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News Releases - 2012
NNSA orders security enhancements
Because of this government order, until further notice all vehicles entering government property will be required to stop at the East and West Jemez Road "Vehicle Access Portals" (VAPs) for a vehicle check. - 12/21/12
Scientists to surveil Santa’s sleigh Christmas Eve
Los Alamos trackers will use state-of-the-art technology to mark the course taken this year by Santa Claus and his eight tiny reindeer during the Jolly Elf’s annual mission to spread joy to all the children of the world. - 12/21/12
Los Alamos National Laboratory top science news of 2012
Top science stories for the year traveled from the canyons of Mars to the high desert forests of New Mexico, from cosmic particles to the structure of proteins and enzymes. - 12/20/12
American Physical Society awards fellowships to Los Alamos scientists
William Anderson, Jonathan Boettger, Vincenzo Cirigliano, James Colgan, Juan Fernandez, Tom Intrator, Turab Lookman, Karissa Sanbonmatsu, Ivan Vitev, John Wills - 12/18/12
Record $3.1 million pledged during Los Alamos National Laboratory’s 2013 employee giving campaign
Laboratory employee contributions will fund a wide range of programs offered by eligible nonprofit organizations. - 12/17/12
New Mexico small businesses helped by Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists
Harshini Mukundan and Mark E. Smith received Principal Investigator Excellence Awards from the New Mexico Small Business Assistance program for assisting several New Mexico small businesses. - 12/11/12
Researchers test novel power system for space travel
The research team recently demonstrated the first use of a heat pipe to cool a small nuclear reactor and power a Stirling engine. - 11/26/12
Cobalt discovery replaces precious metals as industrial catalyst
Cobalt holds promise as an industrial catalyst with potential applications in such energy-related technologies such as production of biofuels and reduction of carbon dioxide. - 11/26/12
Los Alamos research and leadership prizes awarded
Commendations for exemplary scientific research and leadership have been bestowed upon Fernando Garzon, Cristian Batista and Irene Beyerlein, by the Laboratory Fellows organization. - 11/20/12
New companies get boost from Los Alamos National Security
Mustomo, Inc., IX Power, Synfolia and Tape-Ease are the latest recipients of $165,000 in Venture Acceleration Fund (VAF) awards. - 11/19/12
Los Alamos honors Laboratory Fellows
Charles Farrar, Steven Elliott and Mikhail Shashkov are being honored with appointment as Laboratory Fellows for 2012. - 11/19/12
Laboratory to demolish excavation enclosures at Material Disposal Area B near DP Road
Pre-demolition activities are beginning this week and the work should be completed by the end of March 2013. - 11/1/12
Higgs boson and Beyond: The quest for new laws of physics discussed at Frontiers in Science lectures
The lecture series is intended to increase local public awareness of the diversity of science and engineering research at the Laboratory. - 10/24/12
Media Advisory: Breakfast and brilliance . . .
Media are invited to the annual celebration of Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) projects on October 23. - 10/17/12
Tiny travelers from deep space could assist in healing Fukushima’s nuclear scar
Researchers have devised a method to use cosmic rays to gather detailed information from inside the damaged cores of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors. - 10/17/12
Neutron crystallography aids drug design
Researchers have used neutron crystallography for the first time to determine the structure of a clinical drug in complex with its human target enzyme. - 10/9/12
LANL’s Richard Marquez honored with leadership, service award
Northern New Mexico College Foundation honors LANL’s Richard Marquez - 10/4/12
Evolutionary theory, web-search technology combine for DNA analysis
Sequedex: bioinformatics breakthrough with clinical & environmental applications - 10/4/12
LANL shatters records in first year of accelerated shipping effort
LANL set a record for transuranic waste shipments from the Lab to permanent disposal facilities. - 10/3/12
Climate change cripples forests
A team of scientists concluded that in the warmer and drier Southwest of the near future, widespread tree mortality will cause forest and species distributions to change substantially. - 10/1/12
Los Alamos National Laboratory marks 20 years without full-scale nuclear testing
The test, code named “Divider,” was detonated on Sept. 23, 1992 as the last of an eight-test series called “Julin.” - 9/26/12
Los Alamos National Laboratory names Jeffrey Mousseau Associate Director of Environmental Programs
Mousseau currently works for the Lab’s transuranic waste disposal program. - 9/18/12
Los Alamos provides HOPE for radiation belt storm probes
The HOPE analyzer is one of a suite of instruments that was successfully launched as part of the Radiation Belt Storm Probe mission. - 8/30/12
Los Alamos researcher named as American Chemical Society Fellow
Kristin Omberg named for her contributions to national security as a “technical leader in detecting and mitigating biological threats” and to the ACS community. - 8/30/12
Los Alamos physicist honored by American Physical Society
George Kyrala is among a team honored with the American Physical Society’s 2012 John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research. - 8/29/12
Ellen O. Tauscher named to Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos Boards of Governors
Tauscher has also been appointed as a member of the LANS/LLNS Boards’ Mission Committee. - 8/27/12
ChemCam laser first analyses yield beautiful results
The laser instrument has fired nearly 500 shots so far that have produced strong, clear data about the composition of the Martian surface. - 8/23/12
Los Alamos engineer selected to participate in NAE's 2012 “Frontiers of Engineering” symposium
Engineers between 30 to 45 who are performing exceptional engineering research and technical work in a variety of disciplines attend the 2-1/2 day event. - 8/22/12
Laser research shows promise for cancer treatment
Scientists have observed for the first time how a laser penetrates dense, electron-rich plasma to generate ions. - 8/20/12
ChemCam laser sets its sights on first Martian target
The successful capture of ChemCam’s first 10 photos sets the stage for the first test bursts of the instrument’s rock-zapping laser in the near future. - 8/17/12
Alan Bishop selected to lead LANL Science, Technology & Engineering directorate
Bishop has been acting in that role since Aug. 29, 2011. - 8/17/12
American Physical Society and Los Alamos National Laboratory jointly announce Eli Ben-Naim as Senior Editor, Physical Review E
Ben-Naim has been at Los Alamos since 1996. - 8/16/12
High-tech tool predicts fire behavior in bark beetle-ravaged forests
A high-tech computer model called HIGRAD/FIRETEC provides insights that are essential for front-line fire fighters. - 8/9/12
Donald J. Kintzer named to the Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos Boards of Governors
The appointments take effect September 1. - 8/9/12
ChemCam sends digital ‘thumbs up’
Members of the team got a digital thumbs up about the operational readiness of their instrument just hours after the rover landed on Martian soil. - 8/8/12
LANL sets waste shipping record for fourth consecutive year
The Laboratory’s 172nd shipment of TRU waste this year left Los Alamos bound for WIPP on August 2. - 8/6/12
LANL access restrictions lifted
Vehicle access points on West Jemez Road will be open to non-badge holders. - 8/6/12
Los Alamos laser instrument arrives on Red Planet’s surface
The ChemCam laser characterization instrument was developed at LANL and the French space institute, IRAP. - 8/6/12
LANL open to badge holders only
Badges will be physically checked at the Laboratory's vehicle access points. Those without badges will be directed around the Laboratory via New Mexico Route 4. - 8/6/12
Bradbury Science Museum gets Martian fever
The public is invited to a special opening reception to celebrate LANL technologies aboard the six-wheeled mobile science laboratory. - 7/31/12
Los Alamos National Laboratory sponsors 16th Hazmat Challenge
Fifteen hazardous materials response teams from New Mexico, Texas, Missouri and Oklahoma respond to simulated hazardous materials emergencies. - 7/31/12
Los Alamos researcher honored with Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Amy J. Clarke, is among the honorees that President Obama named. - 7/23/12
HIV immunity study could pave way for vaccine development
Two scientists are among the team recently funded to explore ways to create the precise immune factors needed for effective vaccines against HIV. - 7/17/12
New research contract links LANL and robotics firm
Miniature robots are about to get an intelligence boost from a new partnership, linking LANL and ReconRobotics, Inc. - 7/11/12
World record neutron beam at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Scientists have created the largest neutron beam ever made by a short-pulse laser, breaking a world record. - 7/10/12
Artificial molecules that switch "handedness" at light-speed
Researchers create the first artificial molecules whose chirality can be rapidly switched from a right-handed to a left-handed orientation with a beam of light. - 7/10/12
Quantum cryptography for security challenges to be topic of Frontiers in Science lectures
Richard Hughes discusses the basics of cryptography and quantum physics. - 7/9/12
Reorganization bolsters nuclear nonproliferation capability
LANL has strengthened its capability in a key aspect of nuclear nonproliferation by combining two groups within its Global Security organization. - 6/27/12
Los Alamos National Laboratory celebrates 1000th transuranic waste shipment
LANL has sent record breaking numbers of shipments to WIPP each of the past three years and is on track to further surpass its record in 2012. - 6/26/12
More than 230 nonprofit organizations to receive monetary donations from Los Alamos National Security, LLC
Nonprofit organizations will receive more than $180,000 from LANS, LLC. - 6/25/12
International Science Conferences in Santa Fe
The conference are 2012 International Conference on Defects in Insulating Materials and Computer Simulation of Radiation Effects in Solids. - 6/22/12
Los Alamos innovations take three R&D 100 Tech Awards: Update, now it's FOUR
These awards honor the top 100 proven technological advances of the year, as selected by a group of R&D Magazine’s chosen judges. - 6/20/12
LANL Venture Acceleration Fund boosts three businesses
Integrative Enzymatics, Vapour Organic Beauty and HydroBio will receive startup funding from the Laboratory. - 6/19/12
Los Alamos National Laboratory to host Robot Rodeo
Hazardous devices teams from around the Southwest will wrangle their bomb squad robots at the sixth annual Robot Rodeo. - 6/18/12
Steven E. Koonin has been named as an Independent Governor on the LLNS and LANS Boards of Governors
The LLCs manage the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy. - 6/15/12
After-hours, weekend changes through East Jemez Road Vehicle Access Portal begin June 18
All vehicles entering the portal must use center lane number 4. - 6/15/12
Newest Los Alamos facility receives LEED® Gold Certification
The Radiological Laboratory Utility Office Building is first to achieve both the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design status and LEED Gold certification. - 6/13/12
Public invited to share living with wildfire stories with BSM
The exhibit provides an opportunity for people to share their stories about the Las Conchas fire and other wildfires. - 6/11/12
Small businesses serving LANL receive DOE awards
Eberline Services, HukariAscendent Inc. and ARSEC Environmental LLC received Department of Energy small business awards for fiscal year 2011. - 6/11/12
New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program recognized by U.S. Department of Commerce
Receives the 2012 Manufacturing Advocate of the Year award from the Manufacturing Extension Partnership under the U.S. Department of Commerce. - 5/31/12
Facility will focus on bioenergy, global food security
The New Mexico Consortium expects to complete the 27,000 square foot laboratory and office facility next spring. - 5/22/12
Plutonium less mysterious with nuclear magnetic resonance
For more than 50 years, chemists and physicists have been searching for the plutonium-239 magnetic resonance signal. - 5/21/12
LANL's Bradbury Science Museum takes part in Blue Star Museums program
Program to host active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day, May 28, through Labor Day, Sept. 3. - 5/16/12
Manvendra Dubey selected as Fulbright-Nehru Fellow
Manvendra Dubey has received a J. William Fulbright scholarship to conduct monsoon-related research in India. - 5/15/12
Sixty-five New Mexico students receive Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund scholarships
Los Alamos High School senior Scott Carlsten received the top award. - 5/1/12
LANL, Sandia recognized New Mexico small businesses for innovation
Businesses include the Pueblo of Zia; Herbs, Etc.; Musicode Innovations; SAVSU Technologies; and Albuquerque Delicate Dentistry Inc. - 4/30/12
Manzano student wins top award in 22nd New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge
Jordan Medlock wins for his computer algorithm. - 4/24/12
Students descend on LANL for Supercomputing Challenge
The Challenge is project-based learning, geared to teaching participants research, writing, teamwork, oral presentations, and computer programming. - 4/17/12
Lab hosts multi-lab cyber security games
Eventide brought together cyber and IT leaders from 20 sites to develop recommendations on resources they need from the Joint Cyber Coordination Center. - 4/12/12
Isotope production facility produces cancer-fighting actinium
A new medical isotope project shows promise for rapidly producing major quantities of a new cancer-treatment agent, actinium 225 (Ac-225). - 4/11/12
LANL's environmental data now viewable by the public
The new system contains more than 9 million records, including historical data as well as a near-real-time view of ongoing data collection activities. - 4/2/12
Three small businesses selected for environmental work
ARS Cavanagh Environmental Services, LLC; Portage, Inc.; and Navarro Research & Engineering, Inc. awarded a master task order agreement. - 3/29/12
Lab announces results of Voluntary Separation Program
557 employees will leave the Lab as part of a voluntary separation program announced last month. - 3/26/12
Security measures increase as of March: vehicle inspections won't delay traffic
New increased security procedures meet LANL's security objectives while minimizing impacts on local businesses and tourists. - 3/23/12
Previous world record shattered during six-experiment pulse
Researchers met the grand challenge of producing magnetic fields in excess of 100 tesla while conducting six different experiments. - 3/22/12
IX Power LLC and LANL sign Cooperative Research Development Agreement
Innovative water and energy technologies have a new development option for bringing their inventions to market. - 3/14/12
Bradbury Science Museum hosts talk March 15 by Philip Taubman
Former New York Times reporter talks about the current state of nuclear threats, including Pakistan, North Korea, Iran, and possibility of a nuclear 9-11. - 3/7/12
LANL names new head of Nuclear and High Hazard Operations
Charles Anderson joined the Laboratory in 2009 as the deputy associate director in ADNHHO. - 3/7/12
Quality New Mexico recognizes Community Programs Office
LANL has received 14 Piñon and Roadrunner recognitions from Quality New Mexico since 1997. - 3/6/12
Frontiers in Science lectures focus on imaging technology, world’s fastest camera
Scott Watson talks about the history of imaging technology and the new fields of high-speed photography and flash radiography. - 3/5/12
Oxygen detected in atmosphere of Saturn’s Moon Dione
Scientists and an international research team have announced discovery of molecular oxygen ions in the upper-most atmosphere of Dione. - 3/3/12
LANL names new head of Plutonium Science and Manufacturing
Jeff Yarbrough joins Los Alamos from the B&W Pantex plant in Amarillo, Texas. - 3/2/12
NNSA approves LANL workforce reduction plan
Eligible employees may begin applying for voluntary separation on March 5. - 3/1/12
USDA awards $1 million for E. coli research by LANL and New Mexico Consortium
Researchers received a portion of a recent $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to study E. coli in the beef industry. - 2/29/12
Light-emitting nanocrystal diodes go ultraViolet
A team of scientists has developed a process for creating glass-based, inorganic light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that produce light in the ultraviolet range. - 2/24/12
Lab announces security changes
The Laboratory is implementing several changes to its security procedures as the result of a recent security assessment conducted jointly by the Department of Defense and Department of Energy. - 2/23/12
Lab announces plans for workforce reduction
The Lab has submitted a plan to reduce its workforce by between 400 and 800 employees this spring through a voluntary separation program. - 2/21/12
More grapes, less wrath: Hybrid antimicrobial protein protects grapevines from pathogen
Researchers has found a way to ensure that your evening glass of wine will continue to be available. - 2/20/12
LANL selects small businesses for nuclear waste services
Environmental Dimensions, Inc.; North Wind, Inc.; Navarro Research and Engineering, Inc.; and Portage, Inc. selected to bid for a number of individual tasks. - 2/16/12
New facility boosts Lab’s ability to ship transuranic waste
Construction has begun on a new facility that will help Los Alamos accelerate the shipment of transuranic waste stored in large boxes at Technical Area 54. - 2/9/12
IBEX probe glimpses interstellar neighborhood
Space scientists, including researchers from LANL, described the first detailed analyses of captured interstellar neutral atoms. - 1/31/12
Los Alamos honors four for science leadership, research
John Gordon, Geoffrey Reeves, Stephen Doorn and David Jablonski are honored for acheivements. - 1/30/12
Venture Acceleration Fund now accepting 2012 applications
The three companies selected will receive up to $100,000 each to commercialize technology and take it to market faster. - 1/23/12
LANL achieves milestone on path to zero wastewater discharge
Industrial wastewater will be recycled as the result of a long-term strategy to treat wastewater rather than discharging it into the environment. - 1/20/12
Anderson-Cook named ASQ Fellow
Fellows are recognized based on their pre-eminence in technology, theory, education, or the application or management of quality control. - 1/17/12
Five honored as LANL Fellows for 2011
Bruce Carlsten, Mike Leitch, Michael MacInnes, Richard Martin, and Amit Misra honored for high-level achievements. - 1/13/12
LANL and Malaysian University collaborate to find genetic markers for dwarfism
Identifying previously unknown genomic markers may help aid in development of therapeutics, methods of prevention. - 1/12/12
Los Alamos scientists detect and track single molecules with nanoscale carbon cylinders
Researchers have now shown that semiconducting carbon nanotubes have the potential to detect and track single molecules in water. - 1/10/12
News Releases - 2012
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- NNSA orders security enhancements Because of this government order, until further notice all vehicles entering government property will be required to stop at the East and West Jemez Road "Vehicle Access Portals" (VAPs) for a vehicle check.December 21, 2012
- Scientists to surveil Santa’s sleigh Christmas Eve Los Alamos trackers will use state-of-the-art technology to mark the course taken this year by Santa Claus and his eight tiny reindeer during the Jolly Elf’s annual mission to spread joy to all the children of the world.December 21, 2012
- Los Alamos National Laboratory top science news of 2012 Top science stories for the year traveled from the canyons of Mars to the high desert forests of New Mexico, from cosmic particles to the structure of proteins and enzymes.December 20, 2012
- American Physical Society awards fellowships to Los Alamos scientists William Anderson, Jonathan Boettger, Vincenzo Cirigliano, James Colgan, Juan Fernandez, Tom Intrator, Turab Lookman, Karissa Sanbonmatsu, Ivan Vitev, John WillsDecember 18, 2012
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