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AGU: Scientists Solve Lunar Mystery With Aid Of Missing Moon Tapes

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Astronaut Harrison Schmitt uses an adjustable sampling scoop to retrieve lunar samples during the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972. Newly restored lunar data tapes show the Apollo astronauts’ activity warmed the Moon’s surface slightly. Courtesy/NASA
 
AGU News:
 
After eight years spent recovering lost Moon data from the Apollo missions, scientists report in a new study they’ve solved a decades-old mystery of why the Moon’s subsurface warmed slightly during the 1970s.
 
Scientists have wondered about the cause of the warming since soon after the Apollo missions started,
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LANL: New Elementary Particle Evidence Found, ‘Sterile Neutrino’ Long Suspected

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Mini Booster Neutrino Experiment. Courtesy/LANL

 

Participants from Los Alamos in MiniBooNE Control Room, from left, Gordon McGregor, Richard Van de Water, Geoffrey Mills and Bill Louis. Courtesy/LANL

 

LANL News:

  • Los Alamos experiment at Fermilab explores potential ‘dark matter’ link, confirms earlier experiment

New research results have potentially identified a fourth type of neutrino, a “sterile neutrino” particle. This particle provides challenges for the Standard Model of particle physics, if found to be a valid result in future experiments. The work, conducted Read More

Heinrich, Collins: Cybersecurity Coordinator Position Needed To Protect U.S. Against Threats

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:

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

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) sent a letter to President Donald Trump expressing their concern regarding the decision to eliminate the White House Cybersecurity Coordinator position in the National Security Council. Senators Heinrich and Collins are both members of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

“In our view, an empowered cybersecurity coordinator is needed to drive and oversee comprehensive, White House-issued cybersecurity strategy to include Read More

Rotary Club Of Los Alamos Honors Student

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Bryce Gentile, a Los Alamos High School junior, was recently recognized as a Rotary Distinguished Student of Service. From a large field of nominees recommended by teachers, Gentile was chosen for his community involvement and academic achievement. He is shown here with English teacher Lori Thompson, whom Gentile selected as a favorite teacher, his father, Bill Gentile, and his mother, Louise Foliot. Photo by Kurt Steinhaus

Linda Hull, vice president of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos, introduced Youth Exchange student Julian Baier of Austria at a recent meeting. Baier, who has been studying Read More

Community Invited To Join World Record Attempt

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DNCU News:
 
Del Norte Credit Union, Northern New Mexico’s hometown financial co-op, invites the Los Alamos County community to help break a world record.
 
At noon June 9, join DNCU during Los Alamos Chamber Fest at the corner of 15th and Central Avenue, as they attempt to break the world record for the most people to yell at once “Where Discoveries are Made”. Each community member who joins them will receive a complimentary megaphone for the attempt. This is the first year DNCU attempts to break a world record. This event also is kicking off a yearly attempt to ultimately register
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AGU: Climate Change May Lead To Bigger Atmospheric Rivers

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AGU News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new study shows that climate change is likely to intensify extreme weather events known as atmospheric rivers across most of the globe by the end of this century, while slightly reducing their number.
 
The new study, published online in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, projects atmospheric rivers will be significantly longer and wider than the ones we observe today, leading to more frequent atmospheric river conditions in affected areas.
 
“The results project that in a scenario where greenhouse
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Heinrich Leads Bipartisan Group Of Senators Urging Trump Administration To Combat Anti-Semitism

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
 
U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led a bipartisan group of 41 U.S. senators urging President Donald Trump to appoint a Special Envoy to monitor and combat anti-semitism, a position at the U.S. Department of State that has now remained vacant for more than 15 months.
 
In a letter to President Trump, the senators emphasized the importance of the United States leading with action to combat anti-Semitism at home and abroad.
 
“There has been an acute global increase in anti-Semitic incidents over the last
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