LANL Physicist Michelle Thomsen Wins $100,000 Award … 2019 Arctowski Medal
Michelle F. Thomsen. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Michelle F. Thomsen, Planetary Science Institute and Los Alamos National Laboratory, will receive the 2019 Arctowski Medal.
Over the past 40 years, Thomsen has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of the relationships between the sun and its planetary bodies, with a particular emphasis on the physics of collisionless shocks and the dynamics of the planetary magnetospheres of Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn.
Beginning with her graduate work, Thomsen analyzed data from the early planetary missions Pioneer 10 and 11 and made some Read More
LANL: Scientist Bette Korber To Discuss Her Work Developing HIV Vaccine In Frontiers In Science Lectures
Bette KorberCounty Fears GRT Loss If LANL Gets Nonprofit Status
The NSSB Building at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy/LANL
Los Alamos County officials are concerned that a stream of gross receipts tax revenues from Los Alamos National Laboratory – tens of millions of dollars a year – could dry up in coming months if the lab’s new management contractor obtains nonprofit status from the IRS.
Under current state law, 501(c)(3) status would exempt the lab from the tax, and the state and county would lose revenue for critical services including the fire department, roadway infrastructure, the local transit Read More
UNM-LA Hosts Meeting With Workforce Solutions Secretary And Local Leaders
From left, Grace Willerton (UNM-LA), Joanie Ahlers (LA County), Nan Sauer (LANL), Bill McCamley (New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions), Patrick Sullivan (LACDC), Kathy Keith (LANL), David Clark (LANL), Mark Russell (N3B), Rebecca Estrada (LANL) and Cindy Rooney (UNM-LA). Photo by Nancy Coombs/UNM-LA
Secretary Designate of the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions Bill McCamley. Photo by Nancy Coombs/UNM-LA
UNM-LA News:
Secretary Designate of the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions Bill McCamley visited UNM-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) Jan. 11, where he met with Read More
LANLF: STEAM Day At Roundhouse Today
LANLF News:- Lieutenant Governor of the State of New Mexico Howie Morales,
- Cabinet Secretary for Department of Workforce Solutions Bill McCamley,
- Senator Mimi Stewart,
- NM Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard,
- New Mexico State University
Los Alamos National Laboratory Contributes $3 Billion Annually To New Mexico State Economy
The Laboratory’s NMSBA program helped optimize a new crate for shipping valuable artwork developed by Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Innovations, a for-profit business subsidiary of the world-renowned museum. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Economic development initiatives created or retained nearly 1,500 in-state jobs
- More than half of goods and services came from New Mexico businesses
Los Alamos National Laboratory’s average annual total impact on economic output across New Mexico from 2015 to 2017 was $3.1 billion, according to preliminary independent research from the University Read More
LANL: ‘Realistic’ New Model Points Way To More Efficient And Profitable Fracking
Fracking image. Courtesy/LANL