, Magnetic Past

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Sonia Tikoo, an assistant professor in Rutgers-New Brunswick’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, looks at moon rock samples in a Petri dish. Courtesy/Rutgers
 
AGU News:
 
The mystery behind lunar swirls, one of the solar system’s most beautiful optical anomalies, may finally be solved thanks to a new study.
 
The solution hints at the dynamism of the moon’s ancient past as a place with volcanic activity and an internally generated magnetic field. It also challenges our picture of the moon’s existing geology.
 
Lunar swirls resemble bright, snaky clouds painted
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AGU: U.S. Wildfire Smoke Deaths May Double By 2100

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A helicopter drops water on the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado Springs, Colo., as firefighters continue to battle the blaze in 2012. Courtesy/U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeremy Lock
 
This image, captured by the NOAA-20 satellite’s VIIRS instrument Aug. 19, 2018, shows thick plumes of smoke over British Columbia. Courtesy/NOAA
 
Courtesy/NOAA
 
AGU News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The number of deaths associated with the inhalation of wildfire smoke in the U.S. could double by the end of the century, according to new research.
 
A new study simulating the effects
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LANL: Lectures Explore Impact Of Particle Accelerators

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Bruce Carlsten
 
LANL News:
 
Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellow Bruce Carlsten will explore the ways particle accelerators can improve our lives in three Frontiers in Science public lectures beginning Sept. 17 in Albuquerque.
 
“Particle accelerators have a range of applications, from fighting cancer to processing food and enabling key scientific discoveries,” said Carlsten, a researcher at the Laboratory’s Engineering Sciences Directorate.
 
“Simple accelerators can be as small as dental X-ray tools while large ones like the Large Hadron Collider at CERN
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Learn How Known Universe Has Grown Over Time

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Dave North and Akkana Peck at 7 p.m. Friday to learn about how the ‘Known Universe’ has grown over time thanks to breakthroughs in astronomy. This is the first in a series of planetarium talks at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

Go back in time this Friday evening to learn about how perceptions of reality have grown over time through breakthroughs in astronomy.

Dave North and Akkana Peck are giving the first in a series of planetarium talks that will explore how the “Known Universe” has increased in size over time. Their talk begins at 7 p.m., Friday at the Los Alamos Nature Center Read More