Science

Heinrich And Colleagues Address Release Of Bipartisan Roadmap For Artificial Intelligence Policy In U.S. Senate

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, co-chair and co-founder of the Senate Artificial Intelligence (AI) Caucus, hosted a press conference Wednesday with his colleagues on the Bipartisan AI Working Group, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), following the release of their roadmap for artificial intelligence policy in the U.S. Senate.

A one-pager detailing the roadmap can be found here.

The AI roadmap can be found here.

The roadmap follows months of discussion, hundreds of stakeholder meetings, and nine Read More

State Awards $3.4 Million In Competitive Funding To Seven New Mexico Companies In Inaugural Round Of Advanced Energy Award Pilot Program

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Acting EDD Cabinet Secretary Mark Roper

EDD News:

ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD), through its Office of Strategy, Science and Technology (OSST), has awarded $3.4 million in competitive grant funding to seven New Mexico companies in the inaugural round of the Advanced Energy Award Pilot Program.

First announced in September 2023, the New Mexico Advanced Energy Award Pilot Program is a competitive state-funded grant that awards non-dilutive funds to proposals in advanced energy innovation and commercialization from New Mexico companies developing Read More

Los Alamos-based UbiQD Secures Financial Support From State Of New Mexico For Next Phase Of Expansion Into Advanced Energy Applications

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UbiQD Founder and CEO Hunter McDaniel presents on stage at the NMAEA event Friday, May 3 in Albuquerque. Courtesy/UbiQD, Inc.

From left, NMEDD Director Nora Sackett of the Office of Strategy, Science and Technology with UbiQD Founder and CEO Hunter McDaniel and Chief Product Officer Matt Bergren on stage accepting their award at the NMAEA event Friday, May 3 in Albuquerque.

UbiQD News:

  • The quantum dot leader was selected to receive $615,000 for capital investments as part of the Advanced Energy Award Pilot Program and $307,000 for training 10 new hires from the Job Training Incentive Program
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LANL: Climate Change Could Expand Habitable Environments For Mosquitoes

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Carrie Manore, left, and Morgan Gorris are part of a team at Los Alamos National Laboratory that is looking at how climate change could impact where mosquitoes live. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • More communities could be at risk for contracting mosquito-borne diseases

A research team at Los Alamos National Laboratory is using computer models to simulate how climate change could expand the geographical range in which mosquitoes live, which may cause an increase in mosquito-borne illness. The study was recently published in the Journal of Climate Change and Health.

“We found that all nine species Read More

New Mexico Museum Of Natural History & Science To Unveil ‘Conserving America’s Wildlands: The Vision Of Ted Turner’

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NMMNHS News:

This Saturday, May 11, the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) will unveil Conserving America’s Wildlands: The Vision of Ted Turner, a new traveling exhibition that brings together stunning wildland photography with never-before-seen fossils and other specimens from the museum’s Research Collections.

Presented by Thornburg Investment Management, this exhibition paints a vivid picture of the deep history found in our wild places and the value of conservation. This new exhibition features photos captured by Rhett Turner, son of media mogul and conservationist Read More

Periodic Table: Climate Impacts On National Security May 13

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Travis Pitts 

BSM News:

Bradbury Science Museum (BSM) unveils its Periodic Table outreach talk for May: Climate Impacts on National Security.

Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL) Travis Pitts will discuss  how modeling climate shifts helps researchers anticipate national security concerns.

This talk is open to the public at 5:30 p.m. Monday, May 13 at projectY Cowork, 150 Central Park Square. Read More

Conversation Between SFI President David Krakauer And Interspecies Internet Trustee Diana Reiss At The Lensic Performing Arts Center May 7

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Detail from ‘Discomedusae’ #28 in ‘Kunstformen der Natur’. Ernst Haeckel. 1904

SFI News:

The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) recently hosted a workshop called “Animals in Translation”, organized by Interspecies Internet, with representatives from XPrize, which aimed to imagine, discuss and co-create robust yet flexible criteria that would constitute evidence for the successful decoding of communication systems by other species. Towards this goal, the meeting brought together experts from the fields of animal communication, cognition, behavior, AI, philosophy, linguistics, mathematics Read More

Los Alamos High School Freshman Tate Plohr Wins First Place In 2024 Supercomputing Challenge

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Los Alamos High School freshman Tate Plohr, left, and his younger brother, Los Alamos Middle School student Linus Plohr with their 2024 Supercomputing Challenge awards, pose for a photo April 30 with their mother/mentor JeeYeon Plohr. Courtesy photo

2024 Supercomputing Challenge News:

Los Alamos High School (LAHS) freshman Tate Plohr is the first place winner in the 2024 Supercomputing Challenge.

The Supercomputing Challenge is an exciting academic year-long marathon open to all middle and high school students in New Mexico to solve real-world problems using computational science Read More

PEEC To Host Española Valley Arts & Sciences Camp 2024

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Enterprise Bank & Trust Los Alamos Region President Liddie Martinez, center, and Administrative Assistant  Donovan Price, far right, present a $10,000 sponsorship at the Los Alamos Nature Center to Beth Sanchez, far left,  and Jillian Rubio, center left, of Pajarito Environmental Education Center for the Española Valley Arts and Sciences Camp running June 3-7. Also pictured is Gabriela Silva of the Northern New Mexico Regional Art Center, who will be co-leading the camp. Learn more about the event at www.peecnature.org. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

The Pajarito Environmental Education Read More

Northern New Mexico College And Española Valley High School Students Engineer Glove To Help Mitigate Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms

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MESA Students with Dr. Steve Cox. Courtesy.NNMC

NNMC News:

ESPAÑOLA — Students from Northern New Mexico College’s (NNMC) engineering program and Española Valley High School’s (EVHS) Math, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) program are applying engineering skills they are studying to a project that could significantly improve the lives of Parkinson’s patients.

Under the direction and mentorship of Dr. Steve Cox, Associate Professor/Engineering Technology at NNMC, and Española Valley High teachers Janice Badongen Patal-e and Lyne Salero, the students are designing a glove Read More