Laboratory Organization

Science, technology, and engineering at the highest level thrive and will continue to thrive at Los Alamos National Laboratory. For science to continue to thrive, the Laboratory is committed to the national interest, anticipates the country’s future needs in science, technology, and engineering, and commits to ambitious goals that presume breakthroughs for success. The Laboratory has done this repeatedly, starting with the Manhattan Project and continuing with the Human Genome Project, the Stockpile Stewardship Program, and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty.

To create and foster innovations in science, technology, and engineering, the Lab employs the best and brightest people and provides the environment to deliver system solutions for our country's national security, now and in the future.

The Laboratory's central focus is to foster science, encourage innovation, and recruit and retain top talent while balancing short-term and long-term needs with research driven by principal investigators and aligned with missions.

The Lab's scientific challenges extend from its underlying scientific capabilities, as follows:

• Fundamental understanding of materials and their dynamic response
• An understanding of the universe beyond the standard model: stellar formation, cosmology, dark energy, dark matter
• High-temperature superconductivity from 5f electrons for energy efficiency and support of actinide sciences
• Carbon-neutral fuel cycle, from energy efficiency to carbon sequestration to the administration's new Global Nuclear Energy Program initiative
• Complex natural systems and how to make system-level predictions, for example, at the intersection of energy, environment, and life sciences

LANL has an overarching commitment to the national interest, and the nation needs LAN's proven scientific capabilities to address current and future security needs. We continue to carry out our commitments with disciplined execution so that we can deliver successful outcomes and products as a result of our innovation, ultimately serving the nation at the highest possible level.

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RESOURCES

• Building the Future of Los Alamos (pdf)