Science: Novel hardware approach offers new quantum-computing paradigm
LANL News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) shares a compilation of news stories for the week of Aug. 14, 2023. Read More
Scene of the new 200L (50 gallon) quantum dot manufacturing system arriving in town July 18 for delivery to UbiQD’s Headquarters at 134 Eastgate Dr. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
From left, UbiQD Director of Chemical Engineering Dan Houck, UbiQD CEO Hunter McDaniel, Design Engineer Alfonz Viszolay and UbiQD VP of Materials Operations Karthik Ramasamy in front of the new quantum dot manufacturing system at UbiQD HQ. Courtesy/UbiQD
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com
On July 18, UbiQD took delivery of a new 200L (50 gallon) Read More
Los Alamos National Laboratory Deputy Director for Science, Technology and Engineering John Sarrao presents closing remarks at ‘Toast to Technology’ Demo Day Monday at Fuller Lodge. This was part of Los Alamos ScienceFest events held around downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Kevin Holsapple looks over posters on display Monday on the patio at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Scene from the reception on the patio at ‘Toast to Technology’ Demo Day Monday at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
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As part of Los Alamos ScienceFest 2023, Scott Ziegler of Space Kinetic Corp. in Berkeley, Calif., is presenting a talk this morning at Toast to Technology at Demo Day that runs until 6 p.m. today at Fuller Lodge. All types of innovators and entrepreneurial-minded people are invited to attend this day of deep-tech presentations and roundtable conversations with Lab experts, area entrepreneurs investors and government leaders. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Scene from Toast to Technology at Demo Day that runs until 6 p.m. today at Fuller Lodge as part of Los Alamos ScienceFest 2023. Read More
While on an Alaskan cruise Saturday, Los Alamos Daily Post photographer/videographer Nate Limback had the opportunity to sail next to an active US Navy Virginia Class SSN attack submarine. According to the cruise captain, it is rare to see a submarine on the surface so far out in the ocean. The Virginia Class SSN is the latest class of advanced capability nuclear powered fast attack submarines, according to the Submarine Industrial Base Council. It helps ensure future national security by providing theater commanders with an affordable and flexible multi-mission stealth platform that replaces
A young scientist turns the crank on a Van de Graaff generator at the LA Bootery and Mesa Top Games booth. A Van de Graaff generator is an electrostatic generator, which uses a moving belt to accumulate electric charge on a hollow metal globe on the top of an insulated column, creating very high electric potentials. It was invented by American physicist Robert J. Van de Graaff in 1929. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
The solar powered car race was exciting as young racers started the cars they built and got to see whose was the fastest. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
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Members of the high-entropy alloys team, from left, Matthew Chancey (MST-8), Jon (Kevin) Baldwin (MPA-CINT), Jonathan Gigax (ORI-2), Saryu Fensin (MPA-CINT), Matheus Tunes (MST-8), Osman El Atwani (MST-8). Courtesy/LANL
The research team demonstrated that minor additions of hafnium into the WTaCrV high entropy alloy lead to higher radiation resistance. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
A newly developed tungsten-based alloy that performs well in extreme environments similar to those in fusion reactor prototypes Read More
NNSA News:
The U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) proposes to install a new battery bank to provide backup power to the Dual Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test (DARHT) facility in the event that maintenance is needed.
Triad proposes to install up to four 8-megawatt-hour (MWh) batteries approximately 100 yards from the main DARHT facility (total of 32 MWh).
This work would require excavating in a previously disturbed area along the access road just before the turnoff for DARHT to create a level area to build a concrete base. Excavation and trenching Read More
BLM News:
SANTA FE — The Bureau of Land Management New Mexico State Office conducted a lease sale Thursday offering 45 parcels totaling 10,123 acres within Cheyenne County, Kansas and Eddy, Lea, and Chaves counties in New Mexico, on public lands managed by the Roswell Field Office, Carlsbad Field Office and Oklahoma Field Office.
In total, 37 parcels totaling 8,596.25 acres sold for $78,844,369.
Links to the environmental assessment, maps, parcel lists, Notice of Competitive Lease Sale, and proposed lease stipulations are available online at the BLM ePlanning website at: https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2021616/510 Read More
BLM News:
SANTA FE — Consistent with the direction in the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bureau of Land Management New Mexico State Office released an environmental assessment analyzing 11 parcels (595.55 acres) for the proposed November 2023 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale.
These include six parcels located within Eddy and Lea counties, New Mexico (433.55 acres), and five parcels located within Pittsburgh and Woods counties, Texas (162.00 acres). The release of this environmental assessment starts a 30-day public comment period, which will end June 15, 2023.
The BLM completed scoping Read More