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Calgon Carbon Corp. Picks New Mexico For Expansion

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Courtesy/Calgon Carbon

EDD News:

BLOOMFIELD — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and executives from Calgon Carbon Corporation announced today that the company is expanding to New Mexico through an asset purchase of its new Bloomfield location.  

The New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) has finalized an agreement with Calgon Carbon. Headquartered in Pennsylvania with a parent company in Tokyo, Calgon has acquired two existing businesses, retaining all 42 current employees with plans to hire nine new employees in 2024 and a total of 16 new employees over the next several years.  Read More

LANL: AI Breakthrough Creates Images From Nothing

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A new, potentially revolutionary artificial intelligence framework called ‘Blackout Diffusion’ generates images from a completely empty picture, meaning that the machine-learning algorithm, unlike other generative diffusion models, does not require initiating a ‘random seed’ to get started. Blackout Diffusion, presented at the recent International Conference on Machine Learning, generates samples that are comparable to the current diffusion models such as DALL-E or Midjourney, but require fewer computational resources than these models. Read the full article here. Courtesy/LANL Read More

New Mexico Museum Of Natural History & Science Researchers Reveal Massive Tyrannosaurus Rex Relative

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A rendering by artist Sergey Krasovkiy of Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis, a newly discovered relative of T. rex. A partial skull on view at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science was a key part of the discovery. Courtesy/NMMNHS

NMMNHS News:

ALBUQUERQUE — A team of researchers that includes New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (NMMNHS) Executive Director Dr. Anthony Fiorillo authored a new study that reshapes our understanding of how the most famous dinosaur to ever walk the earth – Tyrannosaurus rex – first arrived in North America by introducing its earliest known Read More

Families Invited To Discover Science & Engineering Fun!

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Discover STEAM Day returns to the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History. Courtesy/NMNS&H

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NMNS&H News:

ALBUQUERQUE — The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History (NMNS&H) announces the return of Discover STEAM Day. Families can explore the fascinating intersection of science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics through hands-on experiments and engaging activities in this fun-filled event. The event is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Museum at 601 Eubank Blvd. SE in Albuquerque.

Discover STEAM Day offers a unique Read More

Amateur Naturalist: A Rocky Landscape Part 2

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Boulders created by a large dense flow of lava are at the top of a canyon slope and will eventually tumble or slide to the bottom of the canyon. Photo by Robert Dryja

By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos

We previously reviewed how the composition of lava by itself contributes to the resulting rocks seen in fields. Lava that is predominately liquid to start can become dense boulders after it has cooled. Lava that is powdery or porous when created can become sandy with small stones.

A second influence is concerned with the slopes coming down from the rim of a volcanic crater. The angles of slopes are a major influence. Read More

January Events At The Bradbury Science Museum

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Mark Chadwick

LANL News:

The Los Alamos National Laboratory announces events for January at the Bradbury Science Museum.

January:

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Santa Fe World Affairs Forum Hosts Lunch Talk/Discussion With Dan Turk On Challenges In Madagascar

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SFWAF News:

SANAT FE—Santa Fe World Affairs Forum (SFWAF) to host a lunch talk/discussion with Dan Turk on the environmental, food security and democracy challenges in Madagascar.

Turk has spent nearly 30 years working in Madagascar—an island nation off the coast of East Africa—that has some of the greatest biodiversity in the world but also one of the highest levels of poverty.

Once covered mostly in forests, Madagascar has few pockets of native trees remaining, one of which is in the Ranomafana National Park where Turk did his doctoral research.

Part of that research resulted in the Ranomafana Read More

New Mexico Consortium To Host ‘Cosmic Frontiers: Stephen Hawking & The Universe’

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

The New Mexico Consortium is hosting Cosmic Frontiers: Stephen Hawking & The Universe, a two-day event April 27-28, 2024, centered around scientist Stephen Hawking. The event, the first in a planned yearly “Cosmic Frontiers” series, includes a screening of the 1991 film on Hawking, “A Brief History of Time” which won the prestigious Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize (1992).

“We wanted to reinvigorate the conversation around our place in the Universe, connections with Oppenheimer, and space

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NNSA: United States, Japan And Republic Of Korea Sign Trilateral Framework Encouraging Scientific Cooperation In Critical And Emerging Technology

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NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, senior representatives of the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the Cabinet Office of Japan, and the Ministry of Science and ICT of the Republic of Korea (ROK) signed a Trilateral Framework on cooperation in science and innovation.

Under the Framework, the participants will develop a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) in early 2024 to facilitate scientific collaboration in critical and emerging technology areas.

The signing of the Framework memorializes political commitments made during the historic Aug. Read More