Exploiting the Power of IBM Blue Gene/Q Supercomputers
Sequoia supercomputer. Photo by Bob Hirschfeld/LLNL
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Breaking new ground for scientific computing, two teams of Department of Energy (DOE) scientists have for the first time exceeded a sustained performance level of 10 petaflops (quadrillion floating point operations per second) on the Sequoia supercomputer at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL.)
A team led by Argonne National Laboratory used the recently developed Hardware/Hybrid Accelerated Cosmology Codes (HACC) framework to achieve Read More
Udall Statement on Disabilities Treaty
U.S. SENATE News:Brainpower & Brownbags Lectures, 2013, Part 1
Eugenia Manderfield, ca. 1884-1891, by Dana B. Chase. Palace of the Governors Photo Archives 010268.
NMHM News:
From Trail Riders to Bomb Builders with a Few Stops In-Between
SANTA FE – Experts on the Santa Fe Trail, women of the West, Clyde Tingley, “St. Kate’s” and the Manhattan Project will deliver lectures in the first half of the 2013 Brainpower & Brownbags Lecture Series.
The annual series, organized by Tomas Jaehn of the museum’s Fray Angélico Chávez History Library, is free and open to the public (and, yes, you can bring a lunch.)
Each lecture begins at noon in the Meem Community Room; Read More
NNSA Conducts Pollux Subcritical Experiment at Nevada National Security Site
Courtesy/NNSA
NNSA News:
LAS VEGAS – The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced Friday that Pollux, a subcritical experiment, was successfully conducted Thursday at its Nevada National Security Site (NNSS.)
NNSA Administrator Thomas D’Agostino. Courtesy/NNSA
The experiment, conducted by staff from NNSS, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories, gathered scientific data that will provide crucial information to maintain the safety and effectiveness of the nation’s nuclear weapons.
“Challenging subcritical experiments maintain our Read More
SFNF to Burn 3,500 Acres of Hazardous Fuels
SFNF News:
Fire managers plan to begin ignitions Tuesday, Dec. 11 within the Coyote Ranger District to treat hazardous fuels with prescribed fire.
The total acreage includes Mesa Camino and Gallina WUI prescribed burn project areas. Depending on conditions, either one or the other project area will be treated next week.
This is an ongoing project that began 10 years ago. Approximately 75 percent of the project has been completed in prior treatments.
Gallina WUI, Mesa Camino, Coyote Ranger District:
- Approximately 50 to 100 acres are to be treated per day when conditions are favorable
- The broadcast
New Microscopy Technique Gets Close Enough to See Lengths of Atomic Bonds
For the first time, scientists have used an imaging technique that’s so precise that it’s possible to see the different lengths of individual atomic bonds. Using a method called non-contact atomic force microscopy, IBM researchers scanned a microscopic probe with a tip only an atom wide over a nanographene molecule and measured the forces between the probe and the sample. In this colored image, the bonds with more electrons—which are also shorter—are a brighter green. Courtesy/IBM Research-Zurich Read More
NMDOT Prepared for Arctic Blast
NMDOT News:
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) is prepared for the arctic front that’s scheduled to hit New Mexico on Sunday.
The biggest impact is expected to be seen in NMDOT District 4, headquartered in Las Vegas, which encompasses the northeast corner of the state.
Approximately 80 dump trucks with snowplows and salt and cinder spreaders in District 4 are loaded and ready to go. All patrol crews that could be impacted have been preparing for the storm, readying vehicles and receiving briefings on both weather and expected roadway conditions.
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Seven Decades Since Pearl Harbor Attack
Today marks the anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor in which 2,402 Americans were killed and another 1,282 Americans were wounded. Courtesy/Atomic Heritage Foundation Read More
Rio Arriba County Board Honors Maintenance Patrol
From left, Ojo Caliente Highway Maintenance Patrol members Leandro Campos, Steve Chavez, Lawrence Aragon, Martin Rivera, Bernie Trujillo, and Harold Goodnight. Courtesy/NMDOT
NMDOT News:
The New Mexico Department of Transportation’s Ojo Caliente highway maintenance patrol was honored Dec. 6 with a special recognition plaque presented by the Rio Arriba County Board of Commissioners at a board meeting in Espanola. The patrol was honored for its good work and service to the local communities.
Ojo Caliente patrol foreman Lawrence Aragon accepted the plaque from Commissioner Felipe D. Read More
DEA Unveils ‘Project Below the Beltway’ Results
DEA News:
DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) today announced the results of “Project Below the Beltway” – a two-year series of investigations targeting the Sinaloa and Juarez Cartels and violent street gangs as part of an on-going initiative against the cartels and their distribution network in America.
The series of federal, state and local investigations began in May 2010 and culminated on Dec. 6, 2012.
“Project Below the Beltway” is comprised of investigations in 79 U.S. cities and several foreign cities within Central Read More