DOE: Eleven Tribal Communities Receiving $6 Million To Accelerate Implementation Of Renewable Energy
DOE News:Los Alamos National Laboratory Creates Bioinformatics Tool For Metagenome Analysis
Many molecular biology studies begin with purified DNA and RNA extracted from the soil and other complex environments such as the human gut. Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a new method for DNA analysis of these microbial communities.Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- ‘GOTTCHA’ tool could aid ID of co-infections in medical samples
Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a new method for DNA analysis of microbial communities such as those found in the ocean, the soil, and our own guts.
“Metagenomics is the study of entire microbial communities using Read More
United Way Holds Annual Meeting, Elects Officers
Newly elected President Stephen Boerigter of the United Way of Northern New Mexico Board of Directors addresses representatives from area nonprofit organizations at Tuesday evening’s annual meeting at UNM-LA. Through this year’s annual fundraising campaign, United Way has $586,458 for 2015 Community Action Fund giving to nonprofits. The partnership between United Way and Los Alamos National Laboratory enhances the quality of life for residents in Los Alamos and Rio Arriba counties. Through a community investment from Los Alamos National Security (LANS), United Way Read More
Science On Tap: Engineering Microalgae For Biofuel Production
LACD News:
The Los Alamos Creative District will present the next installment of its On Tap series at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19 at UnQuarked – The Wine Room, 145 Central.
The Bradbury Science Museum hosts this week’s brief presentation and interactive discussion will follow.
Concerns about high-energy prices, finite fossil fuel reserves, rising atmospheric CO2 levels, and energy security have put focus on microalgae as a renewable domestic fuel source. The optimization of microalgae for biomass and lipid production in a biofuel production pond environment would be highly Read More
UPTE Invites Community To De-Privatization Public Forum
UPTE News:
UPTE invites the community to attend a De-Privatization Public Forum 4-6 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, March 25 at the Comfort Inn, 2255 Trinity Dr, in Los Alamos.
LANL’s contract will soon be put out for bid and we must get involved to help decide who our next employer should be. Do you want the Labs ran by a for profit group? Or De-Privatized and put back in the hands of a university.
What are your concerns?
Benefits? Pension? Scientific integrity and progress? Health and Safety?
We want to know!
Presentations and Q/A with Jeff Colvin, Scientist at Lawrence Livermore Read More
Los Alamos National Laboratory Offers New Insights Into Radiation Damage Evolution
Researchers at Los Alamos are studying complex materials issues, in this case the defects deep inside certain types of cubic metals. This image shows a reaction between two “stacking fault tetrahedra,” a perfect SFT containing 15 vacancies and a defective SFT containing 13 vacancies. As the smaller SFT migrates through the material, (frames a and b), it eventually encounters the larger SFT (frame c), reacting with it to form a larger, perfect SFT containing 28 vacancies. The time for this reaction to occur at 700 degrees K is 237.64 nanoseconds. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Understanding
LANL Reduces Water Use By 26 Percent In 2014
Cheryl Cabbil
LANL News:
Use of reclaimed water fuels decrease
Los Alamos National Laboratory decreased its water usage by 26 percent in 2014, with about one-third of the reduction attributable to using reclaimed water to cool a supercomputing center.
Michael Brandt
“Our goal during 2014 was to use only re-purposed water to support our mission at the Strategic Computing Complex (SCC), and we achieved that goal,” said Cheryl Cabbil, associate director of Nuclear and High Hazard Operations, which administers the Sanitary Effluent Reclamation Facility (SERF).
The reclamation facility Read More
