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Spotting Spies In The Sky…

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HSNW News:

The use of drones for surveillance is no longer in the realm of science fiction. A new study by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the Weizmann Institute of Science reveals the first technique to detect a drone camera illicitly capturing video.

The study addresses increasing concerns about the proliferation of drone use for personal and business applications and how it is impinging on privacy and safety.

BGU says that BGU researchers used a DJI Mavic quadcopter, a small yet powerful drone, to spy on a house. They demonstrated that Read More

PEEC: ‘Search For Sun Siblings’ Talk 7 p.m. Today

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PEEC News:
 
Stars like the Sun almost never form in isolation. Usually, star formation takes place in large clusters, creating many sibling stars in batches that slowly disperse over time. Join Erica Fogerty at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3 at the Los Alamos Nature Center’s planetarium to learn about the search for the Sun’s long-lost relatives and their most likely location.

Erica Fogerty

Fogerty is a computational astrophysicist in the Center for Theoretical Astrophysics at Los Alamos National Laboratory. A native of Philadelphia, she is enjoying the change in surroundings Read More

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich Secures Major Wins For New Mexico In Annual National Defense Spending Bill

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:

  • National Defense Authorization Act heads to President’s desk for signature

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, announced provisions he secured in the fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that support New Mexico’s men and women in uniform, military installations, national laboratories, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), and job-creating initiatives throughout the state. The bill includes an amendment sponsored Read More

Wallace And Five Former LANL Directors Participate In Panel To Wrap Up 75th Anniversary Celebration

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Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Terry Wallace, right, and former directors, from left, Donald Kerr, John Browne, Robert Kuckuck, Michael Anastasio and Charlie McMillan, answer questions from panel moderator Ellen Tauscher during Tuesday’s event celebrating 75 years of LANL leadership. Courtesy/LANL

LANL Director Terry Wallace recalls his best memories of LANL including the 1960s and 70s when he was growing up in the Los Alamos community. Courtesy/LANL

 

By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post
maire@ladailypost.com

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LANL: Computer Simulations Predict Spread Of HIV

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Thomas Leitner, computational biologist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy photo
 
Principal decay of paraphyletic signal. Courtesy photo
 
LANL News:
 
In a recently published study in the journal Nature Microbiology, researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory show that computer simulations can accurately predict the transmission of HIV across populations, which could aid in preventing the disease.
 
The simulations were consistent with actual DNA data obtained from a global public HIV database, developed and maintained by Los Alamos. The archive
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Photographing New Zealand With Leslie Bucklin

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Los Alamos photographer Leslie Bucklin captures New Zealand during a three week visit. Courtesy photo
 
Scene in New Zealand. Photo by Leslie Bucklin
 
LA CREATIVE DISTRICT News:
 
New Zealand, photography, travel … local artist and Los Alamos County Visual Information Specialist Leslie Bucklin will be featured during the Art on Tap series at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6 at UnQuarked, The Wine Room at 145 Central Park Square.
 
Bucklin will share details from her grand 21-day photography adventure touring New Zealand on a tiny ($3,000 per person) budget! This talk will give
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OJJDP Publishes International Child Kidnapping Guide For Law Enforcement

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From the Office of Justice Programs:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― The Office of Justice Programs’ Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Tuesday published guidelines to help law enforcement prevent and respond to cases of international kidnapping of a child by a noncustodial parent.
 
In 2017 there were more than 900 cases of international kidnapping of children across 59 countries reported to the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Children’s Issues. Law enforcement agencies play a critical role in the prevention and resolution of international parental kidnapping.
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AGU: Researchers Find Glaciers In East Antarctica Also Imperiled By Climate Change

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In this WorldView-2 satellite image of Totten Glacier’s front – acquired Oct. 11, 2015 – ice flows from left to right. The heavily crevassed surface of the floating part of Totten is visible on the left, with larger undulations in topography associated with bottom crevasses. The dark area in front of the glacier is open water, and on the right is thin and packed sea ice. Courtesy/DigitalGlobe Inc.

 

AGU News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A team of scientists has found evidence of significant mass loss in East Antarctica’s Totten and Moscow University glaciers, which, if they fully collapsed,
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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich Releases Statement On Facebook Announcement On Election Meddling

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement today after Facebook announced that it removed 32 Pages and accounts from Facebook and Instagram that showed connections to and activity consistent with previous Russian disinformation efforts:

“Russia’s efforts to divide our country by weaponizing social media is full-on information warfare. Russia’s use of social media and other online forums to influence our elections Read More

Solar Flares Disrupt Radio Communications During September Atlantic Hurricane Relief Effort

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Hurricanes Katia, Irma and Jose lined up in the Atlantic Sept. 6, 2017 in an image captured by the Suomi NPP weather satellite. Courtesy/NASA

The Sun erupted in class X-9.3 and x-2.2 flares Sept. 6, 2017, visible to NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory in extreme ultraviolet (171 angstrom wavelength) light. Courtesy/NASA/GSFC/SDO

AGU News:

 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — An unlucky coincidence of space and Earth weather in early September 2017 caused radio blackouts for hours during critical hurricane emergency response efforts, according to a new study in Space Weather, a journal of the American
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