Science

Quantum Dot Leader UbiQD Unveils UbiGro® Cover To Enhance Greenhouse Productivity

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UbiGro Cover installed on a farm in New York. Courtesy/UbiQD

UbiQD News:

  • UbiQD is transforming greenhouse agriculture with Nobel Prize-winning quantum dot technology

UbiQD, Inc., the New Mexico-based leader in quantum dot (QD) technology and manufacturing, is today announcing a major step forward for sustainable agriculture. UbiGro Cover is the next evolution in optimizing greenhouse productivity. Expanding on the widely adopted UbiGro Inner—which has revolutionized hundreds of greenhouse spaces worldwide—UbiGro Cover is the latest addition to the greenhouse brand.

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New Mexico Governor Hosts Los Alamos Panel Discussion On Importance Of STEM Education

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Panelists from left, EM-LA Deputy Manager Eli Gilbertson, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, former County Councilor Sara Scott, Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium Co-Founder Tina Cordova and UNM-LA student Asher Stevens discuss importance of STEM education Thursday at SALA. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Students, teachers, county and LANL representatives attend the governor’s panel discussion on STEM education  Thursday afternoon at SALA Los Alamos Event Center. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
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Hundreds Of New Mexico Students Launch Handmade Hot Air Balloons To Celebrate Aviator’s Holiday; Montgolfier Day

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Courtesy/Balloon Museum

Balloon Museum Foundation News:

ALBUQUERQUE — The Balloon Museum, Balloon Explorium and Balloon Museum Foundation announce a joint celebration of the birth of ballooning at the annual Montgolfier Days events. This year, the festivities will include educational and interactive activities aimed at teaching students about hot air balloons.

In the weeks leading up to the Montgolfier Days events Nov. 14 and 16, 2023, The Balloon Explorium will visit classrooms in 15 Albuquerque schools. Their mission: to inspire and educate students on the science and engineering Read More

AFRL Scientists Receive DOD Funds For Optics Research

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AFRL’s Dr. Joseph Cox, Directed Energy Directorate, receives research funding through the DOD’s Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation Scholar SEED Grant this year and will receive $300,000 over three years in support of his research. Cox’s research relates to optics – event-based sensors and artificial intelligence, used in combination with the sensors to successfully detect motion and moving targets in a highly efficient manner. Courtesy/AFRL

KIRTLAND AFB News:

KIRTLAND AFB — Two Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, scientists in the Directed Energy Directorate Read More

LANL Periodic Table Talk With Roxana Bujack Nov. 13

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LANL staff scientist Roxana Bujack

LANL News:

At this month’s Periodic Table program, Roxana Bujack discusses Los Alamos National Lboratory’s work to develop algorithms to improve the color maps used in data visualizations, making them easy to understand and interpret. These visualizations help scientists and researchers make sense of vast amounts of data that might otherwise obscure their findings.

Bujack will also discuss her recent research determining an accurate mathematical model of color perception—and how her team recently proved that Erwin Schrödinger’s theory – yes, that Read More

Discover The Wonders Of Cultural Astronomy: Fulldome Film Screening Of One Sky Project With PEEC

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PEEC News:

The community is invited to visit the Los Alamos Nature Center at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, for a viewing of the One Sky Project, a fulldome planetarium film. One Sky is a collection of beautiful short films about constellations, astronomical instruments, and scientific knowledge from various cultures around the world. Each chapter is presented in an original and engaging way with its own artistic style featuring the work of international artists. Tickets for this program are $8 for adults and $6 for students and children. Planetarium shows are not recommended for children under 5. Read More

LANL: Pinpointing HIV Immune Response & More

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Science: Pinpointing HIV Immune Response

New research combining computer modeling and experiments with macaques shows the body’s immune system helps control human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections largely by suppressing viral production in already infected cells while also killing viral infected cells, but only within a narrow time window at the start of a cell’s infection. Read the full article here. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) shares a compilation of news stories for the week of Oct. 30, 2023.

Community: From canyons to mesa tops, explore Read More

SFI Lecture: ‘The Future Of Artificial Intelligence’ By AI Expert Melanie Mitchell At The Lensic Performing Arts Center

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Santa Fe Institute Professor Melanie Mitchell will lecture  on ‘The Future of Artificial Intelligence’ at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15 at The Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe. Photo by Kate Joyce

SFI News:

Santa Fe Institute community lecture “The Future of Artificial Intelligence” with Melanie Mitchell Santa Fe Institute is 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 15 at The Lensic Performing Arts Center (211 W. San Francisco St. in Santa Fe).

AI is all around us recognizing our faces in photos, transcribing our speech, constructing our news feeds, navigating our driving routes, answering our Read More

Community Invited To Last Dark Night Of 2023 Tonight!

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Pajarito Astronomers News:

Los Alamos County Parks, Recreation and Open Space Divisions have partnered up with the Pajarito Astronomers for the Dark Night program. Anyone with an interest in star gazing and the chance to look through a telescope is invited to come out to Spirio Soccer Fields tonight, Nov. 4, at Overlook Park in White Rock.

This is the last Dark Night of the 2023 season!

Volunteers from the Pajarito Astronomers Club will be present with telescopes starting about 7 p.m. until 10 p.m.

Saturn and Jupiter (which reached opposition on Nov. 3) will be visible early in the night. Numerous Read More

AFRL Hosts Ribbon Cutting For World-Class Laboratory

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Dr. Shery Welsh, Air Force Laboratory directed energy directorate director, and Dr. Imelda Atencio, AFRL’s directed energy laser division chief, conduct a ribbon cutting ceremony Oct. 17, 2023 in celebration of the new Semiconductor Laser Indoor Propagation Range on Kirtland AFB. The range will serve to further aid AFRL in the research and development of propagation studies to fill in critical technology gaps. Photo By Airman 1st Class Ruben Garibay                                                    Members and supporters of the AFRL directed energy directorate pose for a group photo after the ribbon cutting of the new Semiconductor Laser Read More