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Image by Mouser Williams, LANL About Los AlamosLos Alamos National Laboratory is a premier national security research institution, delivering scientific and engineering solutions for the nation's most crucial and complex problems. Our primary responsibility is ensuring the safety, security, and reliability of the nation's nuclear deterrent. The Los Alamos of today emphasizes worker safety, effective operational safeguards & security, and environmental stewardship, while outstanding science remains the foundation of the Laboratory. In addition to supporting the Lab's core national security mission, our work advances bioscience, chemistry, computer science, earth and environmental sciences, materials science, and physics disciplines. Global Leadership
Los Alamos National Laboratory personnel play leading roles worldwide in basic and applied scientific research and technology. Whether it's conducting crucial experiments in space and at our linear accelerator in Northern New Mexico or developing breakthroughs in nanotechnology and determining how best to prevent the spread of
Lab R&D helps curb a wide variety of threats to U.S. interests—whether it's the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the spread of deadly diseases, inadequate supplies of energy, or the effects of climate change. What's on TapThe Laboratory has a proud past, and our future is filled with promise:
As broad, deep, and complex as the Laboratory's activities may be, 12 Labwide goals convey their essence, and recent achievements toward them demonstrate our commitment. News & Information—Science & TechnologyPlease see our latest news and, in the Laboratory's 1663 magazine, some of our more interesting science and technology features. |