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AGU: Researchers Develop Model For Predicting Landslides Caused By Earthquakes

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A seismically-induced landslide in El Salvador in 2001. Courtesy/USGS
 
AGU News:
 
The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan, China killed tens of thousands of people and left millions homeless. Approximately 20,000 deaths — nearly 30 percent of the total — resulted not from the ground shaking itself but from landslides the quake triggered.
 
A new model developed by researchers at Indiana University can help experts address such risks by estimating the likelihood of landslides that will be caused by earthquakes anywhere in the world. The estimates can be available within
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Promising LANL Innovations Take Spotlight

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From left, Antonio Redondo, division leader Richard P. Feynman Center for Innovation; Nancy Jo Nicholas, principal associate director of global security at LANL; Bette Korber, 2018 Richard P. Feynman Innovation Prize awardee from Los Alamos theoretical biology and biophysics division; Lee Finewood of DOE NNSA Administration Office of Strategic Partnerships Programs; Daniel Lockney, program executive of NASA technology transfer. Courtesy/LANL

 

LANL News:

 

Los Alamos scientist Bette Korber was recently honored with the 2018 Richard P. Feynman Innovation Prize for her Read More

Udall, Heinrich Oppose Putin Questioning U.S. Officials

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U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich Thursday voted for a resolution affirming Congress’ opposition to making U.S. diplomats, officials, and members of the Armed Forces available for questioning by the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
 
The resolution comes after President Trump expressed an openness to a request by Putin to question former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul and other Americans, calling the request part of “an incredible offer.” Then, just yesterday, the Trump administration again refused
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Los Alamos Mountaineers Presentation On Adrenaline-Pumping New Zealand Adventure Tuesday

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Martin Staley will talk about his adventure-filled trip to New Zealand Tuesday at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

Earlier this year, Martin Staley traveled to New Zealand for an adrenaline-pumping adventure across both islands. He will give a presentation about his incredible journey Tuesday during this month’s meeting of the Los Alamos Mountaineers.

His talk is at the Los Alamos Nature Center after the regular Mountaineer’s meeting at 7 p.m., which will cover information about upcoming outings. Staley’s talk starts by 7:15 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Read More

New Method For Detecting Malicious Emails

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HSNW News:

Researchers at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) Malware Lab have developed a new method for detecting malicious emails that is more effective than the top 60 antivirus engines on the market.

“Current e-mail solutions use rule-based methods and don’t analyze other elements of the message,” said Dr. Nir Nissim, head of the David and Janet Polak Family Malware Lab at Cyber@BGU, and a member of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management. “Existing antivirus engines primarily use signature-based detection methods Read More

‘Save Persecuted Christians Coalition’ Disheartened At Continued Imprisonment Of Pastor Andrew Brunson

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STPC News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Along with Christians and other faith-based groups, the Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC) Coalition has expressed dismay at the continued imprisonment of North Carolina pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been detained since the fall of 2016 on accusations of spying or aiding terror groups.
 
At his hearing in Turkey yesterday, a court ruled that Brunson will be detained at least until his next hearing Oct. 12. Many have been working toward Brunson’s release, such as individual believers, groups like STPC Coalition, the Trump administration and
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World Futures: Statistics (And Probability) – Part Five

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By ANDY ANDREWS
Los Alamos World Futures Institute
 
In the previous part of this series we looked at baseball and the emergence and growth of statistics in the game. From a casual perspective, a player’s batting average tells you, to three decimal places, the historical probability of getting a hit (getting on base by hitting the ball in fair territory) the next time at bat.
 
It is fun for the spectator, of use to the on-field manager, perhaps of financial importance to the player, and clearly of importance to the owner who is investing in winning. For most of us, however, it is of little
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Los Alamos Resident Rows In Bathtub For Good Cause

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Malcolm Burns sits in Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op’s signature tub along with Co-op Assistant Manager Ashley D’Anna. Burns will spend some quality time in a bathtub when he rows the entire length of Scotland’s longest lake, Loch Lomond, to raise money for Alzheimer’s Scotland. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

Many people have pedaled, swam, raced and walked for noble causes. Los Alamos resident and Los Alamos National Laboartory physicist Malcolm Burns is joining these legions of Read More

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall On Treasury Department Ending Disclosure Requirements For Dark Money Donors

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U.S. Sen. Tom Udall

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) released the following statement after the Treasury Department ended a requirement that “dark money” groups must disclose their donors to the IRS:

“Secret, undisclosed money has flooded our electoral system and completely drowned out the voices of everyday citizens. Now, the Trump administration is making an already rigged system even worse — ending some of the limited disclosure we have about who is spending these unlimited sums of money to try to buy our democracy. It just got even harder to follow the money and shine Read More

AGU: Martian Atmosphere Behaves As Single System

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Artist’s concept showing the three segments of MARSIS, the radar instrument on the Mars Express spacecraft. Courtesy/NASA/JPL/Caltech

 
American Geophysical Union News:
By European Space Agency

New research using a decade of data from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express mission has found clear signs of the complex Martian atmosphere acting as a single, interconnected system, with processes occurring at low and mid levels significantly affecting those seen higher up.

Understanding the Martian atmosphere is a key topic in planetary science, from its current status to its past Read More