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K-Kids Host Lemonade Stands For African Library Project

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K-Kids Club members (sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos), from left, Maya Snowden, Laila Muller and Anabel Irving at their lemonade and iced tea stand helping to support the African Library Project. Courtesy/ALP

K-Kids Club members Cade Rich, left, and Damian Scammell at their lemonade and iced tea stand to help support the African Library Project. Courtesy/ALP 

ALP News:

While the pandemic created some difficulties collecting and packing books for the African Library Project (ALP) over the past 15 months, ambitious local K-Kids service club members (sponsored by the Kiwanis Club Read More

Catch Of The Week: Supply Chain Attacks

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By BECKY RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos

Aren’t long weekends awesome? You can chill out, relax, maybe have some brews with your friends … use a previously unknown vulnerability in a remote monitoring and management software package to distribute REvil ransomware to over 1,000 businesses across 17 countries, and demand a $70 million ransom. Wait, what?

What exactly is a “remote monitoring and management software package?” It is software used to remotely manage a company’s IT networks and devices. This software is then sold to managed service providers (MSP) — basically outsourced IT departments Read More

AFRL Leaps Forward In NTS-3 Spacecraft Development

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The ESPAStar-D bus that will be integrated into the AFRL’s Navigation Technology Satellite-3. The bus, which will serve as the body of spacecraft, was built at Northrop Grumman’s facility in Gilbert, Ariz. Photo/Northrop Grumman

AFRL News:

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE — The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is excited to announce that the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) satellite navigation program is closer in the development of the spacecraft for its in-space demonstration, thanks to the delivery of its bus that will carry it to space in 2023.

In 2019, the U.S. Air Force designated Read More

Heinrich Addresses Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Report

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement after the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) released its report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP).

Heinrich helped secure language in the Intelligence Authorization Act passed by Congress last year that directed the DNI to submit the report to the congressional intelligence and armed services committees on UAPs, including observed airborne objects that have not been identified. Read More

AGU: Scientists Track Sudden Disappearance Of Antarctic Ice Shelf Lake

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Visualization of 600-750 million cubic meters lost to the ocean with the demise of the ice-covered lake. Courtesy/ Philipp Arndt / Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

Landsat 8 images over the Southern Amery Ice Shelf show the ice-covered lake before drainage and the resulting ice doline with summer meltwater. Courtesy/AGU

AGU News:

A global team of scientists including several from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego discovered the sudden demise of a large, deep, ice-covered lake on the surface of an Antarctic ice shelf.

This rare Read More

DSX Spacecraft Ends 2-Year Orbit With Team Celebration

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Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate’s Demonstration and Science Experiments spacecraft senior leadership and program management team, from the present and past, gather for the DSX end of life celebration June 7 at Kirtland AFB, N.M. Courtesy/AFRL

Past and present members of the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate’s Demonstration and Science Experiments spacecraft Integration & Test, operational, and contracting support teams gather for the DSX end of life celebration June 7 at Kirtland AFB, N.M. Courtesy/AFRL

Artist’s rendering of Read More

Skolnik: COVID-19 – Looking Through A ‘Polio Lens’

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By RICHARD SKOLNIK
Los Alamos

When we look at the present pandemic through the lens of US efforts to eliminate polio in the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s, we should be deeply concerned at some of what we see. Most notable is the lack of social cohesion around COVID-19 compared to the remarkable cohesion the US displayed in combatting polio.

One of the prevailing strengths of the US effort to discover and deploy a vaccine against polio was the remarkable amount of social cohesion around this work. The first successful search for a vaccine was supported by a private organization, headed by a trusted counselor Read More

Art From Czech Republic Featured In Los Alamos Exhibit

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Folk art from the Czech Republic featured in the LAMOA exhibit at Fuller Lodge Art Center. Courtesy/LAMOA

LAMOA News:

Los Alamos Museum of Art (LAMOA) is hosting several exhibits through July 24 at the Fuller Lodge Art Center.

One of these exhibits features folk art costumes from the Czech Republic, art Nuveau posters of the famous Czech artist Alfonse Mucha, marionettes and painted eggs.

LAMOA is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) tax exempt organization seeking to acquire an adequate and permanent home for its vast collection of art, visit lamoa.com.

A piece featured in the Los Alamos Museum of Art exhibit Read More

LANL: Driving Clean-Energy Research In The Right Direction

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LANL News:

A new collaborative paper out in the journal Joule presents a Los Alamos research team’s assessment of future research targets for advances in fuel cell technology.

Fuel cells, part of a promising path toward zero-emission vehicles, are making progress at overcoming some specific challenges on the road to powering heavy-duty vehicles. One near-term need is to ensure the electrochemical and mechanical stability of a key component, the proton exchange membrane at the heart of the fuel cell structure. A new collaborative paper out in the journal Joule presents a research team’s Read More

Aspen Odyssey Of The Mind Team From Los Alamos Places At World Competition

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Members of the Aspen Odyssey of the Mind include top, from left, Sophia Pacheco, Alea Kretz and Lacey Portillos and bottom from left, Alexander Wilson, Arshia Chalayil and Gianna Rolfe. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

The Aspen Odyssey of the Mind team (the Omers) has placed 21st in the World Competition, competing against 76 teams. The team qualified for the competition after finishing first at the Colorado state contest. 

Coached by teachers Victoria Daley and Matt Allen, the team includes sixth graders Alea Kretz, Sophia Pacheco and Lacey Portillos, fifth graders Arshia Chalayil and Alexander Read More