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LANL Scientists’ Link To 2015 Nobel Prize In Physics

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LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists played a significant role in the research that led to the awarding of the 2015 Nobel Prizes in Physics to Arthur McDonald, head of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) in Canada and Takaaki Kajita of Japan, head of the Super-Kamionkande (Super K) experiment, for their work in discovering that neutrinos have mass.

The LANL Connection

LANL was instrumental in the design, assembly and data analysis of the SNO experiment. More than 20-plus years—from the start of funding in 1990 to its final results in 2012—more than 30 LANL scientists and Read More

Nobel Prize In Literature 2015: Svetlana Alexievich

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Svetlana Alexievich at a discussion Feb. 8, 2011 in the Roter Salon in Berlin. Courtesy/wikipedia.com

NOBEL PRIZE News:

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015 is awarded to Svetlana Alexievich “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time”.

Alexievich was born May 31, 1948 in the Ukrainian town of Ivano-Frankivsk, as the daughter of a Belarusian father and a Ukrainian mother. When the father had completed his military service, the family moved to Belarus, where both parents worked as teachers.

After finishing school, Alexievich worked as a teacher Read More

Simpler Way To Estimate Feedback Between Permafrost Carbon And Climate

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Although permafrost carbon has the potential to be a huge player in the planet’s climate, it’s difficult to predict the amount that will enter the atmosphere for a given increase in temperature. This photo was taken near Barrow, Alaska. Courtesy/Berkeley Lab
 
BERKLEY LAB News:
 
One of the big unknowns in predicting climate change is the billions of tons of carbon frozen in Arctic permafrost.
 
As global warming causes soil temperatures to increase, some of this carbon will decompose and enter the atmosphere and accelerate climate change.
 
Although permafrost carbon
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German Student Attends Los Alamos High School

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Exchange student Krissi Wallis of Brandenburg, Germany discusses her life back home during a recent presentation to the Rotary Club of Los Alamos. Photo by Hal Davis

LAHS student Krissi Wallis of Brandenburg, Germany shares reasons why she wanted to be a Rotary exchange student. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

 

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post

Krissi Wallis of Brandenburg, Germany is attending Los Alamos High School this year under an exchange program sponsored by the Rotary Club of Los Alamos.

In a recent presentation to members of the local Rotary Club gathered at the Read More

Los Alamos-lead Consortium Works To Enhance Fuel Cell Technology

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Rod Borup, left, and David Langlois simulate drive cycles on a fuel cell test station at LANL to understand how carbon corrosion affects catalyst stability. Balancing durability and cost is a key challenge for the success of hydrogen-powered electric cars. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Alternative energy key to greener future

Los Alamos National Laboratory is leading a Department of Energy – Fuel Cells Technologies Office-funded project to enhance the performance and durability of polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells, while simultaneously reducing their cost.

“The cost Read More

Los Alamos Dentist To Lecture In China

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Dr. Daniel Meyers

 

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post

Dr. Daniel Meyers of Whole System Minimally Invasive Orthodontics in Los Alamos has made significant advances in the field of orthodontics and will share these strives with the world – literally.

Meyers will present a lecture titled, “The Evolution from Orthodontics to Clinical Orthodontic Medicine” at the BIT’s Second Annual World Congress of Oral and Dental Medicine Nov. 2 in Dalian, China. Specifically, he will discuss contemporary concepts of care in orthodontics with next generation technology.

“To be a part of Read More

Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich, Aziz Sancar Awarded Nobel Prize In Chemistry 2015

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SCIENCE News:

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2015 “for mechanistic studies of DNA repair” to:

  • Tomas Lindahl Francis Crick Institute and Clare Hall Laboratory, Hertfordshire, UK;
  • Paul Modrich Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; and
  • Aziz Sancar University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

The cells’ toolbox for DNA repair

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 is awarded to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar for having mapped, at a molecular level, how cells repair damaged Read More

Kajita And McDonald Receive Nobel Prize In Physics

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SCIENCE News:

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2015 “for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass” to:

Takaaki Kajita, Super-Kamiokande Collaboration University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan; and

 

 

 

 

Arthur B. McDonald, Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Collaboration Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada.

Metamorphosis in the particle world

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015 recognises Takaaki Kajita in Japan and Arthur B. McDonald in Canada, for their key contributions to the experiments, Read More

Nobel Prize In Medicine Announced Today

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Youyou Tu searched ancient literature on herbal medicine in her quest to develop novel malaria therapies. The plant Artemisia annua turned out to be an interesting candidate, and Tu developed a purification procedure, which rendered the active agent, Artemisinin, a drug that is remarkably effective against Malaria. Courtesy/nobelprize.org

SCIENCE News:

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with one half jointly to

  • William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against
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Study Reveals Urban Smoke Absorbs Sunlight, Exacerbating Climate Warming

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A new study by a science team led by LANL stresses the importance of understanding mixed black and brown carbon in smoke emissions for climate models. The particulates found in urban smoke are especially prone to absorbing sunlight and having a heating effect on the planet. A measurement station, shown here (Detling, UK), is one of several deployed in the UK throughout the study. Photo courtesy Manvendra Dubey/LANL

LANL News:

  • First Field Demonstration Of Warming Caused By Soot And Brown Carbon

Cloaking urban areas and wildfire zones, tiny smoke particles suspended in the atmosphere have a Read More