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LANL News Roundup: Lab Shares Compilation Of Stories

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Science: How can we tackle the biggest challenges? Ask a plant:

Without plants, we’d have no air to breathe or food to eat, yet plant science lingers in the shadowy wings while other fields take center stage. With the goal of shining the spotlight on plants, a new study presents the field’s top 100 most pressing questions for research to address the greatest challenges facing humanity. Read the full article here. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) shares a compilation of news stories including “How can we tackle the biggest challenges?” “Seagate and LANL collaborate” Read More

Los Alamos ScienceFest Announces 2023 Dates & Opens Registration For Discovery Day Booths

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ScienceFest 2023 News:

Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District have announced that Los Alamos ScienceFest 2023: Energy is July 7-18 around Los Alamos County and feature a variety of workshops, lectures, interactive science activities and more.

This year’s Discovery Day, featuring hands-on Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) demonstrations by local and regional businesses and organizations, along with entertainment, food vendors and a beer garden, is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, July 8 at Ashley Pond Park.

Each year, thousands flock to Los Alamos for ScienceFest, Read More

LANL Periodic Table Talk With Andrea Schmidt March 20

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Andrea Schmidt

LANL News:

The community is invited to join Andrea Schmidt for a LANL Periodic Table talk on making broadband capabilities economical, flexible and sustainable.

Details:

  • Time: 5:30-7 p.m.;
  • Date: Monday, March 20;
  • Location: ProjectY Cowork at 150 Central Park Square.

Read LANL’s March @theBradbury Read More

LANL: Attention All New Mexico Girls – Apply For Free Summer Physics Camp In Santa Fe!

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Women scientists and engineers at Los Alamos National Laboratory teach the free Summer Physics Camp for Young Women. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

New Mexico middle- and high-school students who identify as female or non-binary are encouraged to apply for the free, two-week Summer Physics Camp for Young Women, taught primarily by the women scientists and engineers of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), June 5-16.

The application deadline is April 1, 2023.

New this year: After three years of virtual camp during the pandemic, the 2023 camp is in person, held at the New Mexico School for the Arts Read More

Three LAHS Students Qualify For Biolympiad Semifinals

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LAHS students from left, Willow Chartrand, Linnhtet Htoon and Mary Couture met or exceeded the score to become semifinalists in the 2023 USA Biolympiad. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

Three Los Alamos High School (LAHS) students qualified for the semifinals for the 2023 USA Biolympiad (USABO):

  • Senior Mary Couture;
  • Junior Willow Chartrand; and
  • Sophomore Linnhtet Htoon.

It has been eight years since any LAHS students have qualified for the semifinals in the USABO.

The open exam cutoff scores are 24 to 50 for semifinalists; 21 to 23 for Honorable Mention certificates; and 19 to 20 for Certificates Read More

Los Alamos Historical Society Hosts Lecture On Groves And Oppenheimer With Historian James Kunetka March 14

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Historian James Kunetka

Los Alamos Historical Society News:

Historian James Kunetka, a familiar face around the Los Alamos Historical Society and author of The General and the Genius, will present a lecture titled “Groves and Oppenheimer, Friends and Foes?” March 14 in Fuller Lodge.

Kunetka, who grew up in Los Alamos after his father joined the Laboratory in 1948, has authored three popular books on America’s nuclear weapons development. 

The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer – The Unlikely Partnership that Built the Atomic Bomb, brought out in 2015, chronicles the extraordinary Read More

LANL: Understanding Plants Can Boost Wildland-Fire Modeling In Uncertain Future

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How a fire burns and whether the vegetation survives or dies depend on how the live fuels — plants — use water and carbon. New research creates a framework for bringing those dynamics into wildland-fire models to more accurately predict wildfire and prescribed-burn behavior and resulting effects. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

A new conceptual framework for incorporating the way plants use carbon and water, or plant dynamics, into fine-scale computer models of wildland fire provides a critical first step toward improved global fire forecasting.

“Understanding the influences of vegetation Read More

LANL: Bringing STEAM To The Roundhouse

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Scene from the 2023 STEAM Day at the Legislature event Feb. 16 in the rotunda at the Roundhouse. Courtesy/LANL

By DAVID MOORE
LANL

The 2023 STEAM Day at the Legislature event Feb. 16 showcased STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) organizations, as well as education and career opportunities for young people in New Mexico. The Laboratory was there to play its part.

Organized by the LANL Foundation, the event took over the rotunda of the Roundhouse in Santa Fe with hands-on activities for all ages from a range of education groups including Chama Valley Arts, CNM Ingenuity, Read More

LANL: How These Entrepreneurs Will Help Grow Innovation In New Mexico

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Yun Li and Scott Ziegler. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

The New Mexico Lab-Embedded Entrepreneur Program (New Mexico LEEP) has announced the fellows in its 2023 cohort, which launched in February. The program provides a two-year fellowship for entrepreneurs focusing on deep tech for national security.

“New Mexico LEEP presents a unique opportunity for Los Alamos National Laboratory and our community to support deep-tech innovators and entrepreneurs,” Lab Director Thom Mason said. “We look forward to providing the expertise and resources needed to develop new solutions for key national Read More

LANL: Apply For Summer Physics Camp For Young Women

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Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Applications are open for the Laboratory’s Summer Physics Camp for Young Women, which offers a great opportunity for high-school age young women (including transgender women or nonbinary) to explore careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) with STEM professionals.

The free camp is June 5-16 at the New Mexico School for the Arts in Santa Fe (and Hilo Intermediate School, Hilo for Hawaii residents), exploring topics related to energy and energy Security and offering students a chance to boost their understanding of how STEM improves the world Read More