Aurorasaurus Project Creates Aurora Chasers – The Game! The Aurorasaurus project, supported by the New Mexico Consortium, has recently created a role-playing card game to help answer the surprisingly complicated question, “how can I see the aurora?” Aurora Chasers, recommended for ages 11 and up, covers multiple subjects: space science, language arts, geography, math, meteorology, and
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Corcoran Lab Seeking Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researcher Are you interested in studying microalgal biology and ecology? The Corcoran Lab at New Mexico State University (NMSU) is currently recruiting graduate students (MS, PhD) and a Postdoctoral Researcher. Research in the Corcoran Lab focuses on the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems, with an emphasis on
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34th Annual Supercomputing Challenge Registration and Kickoff Coming Soon! The 34th Annual Supercomputing Challenge registration and Kickoff Session are coming soon! Registration will run from August 15 through September 20th. What is it? The Supercomputing Challenge is an exciting program open to all interested middle and high school students. Each team of up to five
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First Aurorasaurus Report-A-Thon A Success! The Aurorasaurus team, held their first ever Report-A-Thon, a way for those who use the Aurorasurus website to get together and connect over their mutual interest in the aurora and aurora science. The Aurorasaurus team reported that it was fantastic to virtually see so many fellow aurora lovers. They networked
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nEDM2023 – The 5th Workshop on Searches for a Neutron Electric Dipole Moment Coming in November nEDM2023 is the fifth workshop in a series of workshops to discuss the challenges of the world wide experimental search for the electric dipole moment of the neutron. It is organized by Los Alamos National Laboratory, the University of
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NMC Makes Waves at Los Alamos Science Fest! The New Mexico Consortium (NMC) booth at the Los Alamos Science Fest‘s Discovery Day made waves by featuring both a wave machine and a sunspot viewer to get the public excited about science! Both of these devices were a huge hit with kids and families attending the
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The 7th Annual Summer Physics Camp for Young Women a Resounding Success! The 7th Summer Physics Camp for Young Women was successfully held in person again from June 5th to 16th at the New Mexico School for the Arts in Santa Fe, NM. This year’s camp was dedicated to the topic of Energy Security and was made possible thanks to the strong
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Dr. Elizabeth MacDonald Introduces Heliophysics Big Year at the Citizen Science Association’s C*Sci 2023 Conference Dr. Elizabeth MacDonald, a program scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and the P.I. of the Aurorasaurus project supported by the New Mexico Consortium, recently attended the Citizen Science Association’s C*Sci 2023 conference where she introduced Heliophysics Big Year (HBY).
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Mercury Bio Accelerates Biomedical Research with Support from Los Alamos National Laboratory NEWS PROVIDED BY Mercury Bio Inc. 15 Jun, 2023, 08:44 ET SANTA FE, N.M., June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Mercury Bio (www.mercurybio.com) was recently awarded technical maturation assistance through the Technology Readiness Initiative (TRGR) from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the Richard P. Feynman Center for
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The J. Robert Oppenheimer Scholarship, funded by the New Mexico Consortium, Awarded to Adeline Feng The J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee (JROMC) has announced the winners of the 2023 scholarship awards for Los Alamos and regional high school seniors. The JROMC is dedicated to preserving the legacy of Robert Oppenheimer, the first director of Los
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