UH chosen to help make travel safer Jul 17, 2008
In the summer, students will have the chance to study at Livermore National Laboratory in California or Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. He said the agency is now working on ways to amend its 3-1-1 carry-on bag rule -- 3-ounce bottle; one quart-sized, clear, plastic, zip-top bag; one bag per passenger. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
* Chinese spying strategy reliant on diaspora in US Jul 14, 2008
Lee Wen Ho (M), a former scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory was arrested in 1999 on 59 counts involving espionage and China. All but one of the charges was dropped after a judge found significant problems with the governments case. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows Brighter Than Expected Jul 13, 2008
But Chris Fryer, a theoretical astrophysicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, says it is more likely that the standard afterglow model needs revision. That model assumes that relativistic jets store energy primarily in the form of hot matter () and less in the form of magnetic fields generated by shock waves at the front of the jets. (Scientific American)
Water Found on the Moon Jul 13, 2008
"That was not known," said William Feldman, a Los Alamos National Laboratory geophysicist who was not involved in the study. If that water in fact came from the Earth, then planetary geologists can be certain that our planet contained water 4. (ABC News)
Australia joins push for open access to particle physics Jul 8, 2008
" Each SCOAP3 member country will contribute according to its share of high-energy physics publishing. Allowances are made for developing countries that are unable to pay their share. Australia produces 0.6 per cent of high-energy physics articles, an amount that will be covered by the contributions of the six participating universities. The USA produces 24.3 per cent of HEP articles, Germany 9.1 per cent, Japan 7.1 per cent, UK 6.6 per cent, China 5.6 per cent and CERN 2.1 per cent. SCOAP3... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Hearings will gather perceptions of Los Alamos lab Jul 8, 2008
The sessions are designed to better understand the issues and perceptions residents of northern New Mexico have regarding LANL. ... Officials with the Environment Department said better understanding of these issues and priorities that are important to northern New Mexicans will allow the Department to incorporate these concerns into its decisions on handling potential environmental risks posed by LANL.. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Rubber 'Snake' Could Boost Wave Power Energy Jul 7, 2008
17, 2004) A University of California scientist working at Los Alamos National Laboratory and researchers from Northrop Grumman Space Technology have developed a novel method for generating electrical power for. (Dec. (Science Daily)
First Underwater Neutrino Telescope Has Been Constructed Jul 6, 2008
5, 2001) A collaboration of university scientists and researchers working at Los Alamos National Laboratory has published the final paper from the Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector (LSND) experiment. The. (Science Daily)
A greener July Fourth? Jul 4, 2008
Defense agencies are financing research by scientists, including Steinhauser and Klapotke in Munich and explosives experts at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Among the concerns is the cumulative contamination of military testing grounds and training sites. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
R&D Magazine honors LANL scientists Jul 4, 2008
R&D Magazine honors LANL scientists - New Mexico Business Weekly ... R&D Magazine honors LANL scientists. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Visualizing atomic-scale acoustic wavesin nanostructures Jul 4, 2008
Using molecular dynamics simulations, the team, made up of Livermore's Reed and Michael Armstrong in collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory colleagues shows that the time-history of the wave can be determined with potentially sub-picosecond, nearly atomic time and space resolution by measuring the electromagnetic field. Reed and colleagues studied the effect for an interface between two thin films, which are used in LED (light-emitting diode) nanostructures, and are piezoelectric... (EurekAlert!)
US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute announces new genome sequencing projects Jul 3, 2008
This project, led by Andrew Koppisch and colleagues from Los Alamos National Laboratory and five other institutions, will target the identification of specific metabolic pathways responsible for hydrocarbon synthesis to alleviate bottlenecks in biofuels production. Other CSP 2009 projects include the following. (EurekAlert!)
The Tunguska Mystery 100 Years Later Jul 1, 2008
Using satellite observations of meteoric flares in the atmosphere ( shooting stars ) and acoustical data that record cosmic impacts on the surface of the earth, Peter Brown and his co-workers at the University of Western Ontario and Los Alamos National Laboratory estimated the rate of smaller impacts. The researchers have also extrapolated their findings to larger but rarer incidents such as the Tunguska event. (Scientific American)
Plutonium Pit Plan for N.M. Lab Faces Opposition Jul 1, 2008
Small wonder, then, that Kotowski and others in this canyon keep a wary eye on their big, mesa-top neighbor, the Los Alamos National Laboratory ... The Los Alamos National Laboratory "is located within the food basket of northern New Mexico," said the New Mexico Acequia Association, which told the DOE it is concerned about potential radioactive contamination of land and water. (Newsmax)
After Breaches, Head of U.S. Nuclear Program Is Ousted Jun 29, 2008
Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman has fired the head of the nation's nuclear weapons program, Linton F. Brooks, because of security breaches last year at weapons facilities, including Los Alamos National Laboratory. Declaring that it was "time for new leadership," Bodman said in a written statement yesterday that he had asked Brooks to leave his post as administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration by the end of the month. (Yahoo News -- Nuclear Weapons)
President Bush Appoints 2008-2009 Class of White House Fellows Jun 27, 2008
David Loaiza is a technical staff member at the Los Alamos National Laboratory who serves as an advisor to the Department of Energy's Office of Dismantlement and Transparency. He assists in the development of U.S. non-proliferation policy at the national and international level. (White House News Releases)
3M buys Imtec Corp. Jun 27, 2008
Thompson is a former design engineer for Los Alamos National Laboratory who created Hytec in 1996 with a group of LANL colleagues. They created FlashCT imaging technology, which uses X-rays to make 3-D images. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
IBM Defies Tech Sector's Slowdown Jun 27, 2008
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Industry, government and academia collaborate at national lab Jun 26, 2008
These include: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laboratory, USA Biometrics Fusion Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Republic Aero, ATConocoPhillips. The UML works with these groups and others to develop sensor technologies needed by its clients. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
3 Top 500 List Means Plenty of Bragging Rights Jun 20, 2008
It's been beaten by another IBM behemoth, named Roadrunner, which just this month came online at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory. Roadrunner is the first computer to break the petaflop () barrier. (Datamation)
Microsoft Buys TV Ad Technology Company Jun 19, 2008
The worlds fastest computer, as measured by the ability to solve an array of linear equations, is a Los Alamos National Laboratory supercomputer, assembled from components originally designed for Sony PS3 video game machines. In the twice-annual rankings called the Top 500 list, published on Wednesday morning, the machine dubbed Roadrunner reached a long-sought-after computing milestone by processing more than 1. (New York Times)
How power-hungry are the Top500 supercomputers? Jun 19, 2008
Anonymous says: Too bad the author of the article doesn't understand that Roadrunner is owned and operated by Los Alamos National Laboratory. . (Computerworld)
Argonnes computer vaults into worlds top 3 Jun 19, 2008
Argonne was thought to be in line for second place, but a recently installed supercomputer at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico was finished in time to make the list, crashing the speed barrier with a performance of 1. 026 petaflops per second. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Top 500 supercomputers: Welcome to the petaflop generation Jun 19, 2008
That was the today as the new most powerful supercomputer in the world IBM's $100,000 million system installed at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory was officially named the most powerful and energy efficient supercomputer in the world. was unveiled at the International Supercomputing Conference in Dresden and proclaimed that achieved performance of 1. (NetworkWorld.com)
Space science simulation at UNH now better, faster, cheaper Jun 19, 2008
Indeed, as was recently announced, the new $133 million "Roadrunner" supercomputer at the Los Alamos National Laboratory will use the same technology created to power video games to solve classified military problems. The heart of the supercomputing power, and of PlayStation3's gee-whiz graphics, is a chip called the Cell Broadband Engine, which can perform up to two-hundred-billion operations per second. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
IBM's Roadrunner tops world supercomputer list Jun 19, 2008
The Roadrunner, located at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory, achieved a peak performance of 1. 026 petaFLOPS, overpassing IBM's BlueGene L and P systems to take the top spot. (Xinhuanet, China)
Genome sequence of lancelet shows how genes quadrupled during vertebrate evolution Jun 19, 2008
The amphioxus genome was sequenced by the Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute under the auspices of the DOE's Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research Program, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory. UC Berkeley's Center for Integrative Genomics is funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. (EurekAlert!)
World's Fastest and First Petaflop Supercomputer Uses EMCORE Connects Cables Jun 18, 2008
Due to this combination of high performance and excellent reliability, IBM chose EMCORE Connects Cables for Roadrunner, the Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration funded High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster that will be housed at it's Los Alamos National Laboratory. On June 9, the DOE announced that Roadrunner was the first system to break 1,000 trillion calculations per second mark known as the Petaflop. (PR Newswire)
IBM's Cell-based RoadRunner Supercomputer Is World's Fastest Jun 18, 2008
The computer was commissioned by the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration for use at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and cost about US$100 million to make, IBM said last week. The arrival of RoadRunner in the ranking pushes the IBM BlueGene/L system at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory off the top spot that it has held since November 2004. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Melbourne to host $100 million life sciences supercomputer Jun 18, 2008
Melbourne Uni's news follows from IBM's big announcement last week that it had the petaflop barrier with a system at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, dubbed the RoadRunner. This system cost US$100 million. (Computerworld Australia)
Supercomputer Mimics Human Sight Mechanisms Jun 15, 2008
15, 2008) Less than a week after Los Alamos National Laboratory's Roadrunner supercomputer began operating at world-record petaflop-per-second data-processing speeds, Los Alamos researchers are already using the computer to mimic extremely complex neurological processes ... "Roadrunner ushers in a new era for science at Los Alamos National Laboratory," said Terry Wallace, associate director for Science, Technology and Engineering at Los Alamos ... Los Alamos National Laboratory's computation... (Science Daily)
Petaflop is no flop at all Jun 15, 2008
Already, people at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, where Roadrunner will take up permanent residence, are contemplating assaults on previously impossible problems in the physical sciences, biology and medicine. Second, the petaflop achievement is tantalisingly close to something far more familiar: the human brain. (Sydney Morning Herald)
New Insights Into Hidden World Of Protein Folding Jun 14, 2008
13, 2008) The proteins upon which life depends share an attribute with paper airplanes: Unless folded properly, they just won't fly. But researchers have been puzzled by how the long, linear proteins cranked out by the ribosome factories in a cell are folded into the shapes they must assume to perform their function. (Science Daily)
Scientists using Roadrunner supercomputer to mimic complex brain ... Jun 14, 2008
Washington, June 13 (ANI): Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have started using the Roadrunner supercomputer built by IBM at their facility to mimic extremely complex neurological processes ... Roadrunner ushers in a new era for science at Los Alamos National Laboratory. (Thaindian.com)
Roadrunner supercomputer puts research at a new scale Jun 13, 2008
LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, June 12, 2008Less than a week after Los Alamos National Laboratory's Roadrunner supercomputer began operating at world-record petaflop/s data-processing speeds, Los Alamos researchers are already using the computer to mimic extremely complex neurological processes ... "Roadrunner ushers in a new era for science at Los Alamos National Laboratory," said Terry Wallace, associate director for Science, Technology and Engineering at Los Alamos ... Los Alamos National... (EurekAlert!)
Acoustics' 08: Tigers, singers, earthquakes, buildings, caves, coveted violins, and more Jun 13, 2008
Joan Gomberg (), Paul Johnson () and their colleagues from the U.S. Geological Survey and Los Alamos National Laboratory are looking at a newly-recognized seismological phenomenon called dynamic triggering that occurs when faults in the Earth's crust are subjected to transient strains and stresses. These stresses and strains may be caused by seismic waves generated by earthquakes, and they may lead to additional earthquakes -- often long after the initial earthquake has occurred. (EurekAlert!)
Va. Congressman Claims Cyber Hack Attack Jun 12, 2008
In December 2007, hackers believed to be in China were behind cyber attacks on three of the U.S. National Laboratories, including Tennessee's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, New Mexico's Los Alamos National Laboratory and California's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. In those attacks, hackers used e-mails with attachments sent to thousands of lab employees. (ABC News)
Energy Dept says new computer world's fastest Jun 11, 2008
The IBM (IBM.N: , , ) Roadrunner supercomputer at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico is the first to achieve a what is known as a petaflop of sustained performance, the department and IBM said. "Flop" is an acronym meaning floating-point operations per second. (Reuters UK)
World's fastest computer -- thinking for you Jun 11, 2008
Scientists from IBM and Los Alamos National Laboratory have built the world's fastest supercomputer, named with a certain aptness "Roadrunner." It can perform 1,000 trillion calculations a second. That's actually a quadrillion, a word you don't get to throw around much. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
U.S. supercomputer sets speed record Jun 10, 2008
The new $133 million supercomputer, called Roadrunner in a reference to the state bird of New Mexico, was devised and built by engineers and scientists at IBM and Los Alamos National Laboratory, in New Mexico ... "We've proved some skeptics wrong," said Michael Anastasio, a physicist who is director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
US military makes world's fastest supercomputer Jun 10, 2008
The $133 million supercomputer, called Roadrunner in a reference to the state bird of New Mexico, was devised and built by engineers and scientists at IBM and Los Alamos National Laboratory. . (Sify.com, India)
IBM builds speed champ Jun 10, 2008
The customer who has a need for such hugely long calculations is the Energy Department's Los Alamos National Laboratory, where the prime task is monitoring the nation's stockpile of nuclear weapons as they age and to do virtual tests to determine their safety, how well they would work if used and what the military might need to do with old warheads. According to Schultz, some other research functions are planned, including the study of climate, biofuels and brain simulations. (Poughkeepsie Journal)
Scientists unveil world's fastest computer Jun 10, 2008
The technology breakthrough was accomplished by engineers from the Los Alamos National Laboratory and IBM Corp. on a computer to be used primarily on nuclear weapons work, including simulating nuclear explosions ... The Roadrunner computer, now housed at the IBM research laboratory in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., will be moved next month to the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. (Globe and Mail -- International)
U.S. unveils world's fastest supercomputer Jun 10, 2008
Roadrunner will be housed at NNSA's Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. The laboratory worked with manufacturer IBM for six years to develop the super machine, which can meet "the nation's evolving national security needs.". (Xinhuanet, China)
No Coyotes Could Ever Hope To Catch IBM's New Roadrunner Supercomputer Jun 10, 2008
The technology breakthrough was accomplished by engineers from the Los Alamos National Laboratory and IBM () on a computer to be used primarily on nuclear weapons work, including simulating nuclear explosions. The computer, named Roadrunner, is twice as fast as IBM's Blue Gene system at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which itself is three times faster than any of the world's other supercomputers, according to IBM.. (Investors Business Daily)
US develops mother of all computers Jun 10, 2008
The new $133 million supercomputer, called Roadrunner in a reference to the state bird of New Mexico, was devised and built by engineers and scientists at IBM and Los Alamos National Laboratory, based in Los Alamos, New Mexico. It will be used to solve classified military problems to ensure that the nations stockpile of nuclear weapons will continue to work correctly as they age. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Supercomputer sets record... Jun 9, 2008
The new $133 million supercomputer, called Roadrunner in a reference to the state bird of New Mexico, was devised and built by engineers and scientists at IBM and Los Alamos National Laboratory, based in Los Alamos, New Mexico ... "We've proved some skeptics wrong," said Michael Anastasio, a physicist who is director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. (The Drudge Report)
New Fingerprint Breakthrough By Forensic Scientists Jun 5, 2008
23, 2005) University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a novel method for detecting fingerprints based on the chemical elements present in fingerprint residue. (Apr. (Science Daily)
State Senate District Races Jun 3, 2008
He sponsored 29 bills during the 2008 session and serves on the Conservation, Corporations and Transportation, Economic and Rural Development, Information Technology and Telecommunications Oversight, Investments and Pensions Oversight, Land Grant, Legislative Finance, Los Alamos National Laboratory Oversight, Mortgage Finance Authority Act Oversight, Revenue Stabilization and Tax Policy, and Water and Natural Resources committees. The New Mexico Scorpions begin their second season of existence... (Rio Rancho Observer, NM)
Potential Tool For Selectively Manipulating Electron Spins In New Technologies Arises Unexpectedly Jun 2, 2008
12, 2004) University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory and at the University of California, Los Angeles have demonstrated the ability to detect the spin of a single electron in. (Jul. (Science Daily)
Battling Bird Flu By The Numbers May 29, 2008
ScienceDaily (May 28, 2008) A pair of Los Alamos National Laboratory theorists have developed a mathematical tool that could help health experts and crisis managers determine in real time whether an emerging infectious disease such as avian influenza H5N1 is poised to spread globally. See also. (Science Daily)
'Avalanche Effect' In Solar Cells Demonstrated May 28, 2008
(May 6, 2004) University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory have proposed a new theory to explain the movement of vast energy fields in giant radio galaxies ... 5, 2006) Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have discovered that a phenomenon called carrier multiplication, in which semiconductor nanocrystals respond to photons by producing multiple electrons, is. (Science Daily)
Scientists Characterize Protein Structure Of Environmentally Friendly Bacteria May 23, 2008
16, 2005) University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory have found that the successful use of bacteria to remediate environmental contamination from nuclear waste and processing. (May 7, 2007) Researchers report the detailed structure of a key protein that helps bacteria talk to each other. (Science Daily)
Massive New Chinese Missile Base Uncovered May 22, 2008
A U.S. supercomputer like those used at research facilities such as Los Alamos National Laboratory will be used by the Chinese to operate a new generation of weather satellites. There are military implications, however, for Chinas use of this powerful Silicon Graphics Inc. computing capability. (Newsmax)
HIV Infection Stems From Few Viruses May 20, 2008
It was conducted by researchers in the UAB departments of Medicine and Microbiology, at Duke University, Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico, the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, the University of Maryland in College Park, the University of California, San Francisco, the University of Rochester in New York and the University of Cape Town in Rondebosch, South Africa. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
West keeps a nervous eye open for nuclear damage May 17, 2008
Closer to the epicentre of the quake that struck on Monday is Mianyang, a science city whose outskirts house the primary laboratory for the design of Chinese nuclear arms, considered the Chinese equivalent to the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Known as the Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics, it has centres throughout Sichuan province. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Western experts monitor China's nuclear sites for signs of damage May 16, 2008
"From what I know, they're a really brilliant people and I think they do things the right way," said Danny Stillman, a former director of intelligence at Los Alamos National Laboratory and an expert on the Chinese nuclear program because of extensive travels in the 1990s to its secretive sites and bases. Closer to the epicenter of the quake that struck Monday is Mianyang, a science city whose outskirts house the primary laboratory for the design of Chinese nuclear arms. (International Herald Tribune)
Henry Moore Sculpture Could Be Re-erected Thanks To 21st Century Science May 15, 2008
26, 1997) Metallurgists at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory who honed their craft in the nuclear weapons arena are now sharing their expertise with a Santa Fe sculptor and others. (Dec. (Science Daily)
IBM close to breaking petaflops barrier May 13, 2008
IBM Corp. and the Los Alamos National Laboratory are in a race with time to break the petaflops barrier in computing. If they succeed, the milestone would give major bragging rights for both organizations. (EETimes)
Magnet Lab researchers make observing cell functions easier May 9, 2008
The laboratory, which is operated by a consortium composed of Florida State University, the University of Florida and Los Alamos National Laboratory, is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the state of Florida. To learn more, visit. (EurekAlert!)
Fungus genes could point to cheap fuel: report May 8, 2008
"Our analysis, coupled with the genome sequence data, provides a road map for constructing enhanced T. reesei strains for industrial applications such as biofuel production," Diego Martinez of Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and colleagues wrote. The fungus has already been exploited commercially. (Reuters)
Lean and mean biomass-degrading fungus reveals capabilities for improved biofuel production May 5, 2008
The results were published online May 4 in Nature Biotechnology by a team of government, academic, and industry researchers led by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) ... Other authors on the study include, from JGI-LANL (at Los Alamos National Laboratory), Thomas Brettin, David Bruce, Chris Detter, Cheryl Kuske, Olga Chertkov, Melissa Jackson, Cliff Han, Monica Misra, Nina Thayer, Ravi Barbote, and Gary Xie; from the JGI-PGF... (EurekAlert!)
Sci-Fi Security May 3, 2008
Those in the know in government clearly agree, since SIGMA members have long consulted with agencies like the Homeland Security and Defense Departments, DARPA, Sandia Labs, NASA and the CIA. Some current members are employed by NASA and the Navy; one is a director at Los Alamos National Laboratory. So just what have these guys been thinking up. (Fox News)
After Breaches, Head of U.S. Nuclear Program Is Ousted Apr 23, 2008
Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman has fired the head of the nation's nuclear weapons program, Linton F. Brooks, because of security breaches last year at weapons facilities, including Los Alamos National Laboratory. Declaring that it was "time for new leadership," Bodman said in a written statement yesterday that he had asked Brooks to leave his post as administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration by the end of the month. (Yahoo News -- Nuclear Weapons)
Shirley Ann Dussart obituary Apr 23, 2008
Shirley came to New Mexico in 1964 and worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1978 until she retired in 1993. She was a devoted wife, mother, and homemaker. (Rio Rancho Observer, NM)
