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Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Yahoo
Law enforcement seeking wanted woman with several active arrest warrants
MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) – Law enforcement is asking the community's help in finding a wanted woman. The woman, Jessica Katherine Hinde, 49, has several failures to appear, including physical harassment, domestic violence, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving under restraint and failure to display proof of insurance. Hinde was described as White, 5'2 tall, about 120 pounds, brown eyes and brown hair that is currently dyed purple, according to Crime Stoppers of Mesa County. Law enforcement said people should not try to contact or harbor her. Anyone who knows Hinde's whereabouts can submit a tip anonymously on the P3tips app, at or call 970-241-7867. Any information that leads to an arrest can result in a $1,000 reward. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Sydney Morning Herald
29-04-2025
- Science
- Sydney Morning Herald
How this Australian particle accelerator highlights a crisis facing AUKUS
In another room, physicists shoot nitrogen atoms into diamonds, creating the 'qubit' building blocks of future quantum computers. Global scientists have the accelerator booked out for months in advance. And the accelerator plays a crucial role in a more esoteric quest: the hunt for new elements. How to make a new element The accelerator room's a riot of coloured wires, chrome pipes, Ferrari red particle-boosting magnets and metal chambers where the sped-up ions smash into their target. Hinde built much of the custom equipment in this room himself. He's one of the scientists who have gathered at the brutalist beacon of the accelerator's building to celebrate a milestone recognition award from the prestigious Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. It's the third Australian facility to receive the honour, alongside the famous Parkes Dish and the Tidbinbilla Deep Space Tracking Station. Hinde was part of the international team that confirmed the addition of a new element to the periodic table: element 117, or tennessine. It was made by smashing together calcium-48 and berkelium-249. The intense process produced four atoms of tennessine which fell apart in milliseconds. Element 118, oganesson, has also been recognised after five atoms were painstakingly produced across multiple experiments. 'But how do you make element 119 and 120? Turns out we, the scientific community, don't actually know,' Hinde says. The method of smashing calcium-48 with a heavy element has reached its practical limit because, to create element 119, you'd need einsteinium; an element discovered in the debris of a hydrogen bomb test that's quick to decay and can only be manufactured in tiny quantities (nanograms, rather than grams). That's why Hinde and Cook are investigating other ways of cooking up novel elements. 'We've discovered a whole new region of fission and nuclei that behave in an unexpected way,' Hinde says. 'That's something we've been able to do with this accelerator, perhaps something we wouldn't have been able to do anywhere else in the world.' But why pursue new elements at all, if they flash into existence for less time than it takes to blink? Curiosity and new cancer treatments Part of the hunt for new elements is motivated by good old-fashioned competition. 'A lot of it, to be frank, is nationalism and national pride,' says chief executive of the facility, Dr Tom McGoram. 'For China and the United States, it's that strategic arm wrestling and posturing. Not so much here. We do it because we're fascinated by the physics of it.' Loading There are no practical uses for the new elements. 'But there's no more stringent test of our ability to understand complex quantum systems than superheated nuclei,' says McGoram. 'And really, that's the same story that's always led us to applications – let's think of the hardest thing we can think of to do and have a crack at it.' McGoram nominates lutetium-177 as an example of this; fundamental nuclear physicists examining the nuclei of this rare earth element discovered they could attach it to a molecule that concentrates in the prostate. That's morphed into a groundbreaking, targeted new treatment for metastatic prostate cancer that significantly boosts survival rates. They didn't set out to create a new drug; the physicists just wanted to better understand the underlying science of atoms. 'It's research like that into the quantum structure of radio nuclei that leads to new therapies for treating cancer,' McGoram says. 'It's pretty cool.' The key AUKUS warning This is also one of the few places in the world where science students are tasked with controlling an entire particle accelerator. It's as practical as an apprenticeship, McGoram says. Many students, though, are hired by labs in the US or elsewhere overseas. That's something Australia needs to quickly reverse. We'll need nuclear engineers and physicists to safely house and run the AUKUS submarines slated to arrive in the late 2030s; at least 200 nuclear experts and 4300 people trained in nuclear engineering, according to one analysis. But there aren't enough tenured nuclear physicists to provide the high-level training needed to fully embrace domestic nuclear opportunities in defence, space, medicine and agriculture. There are so few in Australia I've just met half of them in the facility's lobby. 'We're down to single-digit tenured nuclear scientists in Australia. By the OECD average we should have 40 or 50,' McGoram says. The Australian Academy of Science calls it a nuclear skills crisis. The lack of senior academic talent is partly a consequence of cuts to nuclear science in the 1980s, the scientists tell me. That serves as a warning of how future prosperity suffers from underfunded science; knock-on effects echo through the decades. As Rick Spinrad, former head of the US's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, warned this week about the Trump administration's massive funding freezes to research: 'This is not like tariffs. You can't just turn a science switch off and then turn it back on again.'
The Age
29-04-2025
- Science
- The Age
How this Australian particle accelerator highlights a crisis facing AUKUS
In another room, physicists shoot nitrogen atoms into diamonds, creating the 'qubit' building blocks of future quantum computers. Global scientists have the accelerator booked out for months in advance. And the accelerator plays a crucial role in a more esoteric quest: the hunt for new elements. How to make a new element The accelerator room's a riot of coloured wires, chrome pipes, Ferrari red particle-boosting magnets and metal chambers where the sped-up ions smash into their target. Hinde built much of the custom equipment in this room himself. He's one of the scientists who have gathered at the brutalist beacon of the accelerator's building to celebrate a milestone recognition award from the prestigious Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. It's the third Australian facility to receive the honour, alongside the famous Parkes Dish and the Tidbinbilla Deep Space Tracking Station. Hinde was part of the international team that confirmed the addition of a new element to the periodic table: element 117, or tennessine. It was made by smashing together calcium-48 and berkelium-249. The intense process produced four atoms of tennessine which fell apart in milliseconds. Element 118, oganesson, has also been recognised after five atoms were painstakingly produced across multiple experiments. 'But how do you make element 119 and 120? Turns out we, the scientific community, don't actually know,' Hinde says. The method of smashing calcium-48 with a heavy element has reached its practical limit because, to create element 119, you'd need einsteinium; an element discovered in the debris of a hydrogen bomb test that's quick to decay and can only be manufactured in tiny quantities (nanograms, rather than grams). That's why Hinde and Cook are investigating other ways of cooking up novel elements. 'We've discovered a whole new region of fission and nuclei that behave in an unexpected way,' Hinde says. 'That's something we've been able to do with this accelerator, perhaps something we wouldn't have been able to do anywhere else in the world.' But why pursue new elements at all, if they flash into existence for less time than it takes to blink? Curiosity and new cancer treatments Part of the hunt for new elements is motivated by good old-fashioned competition. 'A lot of it, to be frank, is nationalism and national pride,' says chief executive of the facility, Dr Tom McGoram. 'For China and the United States, it's that strategic arm wrestling and posturing. Not so much here. We do it because we're fascinated by the physics of it.' Loading There are no practical uses for the new elements. 'But there's no more stringent test of our ability to understand complex quantum systems than superheated nuclei,' says McGoram. 'And really, that's the same story that's always led us to applications – let's think of the hardest thing we can think of to do and have a crack at it.' McGoram nominates lutetium-177 as an example of this; fundamental nuclear physicists examining the nuclei of this rare earth element discovered they could attach it to a molecule that concentrates in the prostate. That's morphed into a groundbreaking, targeted new treatment for metastatic prostate cancer that significantly boosts survival rates. They didn't set out to create a new drug; the physicists just wanted to better understand the underlying science of atoms. 'It's research like that into the quantum structure of radio nuclei that leads to new therapies for treating cancer,' McGoram says. 'It's pretty cool.' The key AUKUS warning This is also one of the few places in the world where science students are tasked with controlling an entire particle accelerator. It's as practical as an apprenticeship, McGoram says. Many students, though, are hired by labs in the US or elsewhere overseas. That's something Australia needs to quickly reverse. We'll need nuclear engineers and physicists to safely house and run the AUKUS submarines slated to arrive in the late 2030s; at least 200 nuclear experts and 4300 people trained in nuclear engineering, according to one analysis. But there aren't enough tenured nuclear physicists to provide the high-level training needed to fully embrace domestic nuclear opportunities in defence, space, medicine and agriculture. There are so few in Australia I've just met half of them in the facility's lobby. 'We're down to single-digit tenured nuclear scientists in Australia. By the OECD average we should have 40 or 50,' McGoram says. The Australian Academy of Science calls it a nuclear skills crisis. The lack of senior academic talent is partly a consequence of cuts to nuclear science in the 1980s, the scientists tell me. That serves as a warning of how future prosperity suffers from underfunded science; knock-on effects echo through the decades. As Rick Spinrad, former head of the US's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, warned this week about the Trump administration's massive funding freezes to research: 'This is not like tariffs. You can't just turn a science switch off and then turn it back on again.'
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
NM Legislative Recap March 6: Young people call out lawmakers' inaction on climate
Chamisa Elementary School sixth graders in the Global Warming Express afterschool climate program leave the Roundhouse after participating in Climate Crisis Day Thursday, March 6, 2025. Students created artwork of things in nature that inspire them. (Danielle Prokop / Source NM) Ily Hinde, 11, wants adults to step up on climate change. 'I really care about this,' Hinde told Source NM outside the Roundhouse. 'The adults aren't doing enough now; they're going to leave it to us to solve.' Hinde, a sixth grader at Chamisa Elementary School in White Rock, joined other kids in the Global Warming Express afterschool program displaying nature-themed artwork as part of the push Thursday to impress upon lawmakers the severity of the climate crisis. 'I joined so that I can change global warming before it becomes a bigger problem,' Hinde said. The trip was nearly canceled, said Susan Hettinga, the teacher and sponsor for the program, due to the high winds racing across the state. In the Rotunda, before an assembled crowd dressed in black, lawmakers and speakers pointed to the blustery weather stoking fire conditions and the low snowpack as indelible marks of climate change. 'It's really an overall crisis, we're dealing with so many issues on multiple fronts. But I can tell you the work that you do making calls, sending emails, holding us accountable helps,' said Sen. Harold Pope (D-Albuquerque). 'It pushes folks who aren't there – but for someone like me, it lets me know that you have my back.' Camilla Feibelman, the director of the Sierra Club Rio Grande chapter, said the black attire represented the level of concern for the impacts of fires and floods already hitting New Mexico. 'Usually we come in green,' she said. 'But we came today to try to communicate that the stakes of inaction are just profound — that's what we tried to communicate: that inaction leads to the impacts that we're already seeing.' But while some bills continue to progress, the tabling of Senate Bill 4, which would have enshrined state emission reduction goals into law was a serious blow, Feibelman said, saying lawmakers were 'being scared by industry.' SB4, also known as the Clear Horizons Act, set goals to reduce greenhouse gas emission levels by 45% in 2030, 75% in 2040 and 100% in 2050 of the emission levels in 2005, spelling out in law the executive order Gov. Michelle Lujan issued in 2019. 'In many ways now, this session is about doing as much as we can, without regulating the oil and gas industry driving the climate crisis,' she said. Senate Pro Tem Mimi Stewart (D-Albquerque), SB4's sponsor, met with a group including members from climate and Indigenous nonprofits in the halls outside of the Senate Gallery. Stewart thanked them for their advocacy and warned that there was little chance for the bill this session, adding she'll work on it in the interim committees. 'I'm just as anxious as you. I'm waking up at 1 a.m., thinking about this,' she said. Once a session, lawmakers put it all on the court in the Senate versus the House basketball game. But Thursday's charity game — Hoops 4 Hope — was canceled due to the windy conditions. The Santa Fe Indian School where the game would have been played was closed, along with other public schools in Santa Fe, Senate Majority Floor Leader Peter Wirth (D-Santa Fe) said on the Senate floor. A media release from UNM Hospital said there's no plans to reschedule. 'The challenge when we're doing basketball right at the end of the session is that we're all workin' hard down here,' Wirth said. So far, the Senate has passed 72 bills, and the House has passed 36. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed four into law. Apart from the four bills signed, 1,306 bills are still working their way through the Legislature. See where they stand with Source New Mexico's bill tracker. The final day of the 60-day legislative session is March 22. At press time on Thursday, the House of Representatives was debating House Bill 84, which would allow workers to leave a 'captive audience' meeting hosted by their employer, and sue if their boss retaliates against them for doing so. The House unanimously passed House Bill 140, which changes how substances meet the definition of 'hazardous waste.' After the vote, New Mexico Environment Department Secretary James Kenney said he'd been 'camped out' in the House minority office. 'I think we got them to a place where we could give them assurances that what we were trying to do is narrow, that it's risk-based and would actually solve the problem,' he said. The Senate voted 26-14 on Senate Bill 9, which would tie penalties for violations of the state Pipeline Safety Act to federal law. The Senate voted unanimously in favor of Senate Bill 100, which would raise the Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority's debt limit from $80 million to $120 million. The Senate voted unanimously in favor of Senate Bill 70, which would add 11 new crimes to the definition of racketeering, so that state prosecutors can break up organizations engaged in those crimes. Senators amended the bill to include cockfighting. The Senate voted 26-14 in favor of Senate Bill 83, which would create a new Innovation in State Government Fund to help state agencies achieve net-zero emissions, implement sustainable economic policies, help other entities secure funding to address climate change or implement climate change policy. The Senate, without debate, voted unanimously in favor of Senate Bill 126, which would raise the Rural Universal Service Fund from $30 million to $40 million, and devote a portion of the money to broadband infrastructure. The Senate Conservation Committee passed House Bill 41, which would set aside $6.25 million to match federal drinking water infrastructure funding; $2 million for local government planning and $5 million for cultural affairs facilities; House Bill 111, which would require first responders in an emergency to make a reasonable effort to find a missing service animal; House Bill 128, which would create the Local Solar Access Fund; House Bill 206, which would authorize the New Mexico Finance Authority to make loans or grants to 62 water infrastructure projects; and House Bill 291, which would lay the foundation for dealing with hard-to-handle waste products. The Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee passed Senate Bill 39, which would prohibit step therapy for prescriptions for rare diseases; Senate Bill 205, which would create the Office of Housing Planning and Production; Senate Bill 250, which would prohibit state and local police from arresting or detaining someone based on a violation of a federal immigration law or helping federal police do so; Senate Bill 270, which would set aside $500 million to support federally qualified health centers; Senate Bill 288, which would set aside $2.5 million to increase reimbursements to Aging Network providers; a substitute version of Senate Bill 305, which would create the Quality Foster Parent Recruitment and Retention Task Force; Senate Bill 338, which would set aside $5 million to support recruitment and retention of health care providers in rural or underserved areas. The Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee also passed Senate Bill 346, which would set aside $14 million for local infrastructure projects and education programs; Senate Bill 365, which would set aside $100,000 to the New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women; Senate Bill 366, which would set aside $200,000 to the UNM School of Law's Corinne Wolfe Center for Child and Family Justice; Senate Bill 395, which would set aside $100,000 for the Special Olympics; Senate Bill 427, which would set aside $60 million to create new physician residency programs; and Senate Bill 436, which would set aside $100 million for the Department of Workforce Solutions' operations. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed Senate Bill 53, which would add prescribing psychologists with at least four years of independent experience prescribing psychotropic drugs to the definition of 'independently licensed prescribing clinician'; and a substitute version of Senate Bill 219, which would create the Medical Psilocybin Advisory Board, allowing for limited use of natural psilocybin. The Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee passed House Bill 47, which would enable the property tax exemptions for veterans approved by voters in the 2024 election. The Senate Finance Committee passed House Bill 69, which would establish how colleges and universities can calculate how an adjunct professor's work translates into public service loan forgiveness. The Finance Committee also passed Senate Bill 155, which seeks to clarify that embezzlement involving different victims remains distinct offenses and can be prosecuted separately. Other bills the committee sent along were Senate Bill 252, which ensures telehealth providers are subject to the same licensing requirements as in-person providers; Senate Bill 290, which makes the New Mexico Military Institute eligible for school capital outlay funding; and Senate Bill 480, which requires the state education department to collect better data on who isn't graduating from high school on time. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
