LANL Foundation: Nominations For 2022 Excellence In Teaching Award Open Monday Feb. 14
LANL Foundation News:
ESPAÑOLA –– Centerra Los Alamos, the Laboratory’s proforce contractor, in partnership with LANL Foundation created the Excellence in Teaching Award to honor teachers and bring encouragement and support to the education profession in Rio Arriba County and Pojoaque.
These regions are where the majority of Centerra’s employees reside and raise their families. Award nominations are encouraged and the application for nominations opens Monday, Feb. 14.
Qualified nominees must have taught at their current K-12 public, Tribal, or charter school in Rio Arriba Read More
NMPED: State Poised To Transform High School Education
New Mexico Education Secretary Dr. Kurt Steinhaus
NMPED News:
SANTA FE — New Mexico is well positioned to transform the high school experience and high school outcomes with a game-changing expansion of educational pathways to college and career, according to a report released today by the New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) and the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Foundation.
The New Mexico Comprehensive College and Career Pathways Assessment Report highlights innovative practices already occurring in New Mexico schools and recommends parallel and interconnected Read More
Los Alamos-Based UbiQD Shares New Greenhouse Case Studies, Launches UbiGro.com AgTech Website
Image from the new https://UbiGro.com website. Courtesy/UbiQD
BUSINESS News:
UbiGro is the company’s revolutionary greenhouse spectrum control technology that utilizes fluorescent quantum dots to enhance crop growth.
UbiQD, Inc., a New Mexico-based deep tech company specializing in nanomaterials innovation, announced today that it has released new plant trial data and launched a new website for its greenhouse industry-focused brand.
UbiGro incorporates UbiQD’s quantum dot technology to create a new layer of light in a greenhouse that enables growers to create a more optimal spectrum Read More
LANL: Tracking The Cells That Host HIV
Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 budding (in green) from cultured lymphocyte. This image has been colored to highlight important features. Multiple round bumps on cell surface represent sites of assembly and budding of virions. Courtesy/CDC’s Public Health Image Library (PHIL)
LANL News:
- Two phases of viral decline, now understood more clearly
New research sheds light on the lifespans and location of the cells that are responsible for producing HIV, preventing its eradication. Understanding the cells’ dynamics may help scientists develop new ways to reduce their number with the Read More
Los Alamos National Laboratory Suspends On-site Activities
LANL News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory has suspended on-site activities today, Feb. 2, due to heavy snow in Los Alamos.
LANL directs employees able to telework to do so. Read More
More Than 60 Los Alamos National Laboratory Staff Members Recognized With DOE Secretary’s Honor Awards
United States Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Four teams honored for exceptional contributions
More than 60 staff members on four different teams at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) were recently recognized with Honor Awards from the Department of Energy Secretary—the highest honor a DOE employee or contractor can receive.
“To be recognized with this award is an exceptional achievement,” Laboratory Director Thom Mason said. “These teams illustrate the commitment to excellence that has always been a hallmark of the Laboratory, and they should Read More
DOE/NNSA: Comment Period For West Road Floodplain Assessment, Cable Fencing For TA-03 In Los Alamos Canyon
DOE/NNSA News:
The Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration’s (DOE/NNSA) Los Alamos Field Office has issued a Floodplain Assessment for the West Road Post and Cable Fencing Project at Technical Area 03 (Floodplain Assessment) for a 15-day public review and comment period commencing with publication of this notice.
The comment period will end Feb. 14.
DOE/NNSA is proposing to install post and cable or in-kind barriers along West Road at selected locations near the Los Alamos County Ice Rink in Los Alamos Canyon at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
The proposed Read More