News Focus Channel: Local - New Mexico

New Mexico middle and high school students encouraged to apply for free, two-week Summer Physics Camp for Young Women

Los Alamos National Laboratory — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 19:30:59 EST

New Mexico students are encouraged to apply for the free, two-week, virtual Summer Physics Camp for Young Women, taught primarily by women scientists and engineers at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Shaping the future of higher education

New Mexico State University (NMSU) — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:05:08 EST

Chancellor of the New Mexico State University System Dan Arvizo, shares his vision and strategies to meet the challenges facing higher education. Arvizu worked for Bell Labs, Sandia National Labs and eventually went on to serve as the eighth director of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory as well as serving in various roles at Emerson Collective, including chief technology officer, STEM evangelist and senior adviser.

THC Found More Important for Therapeutic Effects in Cannabis Than Originally Thought

University of New Mexico — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 11:05:57 EST

Researchers at the University of New Mexico (UNM) recently solved a major gap in scientific literature by using mobile software technology to measure the real-time effects of actual cannabis-based products used by millions of people every day.

Sandia Spiking Tool Improves Artificially Intelligent Devices

Sandia National Laboratories — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 04:00:00 EST

The aptly named software Whetstone, which greatly reduces the amount of circuitry needed to perform autonomous tasks, is expected to improve the artificial intelligence of mobile phones, self-driving cars and automated interpretation of images.

Playing Hoops to Battle Cancer

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 11:05:05 EST

Legislators battle cancer in annual Hoops 4 Hope basketball game. The legislators enjoy playing, the spectators enjoy the show, and the annual game raises money to help people in New Mexico diagnosed with cancer.

700,000 submunitions demilitarized by Sandia-designed robotics system

Sandia National Laboratories — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 12:00:27 EST

More than 700,000 Multiple Launch Rocket System submunitions have been demilitarized since the Army started using an automated nine-robot system conceptualized, built and programmed by Sandia National Laboratories engineers.

Collaboration opportunity to harness top algae strains for bioenergy

Los Alamos National Laboratory — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 13:05:54 EST

Los Alamos National Laboratory and partners are inviting the algae industry and academia to contribute to research to find the best algae strains for biofuels and bioproducts and to reduce the cost of producing bioenergy from algae feedstocks.

Sandia research investigates how organic reactions affect Earth's atmosphere

Sandia National Laboratories — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 12:05:59 EST

LIVERMORE, Calif. -- Volatile organic compounds can be found in the air -- everywhere. A wide range of sources, including from plants, cooking fuels and household cleaners, emit these compounds directly. They also can be formed in the atmosphere through a complex network of photochemical reactions.Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and colleagues from other institutions investigated the reactions of hydroxyl and methylperoxy radicals to understand their impact on the atmosphere's ability to process pollutants.

NNSA Approves 'Critical Decision 1' for Advanced Sources and Detectors Project, a New Tool to Advance Stockpile Stewardship

Los Alamos National Laboratory — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 10:05:19 EST

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has approved Critical Decision-1 (CD-1) for the Advanced Sources and Detectors Project (ASD), a cornerstone of the Enhanced Capabilities for Subcritical Experiments portfolio (ECSE). ASD is a proposed 20-million electron volt (MeV) accelerator that will generate X-ray images, or radiographs, of subcritical implosion experiments for the nuclear weapons program.

World's Finest Gold Specimen Probed With Los Alamos Neutrons

Los Alamos National Laboratory — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 13:05:30 EST

Using neutron characterization techniques a team of scientists have peered inside one of the most unique examples of wire gold, understanding for the first time the specimen's structure and possible formation process. The 263 gram, 12 centimeter tall specimen, known as the Ram's Horn, belongs to the collection of the Mineralogical and Geological Museum Harvard University (MGMH).

Los Alamos Teams with Oak Ridge, EPB to Demonstrate Next-Generation Grid Security Tech

Los Alamos National Laboratory — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 15:05:12 EST

A team of researchers from the Department of Energy's Los Alamos and Oak Ridge national laboratories has partnered with EPB, a Chattanooga utility and telecommunications company, to demonstrate the effectiveness of metro-scale quantum key distribution (QKD) as a means of secure communication for the nation's electricity suppliers.

Three Sandia Labs researchers earn national honors in leadership and technology

Sandia National Laboratories — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 10:15:15 EST

Three Sandia National Laboratories researchers--Warren Davis, Quincy Johnson and Olivia Underwood--were honored at the BEYA (Black Engineer of the Year) STEM Global Competitiveness Conference for their leadership and technological achievements.

Could energy overload drive cancer risk?

Santa Fe Institute — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 07:05:49 EST

By providing an over-abundance of energy to cells, diseases like obesity and diabetes might super-charge growth and cause cells to become cancerous.

Los Alamos National Laboratory Issues Request for Proposal (RFP) for New Supercomputer

Los Alamos National Laboratory — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 10:05:22 EST

The next big supercomputer is out for bid. A "request for proposal," or RFP, for Crossroads, a high-performance computer that will support the nation's Stockpile Stewardship Program, was released today.

UNM Cancer Center Offers Mohs Surgery

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 10:05:11 EST

Newly opened outpatient surgical suites at The University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center have enabled the addition of another set of treatments to its arsenal: Mohs surgery. Mohs surgery has the highest cure rate of all skin cancer surgeries while preserving as much healthy skin as possible.

Modeling terrorist behavior with Sandia social-cultural assessments

Sandia National Laboratories — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 10:05:15 EST

A team of Sandia social-behavioral scientists and computational modelers recently completed a two-year effort, dubbed "Mustang," to assess interactions and behaviors of two extremist groups. The model suggested several communication options that are most likely to reduce the recruitment and violence of the extremist groups over time.

Second Act: Sandia retirees band together to help small businesses with tech challenges

Sandia National Laboratories — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:05:42 EST

Technology Retirees Economic Catalysts (TREC) was established to connect Sandia National Laboratories retirees with small businesses that need technical and other expertise.

Lobos Love Pink Week

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 05:05:21 EST

The University of New Mexico Men's and Women's basketball teams hope to see a sea of pink in support of breast cancer fighters and survivors at their Lobos Love Pink games in February. The games help to raise awareness for the disease and for breast cancer screening.

Los Alamos scientist Bette Korber to discuss her work developing an HIV vaccine

Los Alamos National Laboratory — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:05:05 EST

Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellow Bette Korber will discuss her work designing a vaccine against HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) in three Frontiers in Science public lectures beginning Jan. 31 in Los Alamos.

New Cancer Doctor to start at Gila Regional Cancer Center

University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:05:03 EST

The University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center announced today that newly hired staff physician Antonio Fontelonga, MD, will provide medical oncology care at Gila Regional Cancer Center starting in early 2019.