1663 Los Alamos Science and Technology Magazine: Following the Flow (Spring 2024)
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Engineering topics
McDonald, Rebecca E.
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On display: Replica instruments used to discover electrons, neutrons and more
Believe it or not, the electron was discovered in 1897 using only a hand-blown glass tube, a vacuum pump and some electrodes. Historical instrument replicas now on display in the lobby of the J.R. Oppenheimer Center give visitors a chance to remember the elegance — and relative simplicity — of the instruments scientists built and used to make pivotal discoveries.
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Co-processing Part 3: LANL Studies Quicker Method to Identify Renewable Carbon Percentages in Fuel Blends [Success Story]
Upgrading bio-oils with petroleum feedstocks at existing refineries—known as “co-processing”—could offer a fast pathway for lowering the carbon footprint of today’s transportation fuels. With equipment and infrastructure already in place, more than 100 refineries across the country are equipped to integrate bio-oil into their processes. But just where might companies insert sustainable bio-oils into existing refinery systems like fluid catalytic crackers and hydrotreaters? If successful, just how much of that renewable or “green” carbon makes it into final fuel products? In this three-part blog series, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) offer insights into these pressing coprocessing questions—and others—amid the push to dramatically expand the production of climate-friendly fuels. Read part 1 and part 2.
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Global Disease Modeling & Forecasting Center [PowerPoint]
The Global Disease Modeling & Forecasting Center works in union with academia, industry, the US Government and global partners to develop, validate, and operationalize epidemiological models to combat infectious diseases. It's mission is to Apply multi-scale modeling and advanced data science to help the world detect, understand, forecast, prevent, and provide decision support in response to emerging and re-emerging disease outbreaks. The presentation explains LANL's role in more detail.
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