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News Releases Archive - 2004
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DECEMBER
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Los Alamos wizardry to aid new Mars science laboratory
December 22 - Having analyzed Mars from afar via orbiting satellite, Los Alamos National Laboratory instruments will next be on their way to get out and play in the Martian dirt. Two of the eight instruments aboard NASA's planned Mars Science Laboratory rover, scheduled for launch in 2009, include Los Alamos technology.
Is he here yet? Lab scientists keep tabs on Santa
December 22 - Los Alamos National Laboratory's Space Data Systems group is keeping an eye out for the jolly old man in the red suit, Santa Claus. Beginning at 6 a.m., Thursday, (Dec. 24), Los Alamos scientists will track Santa on his whirlwind travels around the world, and give hourly updates via its Web site at http://santa.lanl.gov online on Santa's progress toward Northern New Mexico.
Bradbury Science Museum sets holiday operating hours
December 20 - Los Alamos National Laboratory's Bradbury Science Museum will be open from 1 to 5 p.m., Dec. 28-30. The Laboratory is on holiday closure the week of Dec. 27.
Scientists "PAD" their way to new metal-oxide film technology
December 14 - University of California scientists working with a researcher from Washington State University at Los Alamos National Laboratory's Superconductivity Technology Center have developed a novel method for creating high performance, inorganic metal-oxide films using polymer-assisted deposition, or PAD. The breakthrough could pave the way for a greater use of metal-oxide films into the electronics manufacturing industry.
Los Alamos quantum cryptography team is co-winner of prestigious European research prize
December 7 - Los Alamos researchers and other members of a multi-nation collaboration that is developing a revolutionary technology for information security have captured half of the European Union's Descartes Prize for Research.
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NOVEMBER
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ChevronTexaco and Los Alamos National Laboratory to establish an alliance for advanced energy solutions
November 18 - Los Alamos National Laboratory, operated by the University of California, and ChevronTexaco Corporation today announced plans to establish an alliance to develop a range of mutually beneficial technologies. This alliance will assist Los Alamos in its Department of Energy mission to advance the national, economic and energy security of the United States and to promote scientific and technological innovation in support of that mission.
Scientists explore atomic mysteries of ancient pigment
November 18 - University of California scientists from the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Pulsed Field Facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory, working with colleagues from Tokyo Metropolitan University, the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina, the National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics in Estonia, the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida and the University of Tokyo, have discovered an ideal candidate for Bose-Einstein condensation in the ancient Chinese pigment, Han Purple.
Associate Director Marquez named HENAAC Luminary
November 17 - Richard Marquez, Los Alamos National Laboratory's associate director for administration, was named a 2004 Luminary by HENAAC, a non-profit corporation dedicated to promoting careers for Hispanics in engineering, science, technology and mathematics.
Los Alamos software key to new Swift satellite mission
November 16 - "Swift," a new NASA satellite, will head for the heavens Nov. 17, designed to detect gamma-ray bursts and whip around to catch them in the act. And the trigger software that makes the flying observatory smart enough to do this comes from the Space Science team at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Los Alamos computers map hurricane utility impacts
November 10 - Predicting with uncanny accuracy the effects of recent hurricanes, Los Alamos National Laboratory computer models are helping the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Assurance, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other organizations plan for future disasters. For those in the paths of hurricane devastation, tools such as the Los Alamos infrastructure models could mean their lights and gas return to service hours or even days more rapidly.
New climate education resource for teachers, students is online
November 8 - Students, teachers, parents and the general public can access information about climate, weather and atmospheric science online through a program offered by Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Department of Energy.
Author discusses Nazi Germany role in U.S. atomic bomb talk
November 5 - Carter Hydrick, author of "Critical Mass: How Nazi Germany Surrendered Enriched Uranium for the United States' Atomic Bomb," will speak at Los Alamos' Bradbury Science Museum at 7 p.m., Tuesday (Nov. 9). A book-signing at Otowi Station Bookstore next door will immediately follow.
Laboratory's Research Library receives Library of Congress grant
November 1 - Los Alamos National Laboratory's Research Library was recently awarded a $750,000 grant from the Library of Congress. The grant will be used to support research and development of tools that will help address complex problems related to collecting, storing and accessing digital materials.
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OCTOBER
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Math contest encourages students to Go Figure
October 25 - Budding mathematicians are invited to compete in Los Alamos National Laboratory's sixth annual Go Figure Mathematical Challenge Oct. 30 in Santa Fe, Los Alamos and Española.
Backgrounder: Los Alamos studies nerve activity to improve artificial retina
October 14 - Los Alamos National Laboratory is supporting the Department of Energy's artificial retina project by developing better ways to visualize and interpret the patterns of neural activity that result when the retina is stimulated. Employing new and existing techniques, a team from Los Alamos' Biological and Quantum Physics Group has produced movies of the dynamic responses that characterize the function of the ganglion cells that make up the optic nerve.
Los Alamos instrument yields new knowledge of Saturn's rings
October 13 - University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory have begun to analyze data from an instrument aboard the joint U.S.-European spacecraft Cassini. Although Cassini has only been orbiting the planet Saturn since July 1, data from the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS) has already begun to provide new information about the curious nature of Saturn's space environment.
Laboratory announces organizational changes
October 12 - As part of efforts to strengthen laboratory operations and the senior management team, Los Alamos National Laboratory Director George P. Nanos today announced a reorganization of his senior management team and the Laboratory's Operations Directorate. Effective October 13, 2004, the Operations Directorate will be split into two directorates that will provide enhanced services and functions to the Laboratory.
Nanos names seven new Laboratory Fellows
October 12 - Recognizing the highest levels of scientific excellence at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Director G. Peter Nanos has named seven distinguished scientists as Laboratory Fellows. Recipients of the annual honor are technical staff members who have demonstrated the highest level of excellence in programs important to the Laboratory's mission, made significant scientific discoveries that lead to widespread use, or have been recognized as leaders in their fields both inside and outside of the Laboratory.
Telling a salty tale of martian water
October 7 - University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory, along with a scientist from Indiana University have devised a method for determining whether sulfate salts can account for evidence of water on Mars. The work could pave the way to a better understanding of the martian environment and the history of water on Mars.
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SEPTEMBER
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Three Laboratory staff receive Lawrence awards
September 22 - Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham has awarded three University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory the Department of Energy's E. O. Lawrence Award. The named scientists are Bette Korber, Fred Mortensen and Greg Swift.
A traveling-wave engine to power deep space travel
September 16 - A University of California scientist working at Los Alamos National Laboratory and researchers from Northrop Grumman Space Technology have developed a novel method for generating electrical power for deep-space travel using sound waves. The traveling-wave thermoacoustic electric generator has the potential to power space probes to the furthest reaches of the Universe.
Optical fibers and a theory of things that go bump in the light
September 14 - University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a theory describing light pulse dynamics in optical fibers that explains how an interplay of noise, line imperfections and pulse collisions lead to the deterioration of information in optical fiber lines. The theory will help to enhance the performance necessary for high-speed optical communication systems like video on demand and ultra-broadband Internet, and the research has helped establish a new field of inquiry -- the statistical physics of optical communications.
Laboratory grows world record length carbon nanotube
September 13 - University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory in collaboration with chemists from Duke University have recently grown a world record-length four-centimeter-long, single-wall carbon nanotube.
Nanotechnology leads to discovery of super superconductors
September 9 - University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory with a researcher from the University of Cambridge have demonstrated a simple and industrially scaleable method for improving the current densities of superconducting coated conductors in magnetic field environments. The discovery has the potential to increase the already impressive carrying capacity of superconducting wires and tapes by as much as 200 to 500 percent in certain uses, like motors and generators, where high magnetic fields diminish current densities.
Exploring the noisy nature of atoms
September 2 - University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory have demonstrated a way to use the random fluctuations that exist naturally in all magnetic systems to perform magnetic resonance studies without disturbing the system's natural state.
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AUGUST
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Laboratory advances the art and science of aerogels
August 25 - University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory have recently demonstrated a novel method for chemically modifying and enhancing silica-based aerogels without sacrificing the aerogels unique properties. Aerogels are low-density, transparent materials used in a wide range of applications, including thermal insulation, porous separation media, inertial confinement fusion experiments and cometary dust capture agents.
Detecting the spin of a single electron
August 10 - University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory and at the University of California, Los Angeles have demonstrated the ability to detect the spin of a single electron in a standard silicon transistor. The advance could help facilitate the direct, rather than theoretical, study of the physics of electron spin decoherence, which is a critical step toward manipulating and monitoring the spin of a single electron.
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JULY
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Mapping the Evolution of a Virus
July 16 - A University of California scientist working at Los Alamos National Laboratory with collaborators from the University of Cambridge (England) and the World Health Organization National Influenza Center at Erasmus Medical Center, (Rotterdam, Netherlands) have developed a computer modeling method for mapping the evolution of the influenza virus. The method could soon help medical researchers worldwide develop a better understanding of certain mutations in influenza and other viruses that allow diseases to dodge the human immune system.
Los Alamos pressure process makes pure zirconium glass
July 15 - Zirconium may not be a girl's best friend, but by squeezing the metal with roughly the same pressure needed to make diamonds, scientists at the University of California's Los Alamos National Laboratory made a pure glass that may prove nearly as valuable as real diamonds.
Los Alamos computers probe how giant planets formed
July 13 - Nearly five billion years ago, the giant gaseous planets Jupiter and Saturn formed, apparently in radically different ways.
Nanos directs swift action, demands accountability in new classified media incident
July 9 - During a July 7 special inventory associated with an upcoming experiment, two items of Classified Removable Electronic Media (CREM) were discovered missing from the Weapons Physics (WP) Directorate. An immediate search did not locate the items. A subsequent and extensive search is currently continuing.
Laboratory sponsored Math and Science Academy a success
July 8 - The quality of education in Northern New Mexico has been improved because of the Northern New Mexico Math and Science Academy (MSA), according to a study by evaluators from the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing at the University of California at Los Angeles. The MSA is a Laboratory collaboration with the Northern New Mexico Council for Excellence in Education (NMCEE).
Statement from Director G. Peter Nanos on DOE Initiative to support education
July 8 - Los Alamos National Laboratory Director G. Peter Nanos commended the education initiative announced today by Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham that calls for the Department of Energy and its national laboratories to promote science education and prepare the next generation of scientists and engineers.
Laboratory Captures Five R&D 100 Awards
July 6 - Scientists at the University of California's Los Alamos National Laboratory have captured five of R&D Magazine's 2004 R&D 100 Awards. The latest winners bring the Laboratory's total to 83 awards over the past 17 years. The projects recognized this year span a diverse range of scientific and technical areas - from innovative imaging techniques and advances in computing to revolutionary new materials. This year, Los Alamos was tied with its sister laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, for the largest number of awards received by a Department of Energy laboratory.
Laboratory Diversity calendar garners prestigious DOE award
July 1 - Los Alamos National Laboratory has received a U.S. Department of Energy "2004 Diversity Best Practices" award for an online calendar that promotes diversity awareness among Laboratory employees.
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JUNE
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Laboratory, New Mexico Tech begin science, education collaboration
June 25 - Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of California will further enhance its partnerships with New Mexico academic institutions by signing a memorandum of understanding with New Institute of Mining and Technology on Monday (June 28) in Socorro, N.M.
Laboratory receives preliminary notice of violation
June 25 - Los Alamos National Laboratory has received a Preliminary Notice of Violation (PNOV) for a safety-related incident that occurred last summer.
Oppenheimer photo exhibit at Laboratory's Bradbury Science Museum
June 22 - In commemoration of the centennial year of the birth of Los Alamos National Laboratory's first director, J. Robert Oppenheimer, the Bradbury Science Museum has on display an exhibit of photographs of Oppenheimer. The traveling exhibit entitled "J. Robert Oppenheimer, 1904-1967: Photographs From His Life," is on display at the museum through Sunday.
The Space Simulator - Modeling the universe on a budget
June 22 - For the past several years, a team of University of California astrophysicists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory have been using a cluster of roughly 300 computer processors to model some of the most intriguing aspects of the Universe. Called the Space Simulator, this de facto supercomputer has not only proven itself to be one of the fastest supercomputers in the world, but has also demonstrated that modeling and simulation of complex phenomena, from supernovae to cosmology, can be done on a fairly economical basis.
Scientists demonstrate quantum teleportation with atoms
June 17 - Researchers at the University of Innsbruck in Austria, in collaboration with a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, announced today the first demonstration of the teleportation of a quantum state from one trapped atom to another located 8 microns -- slightly less than a thousandth of an inch -- away.
Los Alamos staff member Begay selected to New York Academy of Sciences
June 15 - Fred Begay of Los Alamos National Laboratory's Government Relations Office was recently elected to the New York Academy of Sciences.
Laboratory lauded as top contributor to Santa Fe United Way campaign
June 14 - Employees of Los Alamos National Laboratory were recognized recently at a ceremony in Santa Fe as a top contributor to the United Way of Santa Fe County's 2003 giving campaign.
Pumping energy to nanocrystals from a quantum well
June 10 - University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory with a colleague from Sandia National Laboratories have developed a new method for exciting light emission from nanocrystal quantum dots.
Scientists provide new understanding of manganites
June 3 - University of California researchers working at Los Alamos National Laboratory recently unveiled a new theory explaining the strange coexistence of metallic and insulating phases in the crystals of a mineral called perovskite manganite.
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MAY
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Los Alamos announces NEWNET changes
May 20 - Los Alamos National Laboratory officials today announced changes to the Northern New Mexico portion of the Neighborhood Environmental Watch Network, or NEWNET.
Laboratory creates hydrogen and fuel cell research institute
May 19 - Building on more than 25 years experience in the area of fuel cells, Los Alamos National Laboratory announced today the creation of the Institute for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research (IHFCR) to better address technical issues and provide solutions for enabling key aspects of the hydrogen economy and broadening the use of fuel cells
Scientists model the dynamics of DNA transcription
May 18 - In a collaboration with colleagues at Harvard Medical School, University of California researchers working at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a model and diagnostic tools to simulate the dynamics of DNA.
Scientists model disease outbreaks in urban social networks
May 13 - University of California researchers working at Los Alamos National Laboratory with colleagues at the University of Maryland and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a method for modeling disease outbreaks in realistic urban social networks.
Scientists explore complexities of sea ice from high desert venue
May 10 - For nearly a decade, University of California researchers working at Los Alamos National Laboratory have been upgrading and fine-tuning a sea ice modeling program created at the Laboratory.
Los Alamos helps industry by simulating circuit failures from cosmic rays
May 6 - Life today runs more and more on circuits. Electrons racing through increasingly tiny transistors now control our airplanes, deposit money in our checking accounts and keep our houses warm.
Researchers untangle complex network systems
May 5 - By exploring the tangled nature of complex network systems, researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of Houston may have found a way to help scientists and engineers better understand dynamic processes on complex networks, such as the spread of infectious diseases, cascading massive electrical power failures, sources of vehicle traffic congestion on metropolitan roadways and information flow on the Internet. "
NIH chooses Los Alamos to model urban epidemics
May 4 - An emergency room physician sees a patient with a high fever and a trace of a rash and admits her to the hospital. The next morning, three more patients with similar symptoms come in, then more until lab tests confirm the initial hunch: an outbreak of smallpox has begun. How to keep the outbreak from becoming an epidemic, and recommending the best responses to public health officials, could be revealed through computer simulations under development at the University of California's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Ultra-cold neutron source at Los Alamos confirmed as world's most intense
May 3 - Some slow, cold visitors stopped by Los Alamos National Laboratory last week, and their arrival could prove a godsend to physicists seeking a better theory of everything.
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APRIL
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Los Alamos Employees' Scholarship fund awards 62 scholarships
April 28 - Fifty-eight high school seniors and college students are receiving 62 2003-2004 Los Alamos National Laboratory Employees' Scholarship Fund scholarships at an award ceremony May 2 at La Fonda Hotel in Santa Fe.
Bradbury Museum's Science Circus April 30 makes learning science fun
April 28 - Hands-on science activities and demonstrations for elementary school age children designed to make science fun can be found at the annual Science Circus from 4 to 7 p.m., Friday (April 30) at Los Alamos National Laboratory's Bradbury Science Museum.
Los Alamos Supercomputing cluster software wins prize
April 28 - University of California researchers in Los Alamos National Laboratory's Advanced Computing Laboratory have been honored for their advances in connecting thousands of computers together to create clusters with much of the power of traditional supercomputers at a fraction of the cost.
Scientists announce cosmic ray theory breakthrough
April 28 - University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory have proposed a new theory to explain the movement of vast energy fields in giant radio galaxies (GRGs). The theory could be the basis for a whole new understanding of the ways in which cosmic rays -- and their signature radio waves -- propagate and travel through intergalactic space.
Squeezing more juice out of solar panels
April 28 - University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory have experimentally demonstrated a phenomenon in which semiconductor nanocrystals respond to photons by producing multiple electrons. The innovation has potential applications in a new generation of solar cells that would produce as much as 35 percent more electrical output than current solar cells.
Biomolecular modeling earns Eldorado team victory in 14th Adventures in Supercomputing Challenge
April 27 - Four intrepid young computer scientists from Eldorado High School in Albuquerque journeyed into the atoms that make up the human body and walked away with $1,000 each as the top prize Tuesday in the 14th New Mexico High School Adventures in Supercomputing Challenge at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Los Alamos part of new Center for Chemical Hydrogen Storage
April 27 - University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory have joined with scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to create a new national Center for Chemical Hydrogen Storage. The new center is a step toward the development of a "hydrogen economy" -- an economy based not on the fossil fuels we use today, but on clean, abundant hydrogen fuels.
Los Alamos, University of California and New Mexico Highlands University begin science and education collaboration
April 23 - Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of California will further enhance its partnerships with New Mexico academic institutions by signing a memorandum of understanding with New Mexico Highlands University on Monday, April 26 in Las Vegas, N.M.
New Mexico students at Los Alamos National Laboratory April 26-27 for Adventures in Supercomputing Challenge
April 22 - More than 200 high-school students from throughout New Mexico will be at Los Alamos National Laboratory next Monday and Tuesday (April 26-27) for the 14th annual New Mexico Adventures in Supercomputing Challenge Expo and awards ceremony.
Hot dry rock goes supercritical
April 21 - By proposing a method for using carbon dioxide under high pressure to extract energy from geothermal reservoirs, a University of California scientist working at Los Alamos National Laboratory has put a new twist on a historic Laboratory project. The proposed invention has the potential to take global geothermal energy science in new and exciting directions.
Talk at Laboratory's Bradbury Science Museum Thursday on impacts of area's growing elk population
April 20 - The Rocky Mountain elk, a native to the Jemez Mountains, was thought to have disappeared early in the 20th century. All that changed around 1948, when the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish released several cows, calves and bulls back into the Jemez.
Laboratory scientists develop novel flourescent thermometer
April 15 - University of California scientists working at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a fluorescent material that responds rapidly and reversibly to temperature. The material could be the basis for highly sensitive optical thermometers useful in biological monitoring, medical, industrial and security applications.
Lab receives Pollution Prevention awards
April 15 - Ambassador Linton Brooks, National Nuclear Security Administration administrator, presented 2004 NNSA Pollution Prevention Best-in-Class awards to two projects at Los Alamos National Laboratory on Thursday. The projects selected for recognition include revamping heavy equipment shop operations to eliminate persistent waste streams and the elimination of a hazardous chemical in the process to determine the nucleotide sequence of DNA.
Los Alamos lecture: How computers can re-create prehistoric catastrophes
April 12 - A month ago, a small asteroid whizzed by a mere 26,000 miles from Earth, the first time astronomers detected a space rock that came so close without hitting Earth.
Los Alamos disbands division following accelerator success
April 1 - At midnight on Saturday, April 3, Los Alamos National Laboratory will have one less division, with the end of most of the Laboratory's design and engineering work for the nation's largest civilian science construction project.
Superdiamonds? - Scientists discover superconductivity in diamond
April 1 - Scientists working at the Russian Academy of Sciences and Los Alamos National Laboratory announced today the discovery of superconductivity at ultracold temperatures in cubic diamond. The discovery offers the potential for a new generation of diamond-based device applications and even suggests that superconductivity in silicon or germanium, which also forms in the diamond structure, may be possible.
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MARCH
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Desert varnish shines as environmental monitoring tool
March 31 - A University of California researcher working at Los Alamos National Laboratory, in collaboration with earth scientists from the University of Nevada and Eastern Washington University, has discovered that desert varnish may be an ideal passive environmental monitor for atmospherically-deposited heavy and potentially toxic metals, including radionuclides.
Insiders history of the Cold War focus of talk Friday at Laboratory's Bradbury Science Museum
March 29 - Thomas C. Reed,author of "At the Abyss: An Insider's History of the Cold War," will speak at Los Alamos National Laboratory's Bradbury Science Museum on Friday, April.
Nanos statement regarding settlement of NMED Order
March 19 - Resolution of the jurisdictional and legal disputes associated with the original order is very welcome news. We look forward to strengthening our relationship with the New Mexico Environment Department, and to continuing the productive discussions I have had with Secretary Curry. We are eager to resume expedited clean-up of legacy wastes throughout the laboratory site just as soon as the impounded funds are released.
Director Nanos to deliver State of the Laboratory address
March 18 - Laboratory Director G. Peter Nanos will deliver the annual "State of the Laboratory" address to employees at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 22 in the Administration Building auditorium. The theme of this year's talk will be "Building Teamwork, Gaining Momentum."
Los Alamos Weapons Programs restructured
March 18 - Director G. Peter Nanos has begun a restructuring of responsibilities for Los Alamos National Laboratory's nuclear weapons programs beginning with the addition of a new weapons directorate, headed by a Principal Associate Director for Nuclear Weapons Programs, reporting directly to Nanos and John Immele, Deputy Laboratory Director for National Security.
Valles Caldera Geothermal focus of talk Thursday at Laboratory's Bradbury Science Museum
March 12 - The Valles Caldera geothermal system is the subject of a talk at 6:30 p.m., Thursday (March 18) by Los Alamos National Laboratory National technical staff member Fraser Goff in the Bradbury Science Museum.
Los Alamos and Surrey Satellite contract for Cibola flight experiment platform
March 10 - Los Alamos National Laboratory and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) announced today a contract agreement for development of an advanced satellite platform for ionospheric and lightning studies.
Northern New Mexico girls learn about math, science through Expanding Your Horizons program
March 5 - An estimated 150 teenage girls from around Northern and Central New Mexico will discover the wonderment of math and science as participants in the national Expanding Your Horizons program Thursday, March 11, at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church Parish Hall in Los Alamos.
Search for extraterrestrial intelligence focus of talk Thursday at Laboratory's Bradbury Science Museum
March 5 - The ongoing search for extraterrestrial intelligence will be discussed by Jill Tarter of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Research Institute at a talk at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, March 11, in Los Alamos National Laboratory's Bradbury Science Museum.
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FEBRUARY
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Lab communicators capture 40 awards
February 27 - A graphics designer who created poster panels for a Bradbury Science Museum exhibit captured Best of Show in art while his Los Alamos colleagues went home with 39 other awards at a recent competition of technical communicators from four states.
National Academies of Science to hold contract competition public meeting March 2
February 26 - A study committee from the National Academies of Science will attend day-long meetings next week with Los Alamos National Laboratory managers and scientists and attend an afternoon public session to gather information relevant to the anticipated Request For Proposals (RFP) from the National Nuclear Security Administration in the ramp-up to competing the contract to manage the Laboratory.
Naval aviator to recall Nagasaki bomb drop in March 3 talk
February 25 - The naval aviator who armed the second atomic bomb dropped on Japan to help end World War II will talk about his wartime experiences at Los Alamos and in the Pacific Theater on Wednesday, March 3.
Ethics in Engineering talk Monday at Laboratory's Bradbury Science Museum
February 19 - "Ethics in Engineering" will be discussed by Ray Larsen, of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, at a talk Monday evening, Feb. 23, at Los Alamos National Laboratory's Bradbury Science Museum. Larsen speaks at 6 p.m.
Los Alamos computer scientist honored as Asian American Engineer of the Year
February 13 - A University of California computer scientist working at Los Alamos National Laboratory and known for his innovations in supercomputing and high-speed networks has been named the 2004 Asian American Engineer of the Year by the Chinese Institute of Engineers/USA.
Los Alamos, University of California and NMSU collaborate in research and education
February 13 - Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of California today will further enhance its partnerships with New Mexico academic institutions by signing two memoranda of understanding with New Mexico State University at 1 p.m. in the state capitol rotunda.
Los Alamos speaker at AAAS addresses pathogen detection for biodefense
February 10 - Saying that "in spite of the developments in both DNA technologies and antibody-based detection strategies, the reality today is that infections are not detected until people get sick," according to Los Alamos National Laboratory Bioscience Division Leader Jill Trewhella. Trewhella will speak at a proteomics seminar at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Seattle. The session, "Networking Proteins in Biology and Medicine," is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 14.
Los Alamos leading fast-paced reactor research to power planned journey to Jupiter's icy moons
February 10 - A planned U.S. mission to investigate three ice-covered moons of Jupiter will demand fast-paced research, fabrication and realistic non-nuclear testing of a prototype nuclear reactor within two years, says a Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist.
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JANUARY
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Laboratory employees recognized by Native American Science, Engineering Society
January 28 - Los Alamos National Laboratory employees Barbara Tenorio-Grimes of the Government Relations Office and Roger Byrd of the Space and Atmospheric Sciences Group are recipients of the 2003 community service award from the American Indian Science and Engineering Society.
Defense Department chooses Los Alamos to help design next-generationsupercomputers
January 15 - Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists will try to predict how the supercomputers of the future will perform under a three-year, $4.2-million grant recently awarded by the research arm of the U.S. Department of Defense.
Los Alamos speaker: Home computers soon may predict the future
January 15 - Soon we may have supercomputers in our homes powerful enough to predict at least some aspects of the future, and our kids already may own the ancestors of these crystal balls.
