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Science on Screen Presents ‘Particle Fever’

SFI News:

In a special Science On Screen event presented by The Lensic Performing Arts Center, The Center for Contemporary Arts and Santa Fe Institute, special guests physicist Geoffrey West and director Mark Levinson introduce the hit documentary film “Particle Fever,” the story of the machine and the people who sought, and found, the long-predicted but elusive Higgs boson, popularly known as “the God particle.”

The event is 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 11 at the Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe. Advance tickets are recommended.

For the first time, a film gives audiences a Read More

Jessamyn Fairfield Receives Early Career Physics Communicator Award

Jessamyn Fairfield, left, receives Early Career Physics Communicator Award from Fran Scott. Courtesy/www.iop.org

Staff Report

This year’s Early Career Physics Communicator Award has gone to a postdoc at Trinity College Dublin who helped to create a physics campaign on the city’s light railway. Jessamyn Fairfield of Los Alamos and daughter of local scientist Eric Fairfield was presented with £250 in cash Nov. 26 by television communicator Fran Scott at the final of the awards.

Fairfield impressed judges with her enthusiasm and her commitment to finding funders for Read More

Question: Are Graduate Students Rational?

NMC News:

Do graduate students make rational decisions? A recent study published by New Mexico Consortium (NMC) researcher Meg Blume-Kohout concludes that no, graduate students are not entirely rational – at least with respect to their postdoctoral employment prospects.

When deciding whether or not to enroll, prospective biomedical graduate students respond to current market changes and student funding opportunities, but seem to ignore long-term salary prospects. 

Data for 1996–2010 showed that graduate enrollment in biomedical sciences for a given year rose by 2.9–3.9 Read More

JILA Strontium Atomic Clock Sets New Precision and Stability Records

JILA’s experimental atomic clock based on strontium atoms held in a lattice of laser light is the world’s most precise and stable atomic clock. The image is a composite of many photos taken with long exposure times and other techniques to make the lasers more visible. Photo by Ye group and Baxley/JILA

NIST News:

Heralding a new age of terrific timekeeping, a research group led by a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) physicist has unveiled an experimental strontium atomic clock that has set new world records for both precision and stability—key metrics for the performance Read More

LANL Foundation Grant Helps PEEC Facilitate Hands-On Science Program

Students at Barranca Elementary School participate in the Pajarito Plateau Field Science program facilitated by PEEC. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

Thanks to a grant of $1,500 by the LANL Foundation in late 2013, the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) has been able to build on the success of its hands-on field science program in Los Alamos elementary schools.

The Pajarito Plateau Field Science (PPFS) curriculum is designed to get students outside doing hands-on field science in their schoolyards or on local trails. It also focuses on giving teachers the tools and training they need Read More

Santa Fe Institute Seeks New President

The Santa Fe Institute at 1399 Hyde Park Road in Santa Fe. Courtesy/SFI

SFI News:

The Santa Fe Institute is seeking an uncommon leader to guide the world-renowned nonprofit research and education center. Dr. Jeremy Sabloff will retire in August 2015 after serving two 3-year terms leading the Institute.

The President is responsible for defining and implementing a strategic vision to continue and extend the Institute’s leadership in computational and theoretical research within and across the natural and social sciences, while building bridges to the humanities. The President will strengthen Read More

Santa Fe Institute Turns 30

SFI News:

Throughout 2014, the Santa Fe Institute will reflect on its first three decades in which a signature approach to science was born. SFI also is looking ahead to the next 30 years.

As part of the celebration, SFI has launched a new SFI@30 section of its website, where all year stories about SFI’s history, opportunities to share your memories about SFI’s past, and ways you can support the 30th Anniversary Campaign will be displayed.

Visit http://www.santafe.edu/support/sfi30/ to learn more. Read More

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