Science

NMSA Featured As Partner Organization For Two Finalists Of $160 Million U.S. National Science Foundation Federal Grant

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SPACEPORT AMERICA News:

LAS CRUCES — The New Mexico Spaceport Authority is officially one step closer to obtaining a portion of a transformational grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation which has the potential to set the agency – and the region – up as a key player in global technology areas for decades to come.
Announced Wednesday, Aug. 2, by the NSF, both the Space Valley Coalition and UTEP were listed as one of 16 finalists from around the nation for the first-ever NSF Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) competition. Comprising the only two finalists in the aerospace category, Read More

Four Los Alamos National Laboratory Scientists Win DOE Early Career Research Awards

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LANL scientists who received the 2023 DOE Early Career Research Awards include from left, Andrey Lokhov, Rich Fiorella, Yu Zhang and Kun Liu. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Multiyear funding supports projects in environmental science, applied mathematics and particle physics

In a banner year for Los Alamos National Laboratory in the competition for Department of Energy Early Career Research Awards, four scientists nabbed multiyear funding for their projects.

“Early-career scientists are the lifeblood of the Lab’s future, so it is particularly gratifying to see these four researchers acknowledged Read More

Scenes From 2023 Atomicon In Downtown Los Alamos

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Will Parry-Jones aka a wondering magician shows off his card tricks Saturday during the Los Alamos County Library System’s Atomicon. The second annual local comic-con spread out throughout the downtown area including Mesa Public Library, Fuller Lodge, Ashley Pond Park and the Betty Ehart Senior Center. The event featured face-painting, vendor booths, an outdoor screening of the Lego Batman movie and a costume contest. Photo by Connor Hoch/ladailypost.com

STEAM Lab co-owner Lisabeth Lueninghoener, left, and employee Mila Gelfand help young Atomicon participants test their Read More

SFI Community Lecture: ‘How The Brain Makes You…’ By Vijay Balasubramanian Aug. 23

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Detail ‘purkinje neuron from the human cerebellum’. Ramon y Cajal ca. 1900. Courtesy Cajal Institute/Madrid

SFI News:

SFI Community Lecture, “How the Brain Makes You: Collective Intelligence and Computation by Neural Circuits” with Vijay Balasubramanian University of Pennsylvania will be held at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 23 at Santa Fe Institute (SFI), 1399 Hyde Park Road. 

The human brain consists of a 100 billion neurons connected by a 100 trillion synapses. In its computational function, each neuron is a simple electrical device. In this sense it is no different, in its conceptual Read More

National Science Foundation Announces Space Valley Coalition A Finalist For Potential $160 Million Federal Grant

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New Mexico Trade Alliance President Randy Trask

New Mexico Trade Alliance News:

          • The Space Valley Coalition is comprised of government, industry and academia from throughout the Rio Grande Valley, a region critical to the nation’s space strategy and research, development and testing infrastructure. 

ALBUQUERQUE — The U.S. National Science Foundation announced Wednesday the Space Valley Coalition as a finalist of its first-ever Regional Innovation Engines Competition.

The NSF Engines program is anticipated to be transformational for the nation, ensuring the U.S. remains globally Read More

Los Alamos High School’s Daniel Kim Joins Students Across US & World At Joint Science & Technology Institute West

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Los Alamos High School student Daniel Kim

JSTI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Daniel Kim of Los Alamos, was one of 36 high school students who attended the Joint Science and Technology Institute (JSTI) West, an educational opportunity to expand his knowledge and experience in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

Kim, son of Eun Jung Kim, is a student at Los Alamos High School. He collaborated with scientists and was mentored by Department of Defense scientists and experts in STEM fields. He took the opportunity to work on one of several research projects with teammates and mentor, gaining Read More

On The Job In Los Alamos: Betty Scherrer At Gadgets

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On the job in Los Alamos Friday is Betty Scherrer at Gadgets. Gadgets, which is operated by the Bradbury Science Museum Association, is inside the Bradbury Science Museum at 1350 Central Ave. It is open 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 1-4:45 p.m. Sunday and closed Monday. To learn more click here. Visit Photo by Connor Hoch/ladailypost.com Read More

LANL: Behind The Fence’ Tours Oct. 18, 19, 20

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Community: Register to tour ‘behind the fence’ at Manhattan Project National Historical Park

‘Behind the fence’ tours of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Los Alamos, New Mexico, will take place Oct. 18, 19 and 20. Registration for the free tours will begin Aug. 1at 11 a.m. MDT and is on a first-come, first-served basis. Read the full article here. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) shares a compilation of news stories for the week of July 24, 2023.

Former physicist photographs Manhattan Project history where it happened

Thanks to Los Alamos National Read More

LAFSF Lecture: How Different Spiritual Traditions And Science Relate To Consciousness Tuesday At SALA

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LAFSF News:

Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum (LAFSF) presents: How different spiritual traditions and science relate to consciousness with Dr. John Ambrosiano.

Admission is free and the event begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1, with a light meal in the lobby SALA Events Center. The lecture starts at 6:30 p.m.

In science, consciousness is a perennial holy grail problem that is so abstruse most scientists ignore it, or just call it an “emergent property” of the brain. But, with a resurgent interest in the topic by neuroscientists, various “scientific” explanations are making their way into the Read More

More Scenes From ScienceFest’s ‘Toast To Technology’

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Los Alamos National Laboratory Deputy Director for Science, Technology and Engineering John Sarrao presents closing remarks at ‘Toast to Technology’ Demo Day Monday at Fuller Lodge. This was part of Los Alamos ScienceFest events held around downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Kevin Holsapple looks over posters on display Monday on the patio at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Scene from the reception on the patio at ‘Toast to Technology’ Demo Day Monday at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

projectY cowork Los Alamos Read More