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AFRL Collaborates With NMT Astronomers On Observatory

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AFRL News:

KIRTLAND AFB – New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT) astronomers are one-step closer to having their own high-powered window to space and the universe, after receiving congressional funding for the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer (MROI).

The university will receive $6.2 million in congressional funds, to complete the first phase of the anticipated $30 million five-year project, to build three telescopes and two scientific instruments of the MROI in Socorro.

NMT has received congressional funding over the past several years in support of the university’s Read More

Los Alamos County Council Chair Ryti Attends COP26

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Display from 2021 United Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland. Photo by Randall Ryti

Bus spotted during 2021 United Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland. Photo by Randall Ryti

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

The 2021 United Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, is an incredible affair. Oct. 31 through Nov. 12, representatives, including presidents and prime ministers, from 194 countries gathered to address the climate change crisis.

The conference may have been set on an international stage; but Los Alamos also Read More

PEEC: Celebrate Upcoming Launch Of James Webb Space Telescope At White Rock Branch Library Saturday Nov. 20

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The fully assembled James Webb Space Telescope with its sunshield and unitized pallet structures that fold up around the telescope for launch, are seen partially deployed to an open configuration to enable telescope installation. Courtesy/NASA/Chris Gunn

PEEC News:

The community is invited to join the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) and Los Alamos County Library to celebrate the upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope.

This family-friendly celebration is 3:30-5 p.m. Saturday Nov. 20 at the White Rock Public Library on Sherwood Boulevard.

People of all ages Read More

Governor, Leadership Highlight Global Climate Conference

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Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham

From the Office of the Governor:

SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham concluded her time at the U.N. Climate Change Conference Sunday in Glasgow, Scotland, when she committed the state to further high-impact climate actions alongside other national governors.

The governor joined the United States Climate Alliance and the governors of Hawai’i, Illinois, Oregon and Washington to make climate action commitments around energy, buildings, industry, transportation, just transition and equity, resilience, natural and working lands, and the social cost

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Explore Black Holes At Nature Center’s Planetarium Tonight

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Experience the wonders of black holes at a screening of the full-dome movie ‘Black Holes’ , 7 p.m. today in the planetarium at the Los Alamos Nature Center followed by a discussion and Q&A session. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

Explore the mysteries of black holes at 7 p.m. today, Nov. 12, in the planetarium at the Los Alamos Nature Center.

Join Rick Wallace for a presentation of the full-dome movie “Black Holes”. After the movie, Wallace will host a short discussion and Q&A session on the origin, properties and evidence for black holes.

The film “Black Holes” takes the audiences on a fully immersive Read More

LANL: Researchers At Los Alamos Are Applying Machine Learning To Refine Earthquake Detection Capabilities

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An image showing improved detection of a slow earthquake in Turkey. Courtesy/LANL 

LANL News:

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) are applying machine learning algorithms to help interpret massive amounts of ground deformation data collected with Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) satellites; the new algorithms will improve earthquake detection. 

“Applying machine learning to InSAR data gives us a new way to understand the physics behind tectonic faults and earthquakes,” Bertrand Rouet-Leduc said, a geophysicist in Los Alamos’ Geophysics group. Read More

LANL: Eight Los Alamos Projects Win R&D 100 Awards

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LANL researchers brought home eight of the coveted R&D 100 awards this year, plus five special-recognition awards. Pictured above, engineer Clara Safi was among the winners with the Quantum Ensured Security for the Smart Electric Grid project, which relies on the quantum realm to provide cybersecurity for control signals on the nation’s electric grid.

LANL News:

Eight Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) technologies won R&D 100 Awards, and five inventions received Special Recognition Awards, including a Gold Award for Corporate Social Responsibility, a Gold Award for Battling Read More

Sen. Martin Heinrich: Build Back Better Framework Makes Largest Investment In Climate Action In U.S. History

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is heading to the 26th International Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, to promote America’s renewed global leadership in the fight against the climate crisis.

Sen. Heinrich will join several Senate Democratic colleagues as they meet with leaders from around the world to discuss how to work together to move forward on global climate action priorities.

Heinrich has played a key role in ensuring that the Build Back Better Framework, negotiated by Senate Democrats Read More

AFRL Holds First-Ever Space Cyber Summit

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AFRL Space Control Branch Chief Brian Engberg facilitates the research lab’s first-ever Space Cyber Summit Oct. 13-14 at Kirtland AFB. He addresses visitors during the ribbon-cutting event for the Space Warfighting Operations Research and Development (SWORD) Lab held earlier this year. Courtesy/AFRL

AFRL News:

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE — The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate held its first-ever Space Cyber Summit Oct. 13-14 at Kirtland AFB.

More than 140 space professionals participated in the in-person and virtual event.

The gathering included space Read More