15 Jan 2009
Photos: By ROGER SNODGRASS SANTA ANA PUEBLO Leading researchers in the bewildering field of cognitive studies met this week to share new thoughts and assess... Read more about State of mind
A search for new science opportunities
12 Jan 2009
Some 5,600 Ph.D. scientists work in the Department of Energy's three main weapons labs, says Victor H. Reis, a senior adviser in the Office of the Energy Secretary. The total for the three is almost half that of the other 14 DOE labs combined, he adds. Reis and other nuclear weapons experts don't want to see this talent lost as the direction of DOE's nuclear weapons complex evolves. In fact, Reis and others recommend that these scientists be put to work solving problems in climate change, national security, and energyspecifically nuclear energy. Read more about A search for new science opportunities
Researchers mimic one of nature's key transport machines
6 Jan 2009
To help protect its genes, a cell is highly selective about what it allows to move in and out of its nucleus. Yet that choosiness is regulated by just a thin barrier, perforated with tiny transport machines called nuclear pore complexes: protein-coated holes surrounded by flimsy, unfolded protein strands. Now, by building an artificial mimic of this membrane barrier and its pores, scientists have discovered a key to its selectivity and, in the process, have found a practical tool for drug development. Read more about Researchers mimic one of nature's key transport machines
LANL officials see lab's mission evolving
2 Jan 2009
Complex transformation may have been the buzz-phrase of the year at Los Alamos National Laboratory, but actually, the lab has never been a stranger to mission... Read more about LANL officials see lab's mission evolving
LANL probes lives of nuclear particles
2 Jan 2009
Neutrinos may seem like lazy particles that hang out and do nothing all day, but shoot them through a big copper tube at near the speed of light and you could explain some of the deepest mysteries of the... Read more about LANL probes lives of nuclear particles
EYE ON RESEARCH: Professor researches worth of gold pieces
29 Dec 2008
' 1 2 ' LAS CRUCES Gold collectors, appraisers and investors could benefit from research conducted by New Mexico State University associate professor of physics Heinz Nakotte at the Los Alamos National Laboratories at the Lujan Neutron Scattering... Read more about EYE ON RESEARCH: Professor researches worth of gold pieces
Energy Department Scientists and Engineers Honored with Presidential Early Career Awards
18 Dec 2008
Help for the hassled airline traveler was on display Tuesday at the Sunport in Albuquerque. One of the most popular technological hits this year for Los Alamos National Laboratory was the prospect of a detector that could dissolve an annoying security bottleneck at airports around the world, having to do with the difficulty of screening potentially dangerous liquids. A team of researchers... saw the possibility for repurposing a new kind of magnetic resonance imaging system, based on a fraction of the magnetism used in a typical hospital diagnostic instrument. Read more about LANL shows off liquid detection system