Anglo-American Defense subject of exhibit
The Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas, Nev., recently opened a historical exhibit, the 1958 Anglo-American Mutual Defense Agreement.
The exhibit commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 1958 bilateral nuclear agreement between United Kingdom (UK) and the United States. Amidst growing concerns over nuclear proliferation, the exhibit provides an opportunity to revisit the negotiations and world events that brought about the nuclear partnership that continues to this day.
The exhibition features a timeline of events, enhanced by numerous contemporary images. The pictures and artifacts tell the story of the diplomacy and collaboration between the U.S. and the UK, from World War II to the Cold War, and beyond.
The exhibition was organized by the Atomic Testing Museum and will be open to the public in the temporary exhibit hall of the Atomic Testing Museum at 755 East Flamingo Road, Las Vegas.
For information, see the National Atomic Testing Museum Website.
Stenehjem and Moses address local conference
Industrial Partnership Office Director Erik Stenehjem and Principal Associate Director for NIF and Photon Science Ed Moses were featured presenters at an Innovation & Entrepreneurship conference last week hosted by the City of Pleasanton and Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce.
An audience of some 60 community and business leaders heard an overview of the business climate in Pleasanton by representatives from the local city and business community, talks on the venture capital process and the challenges and opportunities facing local entrepreneurs in the current economy.
Stenehjem discussed the industrial partnering process at LLNL, and IPO personnel presented examples of Lab technologies ready for the marketplace; including the non-invasive pneumothorax detection technology, one-minute PCR (Portable Real-Time) instrument, several LLNL clean energy technologies, and a method for casting nanoscale porous metals.
Moses provided an overview of the National Ignition Facility project and the future potential of the Laser Inertial Fusion-Fission Energy (LIFE) program.
"Science on Saturday" in Tracy this week
The Lab will bring its popular lecture series "Science on Saturday" to Tracy for a second year. The first of two talks is scheduled for this Saturday, Nov. 8, and the second for next Saturday, Nov. 15.
Each of the free, one-hour presentations will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the Grand Theatre at 715 Central Ave. in Tracy. The series of lectures and demonstrations highlighting current research conducted at LLNL targets middle and high school students and teachers. Each lecture is developed through the collaboration of a Lab scientist and a science teacher to create a presentation in the form of a science lesson. The talks will discuss the following topics:
- Nov. 8 — "Protecting the Nation's Livestock: Corralling Foreign Diseases," by Pam Hullinger of LLNL and Erin McKay, teacher, Tracy High School. This talk will explain how scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Lab are working to develop tests and computer disease models to detect toxins and keep our national livestock safe from foreign diseases.
- Nov. 15 — "A Tale of a Comet's Tail: Clues to the Origin of our Solar System," by Hope Ishii of LLNL and Tom Shefler, teacher, Granada High School, Livermore. This lecture will look at how comets are formed, their role in the Earth's history and the clues we are finding about what happened over 4 billion years ago.
The talks are aligned with the California Science Standards and are sponsored by LLNL's Science Education Program. Seating is first-come, first-served.
