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Supercomputing Challenge April 21-22
April 17 — More than 250 New Mexico middle- and high-school students will be at LANL next Monday and Tuesday (April 21-22) for judging and awards in the 18th annual New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge.
Los Alamos National Laboratory Supports San Martin de Porres Soup Kitchen
September 13 — An Española soup kitchen will soon be able to expand its outreach efforts thanks to the work of Los Alamos National Laboratory and several local businesses and nonprofits.
Laboratory subcontractors contribute to economic development fund
July 18 — Los Alamos National Laboratory subcontract companies on Wednesday donated more than $100,000 to help further economic development efforts in Northern New Mexico.
Los Alamos National Security, LLC invests in local communities
June 5 — At a Laboratory-sponsored regional community leadership breakfast, Laboratory Director Michael Anastasio presented checks for $100,000 to New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) President Jim Fries and Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) Executive Vice President Tom Garcia.
Frontiers in Science Lecture Series Mixes it Up
May 17 — Robert Ecke, a Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist, will discuss “The Turbulent World: How Nature Mixes Things Up” at a Frontiers in Science Public Lecture Series, beginning Monday (May 21).
Los Alamos National Laboratory Employees Again are Top Contributors to United Way of Santa Fe County
May 9 — Los Alamos National Laboratory employees for the seventh consecutive year are the largest contributors to the United Way of Santa Fe County's annual giving campaign.
Los Alamos scientist to speak on gamma ray bursts
September 2 — 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.
Astronomy Days lecture series begins Monday at Bradbury Science Museum
June 22 — A series of six evening lectures begins Monday, June 27, at Los Alamos National Laboratory's Bradbury Science Museum with a discussion about cosmology by Laboratory scientist Katrin Heitman. The lectures are at 6:30 p.m., and are free and open to the public.
Laboratory employees again are top contributors to Santa Fe County 2004 United Way campaign
May 13 — Los Alamos National Laboratory employees for the fifth consecutive year are the largest contributors to the United Way of Santa Fe County's annual giving campaign. Laboratory employees pledged or donated $113,242 to the United Way of Santa Fe County's 2004 giving campaign.
Is he here yet? Lab scientists keep tabs on Santa
December 22 — Los Alamos National Laboratory's Space Data Systems group is keeping an eye out for the jolly old man in the red suit, Santa Claus. Beginning at 6 a.m., Thursday, (Dec. 24), Los Alamos scientists will track Santa on his whirlwind travels around the world, and give hourly updates via its Web site at http://santa.lanl.gov online on Santa's progress toward Northern New Mexico.
Laboratory sponsored Math and Science Academy a success
July 8 — The quality of education in Northern New Mexico has been improved because of the Northern New Mexico Math and Science Academy (MSA), according to a study by evaluators from the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing at the University of California at Los Angeles. The MSA is a Laboratory collaboration with the Northern New Mexico Council for Excellence in Education (NMCEE).
Media Advisory: Robots, scientists and Pueblo school kids
November 3 — Continuing its all-star annual series of robot-building workshops, scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory will bring the cold, hard, hand of science to bear in the classroom this week. Armed with a box of robot kits and a cumulative 100-plus years of professional experience, Los Alamos scientists will do a show-and-tell that should turn some heads at Jemez Valley Elementary School, Jemez Valley Middle School, San Diego Riverside School, Walatowa High and Jemez Valley High School.
Lab cancels planned biodetector tests
July 8 — Planned tests involving the outdoor release of a common bacterium have been cancelled due to ongoing public concerns, Los Alamos National Laboratory officials announced today.
The tests are part of a program to develop better devices for prompt, accurate detection of biological agents that could be used in terrorist or battlefield attacks. Scientists will look for alternate sites to conduct airborne releases of bacteria as part of the detector development.
Lab's nonproliferation and international security division awards thousands in scholarships to its students
September 3 — Los Alamos National Laboratory's Nonproliferation and International Security Division recently awarded $53,000 in scholarships to students from universities in New Mexico and other states nationwide.
Regional teachers LASSO the stars
August 7 — Nearly two dozen teachers will blast off the new school year this fall using a curriculum they developed with the help of space scientists from the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Online periodic table wins 2001 Sci/Tech Web Award
May 16 — ScientificAmerican.com, part of Scientific American Magazine, has named a chemistry Web site at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory one of the top 50 best Web resources in science and technology.
Lab will hold bioscience information session in Santa Fe
April 6 — The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory will hold a public poster session highlighting its research in biothreat reduction Tuesday at Santa Fe Community College. Scientists will be available to answer questions about their posters and research at the session, scheduled for 5 to 7 p.m.
Lab requests environmental assessment on Bioscience facility
February 12 — The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has taken an important step in evaluating the possibility of adding additional capability for biological research.
Attack of the robot scientists
December 12 — Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory will bring the cold, hard, hand of science to bear in the classroom this week. Armed with a box of robot kits and a cumulative 100-plus years of professional experience, five Lab scientists will do a show-and-tell that should turn some heads Thursday among their third-grade audience at Jemez Valley Elementary School.
Laboratory subcontractors contribute to economic development fund
July 19 — Los Alamos National Laboratory subcontract companies on Wednesday donated more than $100,000 to help further economic development efforts in Northern New Mexico.
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