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Laboratory, Valles Caldera sponsor environmental science event
How would you like to study environmental science in a million-year-old outdoor “classroom?” The Summer Environmental Science Program lets students explore a wide range of science-related topics in the Valles Caldera National Preserve, a vast collapsed volcanic crater ringed by pine-shrouded mountains.
[July 9, 2009]
Barth Named Associate Director for Business Services
Mark Barth is Los Alamos National Laboratory’s new associate director for Business Services. He begins July 13 and succeeds Doris Heim, who has taken a new Bechtel assignment in Frederick, Maryland.
[July 8, 2009]

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Los Alamos, Sandia get federal funds for projects
6 Aug 2009 Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories are getting $56 million to fund three projects under a new initiative called Energy Frontier Research Centers. Read more …about Los Alamos, Sandia get federal funds for projects
Los Alamos lab works to quicken disease monitoring
6 Aug 2009 LOS ALAMOS, N.M. Two out of every three diseases in humans originated in animals – witness the current swine flu pandemic – and a Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher believes that points to a need for better... Read more …about Los Alamos lab works to quicken disease monitoring
Inside Look at Cellulose Provides Insight into Cotton Crystals
5 Aug 2009 Using a neutron beam to study nanocrystals, researchers have provided new information about hydrogen bonds that connect the building blocks of cellulose, the main molecule in cotton fibers and most other plant cell... Read more …about Inside Look at Cellulose Provides Insight into Cotton Crystals
Lightning inside hurricane could predict intensity
29 Jul 2009 They're deceptively simple-looking detectors: one an antenna with built-in GPS, the other electronic sensors inside a large, upside-down metal salad bowl. The sensors are the basis of a Los Alamos National Laboratory project studying lightning inside a hurricane to improve the accuracy and timeliness of forecasts for people in a storm's path. Read more …about Lightning inside hurricane could predict intensity
McMillan will lead Los Alamos weapons program
29 Jul 2009 An associate director at Los Alamos National Laboratory has been appointed to oversee the lab's weapons program. Charles McMillan succeeds Glenn Mara, who recently retired Read more …about McMillan will lead Los Alamos weapons program
Vital Alert gains $2.5M investment
28 Jul 2009 Vital Alert, a New Mexico-based startup that presented at the Technology Ventures Corp.’s Equity Capital Symposium in May, received a $2.5 million investment from two Canadian venture capital firms in late... Read more …about Vital Alert gains $2.5M investment
LANL, UNM to head $14.5M systems biology center
27 Jul 2009 Scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of New Mexico will co-direct a newly formed National Center for Systems Biology. The National Institute for General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) – part of the National Institutes of Health – has approved... Read more …about LANL, UNM to head $14.5M systems biology center
N.M. lab technologies get R&D 100 awards
24 Jul 2009 Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories had 10 technologies named as part of this year's R&D 100 Awards. The awards, given by R&D Magazine, go to the best technological advances at universities, private corporations and government labs around the world. Read more …about N.M. lab technologies get R&D 100 awards
BioCel automation system: Taking the panic out of pandemics
23 Jul 2009 Los Alamos National Laboratory, UCLA and Agilent have teamed up to create a system that can sequence the DNA pattern of an influenza virus anywhere from 10 to 100 times faster than previous methods. Read more …about BioCel automation system: Taking the panic out of pandemics
LANL scientists win R&D awards
21 Jul 2009 Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists won four of R&D Magazine's 2009 R&D 100 Awards. Recognized as the “Oscars of Invention” by the Chicago Tribune, these awards honor the top 100 proven technological advances of the past year. Read more …about LANL scientists win R&D awards

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