It's a delicate task to sort the garbage at a nuclear era dump Oct 25, 2009
They asked scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory to come up with worst-case scenarios of how explosive the chemicals dumped there might have grown over the years -- and then they blew up the equivalent amounts of dynamite to test all the safety measures that they would be taking ... They asked scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory to come up with worst-case scenarios of how explosive the chemicals dumped there might have grown over the years -- and then they blew up the equivalent... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology Oct 24, 2009
The researchers from Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachussetts; Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico; and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland detail their findings in the October 2009 issue of the Journal of Virology. HIV-1 replication peaks during the period of primary infection, therefore it is estimated that 50% of sexually contracted HIV-1 cases occur when the individual transmitting the virus is newly infected. (EurekAlert!)
Standards for a new genomic era Oct 22, 2009
LANL among organizations proposing new genome sequence strategies ... "My hope is all the major genome centers and advanced genomics groups use the gradations that fit their needs," said Chris Detter, LANL Genome Science Group Leader and Joint Genome Institute-LANL Center director. (EurekAlert!)
* ITRIs battery technology wins Oscar of invention Oct 17, 2009
Other recipients of this years RAwards, nicknamed by the Chicago Tribune the Oscars of Invention, include many big names from the US, Japan, Canada and Russia, such as Intel, NASA, the US Argonne National Laboratory, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. This story has been viewed 255 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
IBEX satellite finds ribbon-like structure at edge of heliosphere Oct 16, 2009
Science paper to describe unexpected structural features shown by LANL camera ... One of the five IBEX papers appearing in Science this week, LANL's lead contribution is "Structures and Spectral Variations of the Outer Heliosphere in IBEX Energetic Neutral Atom Maps." In the paper, author Herbert Funsten notes "We have discovered an arc-shaped ribbon of high-pressure material that looks to be piled-up material from the Sun. The IBEX maps and the discovery of the ribbon are completely different... (EurekAlert!)
Establishing standard definitions for genome sequences Oct 9, 2009
"In the past we've been limited to two options, requiring us and the other centers to come up with internal definitions," said DOE JGI metagenomics researcher Patrick Chain at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), first author of the Science paper. "But these are not clear and they're not propagated to the databases to which we submit sequences. So when users try to download genomes they get data of unknown quality with no information, or a complete genome that they assume has been checked for... (EurekAlert!)
Virtualization proves cost effective for some agencies Oct 9, 2009
Officials at the Energy Departments Los Alamos National Laboratory have used virtualization technology to address issues of cooling, limited floor space and power consumption as they sought to ramp up capacity in data centers on the sprawling, 36-mile campus. Data centers on the campus range from new facilities to data centers that are 40 years old. (FCW.com)
Unraveling the Ribosome: Chemistry Nobel Awarded to Modelers of Living Cells' Protein-Maker Oct 8, 2009
COURTESY OF LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY. More to Explore. (Scientific American)
Science | Uncovered: scientists discover a partially fossilized skeleton in Ethiopia that predates Lucy Oct 7, 2009
White worked on a team of six other researchers from facilities such as Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library and the Rift Valley Research Service. White's team was not the only group working on the excavation. (Daily Orange, NY)
BioWatch searches attacks out Oct 6, 2009
As the anthrax attacks unfolded in 2001, the White House ordered Slezak to Washington, D.C., to deploy experimental technology that scientists from Livermore and the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico had developed to protect athletes and spectators at the in. The detection system had never been put to a real-world test. (USA Today)
Skeleton reshapes story of human origins Oct 2, 2009
Geologist Giday WoldeGabriel of Los Alamos National Laboratory was able to use volcanic layers above and below the fossil to date it to 4 ... The research was funded by the National Science Foundation, the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics of the University of California, Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and others. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Oldest hominid skeleton sheds light on human origins Oct 2, 2009
Los Alamos National Laboratory geologist Giday WoldeGabriel, who led the field geology investigations and sampling of ancient lava and ash used to determine the age of the fossilized remains, hailed the "fascinating and important discovery" of "mankind's oldest relatives.". The scientists estimate that when she was alive, Ardi weighed about 50 kilograms (110 pounds) and was 1. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Oldest pre-human revealed Oct 2, 2009
Among the major authors of the many reports, aside from White, Asfaw and Lovejoy, are Giday WoldeGabriel of the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Gen Suwa of the University of Tokyo. Paul Renne of the Berkeley Geochronology Center established the dates of the rocks in the strata where the fossils were found. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Ardi displaces Lucy as oldest hominid skeleton Oct 2, 2009
Among the many team members and co-authors who worked on the series of Science papers are geologist and Middle Awash team co-director Giday WoldeGabriel of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL); Leslea Hlusko, associate professor of integrative biology at UC Berkeley; and Paul Renne, director of the Berkeley Geochronology Center and an adjunct professor of earth and planetary science at UC Berkeley. Many of the 47 authors are UC Berkeley faculty, postdocs, students and alumni, reflecting the... (EurekAlert!)
Before 'Lucy,' There Was 'Ardi': First Major Analysis Of Early Hominid Published In Science Oct 2, 2009
The primary authors are Tim White of the University of California, Berkeley, Berhane Asfaw of Rift Valley Research Service in Addis Ababa, Giday WoldeGabriel of Los Alamos National Laboratory, Gen Suwa of the University of Tokyo, and C. Owen Lovejoy of Kent State University ... This research was funded by the National Science Foundation, the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics of the University of California at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), the Japan Society for the Promotion... (Science Daily)
Oldest "Human" Skeleton Found--Disproves "Missing Link Oct 2, 2009
"All of a sudden you've got fingers and toes and arms and legs and heads and teeth," said Tim White of the University of California, Berkeley, who co-directed the work with Berhane Asfaw, a paleoanthropologist and former director of the National Museum of Ethiopia, and Giday WoldeGabriel, a geologist at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. "That allows you to do something you can't do with isolated specimens," White said. (National Geographic)
Bob Guertin, 69; experimental physicist led Tufts graduate school Sep 24, 2009
He also conducted research at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and at the University of California at San Diego. Dr. Guertin s studies involved measuring the properties of different materials in conditions such as high magnetic fields, high pressure, and low temperatures. (Boston Globe)
New Beryllium Reference Material For Occupational Safety Monitoring Sep 24, 2009
(Credit: R. Dickerson, Los Alamos National Laboratory). Related Stories. (Science Daily)
State crafts plan for carbon sequestration Sep 21, 2009
Surdam said the Los Alamos National Laboratory used its modeling software to determine whether the deep saline formation could take 15 million metric tons of CO2 per year for 50 years. "So at the end of 50 years we have put 750 million tons in the formation. In fact, that CO2 would be confined. It can be done," Surdam said. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Top honors bestowed on 2 area scientists Sep 19, 2009
Hecker, 65, is a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, co-director of Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation, and director emeritus of Los Alamos National Laboratory ... "I have been most fortunate to have worked with inspirational people at great institutions such as the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Stanford University," he said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Nevada Test Site turns to nonproliferation efforts Sep 19, 2009
They will be the first tests since scientists from New Mexico's Los Alamos National Laboratory conducted an experiment in August 2006. Another physics tool is the Joint Actinide Shock Physics Experimental Research gas gun facility, or JASPER. It opened in 2003 as a laboratory where projectiles are fired at tiny discs of plutonium to understand how they blow apart. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Best Ultraviolet Portrait Of Andromeda Galaxy Sep 17, 2009
It was built and is being operated in collaboration with Pennsylvania State University, the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, and General Dynamics of Gilbert, Ariz. in the United States. (Science Daily)
Sound waves morph algae into green crude Sep 16, 2009
headquartered in Fort Collins, signed a cooperative research and development agreement with LANL to further develop the technology and test it at Solix s two algae-to-oil facilities at Fort Collins, and at the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in southwest Colorado near Durango ... LANL is applying acoustics to separate algae from water, break it down and compartmentalize it into different elements, and then extract the oil from algae to make biofuels. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Bacteria Used To Make Radioactive Metals Inert Sep 9, 2009
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. (Nov. (Science Daily)
Hydrogen Storage Gets New Hope Sep 7, 2009
In an article appearing in Angewandte Chemie, Los Alamos National Laboratory and University of Alabama researchers working within the U.S. Department of Energy s Chemical Hydrogen Storage Center of Excellence describe a significant advance in hydrogen storage science ... In this Los Alamos National Laboratory graphic, the AB would be used on-board the vehicle to run a fuel cell ... (Credit: Image courtesy of DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory). (Science Daily)
Louis Rosen, at 91; physicist worked on first nuclear bombs Sep 7, 2009
Louis Rosen, in his office at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he spent his entire career. (Los Alamos National Laboratory) By New York Times / September 7, 2009 ... He was also part ambassador and part lobbyist for the Los Alamos National Laboratory, promoting its continuing importance as a center not only of weapons development but also of basic research. (Boston Globe)
Platinum nanocatalyst could aid drugmakers Sep 1, 2009
Zubarev and Rice graduate student Bishnu Khanal, who will soon start his postdoctoral research at Los Alamos National Laboratory, set out to make a heterogeneous platinum catalyst that was soluble enough for industrial use, but that could also be easily removed. Previous studies had shown that combining platinum with gold in tiny nanoparticles could enhance the platinum's catalytic effect, so Zubarev and Khanal started with tiny rods of pure gold and coated them with a layer of platinum so thin... (EurekAlert!)
* A new Sino-American relationship? Aug 30, 2009
One need only recall the recent case of Lee Wen-ho (M), the Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist who was unjustly accused of spying, to be reminded of how yin and yang are the US feelings about minority members in sensitive positions. There is a second obstruction as well: the US Congress refuses to face up realistically to the climate challenge, because China, as a developing country, is not obliged to accept compulsory carbon limits. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Scientists Detect 'Fingerprint' Of High-temp Superconductivity Above Transition Temperature Aug 29, 2009
8, 2006) While studying a compound made of the elements cerium- rhodium-indium, researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have discovered that a magnetic. . (Science Daily)
US sees signs of more Indian nuke tests Aug 28, 2009
In fact, some scientists, notably Terry Wallace, then with the University of Arizona and now attached to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, put the combined yield of the three May 11 tests at as low as 10 to 15 kilotons. Two other tests on May 13 involved sub-kiloton devices for tactical weapons, which US scientists doubted even took place. (India Times, India)
Nuclear Fusion Research Key To Advancing Computer Chips Aug 25, 2009
2, 2006) Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Nevada, Reno, Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Germany, and the Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum. . (Science Daily)
Obituaries in the news Aug 25, 2009
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) Louis Rosen, a Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist who worked on the Manhattan Project and later created an influential neutron center at the facility, died Thursday ... Rosen in 2002 received the prestigious Los Alamos National Laboratory Medal, the lab's highest award. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Scientists make first discovery using revolutionary long wavelength demonstrator array Aug 19, 2009
Funding for the University of New Mexico-led LWA project is managed by the Office of Naval Research with research being co-sponsored by the Naval Research Laboratory, University of New Mexico, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Virginia Tech, and The University of Iowa with cooperation from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. NRAO is a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc.. (EurekAlert!)
Quest to find life beyond our planet gets technological boosts Aug 18, 2009
But some contemporary skepticism about extraterrestrials comes out of a lunchtime chat at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico in 1950, when physicist famously asked, "Where is everybody?" If there were Earth-like planets and other forms of life, suggested, we should have been visited by extraterrestrials long ago. A decade later, astronomer Frank Drake performed the first SETI experiment, Project Ozma, listening for unusual radio signals from other solar systems. (USA Today -- Tech)
To understand the universe, science calls on the ultrasmall Aug 17, 2009
D. He is a physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. "At the moment, neutrinos may be massive enough to account for more mass in the universe than all stars combined.". (EurekAlert!)
UGA announces provost short list Aug 15, 2009
She was previously group leader in statistical sciences at Los Alamos National Laboratory and, prior to that, professor and director of graduate studies in the Kansas State University department of statistics. Morehead has been at UGA since 1986 and is the Meigs Professor of Legal Studies in the Terry College of Business. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Nanocrystal Growth Spurts: First Real-Time Direct Observations Of Nanocrystal Growth In Solution Aug 14, 2009
(May 18, 2005) A team of University of California scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed the first completely inorganic, multi-color light-emitting diodes (LEDs) based on colloidal quantum dots. . (Science Daily)
LANL awards $400,000 to four new businesses Aug 11, 2009
The grants come from LANL s Venture Acceleration Fund, which provides investments of up to $100,000 to regional entrepreneurs, companies, investors or strategic partners who use LANL technology or expertise to create or grow local businesses. Grant recipients include. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Protein Structures Revealed At Record Pace Aug 11, 2009
17, 2005) University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a new protein tagging and detection system based on a process for "splitting" a green fluorescent. (July 17, 2007) Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have managed to elucidate the crystal structure of a human membrane protein -- LTC4 synthase -- which has a major influence on the development of. (Science Daily)
Protein Folding: Diverse Methods Yield Clues Aug 11, 2009
17, 2005) University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a new protein tagging and detection system based on a process for "splitting" a green fluorescent. (Aug. (Science Daily)
Vast Expanses of Arctic Ice Melt in Summer Aug 10, 2009
Petr Chylek - Space and Remote Sensing, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA ... Manvendra K. Dubey - Earth and Environmental Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA ... Petr Chylek - Space and Remote Sensing, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA. (CBS News)
Los Alamos lab works to quicken disease monitoring Aug 6, 2009
Two out of every three diseases in humans originated in animals witness the current swine flu pandemic and a Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher believes that points to a need for better surveillance. More News. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Scientists checking Nevada Test Site groundwater Aug 1, 2009
Scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico will analyze sample results next year to link the contaminants to particular nuclear tests. In all, 82 underground nuclear tests were conducted in Pahute Mesa out of at least 828 throughout the Nevada Test Site from 1951 to 1992, plus 100 above ground tests. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
LANL offers mentoring to vet-owned firms Jul 31, 2009
LANL offers mentoring to two veteran-owned firms - New Mexico Business Weekly ... LANL offers mentoring to two veteran-owned firms ... LANL previously signed agreements to provide mentoring to three other firms: North Wind Inc., Tsay Construction and Services, and Performance Maintenance Inc.. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Lightning Inside Hurricanes Could Predict Intensity Jul 30, 2009
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (July 29, 2009--Deceptively simple looking detectors, one an antenna with built-in GPS, the other electronic sensors inside a large, upside-down metal salad bowl, are the basis of a Los Alamos National Laboratory project studying lightning inside a hurricane in hopes of improving the accuracy and timeliness of forecasts for people in a storm's path. The effort is in the second of three years of research. (KWTX.com, TX)
Lightning As Hurricane Predictor? Jul 30, 2009
The sensors are the basis of a Los Alamos National Laboratory project studying lightning inside a hurricane to improve the accuracy and timeliness of forecasts for people in a storm's path. The effort is in the second of three years of research. (Click2Houston, TX)
LANL, UNM to head $14.5M systems biology center Jul 29, 2009
LANL, UNM to head $14 ... LANL, UNM to head $14 ... Researchers from LANL, UNM and will work together under the leadership of Janet Oliver of UNM s Cancer Center, said James Anderson, who oversees systems biology awards at NIGMS, in a news release. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Actions taken over the next decade to demonstrate and deploy key technologies will determine US energy future Jul 29, 2009
WARREN F. MILLER JR. 2 Research Professor Nuclear Engineering and Associate Director Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute Texas Aersity; and Senior Adviser and Director Los Alamos National Laboratory (retired) Albuquerque, N.M.. FRANKLIN M. ORR JR. 2 Professor of Energy Resources Engineering, and Director Global Climate and Energy Project Stanford University Stanford, Calif. (EurekAlert!)
Priscilla Duffield Jul 27, 2009
Priscilla was Executive Assistant to Directors of The National Accelator Laboratory, of Scripps Institute of Oceanography, and Los Alamos National Laboratory prior to her retirement in Norwood. Priscilla was also active in the Norwood community. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
Real spying squirrels, dolphins helped inspire 'G-Force' Jul 26, 2009
DARPA and Los Alamos National Laboratory have also recruited to find land mines. "Honeybees are as good as dogs," Los Alamos entomologist Timothy Haarmann told USA TODAY in 2006. (USA Today -- Tech)
Whos Who in Technology inaugural winners named Jul 25, 2009
Dr. Thomas Bowles, Gov. Bill Richardson s science adviser (on loan from Los Alamos National Laboratory) ... Belinda Padilla, Los Alamos National Laboratory. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Audit: Energy Dept. could save energy Jul 25, 2009
The auditors found temperature "setback controls" lacking, broken or unused in 35 of 55 large buildings at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Tennessee; the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington state. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Environment)
LANL stimulus work saves and creates jobs Jul 23, 2009
The funds also will finance clean up of LANL s first waste disposal pits that were used from 1944 to 1948. The lab opened the demolition work to competitive bidding in May, generating 11 bids. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Electronic Nose Created To Detect Skin Vapors Jul 22, 2009
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. (Mar. (Science Daily)
Stove Converts Heat Into Sound Then Electricity Jul 20, 2009
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. (Aug. (Science Daily)
A Spurt of Quake Activity Raises Fears in Yellowstone Jul 19, 2009
In 2000, Ken Wohletz, a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, postulated that an even bigger Krakatoa eruption in 6th century A.D. may have sent a tall plume of vaporized seawater into the atmosphere, causing the formation of stratospheric ice clouds with superfine hydrovolcanic ash, which literally cast a pall over much of the world at the beginning of what became known as the Dark Ages. YVO's alert code for the Yellowstone Caldera stands at green, but if it ever elevates to yellow or... (Time.com)
Turbulence responsible for black holes' balancing act Jul 17, 2009
Scannapieco and Brueggen used ASU's supercomputers to develop a three-dimensional simulation of a galaxy surrounding a massive black hole, based on a previous simulation devised by Guy Dimonte at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Robert Tipton at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The new model, however, added a vital missing ingredient: turbulence. (Astronomy Now Online)
New Advance In Revolutionary 'Bullet Fingerprinting' Technique Jul 16, 2009
ScienceDaily (July 15, 2009) 'Bullet fingerprinting' technology developed at the University of Leicester in collaboration with Northamptonshire Police is now being advanced in new ways. Dr John Bond, from Northamptonshire Police Scientific Support Unit and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Leicester's Forensic Research Centre developed, in collaboration with university scientists, a method to 'visualise fingerprints' even after the print itself has been removed. (Science Daily)
New Approach To Engineering For Extreme Environments Jul 12, 2009
Michael Demkowicz, an assistant professor in MIT's Department of Materials Science and Engineering, is part of a team based at Los Alamos National Laboratory that recently received a federal Energy Frontier Research Centers grant to develop nanocomposite materials that can endure high temperatures, radiation and extreme mechanical loading. The ultimate goal is to use these materials in energy applications including nuclear power, fuel cells, solar energy and carbon sequestration. (Science Daily)
Audit Smokes Out Lax Fire Protection at U.S. Nuclear Weapons Lab Jul 9, 2009
Fewer than half of the fire prevention shortcomings examined at the Los Alamos National Laboratory had been fixed after previous evaluation, an Energy Department audit reports ... Is the Los Alamos National Laboratory, seen here in a 1995 aerial view, well protected from fires. (Scientific American)
Fast Neutral Hydrogen Detected Coming From The Moon Jul 6, 2009
During spacecraft commissioning, the IBEX team turned on the IBEX-Hi instrument, built primarily by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which measures atoms with speeds from about half a million to 2. 5 million miles per hour. (Science Daily)
Super-energetic Bursts Near Giant Black Hole Jul 3, 2009
Walker and Beilicke worked with Fred Davies of NRAO and New Mexico Tech, Henric Krawczynski of Washington University, Phil Hardee of the University of Alabama, Bill Junor of Los Alamos National Laboratory, Chun Ly of UCLA, and large research teams from VERITAS, H.E.S.S., and MAGIC. The scientists reported their findings in the July 2 online edition of the journal Science. Adapted from materials provided by , via , a service of AAAS. Email or share this story. (Science Daily)
Newsweek: Are the chemicals in fireworks dangerous? Jul 3, 2009
According to Dr. David E. Chavez, a chemist in the High Explosives Science and Technology division of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, both the perchlorate oxidizer and some of the colorizing heavy metals are toxic compounds. Setting off fireworks (and other pyrotechnic devices, such as military rockets and flares) can release these toxins into the environment. (MSNBC -- Technology)
AGU journal highlights - July 2, 2009 Jul 3, 2009
H. O. Funsten: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA. M. Gruntman: Astronautics and Space Technology Division, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. (EurekAlert!)
Science: Made very small Jul 3, 2009
Dr Demkowicz is working with a team based at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, one of a number of groups being funded under a new $777m five-year programme by the American government to accelerate research into energy technologies. The material Dr Demkowicz is looking for will be good at resisting damage from radiation. (The Economist)
