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TechSource Inks Deal With Terra Innovatum—An International Micro-Reactor Company

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Courtesy/Terra Innovatum

Curtis Christensen
Senior Vice President of Western Operations
TechSource, Inc.

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

          • Signed Partnership Agreement with Long-Term Framework to Support Go-to-Market Plan, Regulatory Progress, and Customer Acquisition Strategy

TechSource Inc, a nuclear science and engineering firm headquartered in Los Alamos, has entered into a partnership with international micro-reactor company Terra Innovatum.

“This collaboration represents a pivotal milestone in advancing our SOLO™ MMR technology toward Read More

Award-Winning Oppenheimer Festival Returns To Los Alamos Aug. 16-31 … Explore Peace, Legacy & Hidden Stories Of The Atomic Age

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SALA News:

The Oppenheimer Festival, recipient of New Mexico’s 2024 Top HAT Award for Best New Experience, returns for its third and most immersive year yet, transforming Los Alamos into a cinematic, cultural, and historical destination from Aug. 16-31.

With the 2025 theme “Peace, Legacy & Explore”, the festival invites locals and visitors to walk in the footsteps of J. Robert Oppenheimer, uncover hidden chapters of atomic history, and engage with the vibrant modern community that emerged from the once-secret “Hill”.

Highlights include:

  • Daily free screenings of The Manhattan Series,
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Los Alamos Historical Society To Present ‘Oppenheimer & The Next Generation’ July 23 At Fuller Lodge

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Los Alamos Historical Society News:

The Los Alamos Historical Society will host “Oppenheimer & The Next Generation: A Conversation with Eric Singer” 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, July 23, in Fuller Lodge. This event will feature author and educator Singer, adapter of Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb, the young readers edition of Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography American Prometheus.

Attendees will enjoy an evening of Oppenheimer trivia, a lively conversation with Singer and a book signing of Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb. Special guests Susan and Alex Sherwin, Read More

Los Alamos-based UbiQD And First Solar Establish Long-Term Quantum Dot Supply Agreement

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Quantum dots glowing with various colors in vials. Courtesy/UbiQD®

UbiQD® News:

  • Additionally, the companies expanded their photovoltaic module R&D collaboration focused on optimizing performance of utility-scale solar 

UbiQD®, a global leader in quantum dot (QD) nanotechnology, announced today that it has entered into an exclusive, multi-year agreement to supply its proprietary fluorescent QD technology to First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR). The agreement paves the way for the incorporation of QD technology into First Solar’s thin film bifacial photovoltaic (PV) solar panels. Read More

From The Depths To The Desert: Three Submarine Veterans Resurface At LANL Immersed In Mission-critical Work

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From left, Will Graves, Ted Fan and Andy Felton, proudly display the U.S. flag at the Lab. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • After serving in the same vessel, they are now immersed in mission-critical work

In the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, three Navy officers once patrolled the seas aboard Ohio-class submarines, ready to deploy the nation’s ultimate strategic deterrent should the order ever come. Years later, those same men — Ted Fan, Andy Felton and Will Graves — find themselves on land but still immersed in mission-critical work. This time, their theater of operation is the Laboratory.

The connection Read More

Los Alamos Faith And Science Forum 2025 Summer Lecture Series Presents: ‘Is Earth Exceptional? Explorations Into The Origin Of Life’ On Tuesday July 8

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Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum News:

Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum 2025 Summer Lecture Series Presents ‘Is Earth Exceptional? Explorations into the Origin of Life’ by Dr. Rebecca Chamberlin, Tuesday July 8 at the Los Alamos Unitarian Church.

A second presentation, inspired by this book on astrobiology, will be presented next week. A light meal will be served at 6 p.m. with the lecture beginning at 6:30 p.m. The presentation will be recorded and streamed to the ZOOM site given at: https://losalamosfaithandscienceforum.org.

How life came from non-life—or abiogenesis—is still largely Read More

Fr. Glenn: The Necessity Of Conviction

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Lots of criticism over the strike on the nuclear weapon development facilities in Iran last weekend. Peace is always the ideal, but when someone declares daily: “Death to our neighbors!” and you see him stockpiling guns and ammo, should one simply ignore it? Seeking peace does not entail being naïve, and if history teaches us anything, it teaches that one of the tragic constants is the megalomaniacal desire of some for ever greater power over others. How to face that danger is always a matter of debate.

That’s a great thing about democracies and democratic republics like our Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory: Launch Helps Ensure Nation’s Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Readiness

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A UP Aerospace Spyder rocket. Courtesy/UP Aerospace

LANL News:

  • Experimental payload allows Los Alamos National Laboratory to test prototypes

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has launched a rocket carrying a full-size experimental payload that was designed, built and tested in just three years. The non-nuclear payload launched from White Sands Missile Range on June 13 and will help ensure the responsiveness of the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile in accordance with the federal government’s mandate for a stockpile responsiveness program (SRP).

“The Laboratory’s mission is Read More

U.S. Rep. Stansbury Joins Bipartisan Resolution To Reaffirm: ‘Only Congress Has Authority To Declare War’

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From the Office of U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury:

ALBUQUERQUE — U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) issued the following statement on the United States going to war:

“The U.S. Constitution is clear: the authority to declare war sits solely with Congress. President Trump may not declare war or engage in offensive military action without the explicit consent of both the United States House of Representatives and Senate.

Just in case they forgot — a bipartisan group of lawmakers, including myself, has joined a resolution to reaffirm our Congressional authority. Now is the time for diplomacy.” Read More

‘Sandroing: Tracing Kastom In Vanuatu’ Opens At Museum Of International Folk Art Sunday June 29

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folk artNMDCA News:

More than an intricate and ephemeral artform, sand drawing in Vanuatu is a storytelling tradition, conveying folklore, history, genealogy, rituals and other forms of kastom (local, traditional knowledge).

Sand drawing is a UNESCO-designated Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

The Museum of International Folk Art exhibition features works created by Edgar Hinge, a sand drawing practitioner and museum educator from Port Vila, Vanuatu.

Opening events include Traditional “kastom” dancing, an opening “welkam” ceremony, and demonstrations of sandroing Read More