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UNM-Los Alamos (UNM-LA), UNM School of Engineering and the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) recently celebrated the creation of a program in mechanical engineering to meet local workforce needs.  UNM-LA hosted an event Monday, June 7 to recognize...

Cyler Conrad, an adjunct assistant professor of Archaeology at The University of New Mexico, recently co-authored a chapter in a book called Galapagos Giant Tortoises. In this magnum opus, contributors from around the world examine the tortoise’s island...

Alexandre Frederick Mills, a graduate student in The University of New Mexico Physics and Astronomy, is among 52 students from across the nation selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR)...

When scientists need to study and simulate complex phenomena like forest fires, climate change, or viral infections, they turn to supercomputing to do what regular computers can’t. The University of New Mexico Center for Advanced Research Computing (UNM...

When radioactive materials are released into the environment after, for example, above-ground nuclear testing, they may be then accumulated in various organisms through breathing air, or via ingestion of water, sediments and plants. A group of...

Can you hold a successful international scientific conference amid a global pandemic? Yes! Establishing a new tradition of collaboration and research excellence, the Virtual SynCell2020 Symposium was held online in late-May with 715 registered virtual...

A wide range of University of New Mexico researchers from across main and north campuses are utilizing UNM Center for Advanced Research Computing resources to study COVID-19. Researchers from...

The UNM-Los Alamos Advisory Board and the UNM-Los Alamos Fundraising Committee will host “An Evening with Dr. Terry Wallace” on Wednesday, Aug. 15 at Fuller Lodge. Wallace is the current director of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and President of...

What if you could alter your hair to reflect any color in the spectrum?  What if you could use a flatiron to press a pattern into your new hair color?  Those are possibilities suggested by research from the University of New Mexico and...

A new $20 million Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) grant from the National Science Foundation will support key research into ways to make New Mexico an energy sufficient state. The research will focus on ways to improve ...