Attracted to Magnets and Scientific Breakthroughs
Magnetism is a fundamental force that we use to generate electricity, guide planes and ships across the globe, and encode information on our computers. By measuring how some materials behave when exposed to high magnetic pulses, scientists can better understand how these substances react at a quantum mechanic (atomic and subatomic) level. Read more
COMMUNITY GIVING
LANL Kicks Off Employee Giving Drive
The Lab kicked off its employee-giving efforts on September 14, in conjunction with the region’s annual United Way campaign. Last year’s successful Lab campaign had a goal of $1.5 million, and employees contributed $1.6 million. Read more
LANL Laces Fits Kids to a Tee
Local children in need of new shoes were recently treated to a field trip and fitted for a brand new pair of them—with or without laces. The Lab’s LANL Laces program worked with schools in Chama, Pojoaque, El Rito, Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, Espanola, Mora, and Las Vegas to fit nearly 350 elementary children with new sneakers or loafers. Read more
Tutors Needed in Santa Fe
The Santa Fe Children’s Project, an effort of the United Way of Santa Fe, needs tutors and activity leaders. Read more
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Lab Holds Another Successful LDRD Day
More than 250 people attended the Lab’s third annual LDRD Day. This year, it highlighted 40 of the Lab’s innovative Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) projects with easily-understood posters that addressed why the research is important to our country and the way in which the Lab is making progress in solving large scientific challenges. Read more
Lab Scientists Help Farmers With Crucial Irrigation Issues
The Santa Cruz Reservoir provides irrigation water to more than 1,600 farms in the region. To help local farmers, scientists from LANL and Sandia National Laboratories came together to shed light on how to best mitigate these sediment problems. Read more
LANL Major Subcontractors Consortium Assists Pueblo
Recently, Lab Director McMillan put out a call for earthmoving equipment to help Santa Clara Pueblo recover from fire and flood damage related to the Las Conchas fire. As a result, teams from two of the Lab’s contractors, Energy Solutions and Franks Supply Company, offered equipment and operators to help with Santa Clara’s efforts. Read more
EDUCATION
LANS Supports Workforce Development
Los Alamos National Security, LLC recently invested $80,000 to support and enhance educational offerings at two local colleges. Read more
New, Permanent Bradbury Science Museum Displays
Detonating the first nuclear weapons tests required complex engineering. You didn’t want the test to go off before you were ready, nor you did you want the nuclear equivalent of a “dud” due to a faulty trigger. Read more
Bradbury Science Museum On the Go
More people are traveling with smartphones these days, so the Lab’s Bradbury Science Museum just made a stop at its unique displays even easier. Read more
Tutors Needed in Santa Fe
The Santa Fe Children’s Project, an effort of the United Way of Santa Fe County, needs tutors and activity leaders. Read more
ENVIRONMENT
Forum for Environmental Education and Dialogue Meeting October 18
The RACER (Risk Analysis, Communication, Evaluation, and Reduction) Project will hold a Forum for Environmental Education and Dialogue session on Tuesday, October 18, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Read more
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Milestone Achieved
The Lab has completed a major milestone in its last environmental cleanup project funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)—the excavation of a Manhattan Project-era waste disposal site. Read more
OTHER NEWS
Earl Salazar New Tribal Relations Liaison
Earl Salazar has become the Laboratory’s tribal liaison within the Government Affairs Office. He replaces Elmer Torres, who retired after 41 years of service at LANL. Read more
Radiation Detector Receives Patent
A new “Multimodal Radiation Imager” developed by Lab researchers and collaborators from the Raytheon Company will help distinguish real threats from natural background radiation. Read more
CALENDAR
Kurt's Column
Time, Talent, and Dollars
“Time, talent, and dollars” is a phrase that we use a lot in our office to refer to how the Lab and its people contribute to regional needs. Thousands of our employees give their time to many worthy causes locally. Read more
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