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Analytical Chemistry
Los Alamos at work -- science and technology initiatives for counteringnuclear and radiological threats
September 5 — In an American Chemical Society presentation on Sunday, Sept. 7 Los Alamos staff member Tammy Taylor will talk about some of the latest work being done at Los Alamos in the area of nuclear and radiological threat mitigation.
Soil's love affair with carbon viewed with millimeter resolution
May 29 — Promoting the love affair between farmlands and carbon while substantially reducing harmful carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could be facilitated through super-sharp analysis of tiny soil-core samples made possible by a portable, carbon-measuring laser system developed by a research team at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory
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.
Laser probes planetary surfaces
March 18 — Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a device that can analyze soils and rocks from a distance using a laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy technology.
New high-purity plutonium sources produced at Los Alamos
March 21 — For the first time since 1987, new high-purity plutonium sources for use as primary analytical chemistry standards have been produced at Los Alamos National Laboratory using a new extrusion method developed at the Laboratory.
Laboratory flips the mercury 'off' switch
March 21 — Mercury, that silvery liquid metal ubiquitous in switches, pressure gauges and thermometers, is an environmental bad-boy and toxic to humans through inhalation, skin contact and ingestion. It is easily spilled and can go unnoticed in aging lab equipment.
