Why Might This Uncanny Crystal Change Laser Design?
These potassium diphosphate (KDP) crystals, which self-assemble in solution as hollow hexagonal rods, could find use in laser technology, particularly for fiber-optic communications. The scanning-electron image at right shows a crystal at higher resolution with scale added. Image by L. Deng/NIST
NIST News:
Laser applications may benefit from crystal research by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and China’s Shandong University. They have discovered a potential way to sidestep longstanding difficulties with making the crystals that
Local Thrift Store Proceeds To Benefit Disaster Relief
Shop on the Corner is open 8:30 a.m. to noon Wednesdays in the lower level of TOTH at the corner of Canyon Road and Diamond Drive. Courtesy photo
COMMUNITY News:
Shop on the Corner, the thrift store at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church in Los Alamos, will donate the proceeds from its Wednesday, Aug. 31, sale to disaster relief for the Louisiana floods and the wildfires in California.
“We want to offer some financial help for the thousands who have been evacuated and especially those who have lost their homes through flood or fire,” volunteer Mari Mahler said. “Los Alamos
Democrats Gather At Hillary For Los Alamos County Campaign Kick-Off Hosted By New Mexico Together
Local Democrats and friends gather Saturday at their headquarters in Central Park Square for the Hillary for Los Alamos County Campaign kick-off family picnic hosted by New Mexico Together. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos County Lead for Hillary for New Mexico Katie O’Donnell Christoffersen. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Democratic Party leaders from left, PEC Commissioner Karyl Ann Armbruster and attorney George Chandler with County Council candidate Chris Chandler at Saturday’s Read More
Hilltopper XC Results From Scrimmage With La Cueva
SPORTS News:ANALYSIS: Law And Disorder In The Unruly State Of New Mexico
Chris Mechels, right, prepares to testify Tuesday at a New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy Board Hearing on proposed rule changes. Photo by Roger Snodgrass
Police students march in formation Tuesday at the Law Enforcement Academy. Photo by Roger SnodgrassLos Alamos Daily Post
New Analysis: New Mexico Consumers Wil Still Have Affordable Health Coverage Options Next Year
HHS News:
An estimated 53 percent of New Mexico HealthCare.gov consumers could still purchase a plan for less than $75 per month, even if all final rates were to increase by double digits
Since the Affordable Care Act became law, health care prices have risen at the lowest rate in 50 years, and premiums for the 150 million Americans with employer-sponsored insurance have grown at some of the slowest rates on record.
Today, a new HHS analysis finds that HealthCare.gov consumers would continue to have affordable coverage options, even if all Marketplace final Read More
Los Alamos National Laboratory Invites Public To 15th Anniversary Event Remembering 9.11.01
Reasons Military Veterans Make Topnotch Employees
By TONI TANTLINGERAnd increasingly, they seem to be getting them because the unemployment rate among veterans has been on the decline. In May, the veteran unemployment rate was 3.4 percent, down from 5 percent for the same month in 2015, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
That compares to a 4.7 percent overall unemployment rate. Read More
Heinrich Highlights New Security Enhancement Measure At Albuquerque International Sunport
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:
ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined Director Roderick Allison, of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Office of Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service, a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, at the Albuquerque International Sunport Friday to highlight a legislative measure the senator led to enhance U.S. airport and mass transit security.
The measure was included in the bipartisan, bicameral Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) extension.
In the wake of Read More
LAPS ACT Assessment Scores At A Glance
Los Alamos High School. Courtesy photo
LAPS News:
In 2016, 204 graduating LAPS students took the ACT test. The average composite score was 24.4, with average scores of 24.1 in English, 23.3 in mathematics, 25.2 in reading, and 24.4 in science. The highest possible score is 36.
The average scores in Los Alamos were higher than the average scores across the state. In New Mexico 13,435 students took the test and received an average composite score of 19.9, with an average score of 18.9 in English, 19.5 in Mathematics, 20.5 in reading, and 20.1 in science.
The ACT test is designed to measure the Read More
New Mexico [External Sources]
- FBI warns of carjackings in New Mexico - Albuquerque - KOAT New Mexico
- New Mexico institutions pay out thousands to recover from ransomware - KOB 4
- Report: NMPED failing to meet dozens of federal standards - KOB 4
- Woman rescued by local crews after hurting knee in Foothills - KRQE News 13
- City of Roswell facing $637,311 fine after worker death - KRQE News 13
- Cold for eastern New Mexico, milder west - KOAT New Mexico
