Science

LANL: Pinpointing HIV Immune Response

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LANL Theoretical Biologist Ruy M. Ribeiro

LANL News:

Refined understanding of T cells’ action in the body’s battle against the AIDS-causing virus will help improve treatments

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.

“To eliminate HIV, we have to understand how the immune system attempts Read More

Luján, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Improve Artificial Intelligence Testing and Evaluation Systems, Safeguard Americans Against Risks

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From the Office of U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján:

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) introduced the Testing and Evaluation Systems for Trusted Artificial Intelligence (TEST) AI Act to improve the federal government’s capacity to test and evaluate Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems to drive innovation, protect national security and safeguard Americans against risks.

Over the past several months, Senator Luján has engaged with the National Institute for Standards Read More

EDD Awards Four Science & Technology Startup Grants

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The team at Mercury Bio in Santa Fe. Courtesy/EDD

EDD News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) Deputy Secretary Jon Clark announced Thursday that four New Mexico companies were awarded Science & Technology Business Startup Grants, each receiving an award of $25,000.

Science & Technology Business Startup Grants are available to New Mexico-based for-profit science and technology companies with high-growth potential. Eligible businesses must work in one of the following fields: aerospace, biosciences, cybersecurity, intelligent manufacturing, Read More

Australian-Based Star Scientific Chooses New Mexico For North American Expansion

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Star Scientific Ltd. Global Group Chair Andrew Horvath signs a letter of intent alongside New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in Australia on Oct. 26, 2023. Courtesy/Grisham 

Gov. Lujan Grisham tours Star Scientific Ltd. Courtesy/Grisham 

From the Office of the Governor:

SYDNEY, Australia — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Star Scientific Ltd. Global Group Chair Andrew Horvath announced Wednesday that the Australia-based green hydrogen research and development company has chosen New Mexico as the location for its first North American operation.

Star Scientific formalized Read More

UC Riverside Scientists Engineer Plants To Speak In Color

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Plants transformed into detectors of dangerous chemicals … scientists engineer plants to speak in color. Courtesy/UCR

UC RIVERSIDE News:

What if your house plant could tell you your water isn’t safe? Scientists are closer to realizing this vision, having successfully engineered a plant to turn beet red in the presence of a banned toxic pesticide.

To achieve this, UC Riverside researchers had to solve an engineering puzzle: how to enable a plant to sense and react to a chemical in the environment without damaging its ability to function normally in all other respects.

“The biggest piece here Read More

Three Los Alamos National Laboratory Projects Use Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning To Propel Science

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Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Multiyear efforts include partnerships with national laboratories and universities

Projects that seek to deploy artificial intelligence and machine learning for science and energy have been bolstered by Department of Energy Office of Science funding in recent weeks. Three Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) projects use the cutting-edge tools to improve the performance of accelerators, devices that charge particles to high speeds for research and development on a variety of subjects. Another Los Alamos project uses deep learning — a method of artificial Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Researcher Ruth Skoug Named 2023 American Geophysical Union Fellow

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Los Alamos National Laboratory Researcher Ruth Skoug joins the prestigious AGU fellow group. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Ruth Skoug, of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Space Science and Applications group, was named fellow by the American Geophysical Union (AGU); Skoug is among 63 new fellows this year. Since 1962, AGU has elected fewer than 0.1 percent of its members to join this prestigious group of individuals.

She was selected for her far-reaching impact to experimental space plasma physics in the solar wind and magnetosphere.

“Ruth’s research has played a major role in the understanding Read More

Spine-tingling Science Is The Treat At The 2023 High-Tech Halloween Friday Oct. 27 At Bradbury Science Museum

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Scenes from a previous High-Tech Halloween at the Bradbury Science Museum. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

The Bradbury Science Museum is offering something a little different this season with hands-on STEM education fun for the whole family at High-Tech Halloween, 4-6 p.m., on Friday, Oct. 27, at the museum at 1450 Central Ave.

The Northern New Mexico community is invited, costumes are encouraged and activities are both eerie and educational. High-Tech Halloween is part of Los Alamos’s annual Trick-or-Treat on MainStreet. Both events are free.

Also in October, the Bradbury’s auditorium is Read More

LANL: Hunga Volcano Eruption Sparks Most Intense Lightning Storm Ever Detected On Earth

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Powerful volcanic eruptions produce ash plumes that can create their own weather systems, providing the conditions for lightning at higher altitudes than normally seen. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Ash plumes can create lightning conditions far beyond the range of typical thunderstorms

By SONJA BEHNKE

Just beneath the surface of the south Pacific Ocean lies the Hunga volcano. Part of the Tonga archipelago and north of Tonga’s main island Tongatapu, Hunga lies in a very active seismic zone and has erupted four times since 1988, most recently in 2022.

The latest eruption caused a tsunami wave Read More