LANL: Less Radiation In Inner Van Allen Belt Than Previously Believed
This artist’s rendering of the Van Allen Probes mission shows the path of its two spacecraft through the radiation belts that surround Earth, which are made visible in false color. Courtesy/NASA
LANL News:
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New study shows scientists the ‘snowflake in a rainstorm’
The inner Van Allen belt has less radiation than previously believed, according to a recent study in the Journal of Geophysical Research. Observations from NASA’s Van Allen probes show the fastest, most energetic electrons in the inner radiation belt are actually much rarer and harder to find than scientists expected. This Read More
History On Tap: Robert Oppenheimer … A Life Inside The Center Tuesday At Unquarked
CREATIVE DISTRICT News:
Don’t miss History On Tap 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 at UnQuarked in Central Park Square.
The speaker is Ray Monk, author of Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Inside the Center. He also has written award-winning biographies of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell. He is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton, with research interests in the history of analytic philosophy, the philosophy of mathematics, and philosophical issues arising from the practice of biography. Professor Monk is the 2017 Miller Scholar at the Santa Fe Institute.
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Meet David Williams Of White Rock
David Williams of White Rock takes a break at the Pig & Fig. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.comDuring a recent stop at the Pig & Fig in White Rock, the Post bumped into local resident David Williams while he was enjoying his usual cup of cappuccino. Of Welsh heritage, he was born in Watford, just north of London, England, in 1936. His father worked on the de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito, which served during and after World War II. Constructed almost entirely of wood, it was nicknamed “The Wooden Wonder”, and affectionately known Read More
House Subcommittee Probes Nuclear Weapons Windfall
LANL Director Charlie McMillan appears Thursday before House Armed Services oversight and investigations subcommittee in Washington, D.C. Courtesy/HASC webcast
President Trump’s budget priorities were on parade in the House Armed Services subcommittee hearing Thursday, as the White House was releasing a sketch of its fiscal plans for the next 18 months. The White House projection for the nuclear security enterprise proposes strong support for a “nuclear force that is second to none.”
Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Charlie McMillan Read More
Science On Tap: What Travels At 84 Percent The Speed Of Light And Is Used By Researchers At Los Alamos?
COMMUNITY News:
In response to requests from previous Science on Tap attendees, this month’s topic will be LANSCE. That acronym stands for Los Alamos Neutron Science Center. Housed at Los Alamos, it’s one of the most powerful linear accelerators in the country. During this Science on Tap event, Gus Sinnis, both a deputy associate director for Experimental Physical Science and the facility’s user director, will introduce you to the technology that attracts more than 500 researchers here each year.
Science On Tap happens every third Thursday of the month, featuring a new topic each time. Join Read More
UNM-LA Students Consider LANL Technician Pipeline
Students with a variety of educational interests attend the recent presentation by Debbie Martinez who is the HR lead on the LANL Institutional Technician Pipeline Job Program. Photo by Nancy Coombs/UNM-LA
Associate Professor of Mathematics Dr. Irina Alvestad and UNM-LA student Justin Garcia chat with presenter Debbie Martinez. Photo by Nancy Coombs/UNM-LA
UNM-LA News:
In an ongoing effort to help students transition to the workforce, faculty at UNM-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) regularly invite representatives from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to campus to speak about opportunities Read More
Udall, Heinrich Invite Energy Secretary Rick Perry To Visit New Mexico National Laboratories
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich sent a letter to Energy Secretary Rick Perry inviting him to visit Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico.
“The work at Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories is critical to meeting DOE’s mission of assuring national security through stewardship of the nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear non-proliferation, and homeland security,” wrote the senators. “The labs also have extensive strategic partnerships with other federal agencies and private stakeholders that contribute Read More
