Technology

LANL: New Diffusion Modeling Approach Developed For Scientific Workflow Applications

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Charlie, lead dog researcher on the project, was the subject of a test image for the discrete spatial diffusion approach. At left, Charlie in all his pixels. At right, the approach has completely noised the image, using only the pixels in the original, an important step in training a diffusion approach that respects scientific principles. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Discrete Spatial Diffusion Models Data While Obeying Scientific Principles

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a new approach that addresses the limitations of generative AI models. Unlike generative Read More

Energy Department Launches ‘Genesis Mission’ To Transform American Science & Innovation Through AI Computing Revolution

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Under Secretary for Science Darío Gil to lead Genesis Mission initiative.

LANL News:

President Trump today issued an Executive Order to launch the Genesis Mission, a historic national effort led by the Department of Energy. 

Los Alamos National Laboratory supports the Genesis Mission, the Department of Energy’s newly-launched national initiative to advance artificial intelligence and accelerate scientific achievements. From stewarding our nation’s deterrence capabilities with high performance computing for modeling and simulation to driving breakthroughs in quantum science Read More

Holmans USA Celebrates 70 Years As New Mexico-Grown Technology Partner

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Holmans CEO John Santoru

HOLMANS USA News:

          • As HOLMANS USA celebrates its 70th anniversary, the company is reflecting on its transformation from a 1955 map shop into a national technology provider with enduring ties to New Mexico’s public-sector and research institutions, including its long-established presence in Los Alamos.

HOLMANS USA is celebrating its 70th anniversary, marking seven decades of evolution from a local map and surveying shop founded in 1955 into a nationally recognized technology partner supporting customers across four time zones.

Originally established as Holman’s Read More

Los Alamos Researchers Receive Laboratory Fellows’ Prizes

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Top row, Matthew Biss, Sowjanya Gollapinni. Bottom, Andrei Simakov and Etienne Vermeulen. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Simakov recognized for research; Biss, Gollapinni, Vermeulen for leadership

Four Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers have been awarded Laboratory Fellows’ Prizes: Andrei Simakov received the Fellows’ Prize for Research and Matthew Biss, Sowjanya Gollapinni and Etienne Vermeulen received the Fellows’ Prize for Leadership.

“We are honored to celebrate the extraordinary accomplishments of this year’s Fellows’ Prize recipients,” Laboratory Director Thom Read More

Los Alamos Researchers Named 2025 Laboratory Fellows

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Top row from left, James Colgan, Carl Ekdahl, Franz Freibert, Bryan Henson. Bottom row from left, Toshihiko Kawano, Charles Reichhardt, Tom Vestrand, David Zerkle. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • “These eight researchers exemplify the highest standards of scientific excellence,” –Thom Mason

Eight researchers have been named 2025 Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellows: James Colgan, Carl Ekdahl, Franz Freibert, Bryan Henson, Toshihiko Kawano, Charles Reichhardt, Tom Vestrand and David Zerkle.

“These eight researchers exemplify the highest standards of scientific excellence,” Laboratory Read More

Las Vegas City Schools Joins High-Speed Internet Network

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CNM News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Las Vegas City Schools has connected all five schools and its Early Childhood Center to the state’s new broadband education network, giving more than 1,000 students and nearly 400 teachers and staff access to faster, more secure internet. 

The district is the latest to join the Statewide Education Network (SEN), a comprehensive broadband system that launched in July 2024 to provide school-centric high-speed internet across New Mexico. The network will eventually allow students to share classes and resources throughout their district and beyond and gives Read More

Volunteers Needed For 2025 Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival At Northern New Mexico College Dec. 5

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Courtesy photo

STEM News:

Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) and STEM Santa Fe are partnering to offer the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival from 8 a.m.–2 p.m., Friday Dec. 5, 2025, in Española. We already have 160 7th and 8th grade students signed up!

We need volunteers to run the activity tables. No previous experience with the activities or with math is required. Just a love for youth mentoring and exploration.

Below is the link for more information and how to sign up. Please help us spread the word.

https://tinyurl.com/2025JRMFVolunteer

The Mathematics Festival will be held at Northern Read More

Los Alamos County Council Approves $40 Million In GRT Bonds For Community Broadband Network

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Community Broadband Manager Jerry Smith

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

On Tuesday, Nov. 11, Los Alamos’ cellphone and internet activity screeched to a halt – again. In the last 12 months there have been four outages with the same culprit, a cut fiber optic line.

This time, however, the solution is not only identified but is being implemented. And the solution’s name is the Community Broadband Project.

During Tuesday’s Los Alamos County Council meeting, council unanimously approved an ordinance that authorizes the issuance of Gross Receipts Tax (GRT) improvement Read More

Level 1 Starts Here: Local Voices Shaping Game Design—And Global Security

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This image of Pine Lakes Lodge is an example of modeling, texturing, AO/detail maps and collision (Xbox 360, 2007). Environment art by Holly Sheppard

Holly Sheppard, senior world builder at 31st Union. Courtesy photo

By MARLENE WILDEN
Los Alamos Daily Post
marlene@ladailypost.com

When 21-year-old Holly Sheppard began 3D modeling a simple office chair, she didn’t know she was helping lay the groundwork for a new kind of world building, one that could someday help train international nuclear inspectors.

Sheppard, now a senior world builder at 31st Union, was a University of Advancing Technology Read More

Community Invited To Share Feedback Regarding Fleet Conversion Plan And Community-Wide EV Charging Plan

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County invites residents, business owners, landlords, tenants, HOAs, commuters, and all others to attend a public meeting for a presentation of the draft Fleet Conversion Plan and Community-Wide EV Charging Plan.

The meeting is 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, in Council Chambers at the Municipal Building, 1000 Central Ave. and via Zoom for those unable to attend in person.

The County encourages feedback from the community to help shape the future of local transportation and electric vehicle infrastructure across the county.

The Fleet Conversion Plan outlines how the Read More