SFI Colloquium: “On the Evolutionary Origins of the Egalitarian Syndrome”
Sergey Gavrilets. Courtesy/SFI
Sergey Gavrilets will present his talk “On the Evolutionary Origins of the Egalitarian Syndrome” at 3:30 p.m. Monday April 23 in the Noyce Conference Room at the Santa Fe Institue.
Gavrilets works at the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Department of Mathematics, National Institute For Mathematical and Biological Systems, University of Tennessee.
Abstract: Humans exhibit strong egalitarian syndrome, i.e. the complex of cognitive perspectives, ethical principles, social norms, and individual and collective attitudes promoting Read More
Consortium Partners with LANL’s Academy
Special to the Los Alamos Daily Post
Northern New Mexico Math and Science Academy aims to enhance professional development of K-12 math and science teachers in underserved rural school districts.
The New Mexico Consortium (NMC) will become the new fiscal agent for the Northern New Mexico Math and Science Academy (MSA).
The MSA is a teacher professional development program, sponsored by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to help improve math and science education in New Mexico K-12 schools.
Partnership with MSA has the potential to expand the impact of NMC research programs Read More
LANL’s Great Garbage Grab Sweeps Townsite
Members of the Environmental Stewardship Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory from left, Beth Norris, Libby Jones, Rebecca Clark, Jeff Treasure and Debbie-Bryan-Ricketts join other employees cleaning up the landscape this week as part of the laboratory-wide Earth Day project – the Great Garbage Grab. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Members of the Environmental Stewardship Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory picked up several bags of trash in White Rock Wednesday, separating aluminum and plastic to run through LANL’s recycle Read More
Suspicious Item at Lab Determined to be Duct Tape and Wire
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailynews.com
Emergency responders descended on the area near the parking garage next to Technical Area 3 at Los Alamos National Laboratory a few minutes ago.
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Lab security, the hazardous devices team and local police and fire personnel surrounded the area where a suspicious item was spotted and reported to officials.
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
After securing the area, authorities determined that the item was simply duct tape wrapped in wire.
Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
The all clear Read More
Three Small Businesses Selected for Los Alamos National Laboratory Environmental Work
Subcontract worth up to $250 million over five years:
Los Alamos National Laboratory has awarded a master task order agreement for up to $250 million to three small businesses with offices in Northern New Mexico.
The agreement is for services related to the transportation and disposal of hazardous and radioactive waste.
The companies include Portage, Inc., ARS Cavanagh Environmental Services, LLC and Navarro Research & Engineering, Inc.
“Safely handling and transporting waste containers is an important part of our environmental cleanup efforts at Los Alamos,” said Pete Maggiore, Read More
LANL Releases Voluntary Separation Program Results
Los Alamos National Laboratory today announced that 557 employees will leave the Laboratory as part of a voluntary separation program announced last month.
The employees come from nearly all Lab functions, excluding certain essential areas.
World Record Shattered During Six-Experiment Pulse at LANL
Charles Mielke, center, receives congratulations at the moment of the 100-T pulse. Courtesy LANL
LANL News:
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory’s biggest magnet facility today met the grand challenge of producing magnetic fields in excess of 100 tesla while conducting six different experiments. The hundred-tesla level is roughly equivalent to 2 million times Earth’s magnetic field.
“This is our moon shot, we’ve worked toward this for a decade and a half,” said Chuck Mielke, director of the Pulsed Field Facility at Los Alamos.
The team used the 100-tesla pulsed, multi-shot magnet, Read More