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Tipoffs for Santa Fe, New Mexico (Los Alamos) Newsletter for Sunday June 11, 2023 ( 7 items )  

Colorado School of Mines: Mines Global Energy Future Initiative Brings Innovative Solutions to the Table
GOLDEN, Colorado, June 10 (TNSres) -- Colorado School of Mines issued the following news on June 9, 2023: * * * $32.6M CarbonSAFE Eos project just one way GEFI framework, collaborative mindset is having big impact at Mines * * * Solving our society's greatest energy challenges requires collaboration, but creating effective partnerships that address many facets of a problem is tricky. Colorado School of Mines has expertise across the gamut of disciplines required to tackle these problems and   more

DOE Argonne National Laboratory: Scientists Analyze a Single Atom With X-Rays for the First Time
ARGONNE, Illinois, June 8 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * New X-ray capability could find wide application in environmental and medical research, as well as the development of batteries and microelectronic devices * * * In the most powerful X-ray facilities in the world, scientists can analyze samples so small they contain only 10,000 atoms. Smaller sizes have proved exceedingly difficult to achieve, but a multi  more

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Bringing the Literature on Laser-Plasma Interactions Up to Date
LIVERMORE, California, June 10 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: For many years, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) physicist Pierre Michel, an internationally known expert on the physics of laser-plasma interactions (LPI), saw a gap in his field's literature: the lack of an up-to-date textbook on LPI relevant to the kind of experiments conducted on LLNL's National Ignition Facility (NIF). Michel was  more

Los Alamos National Laboratory: Designing the Right Tools to Hunt for Elusive Axion Particles
WASHINGTON, June 8 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Experiments at the Lujan Center point the way to a better method for exploring the dark sector * * * Since axions were first predicted by theory nearly half a century ago, researchers have hunted for proof of the elusive particle, which may exist outside the visible universe, in the dark sector. But how does one find particles that can't be seen? The first physics re  more

Los Alamos National Laboratory: Digging Deep Into Quantum Materials
WASHINGTON, June 9 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Terahertz-emission spectroscopy uncovers the basic properties and behaviors of emerging materials such as superconductors and magnets * * * Terahertz-emission spectroscopy has emerged as a valuable technique for investigating static physical properties as well as ultrafast dynamics occurring in novel material systems, which may remain hidden to other probes. In a new  more

Senate Health Committee Issues Testimony From N.M. Early Childhood Education & Care Dept. Secretary Groginsky
WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee issued the following testimony by Elizabeth Groginsky, secretary of the New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department, involving a hearing on May 31, 2023, entitled "Solving the Child Care Crisis: Meeting the Needs of Working Families and Child Care Workers": * * * Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member Cassidy and Members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, thank you for inviting   more

University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Husker Scientists Closing in on Long-Lasting Swine Flu Vaccine
LINCOLN, Nebraska, June 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * A successful long-term experiment with live hogs indicates Nebraska scientists may be another step closer to achieving a safe, long-lasting and potentially universal vaccine against swine flu. * * * The results are not only important to the pork industry, they hold significant implications for human health. That's because pigs act as "mixing vessels," where various swine a  more