LANL Model Predicts Late Start To Flu Season
LANL News:
- February Most Likely Month For Flu Season To Peak
The flu season will likely peak in February in most parts of the United States, according to a model developed by scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Using historical data, a mathematical representation of how flu spreads through a population, and data for the current flu season provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the scientists were able to create a probabilistic model forecasting the flu season.
“There’s no crystal ball when it comes to predicting disease outbreaks,” said Sara Del Valle, the Los Read More
Schools And LANL On Regular Schedule Today
COMMUNITY News:
Los Alamos Public Schools and Los Alamos National Laboratory are on regular schedules today.
The community is urged to use extra caution while driving and walking around town. Read More
Next Generation Rocket Propellants Discussed At Science On Tap At UnQuarked Wine Room Thursday
LANL News:Bryce Tappan of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s High Explosives Science and Technology group discusses next-generation rocket propellants during a Science on Tap presentation at 5:30 p.m. Thursday (Dec. 17) at UnQuarked Wine Room, 145 Central Park Square in downtown Los Alamos. There is ample parking at Central Park Square.
“What we’re trying to do is break the performance versus sensitivity curve, and make a rocket that’s both very high-energy, as well as very safe,” Tappan said. “Typically, when
OSHA Presents NM Consortium With SHARP Award
Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) awards its Saftey and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) Award to the New Mexico Consortium (NMC) during a ceremony this morning at NMC. The program recognizes employers who operate an exemplary injury and illness prevention program. Acceptance of the NMC Biolab worksite into SHARP from OSHA is an achievement of status that recognizes the NMC as a model for worksite safety and health. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Scene from this morning’s event at the NMC. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.comMoniz On Conclusion Of COP21 Climate Negotiations
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
DOE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz released the following statement Saturday regarding the conclusion of the COP21 climate change negotiations:
“This agreement shows that the world is ready to move towards an innovative era of reductions in heat-trapping emissions that will put us on a path to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. President Obama, Secretary Kerry, and the entire U.S. negotiating team showed leadership, not just at these talks in Paris, but for the months and years of groundwork that was Read More
Dr. Cherry Murray Confirmed As Director Of The Office Of Science
Dr. Cherry Murray
DOE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Dr. Cherry Murray was confirmed by the Senate Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015 as director of the Department of Energy’s Office of Science.
“Dr. Murray will be an outstanding Director of the Office of Science, drawing upon her experience in academia as professor and dean of one of country’s leading universities of engineering and applied sciences, key R&D leadership roles in industry, and as former head of science and technology at one of the Department’s national laboratories, ” Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said. “I thank the Senate for the approving Read More
Los Alamos Startup Tibbar Plasma Technologies Takes New Look At Edison’s Lost Cause
Tibbar prototype. Courtesy photo
Rick Nebel, owner of Tibbar Plasma Technologies. Courtesy photoThere is an unresolved electrical affair that goes back more than a century to the so-called “War of Currents” between Thomas Alva Edison, the celebrated American inventor and businessman and Nicholas Tesla, a Serbian immigrant, known in his time as a “mad scientist,” and in ours as a visionary.
The latest in electric cars are called Teslas for good reason. Edison, of course, invented the light bulb, but he also invented recording devices Read More
