Science

U.S. Sen Ben Ray Luján Secures Billions For National Laboratories In Historic Innovation Bill

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The U.S. House of Representatives joined the U.S. Senate in passing the bipartisan Chips + Science Act of 2022 – historic legislation to boost American innovation and competitiveness.

This legislation represents the most significant investment in U.S. science and tech leadership in generations.

While the entire Chips + Science Act is a massive accomplishment for American innovation, U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján’s provisions are among the most significant for U.S. competition and security needs – adding to his proven record of delivering for New Mexicans in a divided Senate.

“Today, Congress Read More

Cornell Lab Of Ornithology: Competition Limits Ranges Of Mountain Birds

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Pictured (Left:) Black-and-chestnut Eagle photo by Dusan Brinkhuizen/Macaulay Library. (Right:) Ornate Hawk-Eagle photo by Sergio Andrés Cuéllar Ramírez/Macaulay Library

Yellow-throated Toucan by Becky Matsubara/Macaulay Library

Cornell Lab of Ornithology News:

VANCOUVER, B.C. / ITHACA, N.Y. — A new study helps reveal why tropical mountain birds occupy such narrow elevation ranges, a mystery that has puzzled scientists for centuries.

While many assumed temperature was responsible for these limited distributions, the latest research suggests competition from other species Read More

AGU: Glacial Microclimates Mimic Climate Change

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The trees around La Perouse glacier, in Glacier Bay National Forest, recorded microclimate changes as the glacier advanced and retreated. A new study in AGU’s Geophysical Research Letters reports on how scientists can use those records to predict how near-glacier ecosystems will respond to future climate change. Courtesy/B. Gaglioti

AGU News:

A cool pocket climate around the snout of a glacier could help researchers predict how forests will respond to fast climate change, according to the authors of a new 166-year case study of a rapidly advancing and retreating glacier in Alaska.

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Los Alamos Faith And Science Forum Presents: Interactions With The Divine – A Statistical View By Dr. Chick Keller

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Los Alamos Faith And Science Forum presents a lecture at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday: Interactions With The Divine – A Statistical View by Dr. Chick Keller. A free dinner is served at 6 p.m.in Kelly Hall at 3900 Trinity Dr. Courtesy/LAFSF

Los Alamos Faith And Science Forum News:

This lecture asks the question whether science can elucidate aspects of interactions with the Divine, which involve a reaction. Does God answer prayers, are miracles still happening, does God allow Satan to possess people, are near death experiences spiritual or just the brain shutting down, etc.

To study these and other questions Read More

LANL News Roundup For Week Of July 18, 2022

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National Security: LANL’s Next-gen thought leaders take their learning to Washington

A cohort of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s next generation of innovative thought leaders recently traveled to Washington, D.C., for an immersive visit that included meeting with Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and NNSA Administrator Jill Hruby. Participants are part of the Laboratory’s MEDAL program (Mid-/Early-career Deter-detect-prevent Advanced Leadership), which exposes participants to the intersection of technology and policy as they relate to the Lab’s core missions of nuclear Read More

Science On Tap: Learn About Wild Chimpanzees With UNM Professor Melissa Emery Thompson July 29

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UNM Professor Melissa Emery Thompson will continue the ‘Science on Tap’ series Friday, June 24 at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History. Courtesy/NMNS&H

SCIENCE ON TAP News:

Did you know that the University of New Mexico hosts one of the longest running projects studying chimpanzees in the wild?

University of New Mexico Professor Melissa Emery Thompson, PhD, will describe what it is like to study wild chimpanzees and how her team mines a very unusual resource, chimpanzee pee, to learn about the biology of this endangered species.

She will feature a discussion of her latest Read More

(BIG) AFRL Commander Welcomes New Leader To Lab’s Kirtland Site

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Col. Eric J. Felt relinquishes command of the Air Force Research Laboratory Phillips Research Site to AFRL commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle at a change of command ceremony July 13 at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. Felt is the AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate director as well as the site commander, which includes the AFRL Directed Energy Directorate. Courtesy/U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Miranda Loera

Col. Jeremy A. Raley assumes command of the Air Force Research Laboratory Phillips Research Site as AFRL commander Maj. Gen. Heather Pringle passes him the unit guidon at a change Read More

USA Captures 2nd In World Neuroscience Competition

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Thirty one national Brain Bee champions from across the globe took part in the virtual 2022 International Brain Bee Championship held July 2-9 and hosted by the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) and organized in collaboration with the Paris Brain Institute. Courtesy/IBB

USA BRAIN BEE News:

Seventeen-year-old high school student, Anmol Bhatia, from New Jersey, came in second in the 2022 International Brain Bee (IBB) Championship, a neuroscience competition for high school students.

Bhatia is from Watchung Hills Regional High School. He was first required to win his Read More

International Institute For Applied Systems Analysis: Advocating For Global Commitment To Science Diplomacy

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IIASA News:

The Vienna Statement on Science Diplomacy is the product of a high-level event organized by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in June this year to discuss the crucial role of international scientific cooperation in enabling researchers to access additional expertise and gain new perspectives on research, unlocking scientific discoveries, and promoting scientific advancement.

Discussions at the event also explored how international scientific cooperation helps countries to build stronger relations and how it contributes through evidence-based Read More

General Atomics And Savannah River National Laboratory Team Up On Fusion Pilot Plant Funded By DOE

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GENERAL ATOMICS News:

SAN DIEGO — General Atomics (GA) and the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) are joining forces to address a critical challenge to economic fusion energy as part of a public-private partnership funded by the Department of Energy (DOE). DOE announced the award July 6.

The partnership will combine GA’s experience in fusion energy research with SRNL’s expertise in processing and storing tritium, one of the fuel gases used in fusion. Future fusion power plants will need safe, reliable systems for tritium handling, making the GA-SRNL project a key milestone on the Read More