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News Releases Archive - 2001
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DECEMBER
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Waste project finishes dramatically under buduget and far ahead of schedule
December 21 - Two years ahead of schedule and $13 million under budget, the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory this week completed a project that allows Laboratory waste handlers to fully inspect all waste containers located at the Laboratory's transuranic waste storage area.
Santa's sleigh under surveillance
December 21 - With a little help from the Nonproliferation and International Security (NIS) Division, children of all ages can track Santa Claus' trek from the North Pole to points around the world on Christmas Eve.
Security realignment to occur over winter break
December 20 - Employees returning to work at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory on Jan. 2, following the annual winter break, will encounter new security controls on vehicular traffic in and around Technical Area 3.
Los Alamos led project continues to recover radioactive sources
December 20 - A project of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory to remove excess and unwanted sealed radioactive sources from the public and private sector recently assisted the New Mexico Highway Transportation Department in safely removing a potential hazard. Members of the Off-Site Recovery Project recovered from the state agency's Santa Fe facilities an americium-beryllium well logging unit that had once been used for geo-technical investigations. The Off-Site Recovery Project Team works out of the Environmental Division at Los Alamos.
Deep space flight ends, but exploration continues
December 18 - NASAs Deep Space 1 carrying PEPE, or plasma experiment for planetary exploration, an instrument designed and built at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory, will be put to rest today after a successful event-filled mission in space.
Laboratory web page helps local child-care providers
December 12 - Two free services currently are being offered by the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory for child-care providers and coordinators of youth activities.
Laboratory issues contracts to Northern New Mexico businesses
December 10 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory recently awarded two contracts to Northern New Mexico businesses for work as part of the Lab's Cerro Grande Rehabilitation Project.
LSND strengthens evidence for neutrino oscillations
December 4 - A collaboration of university scientists and researchers working at Los Alamos National Laboratory has published the final paper from the Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector (LSND) experiment. The results, based on six years of data collection, strengthen previously published, but controversial LSND results and provide further evidence of neutrino oscillation and mass.
Los Alamos instruments capturing the sun
December 4 - NASA's Genesis mission swings into full gear today as its instruments, three of which were designed and built by the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory, begin capturing particles from the sun.
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NOVEMBER
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Northern New Mexico small businesses can be certified for HUB zone eligibility through Laboratory
November 27 - Small businesses in Northern New Mexico interested in becoming certified as a Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) are encouraged to contact the Small Business Program Office at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Los Alamos selects vendor for Integrated Business Management System
November 27 - The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has selected Oracle Corp. of Redwood Shores, Calif., to supply software that will help integrate, unify, modernize and streamline Los Alamos' administrative operations. The contract is worth nearly $4 million over four years.
Los Alamos measures carbon in soils
November 20 - Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have developed a small, portable instrument that uses a laser to analyze the amount of carbon in soils, which can give scientists a better understanding of terrestrial processes that could accelerate or retard global warming.
Laboratory purchases in Northern New Mexico top $357 million
November 5 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory purchased more than $357 million in goods and services from businesses in Northern New Mexico during the just ended fiscal year
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OCTOBER
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Lab scientist appointed to Presidential Board
October 31 - Antonio "Tony" Andrade, a 20-year employee of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory, has been selected by President George W. Bush to be a member of the President's Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Safety.
Carlsbad Operations is contributing toward potential savings of $4 to $6 billion dollars in the Department of Energy's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant mission. The cost reductions are projected in DOE's National Transuranic Waste Systems Optimization planning
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Mars within Los Alamos' Neutron Spectrometer's reach
October 19 - A neutron spectrometer designed and built at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory is closing in on Mars aboard NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey.
Laboratory receives seven Green Zia Awards for environmental excellence
October 19 - Seven organizations and projects at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory received Green Zia awards from the New Mexico Green Zia Environmental Excellence Program for their efforts in pollution prevention.
Symposium features Nobel Prize winners
October 17 - Condensed matter physics, superconductivity and high magnetic fields will be the subject matter of a symposium Friday, Oct. 19, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., at the Santa Fe Hilton. The symposium is in honor of Nobel laureate J. Robert Schrieffer, chief scientist at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida.
Laboratory awards contracts to two Española businesses
October 15 - Two interim contracts totaling $1 million to Cook's Home Center and Hacienda Home Center in Española were recently awarded by the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory
Bethe, Agnew awarded Los Alamos Medal
October 11 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory today announced the selection of two preeminent scientists for its first-ever Los Alamos Medal, deemed "the highest honor the Laboratory can bestow on an individual or small group" by Laboratory Director John Browne. Nobel Laureate Hans Bethe and former Laboratory Director Harold Agnew are the first recipients of the medal.
Pueblos, governors, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara, Cochiti, Jemez, task order agreements, Cerro Grande Rehabilitation Project, Community outreach
October 11 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory this week signed four task order agreements with area pueblos to support the Laboratory's Cerro Grande Rehabilitation Project. The Laboratory finalized negotiations leading to the award of task order agreements with San Ildefonso, Santa Clara, Cochiti and Jemez pueblos.
Scientists make key finding underlying genetic stability
October 4 - Biologists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have discovered new insights into how two common proteins found in mammalian cells can cause chromosomes to fuse together —mutations that can destroy cells or give rise to cancer.
Los Alamos selects new biological threat reduction program manager
October 4 - Gary Resnick has been named manager of the Biological Threat Reduction Program at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory. Los Alamos'program in Biological Threat Reduction aims to reduce the possible threat of biological agents from terrorist groups or third world countries.
Laboratory reaches settlement in tissue analysis case
October 3 - The plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit that involved a long-term tissue analysis program at Los Alamos National Laboratory have reached a settlement agreement with the University of California, which manages the Laboratory for the Department of Energy. The study, which used tissues from autopsies conducted primarily at Los Alamos Medical Center, began in 1959 and ended in 1980.
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SEPTEMBER
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Laboratory's Atlas machine begins experimental work
September 27 - Scientists at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory performed the first liner implosion shot on the Atlas pulsed power facility recently. This successful experiment demonstrated that the Atlas facility is ready to support the Laboratory's research work relating to the certification of the nuclear weapons stockpile.
Laboratory Small Business Office conducts two workshops in Pojoaque on Price Anderson Amendment Act requirements
September 20 - The Small Business Office at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory is conducting two free workshops Sept. 25 and 26 on the federal Price Anderson Amendment Act and how it affects small businesses that do business with Los Alamos.
New senior managers announced
September 18 - John Browne, director of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory, today announced the new composition of his senior executive team, the next step in an effort he initiated earlier this summer to re-align the Laboratory's nuclear weapons program.
Public lecture series gives residents a chance to peer into ongoing Lab research
September 18 - Scientists and engineers at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory will report on recent advances in their science research at the Frontiers in Science Public Lecture Series that begins next week. The series is intended to inform the general public, in a clear and straightforward manner, about the diversity of research conducted at the Laboratory.
Scientists protect quantum information in a noiseless subsystem
September 14 - Theorists at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory, in collaboration with an experimental team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have realized a general and efficient method for protecting quantum information against noise. The demonstration paves the way for the development of novel means for storing delicate quantum information and should, in turn, further the evolution of quantum computers. Quantum computers promise greatly increased computational speeds useful for performing critical mathematical tasks, such as database searching and number factoring, and for simulating complex quantum systems.
New burners for wilderness fuel mitigation efforts
September 13 - The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory next week plans to begin employing special equipment to safely burn thousands of tons of wood without producing large amounts of smoke and particulate matter.
New Laboratory facility to support Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
September 10 - A new research program for the Department of Energy's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant will apply advanced laboratory capabilities to studies of the chemistry of materials important for geologic repositories and will strengthen the field of repository science.
Pioneer race car driver Denise McCluggage to speak about safe driving Tuesday at Laboratory
September 7 - Pioneer race car driver, sports writer and travel photographer Denise McCluggage will talk about "Driving Distractions and How to Avoid Them" at a safety colloquium at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11 at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory."> Acid Canyon cleanup done in a vacuum
September 4 - Personnel with the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory are using a giant vacuum to clean up contaminated sediments from the south fork of Acid Canyon, where treated and untreated radioactive liquid waste was discharged during the early days of Laboratory operations.
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AUGUST
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Lab develops colorful beryllium detection technology
August 30 - Detecting beryllium on contaminated surfaces may become as simple as testing the acidity of a swimming pool, thanks to scientists at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Los Alamos researchers ask, Why dip when you can spin?
August 29 - Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory are taking a new thin-film deposition method for a spin.
Los Alamos researcher presents bright idea
August 27 - Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory are exploring methods for creating more electrically efficient organic light-emitting diodes -- technology that could be used to create energy-efficient panels of light for use in buildings or homes.
Lab directs millions to small businesses
August 27 - Procurements by the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have generated awards to small businesses exceeding $1 billion over the past five years.
Los Alamos selects director for Earth and Environmental Sciences
August 21 - Associate Laboratory Director for Strategic and Supporting Research Tom Meyer has announced the appointment of Paul G. Weber as division director of the Earth and Environmental Sciences Division at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory, effective Aug. 27.
Director announces newest Laboratory Fellows
August 13 - Los Alamos National Laboratory Director John Browne has selected six Los Alamos staff members as Laboratory Fellows, the Laboratory's highest scientific honor.
Los Alamos announces selection of chief financial officer
August 10 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory today announced that Dr. Thomas Palmieri has been selected as the Laboratory's chief financial officer and director of the Business Operations Division.
Regional teachers LASSO the stars
August 7 - Nearly two dozen teachers will blast off the new school year this fall using a curriculum they developed with the help of space scientists from the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Laboratory Small Business Office hosts conference on Federal GSA purchasing guidelines
August 3 - The Small Business Office at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory is co-sponsoring a conference Aug. 8 for businesses interested in becoming certified under federal General Services Administration purchasing guidelines"> Laboratory sponsors Navajo Code Talkers Day Tuesday
August 3 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory is sponsoring Navajo Code Talkers Day Tuesday, Aug. 7 at Fuller Lodge in downtown Los Alamos."> Los Alamos picks Beason for Threat Reduction Science and Technology lead role
August 1 - J. Douglas Beason, a physicist and Fellow of the American Physical Society, is the new program director for Threat Reduction Science and Technology at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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JULY
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Laboratory Small Business Office partners in formation of HUB Zones Program for Northern New Mexico
July 30 - Small businesses in Northern New Mexico will soon have additional opportunities to provide goods and services to the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and other federal agencies through the Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Zones program.
Los Alamos instruments to capture the sun
July 23 - Three instruments designed and built by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory will help scientists understand the origin of the solar system.
Los Alamos researcher receives accelerator technology award
July 19 - Los Alamos researcher Lloyd Young has been awarded the 2001 Particle Accelerator Science and Technology Award. Young accepted the award at the recent Particle Accelerator Conference in Chicago, sponsored by the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society.
LANSCE providing beam to users
July 19 - After a successful, scheduled outage for routine maintenance and facility improvements that began Dec. 23, 2000, the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory is up and running.
Newsday writer and award-winning book author to speak on global health
July 19 - Laurie Garrett, staff science writer for Newsday and author of two popular books on global health, will address "Global Health at a Turning Point" on Monday at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory. The public is invited to attend the presentation, which is scheduled at 1:10 p.m. in the Administration Building Auditorium at Technical Area 3.
Laboratory captures three R&D 100 Awards
July 12 - Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have captured three of R&D Magazine's 2001 R&D 100 Awards. These latest winners bring the Laboratory's total to 68 awards over the past 13 years. The projects recognized this year span a diverse range of scientific and technical areas -- from innovative manufacturing techniques and personal safety to revolutionary quantum physics.
Researchers find human's earliest ancestor yet
July 11 - An international team of researchers has announced the discovery of fossil bones and teeth belonging to the earliest human ancestors yet discovered -- a hominid who lived in what is now Ethiopia between 5.2 and 5.8 million years ago. Hominid refers to the family of primates that includes all species on the "human" side of the evolutionary tree after the split from chimpanzees.
'White Rock Y' parking area open again
July 9 - The 'White Rock Y' parking area -- which closed in March to allow researchers to construct a water-monitoring station -- is open again.
National Institutes of Health official to visit Laboratory
July 9 - The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory will host a presentation by Ms. Jo Anne Goodnight from the Office of Extramural Research at the National Insitutes of Health on Thursday from 9 - 11:30 a.m. in the Pecos Room of the Industrial Business Development Program Office at 2237 Trinity Drive in Los Alamos.
Jemez Mountains Month at the Bradbury Science Museum
July 5 - The Bradbury Science Museum of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory is sponsoring several activities July 10 to July 28 as part of its Jemez Mountains Month.
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JUNE
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Bradbury Science Museum takes its visitors to outer space
June 14 - The Bradbury Science Museum of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory is sponsoring several activities June 18 to June 29 as part of its fifth annual Astronomy Days program.
Laboratory hosts supercomputing conference
June 13 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars are hosting a major conference this week to explore the future of computing and its impact on society.
Calling all students
June 5 - Undergraduates, graduate students and post-doctorals will have an opportunity to showcase their research at Symposium 2001, Championing Scientific Careers on Aug. 5 and 6 at Santa Fe Community College.
High-temperature superconducting tape licensed
June 4 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has licensed patents and applications related to its technology for manufacturing high-temperature superconducting (HTS) tape to IGC-SuperPower of Latham, N.Y., a wholly owned subsidiary of Intermagnetics General Corp.
XMM-Newton discovers X-ray nova and unique, pulsating white dwarf in the Andromeda Galaxy
June 4 - In its first look at the Andromeda Galaxy, known as M31, the X-ray Multi-Mirror satellite observatory has revealed several unusual X-ray sources. In examining new satellite data, an international team of scientists, including researchers at the United States Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory, discovered an unusually bright spot created by an enormous X-ray nova outburst. Another mysterious object has been found as well: one of the "coolest" sources of the central region appears to be a luminous white dwarf with an extremely soft energy spectrum and the shortest X-ray pulsation period seen to date.
Laboratory Research Library receives Quality Award
June 4 - In the wake of being named the Federal Library of the Year in 1999 by the Federal Library and Information Center Committee, the Research Library of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory recently received a second award -- the prestigious New Mexico Roadrunner Quality Award from the board of directors of Quality New Mexico.
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MAY
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LANL director announces organizational changes
May 31 - Los Alamos National Laboratory Director John Browne today announced several organizational changes and related actions to strengthen operational support for continued scientific excellence and engage the Laboratory more effectively in strategic national security discussions.
Bubble science benefits deep divers
May 30 - Studying the physics of bubble formation in the human body during deep, long duration diving has led a researcher at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory to discover a new system of dive tables that govern how deep and how long a diver may safely stay down.
Takes two to tango: Neutralization of staph toxins
May 23 - Scientists at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory are researching a new approach for neutralizing deadly toxins released by pathogenic bacteria, such as those that cause anthrax and plague.
Los Alamos researchers detect huge meteors while keeping an ear out for clandestine nuclear tests
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Online periodic table wins 2001 Sci/Tech Web Award
May 16 - ScientificAmerican.com, part of Scientific American Magazine, has named a chemistry Web site at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory one of the top 50 best Web resources in science and technology.
Los Alamos scholarship fund awards 38 scholarships
May 14 - Thirty-eight high school seniors and college students will be recognized as 2000-2001 Department of Energy Los Alamos National Laboratory Employees' Scholarship Fund recipients at an award ceremony Tuesday in the Los Alamos Inn on Trinity Drive.
Los Alamos announces technology commercialization awards
May 7 - Eight Northern New Mexico businesses have received awards from a $200,000 program aimed at facilitating the development and commercialization of promising new technologies.
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APRIL
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Laboratory fire book to create scholarships for children of fire survivors
April 30 - As the one-year anniversary approaches of the May 2000 Cerro Grande wildfire that destroyed more than 350 homes, the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory, in partnership with Los Alamos National Bank, today announced the release of a documentary book entitled, "Cerro Grande -- Canyons of Fire, Spirit of Community.
Labortory's Carol Smith to receive 2001 New Mexico Distinguished Public Service Award
April 26 - Carol Smith of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has been chosen to receive a 2001 New Mexico Distinguished Public Service award.
Bradbury to host Science Circus on Friday
April 25 - Nature will be the main attraction at the Bradbury Science Museum's annual Science Circus from 4 to 6 p.m. on Friday (April 27). The free event is in conjunction with National Science and Technology Week that began Sunday.
Sandia Preparatory School team takes top prize at the 11th New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge
April 25 - A computer team of students from Sandia Preparatory School in Albuquerque took the top prize today in the 11th annual New Mexico High School Supercomputing Challenge at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
High School Supercomputing Challenge awards at Los Alamos on April 25
April 24 - More than 120 of New Mexico's youngest supercomputer programmers will gather at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory on Wednesday (April 25) to claim scholarships, savings bonds and other prizes at the 11th annual New Mexico High School Supercomputing Challenge awards ceremony.
'Wildfire 2001' meeting set for Thursday in Fuller Lodge
April 23 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Interagency Wildfire Management Team will co-host its third public meeting, "Wildfire 2001: Protecting Our Communities," from 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday (April 26) in Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos.
Amy Sahota is new deputy director of Laboratory's Office of Equal Opportunity
April 17 - Longtime employee Amy Sahota is the new deputy director of the Office of Equal Opportunity at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Laboratory awards nuclear facilities subcontract agreements
April 13 - Officials at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory on Thursday announced the award of two agreements for advisory and support services related to the operation of Los Alamos' major nuclear facilities. Los Alamos awarded agreements to BWX Technologies and Westinghouse Government Services Company.
Laboratory's Small Business Office unveils new World Wide Web page; promotes economic development
April 12 - As part of a broader commitment to improve the economy of Northern New Mexico, the Small Business Office of the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory recently unveiled a new World Wide Web page.
Environmental Restoration Program to hold public meeting April 18
April 12 - Los Alamos National Laboratory's Environmental Restoration (ER) will host an open house and introductory presentation regarding the inactive landfill at the Los Alamos County Airport Wednesday (April 18) from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Fuller Lodge.
Laboratory receives 'well workplace' award for its employee wellness programs
April 9 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has received a bronze 'well workplace' award from the Wellness Councils of America for its wellness programs. It is the first organization in New Mexico to receive such an award from the Wellness Councils.
Lab will hold bioscience information session in Santa Fe
April 6 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory will hold a public poster session highlighting its research in biothreat reduction Tuesday at Santa Fe Community College. Scientists will be available to answer questions about their posters and research at the session, scheduled for 5 to 7 p.m.
New chemistry offers alternative plutonium storage process
April 4 - Storage of the nation's excess actinide metals, including plutonium and uranium, present a myriad of problems from pollution concerns to proliferation risk. Solid-state chemists at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have discovered a new reaction process that may prove to be a solution to some of the most serious storage problems.
Proven Los Alamos technology on trek to Mars
April 4 - A neutron spectrometer designed and built at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory is aboard NASA's Mars Odyssey set to launch Saturday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Laboratory ecologist Terry Foxx to speak about fire recovery on Wednesday
April 2 - Los Alamos National Laboratory ecologist Teralene Foxx has studied fire recovery for more than 20 years, using pictures to illustrate how nature recovers from the devastation wrought by fire.
Lab's Institutional Biosafety Committee to meet
April 2 - Los Alamos National Laboratory's Institutional Biosafety Committee will meet at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The meeting, which is open to the public, will take place in the auditorium of the Health Research Laboratory, located next to Los Alamos Medical Center.
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MARCH
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Los Alamos National Laboratory joins the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Consortium
March 29 - Los Alamos National Laboratory last week signed on as a full member of the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Consortium and will support up to 16 full-time students from the other institutions in the consortium - New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, New Mexico State University, New Mexico Highlands University and the University of Puerto Rico.
Los Alamos names new deputy for Strategic and Supporting Research
March 26 - Los Alamos National Laboratory has selected Laboratory manager Judith Bannon Snow to become the new deputy associate Laboratory director for the Strategic and Supporting Research Directorate. Snow will start in her new position in mid-April.
Physics Chanteuse will perform at Lab this week
March 26 - Science and entertainment are a perfect mix in Lynda Williams' world of physics and pop culture. She is the Physics Chanteuse, a cabaret-style performer who produces a musical act that aims to educate and entertain the public about the inner workings of the world.
Laboratory to host Expanding Your Horizons
March 22 - An estimated 150 teenagers from around Northern and Central New Mexico will discover the wonderment of math and science as participants in the national Expanding Your Horizons programs that will take place at the Departments of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory on March 28.
Post-fire environmental monitoring activity will close 'White Rock Y' parking area
March 21 - The paved parking area on the north side of N.M. 4 near the junction of N.M. 4 and N.M. 502 becomes unavailable on March 26 as researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory begin an environmental monitoring activity.
Dave Post named director of Project Management Division
March 16 - David J. Post has been appointed director of the Project Management Division at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory. Post has been acting division director for project management for the past six months.
Laboratory employees make record contribution to Santa Fe County United Way campaign
March 13 - Employees from the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory recently were recognized at a ceremony in Santa Fe as the top contributor to the United Way of Santa Fe County's 2000 giving campaign.
Lunar Prospector provides a world of data
March 12 - Los Alamos National Laboratory present their latest findings from NASA's Lunar Prospector mission at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, Texas.
Scientists document limited oxygen loss
March 9 - Scientists have found that 90 percent of the oxygen ions that escaped Earth's ionosphere and were thought to be lost to space forever are continually falling back to replenish our atmosphere.
Laboratory researcher named AGU Fellow
March 5 - Michelle Thomsen, a scientist at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory, has been named a fellow of the American Geophysical Union, a selection based upon her pre-eminence in science.
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FEBRUARY
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Laboratory releases 2000 Community Leaders survey
February 26 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory is a dominant economic force in Northern New Mexico, according to more than 80 percent of community leaders surveyed in Santa Fe, Los Alamos and Rio Arriba counties.
Triple role planned for new director of Lujan Center at Los Alamos
February 23 - Nationally recognized and award-winning scientist Alan Hurd has joined the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center at Los Alamos National Laboratory as director of its Manuel Lujan, Jr. Neutron Scattering Center.
Los Alamos develops technology to ease transition to HDTV
February 21 - Scientists at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a technology that could make the coming transition from current analog television to high-definition television a whole lot easier. The technology is a new transmission algorithm capable of compressing a HDTV data stream to the point where the HDTV and analog TV signals can be broadcast over the same channel.
Los Alamos scientists unravel the nature of knot
February 16 - Scientists at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory are watching simple knots untie themselves in order to gain a better understanding of how granular materials flow and how filamentary objects like DNA molecules tangle.
Bradbury Science Museum celebrates National Engineers Week
February 15 - The Bradbury Science Museum at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory will explore space and build bridges during National Engineers Week.
Lab requests environmental assessment on Bioscience facility
February 12 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has taken an important step in evaluating the possibility of adding additional capability for biological research.
Space Center at Los Alamos names Funsten as new leader
February 7 - Physicist Herb Funsten has been chosen as director of the Center for Space Science and Exploration at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Cleaner chipmaking method uses carbon dioxide fluid
February 7 - Scientists at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a new technology application that could all but eliminate the use of hazardous corrosives and the production of wastewater in the fabrication of integrated circuits, or chips, for computers.
Los Alamos honors Year 2000 Innovators
February 6 - Researchers at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory who received patents or copyrights in 2000 were honored at a ceremony last night. The Laboratory's Patent and Licensing Awards ceremony also honored employees whose inventions generated license royalties
Employee taskforce issues report on Asian/Pacific Islander concerns at Los Alamos National Laboratory
February 2 - A recent study by a taskforce at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory yielded a number of options for addressing concerns raised by Asian/Pacific Islander employees.
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JANUARY
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Small amount of tritium released at Technical Area 16
January 31 - An accidental release of tritium occurred at 9:15 a.m. (MST) today (Wednesday) at Los Alamos National Laboratory's Technical Area 16, site of the Weapons Engineering Tritium Facility (WETF).
Heiken named interim leader of Lab's Geophysics and Planetary Physics Institute
January 24 - Geologist Grant Heiken has been chosen as interim director of Los Alamos National Laboratory's Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics.
Laboratory will showcase economic development efforts at Rotunda
January 22 - Officials with the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories on Tuesday will showcase the Laboratory's economic development efforts with a poster display on the first floor of the New Mexico State Capitol Building.
Talk at Laboratory Jan. 23 to focus on contributions of Africans, African Americans to technology
January 17 - The "Contributions of Africans and African Americans to Technology" is the subject a talk by Aprille Joy Ericsson-Jackson Jan. 23 at Department Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Predicting El Niño: Lab researcher has some answers, more questions
January 17 - The Spanish term El Nino has been used for centuries by South American fishermen to describe the annual occurrence of warm, southward-flowing oceanic current waters off the coast of Ecuador and Peru around Christmas. El Niño, or the child, specifically refers to the Christ child.
Los Alamos names new director for LANSCE
January 12 - The Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has a new leader, long-time Los Alamos researcher and manager Paul Lisowski.
New accelerator program starts at Los Alamos; director named
January 12 - The Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has been named the lead laboratory for a new program to advance the use of accelerators for transmutation and other nuclear science applications.
Distinguished lecture speaker to talk about growing biological threat
January 12 - Al Zelicoff, senior scientist at Sandia National Laboratories and member of the U.S. Delegation to the Biological Weapons Convention will speak Wednesday at the Physics Building Auditorium as part of Los Alamos National Laboratory's Bioscience Division Distinguished Speaker Series.
Los Alamos tracking system helps flag route errors for WIPP trucks
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A smart computer system developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory can now provide an almost instant alarm signal when nuclear waste transport drivers waver off course. For waste-carrying trucks bound for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, this is a timely addition to their on-board shipment-tracking systems
Six Laboratory researchers named APS Fellows
January 10 - Six researchers at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have been named Fellows of the American Physical Society. The new Los Alamos APS Fellows are Lev Bulaevskii, Paul Ginsparg, Beverly Hartline, Michael J. Leitch, Ferenc Mezei and Darryl Smith
First Amerian on Everest will revisit feat nearly 40 years later
January 5 - In 1963, Dr. Thomas Hornbein was a member of the first American expedition to climb Mt. Everest, whose summit is the highest point on earth. For the past 30 years, he has been a professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle
Laboratory reports contaminated water overflow
January 5 - Officials at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory today reported to state and federal regulators the unintended release of less than 50 gallons of partially treated radioactive waste water at a Laboratory technical area.
Los Alamos scientists shed new light on quantum computation
January 4 - Scientists at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of Queensland's Centre for Quantum Computer Technology in Australia have made an advance in the quest for a functional quantum computer by exploiting currently existing technology in a novel and unexpected way.
