Science

LANL Awards Highest Honor – The Los Alamos Medal – To Premier Designer Gary Wall

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Gary Wall accepts the Los Alamos Medal from Laboratory Director Thom Mason at a special awards ceremony at Buffalo Thunder. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • The medal is the highest honor given to Los Alamos National Laboratory employees

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) awarded its highest honor, the Los Alamos Medal, to Gary Wall of the Weapons Physics group. A Laboratory Fellow with more than 50 years’ experience in primary design, analysis and certification, Wall is considered one of the nation’s premier designers. As such, he has had, and continues to have, a profound influence on America’s Read More

Governor Opens Cutting-Edge Forensic Lab In Santa Fe 

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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and New Mexico Department of Public Safety Forensic Crime Laboratory Bureau Chief Katharina Babcock tour the new Forensic Crime Laboratory before a ribbon cutting ceremony today in Santa Fe. Photo by David Lienemann-Courtesy/Governor’s Office

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham cuts the ribbon outside the New Mexico Department of Public Safety Forensic Crime Laboratory today in Santa Fe. Photo by David Lienemann-Courtesy/Governor’s Office

From the Office of the Governor:

  • The new laboratory will quadruple processing capacity

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Read More

LANL: Novel Hardware Approach Offers New Quantum-Computing Paradigm & More

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Science: Novel hardware approach offers new quantum-computing paradigm

A potentially game-changing theoretical approach to quantum computing hardware avoids much of the problematic complexity found in current quantum computers. The strategy implements an algorithm in natural quantum interactions to process a variety of real-world problems faster than classical computers or conventional gate-based quantum computers can. Read the full article here. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) shares a compilation of news stories for the week of Aug. 14, 2023. Read More

Renowned Scientist Jacob Torres Relocates To Española To Inspire And Educate Youth At Moving Arts Española

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Jacob Torres announcing his move back to the Española Valley to work with Moving Arts Española. Courtesy/MAE

MAE News:

ESPAÑOLA — Moving Arts Española (MAE) has announced the hiring of Jacob Torres, a highly accomplished engineer and scientist known for his work at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center: Growing Beyond Earth, and The Space Chile Grow a Pepper Plant Challenge.

Torres is returning to his hometown of Española to join the team at Moving Arts Española and work to make a meaningful impact on the community that he calls home. Torres will be partnering with MAE to launch an initiative aimed at inspiring Read More

UbiQD Expands Quantum Dot Capacity With New Manufacturing System

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Scene of the new 200L (50 gallon) quantum dot manufacturing system arriving in town July 18 for delivery to UbiQD’s Headquarters at 134 Eastgate Dr. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

From left, UbiQD Director of Chemical Engineering Dan Houck, UbiQD CEO Hunter McDaniel, Design Engineer Alfonz Viszolay and UbiQD VP of Materials Operations Karthik Ramasamy in front of the new quantum dot manufacturing system at UbiQD HQ. Courtesy/UbiQD

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

  • View drone video of UbiQD HQ here.

On July 18, UbiQD took delivery of a new 200L (50 gallon) Read More

UbiQD To Expand Collaboration With First Solar On Quantum Dot-Enhanced Solar Modules

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Array of thin film solar panels. Courtesy/First Solar

BUSINESS News:

Newly developed quantum dot composites present unique opportunities to optimize sunlight utilization.

UbiQD, Inc., a New Mexico-based nanotechnology company, announced today that it has entered into a joint development agreement, with First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), to further collaborate on developing the potential to incorporate fluorescent quantum dot technology in advanced solar modules. The two companies have been conducting exploratory work since early 2022, and the initial results have supported Read More

City-Dwelling Wildlife Demonstrate ‘Urban Trait Syndrome’

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One characteristic of urban wildlife is their taste for a wide variety of foods. Photo by Kevin J. McGowan

Cornell Lab of Ornithology News:

ITHACA, N.Y. — City life favors species that are adaptable and not too fussy about what they eat, among other characteristics.

A worldwide consortium of scientists calls the resulting collection of traits an “Urban Trait Syndrome.” Their study includes data from 379 cities on six continents, with the largest data set coming from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird program. The work is published in Nature Communications.

“The most pronounced changes Read More

LANL: Oppenheimer’s Science Beyond The Manhattan Project & More

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Science: Oppenheimer’s science beyond the Manhattan Project

What about J. Robert Oppenheimer as a scientist stands out after all these years? Mark Paris, a theoretical physicist at Los Alamos, takes a look at some of the high points in a column for Physics Today, tracing Oppenheimer’s important contributions to the emergence of quantum theory. Oppenheimer achieved influential work in the spectral properties of molecules, offered an understanding of cosmic rays and neutron stars, and predicted what would come to be called ‘black holes’. Much of that work came while founding the leading Read More

AFRL Recognizes 2023 New Mexico Excellence In STEM

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The 2023 New Mexico Excellence in STEM Award winners pictured with Tech Engagement Office leadership June 22, 2023, following an award ceremony held at Q Station, AFRL’s Tech Engagement Office’s collaborative facility in Albuquerque. The AFRL-sponsored event recognizes significant science, technology, engineering and math education endeavors throughout the state. Courtesy/Enrique Knell

AFRL News:

Teachers, students, businesses and volunteers were recognized as winners at the 2023 New Mexico Excellence in STEM Awards, or STEMYS, an event hosted by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s, Read More

LANL: New Research Points To Possible Seasonal Climate Patterns On Early Mars

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Patterns in mud cracks show that Mars may have had cyclical moisture patterns. Left: the terrain in the Gale Crater where Curiosity is currently exploring. Right: mud cracks on Earth, where wet-dry cycling has occurred, creating Y-shaped patterns. Courtesy/NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS, LANL

LANL News:

New observations of mud cracks made by the Curiosity Rover show that high-frequency, wet-dry cycling occurred in early Martian surface environments, indicating that the red planet may have once seen seasonal weather patterns or even flash floods. The research was published today in Nature Read More