Caltech’s Distinguished Alumni Awards recognize Bette Korber Caltech’s annual Distinguished Alumni Awards recognize Los Alamos National Laboratory and New Mexico Consortium scientist Bette Korber. These awards acknowledge “a particular achievement of noteworthy value, a series of such achievements, or a career of noteworthy accomplishment.” Bette Korber, who received her PhD in Chemistry in 1988 from
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Aurorasaurus Presents at AGU! At the December 2022 American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting, Aurorasaurus scientists, citizen scientists, and students are out in force to present their research findings. Presentations for Monday December 12th include Persistent, Energetic Pulsating Aurora Observed During the LAMP Sounding Rocket Mission Launch Window by Allison Jaynes et al and Modeling CME
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Apply Now to the Dr. G. Robert Keepin Nonproliferation Science Summer Program Los Alamos National Laboratory will be hosting its annual Dr. G. Robert Keepin Nonproliferation Science Summer Program during the summer of 2023. The 8-week intensive schedule will consist of hands-on training, complete with seminars and tours as well as a research internship. This program
Read More... Aurora Science Events for All Ages Aurorasaurus is hosting various Aurora science events for all ages. What is Aurorasaurus? It is a worldwide citizen scientist project that has contributed research and discoveries to aurora science. Aurorasaurus is a community effort, only possible through the contributions of thousands of citizen scientists, scientific experts, team members and
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Dr. Anna Llobet Leads Annual Physics Camp To Empower Young Women Since 2016, Dr. Anna Llobet, a LANL scientist, has lead the annual Summer Physics Camp for Young Women with the help of many volunteers. This camp came to be when Llobet and a group of others were thinking of how to increase the number
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New Drug Delivery Technology Developed by Mercury Bio The New Mexico biotech company Mercury Bio, formerly Spartina Biotechnologies, has developed a new patent-pending technology that will facilitate the delivery of both RNA therapeutics, and small-molecule drugs, to diseased cells that have been targeted. Due to the use of RNA in COVID vaccines, scientists are doing
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33rd Annual Supercomputing Challenge Kickoff A Success! The 2022/23 Supercomputing Challenge Kickoff was held October 22-23, 2022 at New Mexico Tech in Socorro, NM. About 80 of the 169 registered participants were able to attend the 33rd Annual Kickoff in person. On Saturday, participating students attended the Keynote speech, various classes, and a pizza party
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Dr. Bette Korber Named Among Best Female Scientists In The World Dr. Bette Korber, a Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellow and New Mexico Consortium scientist, has been named one of the “Best Female Scientists in the World 2022 Ranking” by Research.com. Korber’s primary areas of study are Virology, Virus, Genetics, Immunology and Epitope. Her research
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Supercomputing Challenge Kickoff Takes Place October 22, 2022 Hoonify Technologies Inc. and the Supercomputing Challenge are hosting the 33rd annual Supercomputing Challenge Kickoff at New Mexico Tech in Socorro, NM on October 22nd. The Kickoff, which takes place at Room Workman 101 on Saturday, October 22nd at 6:30 PM, will begin with a keynote presentation about
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Pebble Labs Testing New Technology To Protect Crops and Livestock Pebble Labs Inc., a Los Alamos based company, is planning on testing their Directed Biotics technology this spring which could assist in eliminating the use of pesticides in farming. This technology uses molecular biology to create specific RNA molecules in crops and livestock that protect
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