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Investors & Scientists Converge At Lab Tech-transfer Event

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Sangeeta Negi, right, won the 2024 DisrupTECH award for Most Fundable Technology and is pictured here with Jerome Garcia, program director of the Feynman Center for Innovation, left, and Laboratory Director Thom Mason Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Laboratory technologies offer solutions to challenges such as vaccine development, food production

Cutting-edge tech-transfer technologies — including petrochemical-free fertilizers, better vaccines and safer detection of nuclear materials — were among five presentations made by Los Alamos scientists as part of the recent 2024 DisrupTECH Read More

Air Force Research Laboratory’s SPIRRAL Launch On SPX-31 Revolutionizing Space-Based Thermal Systems

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AFRL News:

The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, launched the Space Power InfraRed Regulation and Analysis of Lifetime, or SPIRRAL, experiment Nov. 4, 2024. SPIRRAL, flown by AFRL through the DOD Space Test Program, will characterize the performance of Variable Emissivity Materials, or VEMs, an approach toward solving thermal challenges for space vehicles while on-orbit.

VEMs are surface finishes that act like color-changing paints, however, the changes in coloration are only in the infrared light spectrum and are not visible to the human eye. VEMs can either reject or retain heat Read More

Chamisa Elementary School 6th Graders Garner Trophy For Teamwork At New Mexico Electric Car Challenge!

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Chamisa Elementary School 6th grade students received a trophy for Teamwork at the New Mexico Electric Car Challenge. Chamisa Elementary GATE teacher Susan Hettinga, back row, left, attended with the students. Students back row from left, Lissy Munoz, Zain Shrader, Evelyn Stupka, Mimi Martinez, Sebastien Thibodeaux, Sophie Stewart. Front row from left, Meredith Clayton, Dawson Belobrajdic, Ariana Archuleta and Iliana Hinde. Courtesy/LAPS 

 

 

Team one. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

Chamisa Elementary School GATE teacher Susan Hettinga’s 6th grade students participated Read More

UbiQD’s Quantum Dot Technology Awarded Technical Assistance From Los Alamos National Laboratory Through New Mexico’s TRGR Initiative

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Scientist at work in onsite lab. Courtesy/UbiQD

Quantum dots glowing with various colors in vials. Courtesy/UbiQD

UbiQD News:

  • Technology Readiness Gross Receipts Initiative Provides Funding for Los Alamos National Lab to Help Companies like UbiQD Accelerate Deployment of Licensed Technology

UbiQD, Inc., the New Mexico-based leader in quantum dot (QD) technology and manufacturing, announced today a new technology assistance award with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) under the Technology Readiness Gross Receipts (TRGR) Initiative. This collaboration focuses on leveraging  Read More

Reminder: LANL Experiments May Generate Loud Noise In Los Alamos And Surrounding Communities Through Nov. 21

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Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

As a reminder, beginning today,  Nov. 19 through Thursday, Nov. 21, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) will conduct mission-critical experiments during the day that may result in loud noises being heard on and off Lab property.

Please be advised that these noises are expected and are not a threat to public safety. (Dates are subject to change; the public will be notified if that happens.)

The Laboratory conducts a wide range of dynamic experiments using high explosives, carrying out several hundred experiments annually. Some

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Keith Tschohl To Present ‘The Ins And Outs Of Air Traffic Control Surveillance Technologies’

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Presenter Keith Tschohl installing an ADS-B transceiver into an RV-7A kitplane in 2019. Courtesy/Keith Tschohl

Experimental Aircraft Association News:

Los Alamos Chapter 691 of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) will meet Saturday, Nov. 16 at the Los Alamos Airport Terminal, and will feature an educational presentation by Keith Tschohl entitled “The Ins and Outs of Air Traffic Control Surveillance Technologies”. 

The meeting, open to all interested, will begin at 9:30 a.m. with coffee, pastries and informal discussion, followed by a short business meeting at 10 a.m. followed Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Biologists Work To Protect Bats, Create First-Ever Site Management Plan

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Wildlife biologist Milu Velardi helps monitor bats on-site to encourage best land management practices that support the declining species. Here she’s pictured examining a northern long-eared bat in West Virginia as part of her master’s program. Courtesy/LANL

The Mexican free-tailed bat, pictured here, has been detected on-site by Lab biologists, along with 14 other species of the flying mammals. Courtesy/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

LANL News:

Bats have long been feared as blood sucking creatures that fly through the night sky, tangling themselves in human hair and spreading rabies-induced Read More

UP Aerospace, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Complete Suborbital Mission From Spaceport America

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SPACEPORT News:

LAS CRUCES – For the second time this year, longtime Spaceport America tenant UP Aerospace launched a successful suborbital research mission from the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport.

The launch of UP Aerospace’s SpaceLoft-20 rocket Friday (Nov. 8) morning signified the success of a payload and research mission the Colorado-based aerospace company completed for Los Alamos National Laboratory. 

“Congratulations to both UP Aerospace and Los Alamos,” said Scott McLaughlin, Executive Director of the New Mexico Spaceport Authority. “We are happy that Read More

7 Los Alamos Researchers Named 2024 Laboratory Fellows

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2024 Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellows, top row from left, Robert Aikin, Malcolm Boshier, Luis Chacon, Sara Del Valle. Bottom row from left, Rod Linn, Kevin Mitchell and Cynthia Reichhardt. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Seven researchers have been named 2024 Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellows: Robert Aikin, Malcolm Boshier, Luis Chacon, Sara Del Valle, Rod Linn, Kevin Mitchell and Cynthia Reichhardt.

“It is an honor to recognize these seven researchers,” Laboratory Director Thom Mason said. “Their dedication and lifelong work have helped Los Alamos achieve its mission and improved Read More

4 LANL Researchers Receive Laboratory Fellows’ Prizes

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Award winning Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers, from top left, Stefano Gandolfi and Kary Myers. From bottom left, Denise Neudecker and Shizeng Lin. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Four Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers have been awarded Laboratory Fellows’ Prizes: Stefano Gandolfi, Shizeng Lin and Denise Neudecker received the Fellows’ Prize for research and Kary Myers received the Fellows’ Prize for Leadership.

“I congratulate Stefano, Shizeng, Denise and Kary on winning the Laboratory Fellows’ Prize,” Laboratory Director Thom Mason said. “Their excellence in research Read More