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AGU: Hidden Magnitude-8.2 Earthquake Source Of Mysterious 2021 Global Tsunami

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South Georgia Island, the largest island along the subduction trench. Courtesy/European Space Agency (modified Copernicus Sentinel data)

AGU News:

Scientists have uncovered the source of a mysterious 2021 tsunami that sent waves around the globe.

Highlights

  • A 47 km-deep, magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck the south Atlantic in 2021 and caused a global tsunami was actually a sequence of five earthquakes.
  • A shallow, “almost invisible” magnitude 8.2 quake accounted for 70 percent of the energy released during the event.
  • Global earthquake monitoring needs to improve to understand and
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Los Alamos-Based UbiQD Shares New Greenhouse Case Studies, Launches UbiGro.com AgTech Website

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Image from the new https://UbiGro.com website. Courtesy/UbiQD

BUSINESS News:

UbiGro is the company’s revolutionary greenhouse spectrum control technology that utilizes fluorescent quantum dots to enhance crop growth.

UbiQD, Inc., a New Mexico-based deep tech company specializing in nanomaterials innovation, announced today that it has released new plant trial data and launched a new website for its greenhouse industry-focused brand.

UbiGro incorporates UbiQD’s quantum dot technology to create a new layer of light in a greenhouse that enables growers to create a more optimal spectrum Read More

Wallace: Tying A Mineral Specimen To History

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Silver specimen likely from a 5 metal deposit, is from an incredibly obscure locality that is tied to Scottish history. Courtesy/Terry Wallace

By TERRY WALLACE
Los Alamos

Specimens are more than molecular structures: tying a specimen to history. When I observe a mineral specimen, I first view it through a science prism – how was it formed, what does the particular crystal structure (or lack of) mean in terms of chemistry and thermodynamics, and what must the geologic processes been that created the environment for the mineral formation?

Invariably, I then think about the mining or collecting, Read More

LANL: Tracking The Cells That Host HIV

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Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 budding (in green) from cultured lymphocyte. This image has been colored to highlight important features. Multiple round bumps on cell surface represent sites of assembly and budding of virions. Courtesy/CDC’s Public Health Image Library (PHIL)

LANL News:

  • Two phases of viral decline, now understood more clearly

New research sheds light on the lifespans and location of the cells that are responsible for producing HIV, preventing its eradication. Understanding the cells’ dynamics may help scientists develop new ways to reduce their number with the Read More

NOAA Satellites Helped Save 330 Lives In 2021

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Courtesy.NOAA

NOAA News:

NOAA’s fleet of advanced satellites are essential for predicting weather and climate, and last year they also helped rescue 330 people from potentially life-threatening situations throughout the United States and its surrounding waters.

Of the 330 U.S. rescues, 195 were water rescues, 29 were from aviation incidents and 106 were from events on land. Alaska had the most SARSAT rescues with 55, followed by Florida with 52 and California with 37. 

NOAA’s polar-orbiting and geostationary satellites are part of the global Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking Read More

LANL Researcher Detects World-Record Lightning ‘Megaflashes’ Using Space-Based Technology

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Satellite image of the record lightning flash over Uruguay and Argentina June 18, 2020, which lasted 17.102 seconds. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

A researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory has detected two world-record lightning “megaflashes”. The longest-distance flash was detected in the southern United States on April 29, 2020 and spanned more than 477 miles from Mississippi to Texas.

The longest-duration lightning strike was detected over Uruguay on June 18, 2020 and lasted 17.1 seconds.

“We are now at a place where we have excellent lightning measurements, which allows us to discover Read More

Huang: Best Wishes To Team USA Of Beijing 2022 – From A Former Beijing Student

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Best Friends, Chinese Olympic volleyball star Jenny Lang Ping and American Olympic volleyball star Flo Hyman. Courtesy photo

By ZHEN HUANG
Los Alamos

My Olympic passion can be traced back to my college years. At the time during the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, I was a student at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.

I remember that hot Beijing summer night when we cheered for the Chinese women’s volleyball team for winning the gold Olympic medal. What made that game so exciting was that the Chinese Team lost the first two sets to the America Team but reversed the loss in the following three Read More

Food Insecurity In Indian Country Online Discussion Today

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Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF), Food Research and Action Center, and the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative host live discussion on food insecurity in Indian County during the COVID-19 pandemic. Courtesy/NAAF

NAAF News:

The Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF), Food Research and Action Center, and the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative are hosting a virtual event at 2 p.m. (ET) today to discuss findings and recommendations from a recent report.

The report finds that 48 percent of Native Americans and Alaska Natives surveyed indicated that sometimes or often Read More

New Global Health Book By Local Author Richard Skolnik

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Courtesy image

Staff Report:

Jones and Bartlett Learning has announced the publication of Global Population Health: A Primer by author Richard Skolnik of Los Alamos.

Global Population Health is designed to provide a brief overview of global health to a wide range of health administration and clinical audiences.

Beginning with a concise explanation of the importance of global health, this brief text moves on to examine many of the most important global health issues and their economic and social consequences. It then discusses some of the steps that can be taken to address these concerns Read More

FBI Dallas Special Agent In Charge Announces Identity Of Colleyville, Texas Hostage-Taker

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Malik Faisal Akram

FBI News:

DALLAS — Special Agent in Charge Matthew DeSarno of the FBI Dallas Field Office confirmed Sunday, Jan. 16, the identity of the Colleyville, Texas hostage-taker as British Citizen, Malik Faisal Akram, 44.

The FBI’s Evidence Response Team (ERT) will continue processing evidence at the synagogue.

At this time, there is no indication that other individuals are involved. The FBI’s North Texas Joint Terrorism Task Force (NTJTTF), which includes member agencies from across the region, will continue to follow investigative leads.

An FBI Shooting Incident Review Team Read More