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Benjamin Victor Unveils Sculptures At 2025 D-Day Celebration In Normandy

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Benjamin Victor unveiled his sculptures at this year’s D-Day celebration in Normandy in northern France. His work celebrates the contribution of the 8th Air Force clearing from the skies the Luftwaffe (aerial warfare branch of Nazi Germany’s armed forces during World War II), making the Normandy invasion possible. To learn more about this world-class sculptor, visit benjaminvictor.com. Photo by Mike Johnson Read More

Three LANL Leaders Honored For Military Service Support

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Recipients of the Patriot Award, seated from left, Nestor Trujillo, Ed Cagle and Mark Voss gathered with representatives from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, back row from left, Joshua Rowley, Willy Griego and Aaron Mondragon. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

When it comes to supporting those who serve, leadership makes all the difference. That’s why Josh Rowley nominated his managers at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Ed Cagle, Mark Voss and Nestor Trujillo for the Patriot Award, presented by the Department of Defense’s Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve office.

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Military Order Of The World Wars June 17 Meeting To Feature Los Alamos Police Chief Dino Sgambellone

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Los Alamos Chief of Police Dino Sgambellone

MOWW News:

This month’s meeting of the Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) will be on Tuesday, June 17. This month’s speaker will be Los Alamos Chief of Police Dino Sgambellone.

Chief Sgambellone retired from the Mansfield Police Department in 2013 after being selected as Chief of Police in Los Alamos. Since being hired, Sgambellone has focused on preparing, achieving, and maintaining National Accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). 

The Department earned this distinction with 100% compliance Read More

Ancient Skies Meet Modern Eyes In World Built By Stars

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NMMSH News:

ALAMOGORDO — “Ancient Skies, Modern Eyes” invites visitors of all ages to journey from the realm of ancient stargazers to the forefront of modern science at a free, all-day public event co-hosted by the New Mexico Museum of Space History (NMMSH) and the Jornada Research Institute.

The event, taking place 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday, July 10, 2025, at the New Horizons Dome Theater, features an engaging lineup of esteemed researchers and interactive exhibits that highlight humanity’s enduring relationship with celestial bodies, addressing topics such as the construction of structures, Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory: Understanding Quantum Computing’s Most Troubling Problem

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In a new paper, Los Alamos scientists collect and review years of work on barren plateaus, a mathematical dead end that has plagued variational quantum computing. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

In variational quantum computing, a barren plateau represents a mathematical point from which quantum algorithms reach a dead end, stalling progress and wasting time and resources.

For the past six years, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has led the world in trying to understand one of the most frustrating barriers that faces variational quantum computing: the barren plateau.

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Fr. Glenn: Go And Bear Fruit

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

One of the beauties that we see up in the Jemez Mountains and in many places around New Mexico is the seed-bearing cotton from alamos (cottonwoods) lazily drifting to the final resting places unknown—evolutionarily hoping to take root like their parents, grow strong and produce their own “kids” to go off into the world in the future. Driven by winds strong or slight, that resting place to which they finally arrive will either be a blessing or bane for its future. Of course, as cottonwoods tend to require a lot of water to grow strong, many of those driftings inevitably end in places Read More

2001 LAHS Graduate Kyle Trottier Assumes Command Of Training/Operations For 38,000+ Soldiers At Ft. Bliss Texas

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LTC Kyle Trottier, a 2001 graduate of Los Alamos High School and son of Andre and Cherie Trottier of Los Alamos, changed command of 1-37 Armored Regiment 2nd Brigade, First Armored Division, May 22, 2025 at Fort Bliss Texas. LTC Trottier completed a 2-year command and missions training of more than 5,000 Ukrainian soldiers in Germany 2024, completing fleet modernization of all unit M1 tanks, and a highly successful deployment to the National Training Center. LTC Trottier is pictured with his wife, Hilary, 2nd Brigade CSM William Thacker, left, and Brigade Commander Colonel Douglas Baker, Read More

LANL: Manhattan Project Day Trip From Santa Fe Leads To History In Los Alamos

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Operated by Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Bradbury Science Museum is free and open Tuesday-Sunday. Inside, visitors can see exhibits on the Manhattan Project as well as the Lab’s current research in supercomputing, nuclear nonproliferation, biotechnology and climate science. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Eighty years after the end of World War II, locals and travelers are more interested than ever in what remains of the top-secret lab and makeshift town that supported the Manhattan Project. Here’s a guide of what you can see in a day’s journey back in time.

Head out from Santa Fe around Read More