Meet LANL’s Chris Fresquez at Thursday’s Business Breakfast
CHAMBER News:
Members and prospective members of the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce are invited to the Business Breakfast Roundtable: LANL and Small Biz event, 7:30-9 a.m., Thursday Jan. 31 at the UNM-LA Lecture Hall, 4000 University Dr.
The purpose of the gathering is to introduce Chris Fresquez of LANL’s Small Business Office to the business community.
There will be a roundtable/discussion format, so that business people can provide input as well as hear from Fresquez about his plans for the Lab’s Small Business Office.
The presentation starts at 8 a.m., but business people Read More
Skidmore Lecture: ‘The Seven LANL Explosives Fatalities – Technical and Human Perspectives (U)’
Memorial plaque. Courtesy/LANL
LAHS News:
Cary B. Skidmore of Los Alamos National Laboratory will give a lecture at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12 at Fuller Lodge at part of the Los Alamos Historical Society’s 2012-2013 lecture series, “History and Science.”
Skidmore’s lecture is “The Seven LANL Explosives Fatalities – Technical and Human Perspectives (U).”
When the implosion concept came to the Manhattan Project, it brought with it a need to use explosives in a new way.
Rather than destroying or breaking apart something, precisely shaped pieces were needed to assemble Read More
‘Nanotubes on a Chip’ May Simplify Optical Power Measurements
The circular patch of carbon nanotubes on a pink silicon backing is one component of NIST’s new cryogenic radiometer, shown with a quarter for scale. Gold coating and metal wiring has yet to be added to the chip. The radiometer will simplify and lower the cost of disseminating measurements of laser power. Photo by Tomlin/NIST
NIST News:
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has demonstrated a novel chip-scale instrument made of carbon nanotubes that may simplify absolute measurements of laser power, especially the light signals transmitted by optical fibers in telecommunications Read More
Intellus Training Begins Jan. 28 at UNM-LA
NNSA, Maryland Partner to Improve Radiological/NuclearSecurity, Emergency Preparedness and Response
NNSA Administrator Thomas D’Agostino
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the State of Maryland today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) intended to strengthen efforts to prevent, mitigate and respond to radiological/nuclear threats and incidents in Maryland.
NNSA Administrator Thomas D’Agostino and Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley signed the MOU, providing a strategic framework for areas of ongoing collaboration between NNSA and the State of Maryland.
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley
“This agreement represents Read More
Administration Unveils Initial Design Plans for National Network
NIST News:
The Administration’s National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) today released a report based on the input of nearly 900 stakeholders that describes an approach to implementing and managing a National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI)—a proposed national network of up to 15 manufacturing institutes around the country that would serve as regional hubs of innovation to boost U.S. competitiveness and strengthen state and local economies.
The NNMI was announced by President Obama last March and is designed to accelerate the development and adoption of cutting-edge Read More
LANL Cancels Thursday’s Surplus Property Sale
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