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Los Alamos Faith And Science Forum: How Life Works

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Physicist Nelson Hoffman presents a lecture during the 2017 Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum Summer Series. Courtesy photo

LAFASF News:

The theme of the 2018 Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum Summer Series is “Purposeful Evolution” and Nelson Hoffman is presenting a lecture Wednesday, June 13 on “How Life Works”.

To discuss recent ideas in evolutionary biology, we need to know a bit about how life works. This lecture will be an introduction to biology for people who don’t usually think about it. Hoffman will talk about the cell, metabolism, genetics, and reproduction. He’ll discuss amino Read More

LANL Director, Local Officials React To LANL M&O Contract Award To Triad National Security

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By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Terry Wallace reacted Friday morning to the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration announcement that it has awarded the $2.5 billion management and operating contract for the Lab to Triad National Security, LLC.

“We are committed to working with the new management team to ensure a transition that is as seamless as possible,” Wallace said. “While the contract change will bring in a new team of parent companies, the Laboratory’s mission remains the same: to serve Read More

Science Busking On Streets Of Los Alamos

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Science Evangelist Gordon McDonough performing science busking Tuesday in front of CB FOX. Courtesy photo
 
Science Evangelist Gordon McDonough and his side-kick Liz Martineau performing science busking Tuesday in front of CB FOX. Courtesy photo
 
LACDC News:
 
Science Evangelist Gordon McDonough and his side-kick Liz Martineau performed science busking Tuesday in front of CB FOX Department store. The demonstration – about black holes and light – drew the attention of many curious pedestrians in downtown Los Alamos.
 
“Science busking is a fun initiative
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AGU: Scientists Solve Lunar Mystery With Aid Of Missing Moon Tapes

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Astronaut Harrison Schmitt uses an adjustable sampling scoop to retrieve lunar samples during the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972. Newly restored lunar data tapes show the Apollo astronauts’ activity warmed the Moon’s surface slightly. Courtesy/NASA
 
AGU News:
 
After eight years spent recovering lost Moon data from the Apollo missions, scientists report in a new study they’ve solved a decades-old mystery of why the Moon’s subsurface warmed slightly during the 1970s.
 
Scientists have wondered about the cause of the warming since soon after the Apollo missions started,
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LANL: New Elementary Particle Evidence Found, ‘Sterile Neutrino’ Long Suspected

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Mini Booster Neutrino Experiment. Courtesy/LANL

 

Participants from Los Alamos in MiniBooNE Control Room, from left, Gordon McGregor, Richard Van de Water, Geoffrey Mills and Bill Louis. Courtesy/LANL

 

LANL News:

  • Los Alamos experiment at Fermilab explores potential ‘dark matter’ link, confirms earlier experiment

New research results have potentially identified a fourth type of neutrino, a “sterile neutrino” particle. This particle provides challenges for the Standard Model of particle physics, if found to be a valid result in future experiments. The work, conducted Read More

Los Alamos Faith And Science Forum June 6: Introduction … Why Study Evolution?

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Scene from Dan Winske’s 2017 presentation for the Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum. Courtesy photo

LAFASF News:

Dan Winske kicks-off the Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum summer series Wednesday, June 6, by speaking to the title: “Introduction: Why Study Evolution?”

This first talk of the 2018 Summer Series introduces its overall theme “Purposeful Evolution” by asking: What is evolution? Why study it now? And why are science and religion mostly congenial except when discussing evolution? Dr. Winske also presents a preview of the upcoming lectures and information about the external speaker, Read More

Del Norte Credit Union Sponsors Impact Training To Help Exhibitors Prepare For ScienceFest

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Impact Training attendees do a training exercise. Courtesy photo
 
LACDC News:
 
Del Norte Credit Union sponsored an Impact Training session May 18 at projectY cowork Los Alamos. Mathamuseum, LLC representatives Liz Martineau and Gordon McDonough led the session.
 
Impact Training teaches STEAM-subject matter experts to develop their skills in working with the public.
 
“Impact Training is about how to explain complex subjects to the general public using hands-on activities and real-world analogies,” Martineau said.
 
Attendees practiced demonstrating
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LANL: Public Lectures Explore Power Of Light

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Jennifer Hollingsworth
 
LANL News:
 
Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellow Jennifer Hollingsworth will discuss the power of light in three Frontiers in Science public lectures beginning June 4 in Santa Fe.
 
“Photons are the elementary particle responsible for light,” said Jennifer Hollingsworth, a researcher at the Laboratory’s Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies. “If the 20th century depended on electronics, it is predicted that the 21st century will depend as much on photonics: the science and application of making, detecting, controlling and transforming
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AGU: Climate Change May Lead To Bigger Atmospheric Rivers

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AGU News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new study shows that climate change is likely to intensify extreme weather events known as atmospheric rivers across most of the globe by the end of this century, while slightly reducing their number.
 
The new study, published online in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, projects atmospheric rivers will be significantly longer and wider than the ones we observe today, leading to more frequent atmospheric river conditions in affected areas.
 
“The results project that in a scenario where greenhouse
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