Science

Los Alamos Students Excel At Northeastern New Mexico Regional Science And Engineering Fair March 10

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LAHS student Lillian Peterson wins Best in Show in the Senior Division with her project, ‘Predicting Food Shortages in Africa from Satellite Imagery’. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

Los Alamos Public School students excelled at the Northeastern New Mexico Regional Science and Engineering Fair with 52 students representing the district March 10 and nearly half receiving top marks.

Los Alamos High School student Lillian Peterson won Best in Show for the Senior Division with her project, “Predicting Food Shortages in Africa from Satellite Imagery.”

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BSMA Thanks Los Alamos National Laboratory And Community For Supporting STEM Education

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Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Terry Wallace makes a purchase during the launch of the Laboratory’s 75th annivesary event Tuesday at the Bradbury Science Museum. Courtesy photo

The BSMA Gadgets Gift Shop was filled with customers purchasing merchandise commemorating Los Alamos National Laboratory’s 75th anniversary. Courtesy photo

 

BSMA News:

 

The Bradbury Science Museum Association (BSMA) wishes to thank Los Alamos National Laboratory and the community for supporting STEM education outreach efforts in northern New Mexico.

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Science On Tap: Energy To Explore Deep Space

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LA CREATIVE DISTRICT News:
 
The On Tap discussion series presented by the Los Alamos Creative District has moved to Mondays!
 
Start your week off with interesting conversations and libations. This week join the Bradbury Science Museum and Patrick McClure for Science on Tap to learn about the energy needed to explore deep space, at 5:30 p.m. March 19 at UnQuarked, 145 Central Park Square.
 
Examining the universe, including other planets, requires a safe, compact, reliable, and durable power source that isn’t cost prohibitive. For
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NNSA Extends Public Comment Period For Draft Environmental Assessment

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NNSA News:
 
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is extending for 30 days the public comment period for the Draft Environmental Assessment of Proposed Changes for Analytical Chemistry and Materials Characterization at the Radiological Laboratory/Utility/Office Building (Draft EA). 
 
NNSA made the Draft EA available for public comment on February 21, 2018. The public comment period for the Draft EA has now been extended to April 25, 2018. This extension is being made in response to public and stakeholder requests for additional review time.
 
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Mystery Of Purple Lights In Sky Solved With Help From Citizen Scientists

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The aurora known as Steve seen over Lake Minnewanka in Alberta. Photo by Paulo Fedozzi
 
NMC News:
 
Notanee Bourassa knew that what he was seeing in the night sky was not normal.
 
Bourassa, an IT technician in Regina, Canada, trekked outside of his home on July 25, 2016, around midnight with his two younger children to show them a beautiful moving light display in the sky — an aurora borealis. He often sky gazes until the early hours of the morning to photograph the aurora with his Nikon camera, but this was his first expedition with his children. When a thin purple ribbon of light
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Scenes From BSMA’s ‘Night With A Nerd’ … Alan Carr

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Bradbury Science Museum Association presents ‘Night with A Nerd’ during which LANL Historian Alan Carr recounts 75 Years of LANL history in 60 minutes to the crowd gathered Thursday evening at Project Y in Central Park Square. Courtesy photo

Bradbury Science Museum Association presents ‘Night with A Nerd’ during which LANL Historian Alan Carr recounts 75 Years of LANL history in 60 minutes Thursday evening at Project Y in Central Park Square. Courtesy photo Read More

LANL 75th Anniversary Logo Unveiled At Celebration Of Stem Education At Bradbury Science Museum

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Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Terry Wallace unveils the new 75th Anniversary LANL logo at a Celebration of Stem Education Tuesday at the Bradbury Science Museum. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
New 75th Anniversary LANL logo unveiled Tuesday. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
The Bradbury Science Museum Association (BSMA) is the Laboratory’s vendor for official 75th Anniversary merchandise through a memorandum of understanding between the BSMA and the Laboratory. The new merchandise went on sale for the first time Tuesday
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Science On Tap: Energy To Explore Deep Space

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LACD News:
 
The Science On Tap discussion series presented by the Los Alamos Creative District has moved to Mondays.
 
Start the week off with interesting conversations and libations at 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 19 at UnQuarked 145 Central Park Square. Join the Bradbury Science Museum and Patrick McClure, with the Lab’s Nuclear Engineering and Nonproliferation group, for Science on Tap to learn about the energy needed to explore deep space.
 
Examining the universe, including other planets, requires a safe, compact, reliable, and durable power source that isn’t cost
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OSAC Releases Online Lexicon For Forensic Sciences

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The forensic sciences encompass dozens of disciplines, each with its own history and vocabulary. As a result, a word might mean one thing to forensic anthropologists, for example, but something else to forensic document examiners. To help facilitate clear communication across the many disciplines, the Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC) has created a Lexicon of Forensic Science Terminology, which can be accessed from the OSAC website. Courtesy/OSAC
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AGU: Scientists Capture Sounds Of Volcanic Thunder

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This satellite image shows Bogoslof volcano erupting on May 28, 2017. The eruption began about 18 minutes prior to this image and the cloud rose to an altitude greater than 12 kilometers (40,000 feet) above sea level. Courtesy/Dave Schneider / Alaska Volcano Observatory & U.S. Geological Survey
 
AGU News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Researchers report in a new study that they’ve documented rumblings of volcanic thunder for the first time, a feat considered nearly impossible by many volcanologists. 
 
Microphones set out to detect volcanic eruptions in Alaska’s Aleutian
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