Science

LANL: New High-resolution Exascale Earth-modeling System Announced For Energy

by

The high-resolution E3SM earth system model simulates the strongest storms with surface winds exceeding 150 mph—hurricanes that leave cold wakes that are 2 to 4 degrees Celsius cooler than their surroundings. This simulation from E3SM represents how sea surface temperature changes evolve as a hurricane (seen here approaching the U.S. East Coast) moves across the Atlantic and how the resultant cold wake affects subsequent intensification of the next hurricane. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Supercomputing advances will improve analysis of Earth system variability and energy sector
Read More

NNMCAB Discusses Recommendations For DOE On Energy Communities Alliance Waste Disposition Report

by

By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

Northern New Mexico Citizens’ Advisory Board combined committee members meeting in Pojoaque April 18 discussed their proposed recommendations to the Department of Energy on the Energy Communities Alliance (ECA) report on waste disposition to the Department of Energy (DOE).

NNMCAB member Dr. Stanley Riveles confirmed Sunday that he drafted the recommendations on the ECA repost, “Waste Management: A New Approach to DOE’s Waste Management Must Be Pursued” at the request of a NNMCAB subcommittee. He said the recommendations Read More

Sheehey: Science And Politics

by

By PETE SHEEHEY
Candidate for House Dist. 43

I am an applied physicist retired from LANL. As District 43’s State Representative, I will work on many issues with a scientific dimension: environmental preservation, renewable energy, economic development, STEM education, health care; tax reform also has complex data sets to analyze. I was honored this Monday to receive the endorsement of the state Sierra Club, an organization that works to preserve the environment with respect for science.

I am an activist because I feel strongly that our future depends upon our actions today, especially on Read More

LANL’s Ian Tregillis: Master Of Alternate Worlds

by

Ian Tregillis is physicist by day and novelist at night. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Laboratory physicist Ian Tregillis, of the Plasma Theory and Applications group, spends his work days on physics validation of the models in simulation codes. Nights and weekends, he invents his own.

Tregillis writes category-bending science-fiction/fantasy novels. His Milkweed Triptych series veers into alternate World War II history, with magic and superhumans. His “angel noir” novel, Something More Than Night, slips through the literary looking glass, imagining a 1940s gumshoe detective solving Read More

LANL: Student Teams Showcase Computing Projects

by

More than 200 New Mexico students and teachers will come together April 23-24 at Los Alamos National Laboratory to showcase their computing research projects. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • The Supercomputing Challenge is project-based learning geared to teaching a wide range of skills including computational thinking and computer programming.

More than 200 New Mexico students and their teachers will come together April 23-24 at Los Alamos National Laboratory to showcase their computing research projects at the 28th annual New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge expo and awards ceremony. Read More

Los Alamos ScienceFest Discovery Day Exhibitors Register Free Until May 31

by

Scence from a ScienceFest day with attendees enjoying STEAM-related exhibits. Courtesy photo
 
Scence from a ScienceFest day of a STEAM exhibitor talking with a young attendee. Courtesy photo
 
SCIENCEFEST News:
 
Each year, thousands flock to Los Alamos for the three-time award-winning ScienceFest, which celebrates New Mexico’s past and present contributions to science and fosters science curiosity for future generations.
 
This year’s event is sponsored by New Mexico Magazine and runs July 11-15 with a “Science Rules in Los Alamos” theme.
 
Read More

NMED Hearing On Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment Plant Discharge Permit Slated For Thursday

by

By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) will hold a public hearing beginning at 9 a.m. Thursday at Fuller Lodge Art Center.

The purpose of the hearing is to consider Discharge Permit DP-1132 prepared in response to a discharge plan submitted by the Department of Energy and Los Alamos National Security, LLC. for the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment Plant (RLWTP). Opportunities for general oral arguments or non-technical testimony from members of the public will be provided before the Read More

LANL: One Step Closer To Understanding Explosive Sensitivity With Molecule Design

by

LANL scientists from left, Daniel Preston, Virginia Manner and Geoff Brown prepare a drop-weight impact test on an explosive PETN derivative. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Explosives have an inherent problem – they should be perfectly safe for handling and storage but detonate reliably on demand. Using computer modeling and a novel molecule design technique, scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have replaced one “arm” of an explosive molecule to help unravel the first steps in the detonation process and better understand its sensitivity – how easily it begins a violent reaction.

“It Read More

LANL’s Highest Honor Bestowed On Four Scientists

by

Winners of the Los Alamos Medal, the Laboratory’s highest honor, from left, Larry Deaven, Robert Moyzis, Scott Cram and Howard Menlove. Courtesy/LANL

Laboratory Director Terry C. Wallace, Jr., presents Howard Menlove with the Los Alamos Medal. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Los Alamos Medal Awardees Honored For Exceptional Work

Four Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists were honored at the Los Alamos Medal ceremony Thursday, April 12, for their distinguished achievements that have impacted the success of the Laboratory, and consequently the nation, either through mission accomplishments Read More

Scientists Discover New Ocean Current Off Madagascar

by

A vessel returns to the traditional fishing village Lavanono, inshore of the upwelling zone at the southern end of Madagascar, in a region where the newly discovered coastal current could play a key role for the local fisheries. Courtesy/Mathieu Rouault
 
AGU News:
 
While investigating coastal upwelling that nourishes marine wildlife and fisheries off the coast of Madagascar, Ramanantsoa et al. identified a previously unrecognized current.
 
The Southwest Madagascar Coastal Current (SMACC) is a rare example of a subtropical surface current
Read More