Science

Los Alamos High School Five-Student Team Sweeps Competition At Regional Science Bowl Tournament

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National Science Bowl Regional Champions include Los Alamos High School students, from left, Isaac Gao, Mary Couture, Linnhtet Htoon, Charles Cai, Coach Ali Renner and Minhtet Htoon. Courtesy/LAHS 

Both teams from Los Alamos High School had a great showing at the Regional Science Bowl. Team members include, back  row from left, Isaac Gao, Ming Lo, Quinton Geller, Jasper Carpenter, Minhtet Htoon and Linnhtet Htoon and front row from left, Willow Chartrand, Adeline Feng, Coach Ali Renner, Mary Couture and Charles Cai. Courtesy/LAHS

LAHS News:

A team from Los Alamos High School swept the competition Read More

NM-LEEP Application Cycle Open Through April 17, 2023

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NM-LEEP News:

The New Mexico Lab-Embedded Entrepreneur Program (NM-LEEP) annual application cycle is open until April 17, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. MST. 

NM-LEEP matches entrepreneurs with seed capital, a large network of mentors, customers, and investors and the unique expertise and resources of Los Alamos National Laboratory (Los Alamos) and Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia).

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA), New Mexico LEEP provides a tailored business curriculum, technical support, and unique national lab expertise Read More

White House Honors Former Los Alamos Nuclear Chemist Darleane C. Hoffman With Enrico Fermi Presidential Award

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Darleane C. Hoffman

LANL News:

          • One of the highest science and technology honors bestowed by the U.S. government

Darleane C. Hoffman, a nuclear chemist who spent a significant part of her career at Los Alamos National Laboratory, has been honored with the Enrico Fermi Presidential Award, which is administered on behalf of the White House by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Hoffman is recognized for scientific discoveries advancing the field of nuclear and radiochemistry, for distinguished service to DOE’s missions in national security and nuclear waste management, and for sustained leadership Read More

AGU: Venus Has 50 Times More Volcanoes Than Previously Mapped

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By TALIA OGLIOR
AGU

Radar and high-resolution imagery let researchers map edifices smaller than 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) in diameter, resulting in nearly 50 times as many volcanoes than had been mapped previously. The work, which puts more than 85,000 volcanoes on the map, is critical for understanding the planet’s volcanic activity.

Intrigued by reports of recent volcanic eruptions on Venus? WashU planetary scientists Paul Byrne and Rebecca Hahn want you to use their new map of 85,000 volcanoes on Venus to help locate the next active lava flow.

Their study was posted online ahead of print Read More

National Museum Of Nuclear Science & History Hosts Discovery After Dark, Adult STEM Night

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NMNSH News:

ALBUQUERQUE — The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History (NMNSH) is hosting a science-powered party Friday, April 21. Discovery After Dark will give guests 21+ an opportunity to explore the museum and enjoy hands-on experiments ranging from making slime to liquid nitrogen ice cream.

Visitors will enjoy the museum’s thought-provoking exhibits and participate in hands-on science, technology, engineering and math fun. Food and beverage trucks will be on-site.

“We believe that learning is a lifelong pursuit,” NMNSH President/CEO Jennifer Hayden said. “Our Discovery Read More

NNSA Helps Global Health Industry Achieve Major Nuclear Nonproliferation Milestone

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NNSA Administrator Jill Hruby

NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) reached a major nonproliferation milestone this week as it helped Belgium’s National Institute of Radioelements (IRE) convert their medical isotope production facility to use irradiated low-enriched uranium (LEU), instead of proliferation-sensitive highly enriched uranium (HEU).

As a result, all major global molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) production facilities now use LEU.

Mo-99’s decay product, technetium-99m (Tc-99m), is used in over 40,000 Read More

LANL: The Woman Behind The Curious Invention Of Modern Software

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Klára Dán von Neumann, her spouse, John, and their dog, Inverse. John von Neumann was a mathematician who also worked at the Los Alamos Lab. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

The year 1945 marked not only the birth of the Atomic Age, but also the birth of modern computer programming. The first fully electronic computing machine, the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer), came online in December 1945. But programming the ENIAC was an excruciatingly difficult task. Klára Dán von Neumann, who joined the Laboratory at Los Alamos after WWII, helped to revolutionize the process, creating Read More

LANL: Laboratory-Developed High Explosives Mitigate Risk Of Accidental Detonation

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The Additive Manufacturing of High Explosives team at LANL, from left, Thuy-Ai (Bi) Nguyen, Alex Mueller, Bryce Tappan, Von Whitley, Andrew Schmalzer and Cameron Brown. Contributors to the Physical Review Letters paper not pictured: Joseph Lichthardt, Larry Hill, Tariq Aslam and Eduardo Lozano. Courtesy/LANL

High-speed camera frame of a detonation wave propagating through a liquid-filled, 3D-printed, high-explosive lattice. The lattice was ‘switched on’ when it was filled with water. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

In an effort to mitigate accidental detonations of stored explosives, Read More

Spaceport America Appoints Francisco Pallares New Director Of Business Development

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Dr. Francisco Pallares

SPACEPORT AMERICA News:

SIERRA COUNTY — Dr. Francisco Pallares has been selected as the new Director of Business Development at Spaceport America.

Pallares joins the New Mexico Spaceport Authority from Sul Ross State University and was the former Deputy Director for Economic Development at the City of Las Cruces.

“Francisco brings an important and expert perspective to the New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA),” NMSA Executive Director Scott McLaughlin. “Spaceport America’s mission is to build the aerospace sector in the state and region, and with his guidance, Read More

Scenes From Los Alamos Middle School 2023 Pi Day Event

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Scene from LAMS’s annual Pi Day activities Tuesday, March 14 in the gymnasium. Courtesy/LAMS PTO

Scene from LAMS’s annual Pi Day activities Tuesday, March 14 in the gymnasium. Courtesy/LAMS PTO

LAMS News:

More than 600 students at Los Alamos Middle School (LAMS) participated Tuesday, March 14, in the school’s annual Pi Day activities.

This year’s theme was Route 66 with stations focused on different pi-related math problems for the students to visit. Upon completion of the problems, students received moon pies.

The LAMS PTO thanks the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos and Los Alamos Schools Credit Read More