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Top Students Tapped For Los Alamos Science Experience

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National Security Sciences Building (NSSB) at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy/LANL 
 
LANL News:
  • Graduate program from DOE prepares students for STEM careers

As part of a U.S. Department of Energy graduate-student program, 52 students from 43 different universities will be sponsored to conduct research at 12 national laboratories. Seven of them will come to Los Alamos National Laboratory for their research experience for between three and 12 months.

“These graduate student awards help prepare new scientists for STEM careers that are vitally important to the DOE mission and the Read More

NNSA Administrator Statement On 2020 Nobel Prize In Physics Recipient Dr. Andrea Ghez With Ties To LLNL

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2020 Nobel Prize in Physics recipient Dr. Andrea Ghez of UCLA. Courtesy/@NobelPrize

NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Administrator Lisa E Gordon-Hagerty of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the Department of Energy’s Under Secretary for Nuclear Security issued the following statement on the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics, Dr. Andrea Ghez:

“Congratulations to Andrea Ghez, this year’s co-recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics. Now an esteemed professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, she has close ties with NNSA’s Lawrence Livermore Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Early Career Scientist Sumantra Sarkar Receives 2021 Irwin Oppenheim Award

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LANL early career scientist Sumantra Sarkar receives the 2021 Irwin Oppenheim Award. Courtesy/LANL

LANL New:

Sumantra Sarkar, a Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist specializing in self-replicating materials, is the recipient of the 2021 Irwin Oppenheim Award from the American Physical Society.

“Self-replication is a biophysical process through which an object can create a near identical replica of itself,” Sarkar said. “Biological systems such as all animals and plants are master self-replicators. As I write, millions of cells in our bodies are copying themselves and producing Read More

NNSA Administrator Dedicates And Breaks Ground On New LLNL Facilities To Support National Security Missions

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NNSA Administrator Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty

NNSA News:

LIVERMORE, Calif. — With a turn of a shovel and snip of some scissors, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator and Department of Energy Under Secretary for Nuclear Security Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty helped announce Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) infrastructure improvements in support of its national security missions.

She broke ground Tuesday on what will be a state-of-the-art Emergency Operations Center (EOC); assisted in the dedication of the first completed facility in LLNL’s new Applied Read More

LANL Carpenter’s Union Members Beautify Senior Center

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Members of the Los Alamos National Laboratory Carpenter’s Union are at the Betty Ehart Senior Center today helping the beautify the grounds. Courtesy photo

Members of the LANL Carpenter’s Union fill bags with dead leaves, branches and general debris today as they help beautify the grounds at the Betty Ehart Senior Center. Courtesy photo Read More

Manhattan Project Lecture: Life Of Scientist Harold Urey

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The cover of the new biography of Nobel Prize-winning chemist Harold Urey (1893–1981), The Life and Science of Harold C. Urey, by Matthew Shindell. Courtesy/LAHS

Smithsonian Curator Matthew Shindell discusses Manhattan Project scientist Harold Urey online at 6 p.m., Oct. 13 as part of the Los Alamos Historical Society Lecture Series. Courtesy/LAHS

Los Alamos Historical Society News:

The community is invited to join the Los Alamos Historical Society online at 6 p.m., Oct. 13 for a fascinating look at the life of Manhattan Project scientist Harold Urey.

Smithsonian Curator Matthew Shindell Read More

American Association Of University Women Features LANL Scientist Harshimi Mukundan At Virtual Fall Luncheon

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Harshimi Mukundan, deputy group leader for the physical chemistry and applied spectroscopy division at LANL is the guest speaker for the AAUW virtual luncheon Saturday, Oct. 3. Courtesy/LANL 
AAUW News:
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) will hold its annual Fall Luncheon virtually at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3.
The speaker is Harshimi Mukundan who is a deputy group leader for the physical chemistry and applied spectroscopy division at LANL. She will describe her research and what she is doing to help women interested in a science career.
Following the talk, a few members
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NNSA: EIS For Savannah River Plutonium Pit Production

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NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) has posted a final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Plutonium Pit Production at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina.

NNSA is committed to meeting its obligations under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as it revitalizes the Nation’s plutonium pit production capability to maintain the U.S. nuclear deterrent.  

Following a two-site strategy for this vital national security mission, NNSA  has also published a final Supplement Analysis (SA) for Read More

Snyder: Los Alamos – September 1945

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The Bulletin kept the community informed once a week with news ranging from events to golf clubs for sale to lost and found kittens. It also listed movies being shown in the post theater. The community was fortunate that week. Meet Me In St. Louis was showing and starred Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien and Mary Astor, now considered a classic featuring three actresses who became Hollywood legends. Courtesy. LA Historical Society Archive

By SHARON SNYDER
Los Alamos Historical Society

We’re living through a strange September these days. I thought it might be interesting to look back to a September Read More

Los Alamos Commerce And Development Corporation Awarded $600,000 ‘Build to Scale’ Grant From EDA

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LANL Director Thom Mason 

LACDC News:

Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation (LACDC) has announced it is the recipient of a “Build to Scale” grant from the Economic Development Administration. The grant will support entrepreneurship and acceleration of high-tech company growth through the launch of the New Mexico Laboratory Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (NM LEEP).

NM LEEP is an initiative created in partnership among LACDC, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, and Central New Mexico Community College to bridge the wide gap between technology-innovation Read More