| Tipoffs for Santa Fe, New Mexico (Los Alamos) Newsletter for Sunday March 01, 2020 ( 5 items ) |
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Observations of Melting Metal at the Picosecond Scale
LIVERMORE, California, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release:
For the first time, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists and collaborators have observed the shock melting and refreezing of a metal (zirconium) at the picosecond scale (trillionths of a second).
Melting and freezing are some of the most common processes but can be difficult to understand since the fundamental mechanisms occur on near-a
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Los Alamos National Laboratory: Machine Learning Reveals Earth Tremor and Slip Occur Continuously, Not Intermittently
LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release:
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- Cascadia findings also apply to San Andreas Fault and other earthquake zones, suggesting universal underlying physics that could someday support quake forecasting
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Applying deep learning to seismic data has revealed tremor and slip occur at all times--before and after known large-scale slow-slip earthquakes--rather than intermittently in discrete b
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Los Alamos Study Group: Administration Seeks 49% Increase in Los Alamos Nuclear Weapons Activities, 33% Plus-up for LANL Overall
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Feb. 25 -- The Los Alamos Study Group issued the following news release:
Shocking details are emerging as Department of Energy (DOE) FY2021 budget request details are posted, now including laboratory and state tables.
From the former we see that the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), DOE's nuclear warhead, naval reactor, and defense nonproliferation agency, seeks an 49% increase in nuclear weapons activities at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and a
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Oregon State University: Astronaut, Alumnus Donald R. Pettit to Give Free Lecture on Campus March 5
CORVALLIS, Oregon, Feb. 26 -- Oregon State University issued the following news:
Astronaut Donald R. Pettit, a 1978 graduate of the Oregon State University College of Engineering, will give a free public lecture at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 5, at the LaSells Stewart Center on OSU's Corvallis campus, 875 SW 26th St.
Those interested in attending Pettit's presentation, titled "Science of Opportunity," should register online (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-octave-levenspiel-distinguished-lectu
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University of Lethbridge Graduate Students Earn GreenSTEM Funding in Support of Biotech Start-Up
LETHBRIDGE, Alberta, Feb. 26 -- The University of Lethbridge issued the following news:
The southern Alberta biotech industry will get a boost this spring thanks to some innovative work out of the University of Lethbridge and funding support from the Government of Alberta's GreenSTEM program.
Allos Bioscience, a start-up company that designs and produces protein-based biosensors, is led by PhD candidates Luc Roberts (BSc '12) and Harland Brandon (BSc '13). The two, with support from the Univer
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