Tuesday, September 6, 2005

Lab technology and expertise helping in Katrina disaster
Los Alamos is assisting in the Hurricane Katrina situation, both in the air and in the realm of virtual reality. On-scene in the Gulf Coast area, Laboratory spectroscopic equipment is airborne on the EPA's ASPECT plane and scientists are analyzing the data, while closer to home the critical infrastructure modeling teams of Decision Applications (D) Division have been hard at work.

Lab scientist speaks today on gamma-ray bursts
A few times a day a special type of massive star transforms itself into a black hole, simultaneously collapsing and ejecting material in a jet that moves very close to the speed of light. During their fleeting existence, these jets flood much of the universe with an enormous burst of gamma rays.

Message from UC President on Hurricane Katrina
University of California President Robert Dynes issued a release Friday on Hurricane Katrina.

Laboratory sponsors CO2 summer research program
Climate science may have picked up some new recruits as college students and early career scientists from across the country converged on Northern New Mexico earlier this summer to learn more about the emerging field of carbon sequestration.

Russian demographic expert to talk about the coming crises in Russia
Georgetown University Research Professor Emeritus and Woodrow Wilson International Center Senior Scholar Murray Feshbach will give a Director's Colloquium talk entitled “Demographic and Health Crises in Russia: Policy Implications,” at 1:10 this afternoon in the Physics Building Auditorium at Technical Area 3.

Lab scientists discuss Genesis on UCTV
Los Alamos staff members Roger Wiens and Juan Baldonado of Space Science and Applications (ISR-1) will talk about the recovery efforts of the NASA Genesis spacecraft in a new edition of "Behind the White Coat" today on University of California Television.