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LANL: Funding Boosts Exascale Computing Research

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 7, 2016

High-performance computing produces scientific tools such as this visualization from LANL depicting global water-surface temperatures, with the surface texture driven by vorticity. Regions of warmer water (red) adjacent to the Gulf Stream off the eastern coast of the U.S. indicate the model’s capability to simulate eddy transport of heat within the ocean, a key component necessary to accurately simulate global climate change. A new generation of exascale computers could boost scientific capabilities to new levels. Courtesy/LANL

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Planet Found In Habitable Zone Around Nearest Star

Submitted by Chris Clark on September 6, 2016

ESO News:

Astronomers using ESO telescopes and other facilities have found clear evidence of a planet orbiting the closest star to Earth, Proxima Centauri [0].

The long-sought world, designated Proxima b, orbits its cool red parent star every 11 days and has a temperature suitable for liquid water to exist on its surface. This rocky world is a little more massive than the Earth and is the closest exoplanet to us — and it may also be the closest possible abode for life outside the solar system. A paper describing this milestone finding will be published in the journal Nature on

DOE Whistleblower Case Finally Wins A Hearing

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 5, 2016

Anthony Rivera, top left, was photographed in 2013 with the team that won a 2013 R&D 100 award for developing a ‘Laser SHIELD’ that identifies potential harmful pulses in real time. Courtesy/LLNL

By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post

On the same day that senior engineer Anthony T. Rivera was escorted out of his workplace at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory “with intent to dismiss,” Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz wrote a memorandum to his staff asking for a personal and professional commitment to a culture of safety. “Federal, laboratory, and contractor workers.” Read More

Hunt For Ninth Planet Reveals Extremely Distant Solar System Objects

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 5, 2016

An artist’s conception of Planet X, courtesy of Robin Dienel.

An illustration of the orbits of the new and previously known extremely distant Solar System objects. The clustering of most of their orbits indicates that they are likely be influenced by something massive and very distant, the proposed Planet X. Courtesy/Robin Dienel

SCIENCE News:

Washington, D.C.— In the race to discover a proposed ninth planet in our Solar System, Carnegie’s Scott Sheppard and Chadwick Trujillo of Northern Arizona University have observed several never-before-seen objects

NPS Names Kris Kirby Superintendent Of Manhattan Project National Historical Park

Submitted by Chris Clark on September 3, 2016

MPNHP Superintendent Kris Kirby

NPS News:

DENVER ― Kris Kirby, a 20-year career employee of the National Park Service (NPS), has been selected as the new Superintendent of Manhattan Project National Historical Park, according to Intermountain Regional Director Sue Masica. Kirby will assume her new duties Oct. 16.

Kirby is the Chief of Business & Revenue Management at Yosemite National Park in California. Prior to her assignment there, she served as Chief of Commercial Services at Lake

LANL Named Top 50 Employer For Latina Women

Submitted by Chris Clark on September 3, 2016

Leah Sanchez, left of the Human Resources Division, with Tatiana Espinoza of Los Alamos’ Environmental Stewardship Group, walking out of the National Security Sciences Building. Courtesy photo

LANL News:

Latina Style magazine named Los Alamos National Laboratory as a top 50 employer for Latina women, the first national laboratory to achieve the distinction.

More than 800 corporations and companies were reviewed. The magazine features the nation’s best workplaces in its Latina Style 50 report in this month’s issue.

“This recognition from Latina Style magazine

NNMC Implements Middle School Stem Academy Funded By LANL Community Partnerships Office

Submitted by Chris Clark on September 3, 2016

Northern STEM professors and students. Courtesy photo

NNMC News:

ESPANOLA — From October 2015 through July 2016, Northern New Mexico College Environmental Science, Chemistry and Engineering professor/student teams implemented a STEM Academy for middle school children in the region.

The core idea was to promote STEM education and careers in middle schools with an emphasis on girls.

Funded by a $50,000 grant that Dr. Pedro Martinez was awarded from the LANL Community Relations and Partnerships Office, the project delivered more than 40 hands-on sessions

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