WIPP Center Stage At Waste Management Conference
James Knox with the Arizona Department of Public Service performs a mock Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) level VI inspection of a WIPP truck and transuranic waste shipping containers during this week’s Waste Management Conference in Phoenix. Courtesy/WIPP
WIPP News:
WIPP took center stage at this week’s Waste Management Symposia 2015 in Phoenix, Ariz., where more than 200 participants attended a three-hour panel discussion titled “Lessons Learned and Return to Operations Following 2014 Operational Incidents.”
The panel focused on the WIPP fire and radiological release Read More
LANL Foundation ISEC Staff And Students Demonstrate Inquiry Science Kits At Roundhouse
LANL Foundation Inquiry Science Education Consortium (ISEC) staff and student scientists demonstrated inquiry science kits to visitors at the Santa Fe Capitol Roundhouse this week. Young scientist Jakob Warniment assists New Mexico Secretary of Education Hanna Skandera with a microscope from the Microworlds science kit. Standing in back from left, ISEC Director of Professional Development and Evaluation Gwen Warniment, LANL Foundation CEO Jenny Parks and ISEC Program Director Dorothy Sanchez. Courtesy photo
Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard recognized the success of the Inquiry Science Read More
LANL: HAWC Observatory To Study Universe’s Most Energetic Phenomena
The HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory, 13,500 feet above sea level on the slopes of Mexico’s Volcán Sierra Negra. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Inaugural ceremony marks completion of powerful system to detect gamma rays and cosmic rays
Supernovae, neutron star collisions and active galactic nuclei are among the most energetic phenomena in the known universe. These violent explosions produce high-energy gamma rays and cosmic rays, which can easily travel large distances—making it possible to see objects and events far outside our own galaxy.
Construction is now complete on the newest tool available Read More
LANL: Frontiers In Science Talks Explore New Strategies For Diagnosing Challenging Diseases
LANL researcher Harshini Mukundan discusses the re-emergence of tuberculosis in a series of threeupcoming lectures. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- First talk is Tuesday, March 24 in Los Alamos
Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher Harshini Mukundan discusses the re-emergence of tuberculosis in a series of three lectures called “The Microbe Strikes Back: The Return of Tuberculosis.”
The talks, which focus on how effective diagnosis can prevent its spread and save lives, take place in Los Alamos, Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
“Human evolution and persistent diseases have existed side-by-side,” Read More
SFI Seminar: ‘Exploring The Hidden Metric Space Of Complex Networks’
Antoine AllardSFI News:
The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) presents ‘Exploring the Hidden Metric Space of Complex Networks’ at 12:15 p.m. Monday, March 23 at Collins Conference Room in Santa Fe.
Abstract: Many real world complex networks are embedded in metric spaces. In some cases, such as airport networks, the embedding is explicit, while it is hidden in other cases such as the Internet or metabolic networks.
This talk will present an overview of the theoretical framework developed to unveil the hidden geometry of real complex networks. Among other things, Read More
Senators Introduce Bill To Establish Microlabs
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U. S. Senators Martin Heinrich, D-N.M. and Cory Gardner, R-Colo., members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, introduced S. 784, the Microlab Technology Commercialization Act, a bill to accelerate technology transfer by establishing off-campus microlabs that would serve as the “front-door” to national laboratories.
The microlabs would give academia, local government, businesses owners, and communities direct access to equipment, facilities, and personnel of national laboratories.
“Scientists Read More
NNSA Releases Stockpile Stewardship & Mgmt. Plan
NNSA Administrator (Ret.) Gen. Frank G. Klotz
NNSA News:
- Annual Report Provides Insight into Vital National Security Programs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has released its Fiscal Year 2016 Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan (SSMP).
The FY16 SSMP documents NNSA’s 25-year strategic plan for accomplishing its core stockpile stewardship mission area of maintaining the safety, security and effectiveness of the nuclear stockpile without nuclear testing. It also describes NNSA’s phased approach to maintaining Read More
