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Roadrunner supercomputer puts research at a new scale
June 12 — Less than a week after Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Roadrunner supercomputer began operating at world-record petaflop/s data-processing speeds, Los Alamos researchers are already using the computer to mimic extremely complex neurological processes.
Immunodeficiency Virus More Prolific than Previously Thought
November 13 — A Los Alamos National Laboratory mathematical model has helped an international research team understand for the first time the number of offspring produced by a single Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), the first-cousin of the virus that causes AIDS in humans.
Cancer Treatment Gets Software Boost
October 16 — Nearly a million cancer patients will undergo radiation therapy this year in the United States, and now a new software application, Acuros®, based on the Los Alamos National Laboratory-developed Attila® radiation-modeling software, will enable physicians to focus their beams more precisely on specific tumor sites.
Test of Through-The-Earth Communication System Exceeds Expectations
August 6 — Rigorous testing at the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine last month proved the viability of Vital Alert Technologies' system,Through-The-Earth Communication system, for emergency warning, evacuation, and rescue communications.
Scientists discover the roots of the fast pace of life in big cities
April 16 — Humanity has crossed a historic threshold where a majority of people worldwide now live in cities. Yet, even as the debate on how humans impact the natural environment grows, urbanization and its consequences remains poorly understood.
Plasma assisted engines fuel efficient, cleaner
August 29 — Gasoline, diesel, and turbine engines could soon burn cleaner or be more fuel efficient through the application of Plasma Assisted Combustion, a technology originated and developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and now poised to enter the marketplace.
Los Alamos National Laboratory's hurricane response wins medal
August 24 — The Environmental Protection Agency this week recognized members of the Los Alamos National Laboratory Integrated Reachback Center.
Making a safer bang for the buck - Los Alamos Research Team Identifies Replacements for Mercury and Lead in Primary Explosives
June 30 — Four ground-breaking families of environmentally friendly primary explosives under development at Los Alamos National Laboratory are featured this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Los Alamos executes successful hydrotest for W76 maintenance
June 30 — Staff from Los Alamos National Laboratory's Dynamic Experimentation Division, supported by hundreds of scientists, engineers, technicians and others from many Laboratory divisions, have successfully executed a major stockpile stewardship experiment.
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.
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.
Los Alamos receives two R&D awards
July 24 — The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory has received two of R&D Magazine's R&D 100 Awards, bringing the Laboratory's total to 65 awards over the past 12 years.
Researchers find time in dusty polar ice
June 12 — Scientists at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory recently unveiled a direct radiometric dating method for determining the age of polar ice. Further development of the novel dating method could improve mankind's knowledge of glaciers and the terrestrial history of meteorites as well as improve the accuracy of paleoclimate records.
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.
Lab develops colorful beryllium detection technology
August 30 — Detecting beryllium on contaminated surfaces may become as simple as testing the acidity of a swimming pool, thanks to scientists at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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