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Universal News: This Just In – Gravity Waves Are Real

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in Livingston, La. Courtesy/CalTech
 
By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post

Gravity waves were detected in the universe for the first time on Sept. 14, 2015, a hundred years after they were predicted by Albert Einstein in his general theory of relativity. Even at the speed of light, they took 1.3 billion years to get here. The first detected gravitational waves were produced by a specific cataclysmic event, identified as two black holes coalescing, releasing enough energy in the last fraction of a second to warp time

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Summer Reading Program Encourages Elementary Students To Read Thousands Of Pages

Summer readers are treated to pizza at a recent party at the Bradbury Science Museum celebrating their accomplishments. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
The student who read the most books, Lennox Chung of McCurdy School received a set of 10 books by Rudolfo Anaya and other New Mexico authors, as well as a $50 gift card. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory in partnership with New Mexico’s own award winning author Rudolfo Anaya and the Christopher Montalvo Memorial recently sponsored a Summer Reading Program for students in grades Read More

DOE Releases Baseline Study Of Legacy Waste Cleanup Needs At LANL

LANL News:
 
SANTA FE  In a major development for the efforts of the Regional Coalition of LANL Communities, including Santa Fe, which is advocating for the cleanup of legacy radioactive and chemical waste resulting from historic uses of Los Alamos National Labs, the Department of Energy’s Environmental Management Office has completed and released a Legacy Waste Cleanup Lifecycle Cost Estimate.
 
The 46-page document was obtained on behalf of and provided to the Coalition thanks to the efforts of Sen. Martin Heinrich, Sen. Tom Udall, and Rep. Ben Ray
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Giant Algal Bloom Sheds Light On Formation Of White Cliffs Of Dover

The White Cliffs of Dover have been a symbol of England at least since Roman times. New research is teaching scientists more about how this great structure came to be. Photo by Immanuel Giel/Wikimedia Commons
 
This microscopic view of a coccolithophore shows the saucer-shaped calcite plates the algae build around themselves. Scientists suspect the plates help coccolithophores survive and evade predators. Photo by Alison R. Taylor/University of North Carolina Wilmington Microscopy Facility/Wikimedia Commons
 
AGU News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A great algae bloom at the bottom

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LANL: Ripples In Spacetime Discussed In Public Lecture Sept. 19

Gabriela Gonzalez, spokesperson for LIGO Scientific Collaboration. Courtesy photo
 
LANL News:
 
Gabriela Gonzalez, spokesperson for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Scientific Collaboration, will discuss the observation of gravitational waves at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 19 in the Grand Ballroom at the Eldorado Hotel in Santa Fe; the free lecture is open to the public.   
 
“This is a very exciting time in astronomy that took a lot of people and many years to get to,” said Gonzalez, a professor of physics and astronomy at
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Northern New Mexico College Establishes STEM Mentor Collective

Dr. Steven Cox and Northern engineering student Elizabeth Browne. Photo by John T. Denne/NNMC 
 
NNMC News:
 
The National Science Foundation has awarded $300,000 over two years to the Northern New Mexico STEM Mentor Collective.
 
The Collective is a partnership steered by Northern New Mexico College, with UNM-Los Alamos, the school districts of Española Valley, McCurdy and Pojoaque Valley, El Rito and the Embudo Valley libraries, the Bradbury Science Museum, and key leaders at Los Alamos National Laboratory and its Foundation, the Center for the Education
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Science On Tap: ‘Through A Robot’s Eyes…’

LA CREATIVE DISTRICT News:

Science On Tap happens every third Thursday of the month, featuring a new topic each time. Join us tonight when Chris Rittner will talk about the LANL hazmat robots. Science On Tap is tonight, Thursday, Sept. 15, at 5:30 p.m. at UnQuarked Wine Room, 145 Central Park Square.

Rittner is part of LANL’s Hazardous Devices Team (HDT) and will talk about the work the group does, including the recent Hazmat Challenge (held each year since 1996), designed to test responders under the most trying of circumstances.

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