18-Aug-2020 Machine learning unearths signature of slow-slip quake origins in seismic data DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory Peer-Reviewed Publication Combing through historical seismic data, researchers using a machine learning model have unearthed distinct statistical features marking the formative stage of slow-slip ruptures in the earth's crust months before tremor or GPS data detected a slip in the tectonic plates. Journal Nature Communications
13-Aug-2020 Podcast explains how plutonium powers Mars exploration DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory To have dependable power to explore the the frigid surface of Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover is equipped with a type of power system called a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG)--which is what the latest episode of Mars Technica will tell listeners all about.
12-Aug-2020 Sandia Science & Tech Park spurs economic growth DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A new, independent report has concluded that the Sandia Science & Technology Park contributed significantly to the local economy in 2018-19 by adding 310 jobs and generating increases in economic activity and tax revenue to the city and New Mexico.
12-Aug-2020 Sandia Science & Tech Park spurs economic growth DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Business Announcement A new, independent report has concluded that the Sandia Science & Technology Park contributed significantly to the local economy in 2018-19 by adding 310 jobs and generating increases in economic activity and tax revenue to the city and New Mexico.
10-Aug-2020 Simulating crash into asteroid reveals its heavy metal psyche DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory New 2D and 3D computer modeling of impacts on the asteroid Psyche, the largest Main Belt asteroid, indicate it is probably metallic and porous in composition, something like a flying cosmic rubble pile.
6-Aug-2020 Take a guided 'tour' of SuperCam on the new Mars rover DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory NASA's new Perseverance rover, which just started its seven-month journey to Mars, carries on board what is likely the most versatile instrument ever created to understand the planet's past habitability: SuperCam--and a new podcast will tell listeners all about it.
5-Aug-2020 Helping protect medical professionals DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A media comprised of a sandwich of materials, tested by Sandia National Laboratories, is being manufactured into N95-like respirators that could be used in local medical facilities. The project originated from the urgent need for personal protective equipment when the COVID-19 outbreak began.
5-Aug-2020 Basic laws of physics spruce up machine learning DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Grant and Award Announcement A radical proposal to use the laws of physics before, not after, machine learning computations are performed has won a DOE Early Career award for a Sandia researcher. Funder DOE/US Department of Energy
5-Aug-2020 Helping protect medical professionals DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Business Announcement A media comprised of a sandwich of materials, tested by Sandia National Laboratories, is being manufactured into N95-like respirators that could be used in local medical facilities. The project originated from the urgent need for personal protective equipment when the COVID-19 outbreak began.
29-Jul-2020 Was there life on Mars? New podcast explores instruments aboard Mars rover DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory Could Jezero Crater hold the keys to unlocking an ancient and hidden past when life might have existed on the Martian surface?