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News Releases Archive - 2000
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DECEMBER
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Los Alamos to close for the holidays
December 21 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory will be closed in observance of the holiday season beginning Friday, Dec. 22, at the close of business. The Laboratory will fully reopen on January 2, 2001
Yule track Santa's progress with Laboratory web site
December 20 - With a little help from Los Alamos National Laboratory's Nonproliferation and International Security Division, children of all ages can track Santa Claus' trek from the North Pole around the world on Christmas Eve.
The dark ages may have really been dimmer
December 17 - The beginning of the Dark Ages may have been literal, as well as figurative, as the result of a massive volcanic eruption in the 6th century, according to a volcanologist at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Los Alamos Volcanologist: apply lessons from meteorology
December 15 - Reducing the danger posed by volcanoes will require volcanologists to integrate data from throughout volcanology to build predictive simulations and models, according to Greg Valentine, a volcanologist at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory. By effectively integrating geological, geochemical, geophysical, and remote-sensing data through the use of geographic information systems, or GIS, volcanologists will be able to create easy-to-understand visualizations of volcanoes.
Geoanalysis Group will bring technology to Navajo schools
December 14 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory this week delivered computers and software to two Navajo Nation grade schools to aid in educating children about water issues vital to their future.
Independent audit confirms LANL compliance with Federal Clean Air Act in 1999
December 13 - An independent audit of radioactive air emissions from the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory confirmed that the Laboratory was in compliance with the federal Clean Air Act for radionuclides in 1999, and further stated that the Laboratory's compliance program "could be considered as a model for other DOE facilities."
Attack of the robot scientists
December 12 - Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory will bring the cold, hard, hand of science to bear in the classroom this week. Armed with a box of robot kits and a cumulative 100-plus years of professional experience, five Lab scientists will do a show-and-tell that should turn some heads Thursday among their third-grade audience at Jemez Valley Elementary School.
Independent auditor to present data on LANL air emissions
December 11 - Independent auditor John E. Till, of Risk Assessment Corp. of Neeses, S.C., will present data on an audit of Los Alamos National Laboratory's radioactive air emissions for 1999 during a public meeting and press conference Wednesday morning in Santa Fe, and during a Northern New Mexico Citizens' Advisory Board meeting in White Rock Wednesday evening.
Laboratory researchers achieve high temperature superconductor milestone
December 4 - Researchers in the Superconductivity Technology Center of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a new process for producing high-performance superconducting tape that operates at the temperature of liquid nitrogen. When scaled up to commercial production, the Los Alamos process will enable industry to manufacture long lengths of this tape -- at a rate of kilometers per day -- for myriad electric power applications.
Claudia Lewis awarded Fulbright grant for study in Spain
December 4 - Claudia J. Lewis, a technical staff member in the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory's Geology and Geochemistry group has been awarded a second Fulbright grant to continue her study of the structural geology and tectonics of a particular area of the Spanish Pyrenees. The study will be done in collaboration with colleagues at Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, Nev., and the Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain.
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NOVEMBER
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Laboratory hosts fire survivors presentation on moving from adversity to renewal Dec. 5
November 30 - The journey from adversity to renewal is the focus of the next meeting for Cerro Grande Fire survivors sponsored by the Ombuds Program Office at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Laboratory receives electric powered pickup trucks for its fleet
November 22 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory this week received the first 8 of 20 new electric-powered Ford Ranger EV pickup trucks that will go into its fleet.
Laboratory co-hosts afternoon of entrepreneurship
November 21 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory, in partnership with Office of Science and Technology of the New Mexico Economic Development Department and the Santa Fe Economic Development, Inc., will host a business seminar entitled "Cultivating Entrepreneurs: New Mexico's Cash Crop."
Susan Seestrom named new Physics Division director
November 21 - Susan Seestrom has been named director of the Physics Division at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory. Seestrom previously served as deputy group leader of the Neutron Science and Technology group and shared responsibilities as acting Physics Division Deputy Director with Edward Heighway.
Fusion in a pop can?
November 20 - Researchers at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory in Albuquerque, N.M., are investigating a way to create fusion energy in a cylinder roughly the size of a soda can.
Traveling exhibit to stay at Bradbury until Jan. 2
November 20 - The Chemical Heritage Foundation's traveling historical exhibit of "Chemistry is Electric" will be at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory Bradbury Science Museum until Jan. 2. The exhibit shows the history of electrochemistry, its industrial applications and its practical contributions to everyday life.
Laboratory calls for 2001 Technology Commercialization proposals
November 16 - For the fourth year in a row, the Technology Commercialization Office at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory is offering north-central New Mexico high-tech companies the opportunity to apply for awards to help further the development and commercialization of their best technologies. Up to $200,000 in funding is available.
Los Alamos' Thomas Terwilliger elected AAAS Fellow
November 6 - Thomas Terwilliger of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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OCTOBER
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Scientists find quiet place in subspace
October 30 - Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have taken another step forward in the quest for a quantum-based computer by demonstrating the existence of a physical state immune to certain types of information-corrupting "noise," which could otherwise disrupt computations based on quantum states. The research appears in a recent issue of the journal Science.
Los Alamos names science advisor for bio-threat and bioscience
October 27 - Scott Cram is the new science advisor for development of bioscience program opportunities at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory. In this role, Cram advises and supports both the Threat Reduction and Strategic and Supporting Research directorates.
Labs offer math contest for middle, high school students
October 26 - Budding mathematicians are invited to compete in the "Go Figure" math contest, to be held in Farmington and Los Alamos on Saturday, Nov. 4.
Laboratory receives award for work in high temperature superconducting wire technology
October 25 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has received a Collaboration Success Award for its efforts in advancing high temperature superconducting wire technology.
Superhenc to save millions in Colorado
October 25 - Los Alamos National Laboratory's SuperHENC waste characterization tool has been delivered to the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (Rocky Flats) near Denver, Colorado.
Tritium found in drinking-water-supply well
October 24 - Hydrologists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have detected traces of tritium in a well that supplies drinking water to the county of Los Alamos, confirming an earlier reported detection of the radioactive element this year by state regulators.
Halloween to be celebrated at Lab on Friday
October 24 - Halloween in Los Alamos should prove to be educational as well as fun when the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory Bradbury Science Museum presents its sixth annual High Tech Halloween from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 27.
Richard Kendall named as chief information officer for Los Alamos National Laboratory
October 23 - Richard Kendall has been named as the first chief information officer at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Distinguished Bell Labs scientist joining Los Alamos
October 18 - One of the leading researchers in solid state and materials physics will be joining the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory later this year. Art Ramirez, currently a distinguished technical staff member at Lucent Technologies' Bell Laboratories in New Jersey, will become the new group leader of Condensed Matter and Thermal Physics within the Laboratory's Materials Science and Technology Division.
Lab hosts FEMA update meeting Friday for personnel affected by Cerro Grande Fire
October 18 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory is conducting the eighth in a series of "brown bag" meetings on Friday, Oct. 20, for employees and others affected by the Cerro Grande Fire.
Los Alamos' Welfare-To-Work program to be featured nationally
October 17 - Los Alamos National Laboratory's highly successful job-training program for welfare recipients will be featured at a national Welfare-To-Work conference in Phoenix this week.
Laboratory hosts 'Outreach 2000' small business trade fair
October 12 - More than 90 businesses from throughout Northern New Mexico are participating in the "Outreach 2000," mini-trade fair Oct. 18 at Northern New Mexico Community College in Española.
Los Alamos shows path to 'nanocrystal quantum dot' lasers
October 11 - Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have demonstrated that nanoscale semiconductor particles called "nanocrystal quantum dots" offer the necessary performance for efficient emission of laser light. The research appears in the Oct. 13 issue of Science.
Los Alamos scientists participate in Salt Lake City air study
October 6 - Scientists from the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory are among those participating in a month-long study of vertical air movement in the Salt Lake City valley. The study is expected to lead to improved computer models for air quality and weather forecasting, which would be especially useful in cities prone to inversions that trap smog.
Los Alamos gamma ray burst work advances on satellite
October 6 - They burn as brightly as 100 million billion stars, flash randomly across the heavens, and were discovered more than 25 years ago here at the US Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory. Now, with tomorrow's launch of the High Energy Transient Explorer, gamma ray bursts (GRBs) will begin to reveal more of their secrets as the latest in detection equipment is lifted into orbit.
Los Alamos gains corporate partner for traffic simulation
October 4 - The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory is teaming with PricewaterhouseCoopers to take TRANSIMS, a remarkable traffic simulation software package developed at the Lab, and create products that can be deployed to metropolitan planning agencies nationwide.
Laboratory garners seven awards for pollution prevention
October 2 - Seven organizations and projects from the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have won New Mexico Green Zia Environmental Excellence awards for their efforts in pollution prevention.
Lab employee honored by State for his art
October 2 - The state of New Mexico recently recognized tinworking artist Martine Martinez, who works for the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory, for his work.
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SEPTEMBER
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Lab receives NIH grant to fight tuberculosis
September 26 - A six-nation consortium of 13 institutions led by the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory will perform research that someday may help eradicate tuberculosis under a recent multimillion dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health.
LANL scientist gets up close and personal with asteroid Eros
September 26 - A nuclear scientist at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory is part of a team using data from NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous-Shoemaker mission studying the asteroid Eros in search of clues to the formation of our solar system.
Laboratory scientist appointed Governor's science adviser
September 21 - A scientist at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has been appointed science adviser to New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson.
Laboratory and Project Recovery present a seminar on long-term recovery strategies for Cerro Grande survivors
September 21 - Los Alamos National Laboratory's Ombuds Program Office and Project Recovery, a non-profit community group funded by FEMA, will present a seminar Tuesday, Sept. 26, about what individuals and communities can expect as they recover from the Cerro Grande fire.
Laboratory, UNM/LA to hold Bioscience lecture series
September 20 - The Bioscience Division of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of New Mexico, Los Alamos, are offering a lecture series on bioscience research at Los Alamos and elsewhere.
Lab helps secure more than $170,000 for development projects
September 19 - Ninety Santa Fe teenagers this fall will learn "Smart Moves" to help them stay away from alcohol and drugs. At the same time, student teachers in Española, Chama and Mora will receive grants to learn the latest methods to teach science and math. And both these opportunities are part of a new program sponsored by the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Laboratory equipment being used by higher education institutions through new Laboratory education equipment gift program
September 12 - Higher education institutions in New Mexico and around the country have received more than 30 pieces of equipment from the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory under a program that began last spring.
New facility will ensure steady supply of medical isotopes
September 11 - To ensure that U.S. researchers have a steady supply of medical isotopes, the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory is building a new Isotope Production Facility to replace an existing facility. Construction of the $16.5 million IPF began in February, and the project should be completed in June 2002.
Laboratory reports latest stormwater results
September 11 - Officials at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory today reported a broad set of stormwater sampling results from summer storms. The results are from two independent laboratories that analyzed stormwater samples collected in June, July and August from runoff generated by storms on and around the Pajarito Plateau, much of which was burned in the Cerro Grande Fire.
Companies who want to conduct business with Laboratory focus of sessions next month in Pojoaque
September 1 - The Small Business Office of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory is offering a class in Pojoaque for businesses interested in working with the Laboratory.
Vietnam war memorial displayed in Los Alamos Sept. 6-10
September 1 - Los Alamos National Laboratory is providing support to a local effort to display "The Wall That Heals," a half-scale replica of the Vietnam War memorial in Washington, D.C., in Los Alamos from Sept. 6 - 10.
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AUGUST
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Scholarships awarded to undergraduate students
August 24 - Nineteen undergraduate student employees at Los Alamos Neutron Science Center have received more than $11,000 in scholarships.
Rej, Fox selected as leaders for SNS division
August 23 - Don Rej and Will Fox of the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have been selected as director and deputy director, respectively, for Los Alamos' Spallation Neutron Source Division.
"Structures of Life" traveling exhibit at Laboratory's Bradbury Science Museum through September
August 21 - "Structures of Life," a traveling exhibit about how instruments helped reveal the molecular structure of life is on display through September in the Bradbury Science Museum of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Laboratory's Greg Swift honored by Acoustical Society of America
August 14 - Physicist Greg Swift of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory will receive the Silver Medal in Physical Acoustics from the Acoustical Society of America.
Data indicate that Cerro Grande Fire did not add contaminants to downwind soils
August 11 - Analyses of soil samples taken from farms downwind of the Cerro Grande Fire indicate that no significant amounts of contaminants were deposited by smoke and ash onto surrounding areas.
Los Alamos Computer Science Institute Symposium planned Aug. 28 through 30
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Is Santa Fe becoming a major high-tech hang-out? That most-recent image of this beautiful, four-centuries-old southwestern town will be reinforced Aug. 28 through 30 as many of the nation's top computer scientists gather in the "City Different" for a Symposium to Explore the State of the Art in Advanced Computing.
Director selects newest Laboratory Fellows
August 7 - Los Alamos National Laboratory Director John Browne has selected four Los Alamos researchers as Laboratory Fellows, the Laboratory's highest scientific honor.
Mid-school Math and Science Academy launched
August 7 - Two Northern New Mexico teachers, backed by a distinguished group of educators and scientists, this week will begin blazing a trail to excellence in math and science education for their students.
Los Alamos spectrometers part of four-satellite Cluster II mission
August 4 - Imaging spectrometers developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory are among the science tools aboard the new, four-satellite Cluster II mission.
Students cap program completion with graduation
August 4 - Seven students graduated recently from the University of New Mexico, Los Alamos, with certificates or degrees in electromechanical technology, thanks to an educational outreach program jointly developed by the Department of Energy's Los Alamos Neutron Science Center Division and the university.
Laboratory researchers demonstrate new radiation tolerant materials; implications for waste storage are positive
August 3 - A continual issue in the handling of nuclear waste is long-term storage, because internal radiation can cause radioactive host materials to swell or crack, making the stored waste unstable and susceptible to leaching.
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JULY
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Los Alamos announces technology commercialization awards
July 31 - Eight Northern New Mexico businesses have received a portion of more than $200,000 from a program designed to facilitate the development and commercialization of promising new technologies.
Los Alamos selects new Public Affairs Office Director
July 31 - John R. Gustafson has been selected to head Los Alamos National Laboratory's Public Affairs Office.
Los Alamos unleashes GENIE on Cerro Grande destruction
July 25 - The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory is using a sophisticated image analysis technology to create high-resolution maps of the destruction caused by the Cerro Grande wildfire.
Los Alamos receives two R&D awards
July 24 - The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has received two of R&D Magazine's R&D 100 Awards, bringing the Laboratory's total to 65 awards over the past 12 years.
Perchlorate detected in water-supply well
July 20 - Hydrologists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have detected low-level concentrations of perchlorate in a well that supplies drinking water to the community of Los Alamos.
National user facility restarts research instruments
July 19 - The Manuel Lujan Jr. Neutron Scattering Center at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has restarted some of its spectrometers, a move that will allow users from universities, industry and other research institutions worldwide to resume important materials science and nuclear physics research.
Criticality accidents report issued
July 19 - Since 1945 there have been 60 criticality accidents world-wide with varying levels of severity, from the most recent, a September 1999 accident in Japan that resulted in the deaths of two workers, to the very first fatal accident during the WWII Manhattan Project.
Researchers develop tool to analyze 'Nature's Carriers'
July 17 - Researchers at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of New Mexico have developed an inexpensive, versatile system that characterizes the properties and behavior of colloids, tiny particles that play crucial roles in everything from drug delivery to mineral separation to transport of contaminants.
Laboratory scientist Stephen Becker to "Tour the solar system" July 19 at Bradbury Science Museum
July 14 - Astrophysicist Stephen Becker will tour the solar system in a talk and presentation next Wednesday, July 19 at the Bradbury Science Museum of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Laboratory ERT provides safety reminders
July 14 - The Emergency Rehabilitation Team at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory announced today a list of safety reminders and requirements for members of the Los Alamos community, as well as people visiting the area.
Los Alamos hosts international plutonium meeting in Santa Fe
July 8 - The science of plutonium and how current research in the field can enhance global nuclear security are among major topics for "Plutonium Futures-The Science," a conference that begins Sunday, July 9 at La Fonda in Santa Fe.
Laboratory offers insurance information for Cerro Grande survivors
July 7 - The Ombuds Program Office of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory will offer advice on insurance issues to people affected by the fire at a luncheon meeting on Thursday, July 13.
Medicine, biology take lesson from Los Alamos electronic physics archive
July 3 - Paul Ginsparg of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory, who started the world's first free-access electronic archive for physics research, will join leaders from the biomedical community at a conference in New York July 6-7 to discuss how free access to biomedical research on the Internet will change biomedical science.
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JUNE
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Los Alamos' Scott Baldridge receives award for SAGE program from Society of Exploration Geophysicists
June 21 - Scott Baldridge, co-director of the Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory, has received an award from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
Questions about air-quality during the Cerro Grande fire? Ask Laboratory experts face to face on Thursday
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Los Alamos Director testifies on security incident
June 21 - In testimony today before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Los Alamos National Laboratory Director John Browne described a number of additional actions he has taken in response to the recent security incident involving mishandling of two computer hard drives containing classified information.
Safety days are here again
June 19 - June is National Safety Month. To mark the occasion, the Los Alamos National Laboratory will present its annual Safety Days Community Event on June 22 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Metzger's True Value Hardware Store parking lot.
Second independent air-quality audit begins at Lab
June 19 - An independent team led by John E. Till of Radiological Assessments Corp. this week will begin its second scheduled audit to confirm that radioactive air emissions from the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory comply with the federal Clean Air Act.
Laboratory hosts meeting June 19 for personnel affected by Cerro Grande Fire
June 15 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory is conducting the second in a series of "brown bag" meetings to assist employees and others directly or indirectly affected by the Cerro Grande Fire on Monday, June 19.
MTI satellite begins scientific work, maps Cerro Grande Fire damage
June 14 - With its orbital checkout phase complete, the Multispectral Thermal Imager satellite, MTI, is inaugurating the scientific-data development stage of its three-year mission by starting to provide pictures of the fire-ravaged Los Alamos area, among other cooperative U.S. sites.
Statement from Los Alamos National Laboratory
June 14 - Several managers at Los Alamos National Laboratory were placed on leave with pay Monday.
Correction to news media accounts
June 14 - Media reports that managers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have been suspended in response to a delay in notification of the Laboratory's recent security incident are incorrect.
Portable planetarium, lecture series, star gazing part of Bradbury Science Museum's fourth Astronomy Days
June 13 - Bradbury Science Museum of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory is sponsoring several activities in June as part of its fourth Astronomy Days program.
Lab director orders actions in response to security incident
June 13 - Los Alamos National Laboratory Director John Browne is taking a wide range of actions in response to the two hard drives containing classified information missing from the Department of Energy laboratory.
Researchers find time in dusty polar ice
June 12 - Scientists at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory recently unveiled a direct radiometric dating method for determining the age of polar ice. Further development of the novel dating method could improve mankind's knowledge of glaciers and the terrestrial history of meteorites as well as improve the accuracy of paleoclimate records.
Security incident reported at Los Alamos National Laboratory
June 12 - Los Alamos National Laboratory Director John Browne today announced that a joint Department of Energy/Federal Bureau of Investigation inquiry has been underway into missing classified information at the Department of Energy laboratory.
New subcontractor chosen to manage waste
June 9 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has awarded a multi-year subcontract to Waste Management Federal Services Inc., to manage various wastes at Los Alamos.
Ancestor of HIV-1 pandemic strains first occurred about 1930, Los Alamos researchers say
June 9 - Researchers at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory estimate that the most recent common ancestor of the HIV-1 strains responsible for the AIDS pandemic occurred about 1930, nearly 30 years earlier than the oldest known HIV-1 positive blood sample.
Lab wins prestigious award for recycling program
June 8 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has won a White House award for its recycling program for junk mail and other recyclable paper products.
Laboratory hosts meeting Tuesday for personnel whose homes were lost, damaged in Cerro Grande Fire
June 2 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory is hosting a meeting on Tuesday, June 6, for employees, subcontract personnel and their families who either lost their homes and residences or suffered extensive damage to their residences in the Cerro Grande Fire.
Forty-one students receive college scholarships through Laboratory Employees' Scholarship Fund
June 2 - Forty-one high school seniors and college students from Northern New Mexico have been awarded college scholarships through the Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship Fund at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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MAY
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U.S. and Russian scientists develop process for making pure titanium medical implants
May 30 - Researchers at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and Ufa State Aviation Technical University in Russia have developed a process for making strong, lightweight and corrosion-resistant medical implant material from pure titanium.
Center for Nonlinear Studies holds 20th annual conference
May 30 - Los Alamos National Laboratory's Center for Nonlinear Studies will hold its 20th Annual International Conference on June 5-8 at the J. Robert Oppenheimer Study Center on the Laboratory campus.
Laboratory's Bradbury Science Museum reopens on Friday
May 25 - The Bradbury Science Museum of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory's in downtown Los Alamos reopens on Friday (May 26).
Los Alamos scientist honored by the American Geophysical Union
May 5 - Jack Gosling of the Space and Atmospheric Sciences Group at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory is the recipient of the American Geophysical Union's John Adam Fleming Medal for 2000.
Mercury investigation finds facility safe: Operations resume at Lujan Center
May 4 - After investigating worker concerns about possible mercury contamination, investigators have found that Los Alamos National Laboratory's Manuel Lujan Jr. Neutron Scattering Center is safe.
Dale Dauten to talk at Los Alamos about 'wild brains'
May 1 - Defining "wild brains" and discovering where they roam will be the subject of a Director's Colloquium Thursday at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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APRIL
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Los Alamos-developed heat pipes ease space flight
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Sandia Preparatory School team takes top prize at Los Alamos' Supercomputing Challenge
April 26 - A computer analysis of sorted cell data gave a computer team from Sandia Preparatory School in Albuquerque the top prize today in the 10th annual New Mexico High School Supercomputing Challenge at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory
Laboratory scientist Diane Albert named recipient of Governor's Outstanding Award for New Mexico Women
April 24 - Diane Albert of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has received a 2000 Governor's Award for Outstanding New Mexico Women.
High School Supercomputing Challenge Awards at Los Alamos on April 26
April 24 - More than 130 of New Mexico's youngest supercomputer programmers will gather at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory on Wednesday to claim scholarships, savings bonds and other prizes at the 10th annual New Mexico High School Supercomputing Challenge awards ceremony.
Los Alamos group receives national award for federal planning program excellence
April 21 - The Site Planning and Development Group at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has won the 2000 Federal Planning Division Award for Federal Planning Program Excellence.
Laboratory co-hosts 'Wildfire 2000: Los Alamos at risk' on April 26
April 21 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Interagency Wildfire Management Team will co-host a public meeting Wednesday, April 26 in Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, to provide an update on current fire conditions, cooperative efforts to mitigate the risk to the community and safety procedures should a wildfire threaten Los Alamos County.
Telomere research reveals intriguing paradox
April 20 - They shouldn't be there, deep inside our genetic material. Yet, they are, and as it turns out, it's a good thing.
Nelson Dong of Committee of 100 to speak April 25 at Laboratory
April 20 - "The History and Future of Asians in America" is the subject of a talk by Nelson Dong of the Chinese-American advocacy group "Committee of 100," on Tuesday, April 25 at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Laboratory announces more resources for workforce development
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Soft computing guru will discuss fuzzy logic and related issues
April 14 - The director of the Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing will deliver a Director's Colloquium at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory on Tuesday, April 18 at 2:30 pm in the Physics Auditorium. Dr. Lotfi A. Zadeh, known as the "Father of Fuzzy Logic" will speak on the role of natural languages in information processing, decision and control.
Southwest historian Melzer to talk about New Mexico spies in World War II Tuesday at Laboratory's Bradbury Science Museum
April 14 - Southwest historian Richard Melzer will talk about New Mexico spies during World War II at a talk Tuesday evening April 18) in the Bradbury Science Museum of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Los Alamos sponsors Internet workshop for entrepreneurs
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Potential water-saving solutions to be tested
April 13 - Beginning in mid-April, four companies will begin testing new technologies or processes that may help the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory save hundreds of millions of gallons of water used annually in cooling towers.
Settlement reached with Lab Public Affairs director
April 12 - Los Alamos National Laboratory announced today that former Public Affairs Director Sylvia J. Brucchi has resigned from the Laboratory, effective April 7, due to differences in style and direction between her and the Laboratory. Brucchi served as director of the Laboratory's Public Affairs Office from February 1998 until September 1999. Brucchi has been on leave since August.
Neutron science center cleanup operations suspended
April 12 - In order to address worker health concerns that arose this week, officials at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have suspended operations in two areas at the Laboratory's Manuel Lujan Jr. Neutron Scattering Center. Laboratory managers announced the "stop work" to employees at the Lujan Center today and Tuesday.
Biophysicist wins presidential early career award
April 11 - Xian Chen of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has received the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award from the National Science and Technology Council, a cabinet-level agency that coordinates federal research and development in science, technology and space.
National Science Foundation's Mihail Roco to speak about nanoscience and technology April 11 at Laboratory
April 6 - It has been called by some the next century's Industrial Revolution. Nanoscience, a revolution in scientific research and development, could lead to machines and computers as small as molecules and materials far stronger than anything that exists today.
Lab halts involvement in student housing project
April 6 - Los Alamos National Laboratory officials recently informed members of the Los Alamos County Council that the Laboratory would not participate further in a planned development for apartments proposed by Housing Solutions of Santa Fe.
Higher education institutions can receive excess equipment under new Laboratory program
April 5 - Higher education institutions around the country, including New Mexico's 22 colleges and universities, can receive excess research equipment from the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory under a new program.
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MARCH
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University institute at Los Alamos studies materials at the cutting edge
March 30 - In the policy world, think tanks are a dime a dozen. In the scientific world, "institutes" are equally common, focusing on solving problems in major disciplines such as physics or biology.
Second phase of vitrification demonstration for environmental remediation to take place
March 30 - On Tuesday, the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory will begin the second phase of a vitrification technology demonstration, which uses electrical energy to convert contaminated soil into an inert, environmentally benign glass-like block.
Los Alamos instrument flies aboard IMAGE satellite
March 28 - When a Boeing Delta II rocket blasted skyward Saturday, among the items in its satellite payload was a device about the size of an overnight bag. Dubbed MENA, for Medium Energy Neutral Atom imager, the 10-pound sensor developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory will work with similar devices aboard the IMAGE satellite to provide the first global images of the major plasma regions and boundaries of the Earth's magnetosphere. These sensors also will study the reactions of these charged particle areas to the solar wind.
U.N. biological warfare expert will discuss monitoring of Iraq
March 24 - The head of the biological warfare discipline for the United Nations Special Commission charged with monitoring Iraq's disarmament compliance will deliver a Director's Colloquium at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory on Tuesday, March 28.
Green chemistry initiatives bearing fruit
March 24 - Recent initiatives by a consortium managed by the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have helped increase education, awareness and funding in green chemistry research worldwide.
Laboratory appoints Research Park project leader
March 22 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has appointed Tony Beugelsdijk as its full-time project leader to coordinate the Laboratory's participation in the Los Alamos Research Park project.
Los Alamos scientists make seven bit quantum leap
March 22 - Scientists at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have made yet another experimental leap forward in the quest for a functional quantum computer capable of solving large mathematical problems or cracking secret codes faster than today's fastest supercomputers.
Research develop method for rapid fingerprinting of bacterial DNA
March 20 - Researchers at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a desktop-sized instrument that identifies the DNA fingerprints of bacteria, including biological threat agents.
Workers contaminated at Los Alamos plutonium facility
March 17 - Eight workers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory were exposed to plutonium-238 on Thursday while working at Technical Area 55, the Laboratory's plutonium facility. No plutonium was released to the environment as a result of the incident.
Los Alamos announces agreement to develop second-generation superconductor tapes
March 17 - The Los Alamos National Laboratory announced today, in cooperation with Argonne National Laboratory, the signing of a cooperative research and development agreement with Intermagnetics General Corporation of Latham, New York. The 3-year, $2.5 million agreement will focus on coating technologies developed for producing second-generation high-temperature superconducting tape.
Roads to close Saturday during security exercise
March 16 - Officials at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory on Saturday will close part of N.M. 501 while Laboratory security forces conduct a large-scale training exercise.
Researchers develop more practical dosimeter for emergency responders
March 15 - Firefighters, paramedics and other emergency responders soon may wear a more practical dosimeter developed by researchers from the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory that immediately determines if they are exposed to radiation.
Los Alamos' Research Library receives award from Library of Congress
March 14 - The Research Library at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has received the 1999 Information Center of the Year award from the Library of Congress' Federal Library and Information Center Committee.
Contract awarded for nonproliferation building
March 14 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has awarded a fixed-price contract to Austin, Texas-based Hensel Phelps Construction Co. to design and construct the Nonproliferation and International Security Center.
Laboratory to meet with leaders of Navajo Nation
March 14 - The Bioscience Division at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory is hosting a meeting March 15 with leaders of the Navajo Nation to discuss a range of health, economic and educational issues facing the reservation today.
Astronaut recounts Mir Space Station adventure March 14 at Los Alamos
March 6 - Three years ago, Jerry Linenger and other United States astronauts and Russian cosmonauts captured the attention of the nation and the world after a fire broke out aboard the Mir space station.
Garage-sized device saves millions on nuclear waste assay
March 6 - A Los Alamos National Laboratory device that measures radioactive wastes will save the U. S. Department of Energy and its subcontractors about $4 million a year when it is installed this month at DOE's Y-12 Plant at Oak Ridge, TN.
Los Alamos to offer small business technology subcontracts; conference set for March 7
March 3 - A Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory conference next week will help Northern New Mexico high-tech small businesses apply for technology maturation and commercialization subcontracts. The conference, sponsored by the Industrial Business Development's Technology Commercialization Office, is scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 7, at the Los Alamos Inn.
Laboratory detects perchlorate in shallow groundwater
March 2 - Hydrologists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have detected parts-per-billion concentrations of perchlorate in shallow groundwater on Laboratory property in Mortandad Canyon.
Los Alamos awards innovators and entrepreneurs
March 2 - Researchers at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory who received patents or copyrights in the last year were honored at the Laboratory's Patent and Licensing Awards Ceremony last night. The ceremony also honored employees whose inventions generated license royalties and those who exhibited outstanding entrepreneurship.
LANL women expand career horizons for NM students
March 1 - Sethanne Howard, a research astronomer formerly with Los Alamos National Laboratory and currently with the National Science Foundation, is the featured speaker for the 22nd annual Expanding Your Horizons conference on Monday, March 6 at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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New Los Alamos tests will aid beryllium workers
February 23 - A two-pronged research effort at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory will make it easier to identify people sensitive to beryllium metal and help prevent workers from developing chronic beryllium disease.
Bennie Gonzales named program manager of Laboratory's Small Business Office
February 23 - Bennie Gonzales is the new program manager of the Small Business Office of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Laboratory to host panel discussion on heart disease Feb. 24
February 22 - Heart disease prevention, risk factors and symptoms are some of the subjects that will be discussed during a panel discussion on Thursday, Feb. 24 in the Materials Science Laboratory Auditorium at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Olson to receive outstanding student paper award from AGU
February 22 - Alyssa Olson of Los Alamos National Laboratory's Geoanalysis Group has won an Outstanding Student Paper Award from the American Geophysical Union's Hydrology Section.
Spilled waste water did not contain high explosives
February 15 - Officials at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory recently reported to state and federal regulators that waste water unintentionally discharged from a holding tank onto the ground at Technical Area 9 was virtually free of contaminants.
Changes in Lab procurement should aid regional companies
February 9 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory is changing its procurement operations to increase opportunities for regional small businesses and to make the Laboratory a better customer for small businesses.
'The Puck of science' to discuss Ig Nobel Prize criteria
February 4 - The editor and co-founder of The Annals of Improbable Research will deliver a Director's Colloquium at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory on Tuesday, Feb. 8, in the Physics Auditorium.
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Morehouse College President Massey to speak Feb. 3 at Los Alamos National Laboratory
January 27 - "Diversity in American Science and Technology: Can We Afford It?" is the subject of a talk by Morehouse College President Walter Massey Feb. 3 at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Trewhella named head of Lab's Biosciences Division
January 27 - John Browne, director of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory, announced Wednesday that he has appointed Jill Trewhella to be the director of the recently formed Bioscience Division. Trewhella has been filling that role in an acting capacity since Oct. 1 when the Division was formed.
Researcher receives first-ever LANSCE Director's Award
January 26 - Gregory Smith of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos Neutron Science Center has received the first LANSCE Director's Award for Scientific Excellence.
Los Alamos implements new schedule
January 25 - Starting yesterday, the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory implemented a new "9/80" work schedule for its University of California employees. Employees on the new schedule work nine-hour days Monday through Thursday, eight-hour days on Friday, and have a day off every other Friday. The Laboratory established two 9/80 schedules, with alternate Fridays off, to ensure that all critical services and functions are available on Fridays.
Ramsey selected as deputy division director
January 24 - Beverly A. Ramsey has been selected as deputy director of Los Alamos National Laboratory's Facilities and Waste Operations Division. She joins the U.S. Department of Energy laboratory this month.
Lab announces new Community Relations director
January 24 - Joe Salgado, Los Alamos National Laboratory's deputy director for Business Administration and Outreach, announced Monday that Christina Armijo has been selected as the new director of the Laboratory's Community Relations Office.
Laboratory reports unintended potentially-contaminated water overflow
January 21 - Officials at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory today reported to state and federal regulators the unintended release of several hundred gallons of possible-high-explosives-contaminated, nonradioactive water at a Laboratory technical area.
Parking lot shuttle service begins
January 19 - Los Alamos National Laboratory officials have signed a contract with LA Bus system, a local nonprofit corporation, setting the stage for a parking shuttle pilot program to begin Monday.
Seven Laboratory researchers named APS Fellows
January 14 - Seven researchers at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have been named Fellows of the American Physical Society (APS). This year, Los Alamos had more researchers inducted as APS Fellows than any institution in the world. The new Los Alamos APS Fellows are Greg Canavan, Alan Glasser, Terrance Goldman, Richard Hughes, Michael E. Jones, Albert Migliori and Seppo Penttila.
DOE and Laboratory to hold January ER Project 'availability session'
January 14 - The U.S. Department of Energy and Los Alamos National Laboratory are announcing the next session in a series of Environmental Restoration Project information "availability sessions" for local governments, tribes, and the public.
Lab responds to NMED compliance order
January 6 - The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has received a compliance order from the New Mexico Environment Department that proposes a penalty of $845,990 for alleged violations of the New Mexico Hazardous Waste Act and New Mexico Hazardous Waste Management Regulations
Air monitor instantly detects beryllium, other elements
January 4 - Researchers at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a portable, ultrasensitive air particulate monitor that instantly and continuously identifies virtually all known constituent elements in the periodic table and their relative concentrations.
Laboratory hosting fourth annual meeting on neutron science
January 3 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos Neutron Science Center is holding its fourth annual LANSCE User Group Meeting Jan. 23 through 25 at the Courtyard by Marriott in Santa Fe.
Laboratory sees smooth transition to year 2000
January 1 - Personnel at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory reported that systems were normal after the arrival of the Year 2000.
