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SFI Seminar: ‘Garden – As Symbolic Link Between City And Nature’ 3:30 p.m. Today

Submitted by Chris Clark on December 1, 2015
Curtis Carter, Marquette University
 
SFI News:
 
Santa Fe Institute (SFI) seminar “Garden: As Symbolic Link Between City And Nature” is set for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, at Noyce Conference Room in Santa Fe.
 
Abstract: My topic for discussion will address a particular issue: the role of garden as a symbolic link between nature and urban environments.  Garden is one of the elements that significantly enhances the aesthetics of a city environment. Yet this element has received relatively little attention in philosophical aesthetic theory.
 
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Military Order Of World Wars Meets Dec. 6

Submitted by Chris Clark on December 1, 2015
MOWW News:
 
This month’s meeting of the Military Order of World Wars is the annual Pearl Harbor Commemoration Sunday.
 
Note the change in date and time for the meeting: 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6. Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Dr. Charles McMillan is the featured speaker.
 
The meeting is in the 2nd floor conference room at the Los Alamos Research Park. The Los Alamos Research Park building is located west of the South Mesa Fire Station. Parking is available east to the fire station (accessible from southbound lane of the Los Alamos Canyon Bridge)
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SFI: ‘But Why Do Smaller Dogs Live Longer…?’

Submitted by Chris Clark on November 30, 2015
Chen Hou, Missouri University
 
SFI News:
 
The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) holds seminar “But Why Do Smaller Dogs Live Longer? A Universal Theory To Answer The Question Dr. Geoffrey West Could Not Answer” at 12:15 p.m., Wednesday Dec. 2 at Collins Conference Room in Santa Fe.
 
Abstract: The relationship between energy expenditure and longevity has been a central theme in aging studies.
 
Rate of living theory and oxidative stress theory suggest that longevity is negatively correlated with mass-specific metabolic rate, which is usually positively correlated
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LANL’s R&D 100 Award … A Lot Of Credit To Go Around

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on November 26, 2015
LANL Engineering Institute inside the Los Alamos Research Park, 4200 West Jemez Road. Courtesy photo
 
By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post

Like Oscars for films and Emmys for television, R&D 100s are among the best known annual awards in the domain of new inventions, setting standards of excellence and spotlighting new technologies.

Engineering Institute Director Chuck Farrar

The awards are named for a leading research and development magazine whose expert panels choose each year the 100 most significant new discoveries from consumer products to scientific breakthroughs. Read More

Udall Introduces Updated Bill To Expand DOE Tech Transfer, Build NM’s Economy

Submitted by Chris Clark on November 26, 2015
SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON ― U.S. Sen. Tom Udall unveiled his updated bill to streamline the process for moving cutting-edge research and development from our national labs into the marketplace.
 
Udall has championed technology transfer as a way to advance high-tech industries and create jobs in New Mexico.
 
While Udall has successfully pushed the Department of Energy (DOE) to improve tech transfer, there is still much work to do.
 
The Accelerating Technology Transfer to Advance Innovation for the Nation (ATTAIN) Act will cut bureaucracy and
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Moniz Awards $125 Million For 41 Transformational Energy Technology Projects Ahead Of COP21 In Paris

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on November 24, 2015

U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz

DOE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has announced $125 million across 41 cutting-edge energy technologies awarded by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).

These new projects are funded under ARPA-E’s OPEN 2015 program and come in advance of the COP21 U.N. Climate Negotiations in Paris next week. The announcement was made at D.C. technology incubator 1776 at an event that focused on leveraging America’s top innovators to find technological solutions to combat climate change, Read More

Andrew J. Wong Of Los Alamos Wins Grand Prize In 2015 Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Photo Contest

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on November 21, 2015

Out of more than 1,700 entries from around the world, Andrew J. Wong of Los Alamos just won the Grand Prize in the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta photo contest. The annual fiesta is the world’s most photographed event. Wong’s winning photo is this striking silhouette of a crew and their hot air balloon. Wong works at Los Alamos National Laboratory and his wife Charissa Wong owns Photo Essence by Charissa, a local photography business. For his award winning photograph, Wong is receiving a Canon EOS 5D Mark III with EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM Lens. Photo by Andrew J. Wong Read More

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