Science

Los Alamos National Laboratory Partners With TechSource, Inc. On WP-TNT Program, Expands To Include Auburn Univ.

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Students at Auburn University. Courtesy/TechSource, Inc.

TechSource, Inc. CEO Brian D’Andrea, center, with students from UT El Paso. Courtesy/TechSource, Inc.

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

Weapons Production, Technology and Nuclear Training (WP-TNT) Program is an innovative collaboration developed by LANL and teammate TechSource, Inc. that leverages university research and development capabilities to augment the laboratory’s capacity to deliver highly focused technology solutions in direct support of LANL’s weapons production mission. Read More

Young Frankensteins And Their Families Invited To High-Tech Halloween 2024 At Bradbury Science Museum

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Rad scientists will lead the hands-on fun at the Bradbury Science Museum’s High-Tech Halloween Oct. 25. Courtesy/BSM

Hosted at the Bradbury Science Museum, High-Tech Halloween is part of the annual Los Alamos Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet celebration. Courtesy/BSM

LANL News:

Spine-tingling science is the treat from 4 to 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25, at High-Tech Halloween at the Bradbury Science Museum, 1450 Central Ave., Los Alamos. The event is held in conjunction with Los Alamos Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet and includes learning experiences such as spooky sounds, a chamber of clouds, Read More

Community Invited To Learn About Mysteries Of The Underground With Dr. Ben Tobin Thursday At Fuller Lodge

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Dr. Benjamin Tobin inside a cave. Courtesy/NMC

NMC News:

The community is invited to attend a free public lecture with Dr. Ben Tobin: “Exploring Caves through Interdisciplinary Science”, 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24 at Fuller Lodge.

Dr. Benjamin Tobin, the Director of The National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI) in Carlsbad,  will describe NCKRI and the role it plays through a lecture entitled “Exploring Caves through Interdisciplinary Science”. 

Dr. Tobin has been involved with cave and karst research and resource management for more than 20 years.  

This event is made possible Read More

PEEC Nature Youth Group Members Earn Top Honors At Prestigious International AI Conference

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Members of the PEEC Nature Youth Group including Adis Bock, Zoe Bent, Tate Plohr, Suchir Jha, Celia Pesiri, Sebastian Koglin, Phoebe Reid and Aditya Viswanathan. Photo by Ryan Ramaker

By Ryan Ramaker and Gowri Srinivasan

Members of the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) Nature Youth Group have been awarded a prestigious prize for their innovative and socially impactful Artificial Intelligence (AI) project in the high school track of NeurIPS, the world-renowned AI conference.

Their project was one of only four winners selected from 335 global entries, putting them in the top Read More

Sen. Heinrich Tours UbiQD, Touts Success Of Tech Transfer

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, left, speaking with UbiQD Founder/CEO Hunter McDaniel during his tour of UbiQD’s advanced materials and technology manufacturing facility Wednesday at 134 Eastgate Drive. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, second from left, with UbiQD Founder/CEO Hunter McDaniel speaks with scientists during his tour Wednesday at UbiQD. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:

  • Los Alamos-based UbiQD is expanding its local advanced materials and technology manufacturing facility to produce quantum
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Nuclear Museum To Host Hundreds Of Students During Nuclear Science Week Celebration Oct. 21-25, 2024

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National Museum of Nuclear Science & History News:

ALBUQUERQUE]—The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History will host students from 12 schools during Nuclear Science Week, Oct. 21-25, 2024.

More than 970 elementary, middle and high school students will engage in hands-on activities celebrating Nuclear Science Week. Museum staff, volunteers, and local professionals in the nuclear industry will host activities at the museum, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. daily to teach topics such as nuclear energy, medicine and radiation in the world around us and more.

Through grant funding acquired Read More

LANL Foundation Celebrates $250K Grant From Anchorum, New Mexico Foundation For Hands-on Science Program

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Anchorum News:

  • Funds will support Inquiry Science Education Consortium

Española–The LANL Foundation has received $250,000 from the Anchorum Health Foundation via the New Mexico Foundation to fund the Inquiry Science Education Consortium (ISEC) program, which provides hands-on science kits and instruction for students across Northern New Mexico.

“We are grateful for this partnership to continue supporting the amazing educators and students across Northern New Mexico,” said Dr. Gwen Perea Warniment, President and CEO of the LANL Foundation. “ISEC has been a mainstay in Northern New Read More

State Launches Request For Proposals For Science And Technology Startup Assistance 

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EDD News:

          • Proposals due Nov. 7, pre-proposal conference Oct. 25 

The New Mexico Economic Development Department’s (EDD) Office of Strategy, Science & Technology launched a Request for Proposals (RFP) for contractors to provide sector-specific business assistance in the department’s priority science and technology sectors.

The RFP, launched today, Oct. 15, 2024, and solicits proposals to establish five contracts with individuals or organizations to provide tailored business assistance and one-on-one direct hours of support for businesses in the sectors of advanced computing, Read More

Daily Postcard: Tiny Bushtit In Upper Los Alamos Canyon

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Daily Postcard: Saturday, Oct. 12 was Cornell University’s Global Big Day, challenging birders worldwide to report all the birds they could find. That citizen-science project makes a global snapshot of biodiversity, adding to the millions of observations in Cornell’s eBird ornithology database. Twenty-three birders in Los Alamos found at least 61 species Saturday, with reports still rolling in. Worldwide, 39,383 birders found 7,610 species in one day. Read all about it at https://ebird.org/octoberbigday. Jonathan Dowell reported 40 of the Los Alamos species and took this photo Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory: Near-Earth Asteroid Data Helps Probe Possible Fifth Force Of The Universe

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Bennu and other nearby asteroids. Courtesy/NASA

LANL News:

  • Analysis uses Bennu trajectory in effort to extend the Standard Model of physics

In 2023, the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission returned a sample of dust and rocks collected on the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. In addition to the information about the universe gleaned from the sample itself, the data generated by OSIRIS-REx might also present an opportunity to probe new physics. As described in the journal Communications Physics, a Nature journal, an international research team led by Los Alamos National Laboratory used the asteroid’s tracking Read More