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LANL: Eight Los Alamos Projects Win R&D 100 Awards

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LANL brought home eight R&D 100 awards this year, plus an additional four special-recognition awards. Scientist Ramesh Jha was among the winners, with the Smart Microbial Cell Technology project, an ultra-high-throughput screening platform to engineer custom biocatalysts. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory technologies brought in eight R&D 100 Awards and Special Recognition Awards, including a Gold Award for Corporate Social Responsibility, Gold and Silver Awards for Market Disruptor – Services, and a Bronze Award for Green Technology, presented Read More

Top Students Tapped For Los Alamos Science Experience

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National Security Sciences Building (NSSB) at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy/LANL 
 
LANL News:
  • Graduate program from DOE prepares students for STEM careers

As part of a U.S. Department of Energy graduate-student program, 52 students from 43 different universities will be sponsored to conduct research at 12 national laboratories. Seven of them will come to Los Alamos National Laboratory for their research experience for between three and 12 months.

“These graduate student awards help prepare new scientists for STEM careers that are vitally important to the DOE mission and the Read More

NNSA Administrator Statement On 2020 Nobel Prize In Physics Recipient Dr. Andrea Ghez With Ties To LLNL

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2020 Nobel Prize in Physics recipient Dr. Andrea Ghez of UCLA. Courtesy/@NobelPrize

NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Administrator Lisa E Gordon-Hagerty of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Department of Energy’s Under Secretary for Nuclear Security issued the following statement on the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics, Dr. Andrea Ghez:

“Congratulations to Andrea Ghez, this year’s co-recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics. Now an esteemed professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, she has close ties with NNSA’s Lawrence Livermore Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Early Career Scientist Sumantra Sarkar Receives 2021 Irwin Oppenheim Award

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LANL early career scientist Sumantra Sarkar receives the 2021 Irwin Oppenheim Award. Courtesy/LANL

LANL New:

Sumantra Sarkar, a Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist specializing in self-replicating materials, is the recipient of the 2021 Irwin Oppenheim Award from the American Physical Society.

“Self-replication is a biophysical process through which an object can create a near identical replica of itself,” Sarkar said. “Biological systems such as all animals and plants are master self-replicators. As I write, millions of cells in our bodies are copying themselves and producing Read More

FBI: Experts Urge Public Vigilance As 2020 General Election Approaches In New Mexico

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FBI News:

A team of federal, state and local law enforcement, intelligence and other government agencies in New Mexico has been working for more than a year to prepare for the Nov. 3 general election.

The Albuquerque FBI Division is part of an election working group that includes the U.S. Attorney’s Office, New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office, New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the U.S. Postal Service and other agencies.

“The American

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National Institute Of Standards And Technology Innovation Could Improve Detection Of COVID-19 Infections

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COVID-19 testing. Courtesy/NIST (Shutterstock)

NIST News:

A multidisciplinary research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a way to increase the sensitivity of the primary test used to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19.

Applying their findings to computerized test equipment could improve our ability to identify people who are infected but do not exhibit symptoms.

The team’s results, published in the scientific journal Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, describe a mathematical technique for perceiving comparatively Read More

Udall Promotes New Mexico Space Economy, Peaceful Use Of Space In Senate Hearing With NASA Administrator

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U.S. Sen. Tom Udall

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — At a hearing of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) progress on major missions, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) secured commitments from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on the agency’s continued collaboration with key stakeholders in New Mexico’s growing space economy, and on U.S. leadership in international cooperation to maintain the peaceful use of outer space.

Udall is the author of S.Res.386, a resolution to support implementation of international Read More

FBI: Spoofed Internet Domains And Email Accounts Pose Cyber And Disinformation Risks To Voters

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FBI News:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are issuing this announcement to help the public recognize and avoid spoofed election-related internet domains and email accounts during the 2020 election year.

Spoofed domains and email accounts are leveraged by foreign actors and cybercriminals and can be easily mistaken for legitimate websites or emails.

Adversaries can use spoofed domains and email accounts to disseminate false information; gather valid usernames, passwords, and email addresses; collect personally Read More

AGU: Jupiter’s Ocean Moons Raise Tidal Waves On Each Other

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Jupiter’s four largest moons, Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, are shown in their relative positions to each other and Jupiter. A new study argues that these moons may have a bigger influence on each other’s tides than Jupiter has, contrary to popular thought. Courtesy/NASA/JPL

AGU News:

A new study argues that Jupiter’s four largest moons may have a bigger influence on each other’s tides than Jupiter itself does.

The findings suggest that oceans on these moons could then generate more heat from friction and could be more suitable to hosting life than previously thought.

Jupiter is the largest Read More

FBI: Foreign Actors Likely To Use Online Journals To Spread Disinformation Regarding 2020 Elections

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FBI News:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are issuing this announcement to raise awareness of the potential threat posed by foreign-backed online journals that spread disinformation regarding the 2020 elections.

Foreign intelligence services have been known to use websites, including pseudo-academic online journals, to disseminate articles with misleading or unsubstantiated information.

Such sites could be employed during the 2020 election season in an attempt to manipulate public opinion, increase Read More