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Breathing new life into pulmonary research
A team of scientists and bioengineers at Los Alamos have developed a tissue-engineered artificial lung called PuLMo, for Pulmonary Lung Model. - 12/17/17
Stellar explosion rocks the universe
Breaking news doesn’t happen that often in astronomy, and this was big. LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory, had detected another gravitational-wave signal. - 11/12/17
Give thanks for a month of fun events.
Give thanks for a month of fun events. - 11/7/17
In other news
STEM conference, environmental technician training, and more. - 11/7/17
Community leaders pay tribute to outgoing Laboratory director
Charlie McMillan retires at the end of December. - 11/7/17
“Painting” nature one frame at a time
Douglas Coombs’ love of the outdoors led to a passion for landscape and wildlife photography. - 11/7/17
Curiosity’s ChemCam zaps a half million Martian rocks
Lab-developed instrument aboard Mars rover passes milestone. - 11/7/17
Food drive makes the holidays brighter for local families
Donate today with food or gift cards. - 11/7/17
Scientists “speed date” with small businesses
Manufacturing companies get an introduction to the New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program. - 11/7/17
Mentoring Café gives middle schoolers taste of science
Santa Fe Indian School students learn from Lab researchers. - 11/7/17
Computer imagines the future
Researchers are simulating biological neural networks on supercomputers, enabling machines to learn about their surroundings, interpret data and make predictions much the way humans do. - 10/27/17
Chemical treatment improves quantum dot lasers
In new research, the nanometer-sized dots are being doctored, or “doped,” with additional electrons, a treatment that nudges the dots ever closer to producing the desired laser light with less stimulation and energy loss. - 10/23/17
Fighting tuberculosis with faster, more accurate diagnostics
Los Alamos National Laboratory, in collaboration with several institutions, are working to develop an innovative tool set for early and accurate diagnosis of the disease. - 10/18/17
Where there’s smoke, there’s science
To discover the finer points of smoke’s composition, Los Alamos National Laboratory has launched the Center for Aerosol Forensic Experiments — CAFE, for short. - 10/15/17
Fall into a month of fun events.
Fall into a month of fun events. - 10/2/17
In other news
Nonprofit grants, Questa investment, and more. - 10/2/17
Native American Venture Acceleration Fund open for proposals
Grants of up to $20,000 are available to tribally owned companies. - 10/2/17
Interpreting traditional retablos in a fun and whimsical way
Vincent Campos creates art inspired by Catholic iconography but with a distinctly modern approach. - 10/2/17
High-resolution scan shows inside of Bisti Beast skull
Researchers learn more about the fossil skull of a 74-million-year-old tyrannosauroid dinosaur. - 10/2/17
Record-breaking Back to School Drive helps area youth
Laboratory employees and partners donate backpacks and supplies to local children. - 10/2/17
Lab’s Math and Science Academy partners with Pojoaque Valley School District
New Mexico Highlands University will also collaborate on the teacher education program. - 10/2/17
Summit highlights the region’s potential for economic growth
Members of Congress Luján and Lujan Grisham emphasize the strengths of Northern New Mexico. - 10/2/17
Using tech to peer inside a tyrannosaur’s skull
The team’s study illuminates the Bisti Beast’s place in tyrannosaur ancestry and adds important new pieces to the puzzle. - 9/29/17
Neutralizing biothreats through disease forecasting
Preventing disease outbreaks in the United States requires improving public health all around the world. - 9/11/17
Fall into a month of fun events.
Fall into a month of fun events. - 9/5/17
In other news
Robots, scholarships, and more. - 9/5/17
Supporting the 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance
Wreaths Across America program honors our veterans. - 9/5/17
Engineering solutions to national security challenges
Laboratory employee Tana Cardenas is essential to the mission. - 9/5/17
Students blend computer-generated images into the real world to win award
Augmented reality project shows potential for nuclear work. - 9/5/17
Middle schoolers prepare for statewide Electric Car Challenge
Students learn STEM concepts while building and racing model cars. - 9/5/17
¡Arriba! internship program connects local businesses with young talent
Students develop professional skills in 16 weeks. - 9/5/17
Laboratory Volunteers Help Build Hope in Taos
Two teams work on constructing a Habitat for Humanity house. - 9/5/17
Dinosaur’s skull tells evolutionary tale
Researchers have exposed the inner structures of the fossil skull of a 74-million-year-old tyrannosauroid dinosaur nicknamed the Bisti Beast. - 8/30/17
Computer modeling helps with wildland fires
The Lab is using a tool called FIRETEC to simulate the fire/atmosphere interaction that controls fire behavior. - 8/25/17
Using machine-learning to scan the sky
As RAPTOR makes its rounds across the sky to check on known gamma ray sources and respond to the occasional interesting transient, it has free time every night to photograph blazars. - 8/15/17
Muons in the cathedral
In 2013, a group of experts on the cathedral came to Los Alamos National Laboratory to consult about fixing the cracks in the dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy. - 8/13/17
CubeSats have one major shortcoming
Over the past decade and a half, satellites the size of a toaster have opened up new possibilities for using space. - 8/10/17
Forecasting Outbreaks
To help prevent disease outbreaks in the U.S., we need to improve public health all around the world, not just within our own borders. - 8/10/17
August events to round out your summer.
August events to round out your summer. - 8/3/17
In other news
Subcontractors, ScienceFest, and more. - 8/3/17
Be curious about the world around you
Explore Northern New Mexico and all that it has to offer. - 8/3/17
Lab employee crowned Queen of the Española Fiesta
Monique Vigil works to preserve culture and history of the Valley. - 8/3/17
Protecting surface water in Los Alamos County
Continued monitoring of water shows no risk to human health. - 8/3/17
Back to School Drive is underway through August 7
Help students get the school shoes and supplies they need. - 8/3/17
New course at UNM-LA aimed at retirees
One-week course focuses on teaching fractions and rational numbers. - 8/3/17
Santa Fe company partners with Lab to grow business
Wildflower International has supported the federal government for 25+ years. - 8/3/17
Single-photon emitter
The Laboratory has produced the first known material capable of single-photon emission at room temperature and at telecommunications wavelengths. - 8/1/17
Neutrino research
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment will send particles 800 miles to a mile-deep detector in South Dakota. - 7/25/17
Using machine-learning to scan the sky
How do you decipher the inner workings of a cosmic cataclysm 3 billion light years away and 3 billion years in the past? - 7/24/17
If these (Martian) rocks could talk
It’s no coincidence that Death Valley and Mars have boron in common. Boron typically occurs in arid locations where water has evaporated. - 7/19/17
Eye on the sky
Los Alamos provides grad-student role in unraveling the mind-bending physics around super-massive black holes. - 7/10/17
Designing a safer explosive
At Los Alamos, we pay a lot of attention to things that blow up and we’re especially interested in how to make them safer. - 7/3/17
Festive events for the month of July.
Festive events for the month of July. - 7/1/17
In other news
"Dream Big" film plays at ScienceFest—and more. - 7/1/17
Follow us on Facebook
Learn about partnerships, events, and more via social media. - 7/1/17
Lab employee doubles as salsa student, teacher, and performer
Dancing is an outlet for Darrin Visarraga. - 7/1/17
Monitoring provides a bird’s eye view of avian populations
Biologists work to document Los Alamos’s feathered friends. - 7/1/17
Nonprofit heals veterans
Healing America’s Heroes also looking for volunteers and donations. - 7/1/17
Young women attend summer physics camp in Pojoaque
Two-week course focuses on understanding the world around us. - 7/1/17
Community leaders discuss future of Northern New Mexico
Rio Arriba Leadership Summit highlights education and workforce development issues. - 7/1/17
Post-It Art
#LANLPride art installation supports mission focus on diversity. - 6/29/17
Simplifying big data
Charliecloud lets users easily run crazy new things on Los Alamos supercomputers. - 6/27/17
Unraveling the mysteries of lightning
Lightning is poorly understood. Los Alamos National Laboratory is working to change that. - 6/22/17
Innovative rocket science boost
Los Alamos scientists have developed a unique segregated fuel oxidizer rocket fuel system for CubeSats. - 6/18/17
Slip into summer with these events.
Slip into summer with these events. - 6/1/17
In other news
And the award for National Small Business Program Manager of the Year goes to... - 6/1/17
Celebrating summer and school partnerships
Another school year is in the books—and with it, many successful collaborations between the Lab and area schools. - 6/1/17
Lab employee dominates local trail running
Erica Larson Baron wins Jemez Mountain Trail Run 50K. - 6/1/17
Keeping Los Alamos safe, secure, and environmentally responsible
The Environmental Management System sets guidelines. - 6/1/17
Local, free program teaches adults to read
Rio Arriba Adult Literacy Program also seeking volunteers. - 6/1/17
An educator’s success story
Yanira Vasquez envisions education beyond the classroom. - 6/1/17
Six local businesses awarded funds to boost growth
Venture Acceleration Fund benefits companies in Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, and San Miguel counties. - 6/1/17
Genomics for everyone
What if a nurse could swipe your saliva and run a quick genetic test for bacteria? - 5/23/17
San Ildefonso and Taos Day Schools teachers complete learning journey
Graduates of Laboratory Math and Science Academy take skills into classrooms. - 5/8/17
May activities to keep you running.
May activities to keep you running. - 5/8/17
In other news
Future City, supercomputing, and motorcycle safety in the news. - 5/8/17
Celebrate the earth
Environmental stewardship is central to the Laboratory mission. - 5/8/17
Showcasing talented Laboratory employees
Edward Jacquez grew from a street racer to a mentor. - 5/8/17
Astrophysicist connects with local kids
Lab volunteer shares her “pure joy of learning.” - 5/8/17
Training brings diverse leaders together
First class of Northern Heritage Leadership Institute builds community. - 5/8/17
Peñasco senior receives top scholarship to attend college
Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund gifts more than $660K to 111 area students. - 5/8/17
Scientists strike back at the mysteries of lightning
When thunderstorm season rolls around and lightning streaks the sky, creating its dazzling display, we likely don’t ponder the mysteries it presents. - 5/7/17
Mysteries of lightning
Los Alamos scientists are using lightning to develop instruments for nuclear test-ban treaty monitoring and, in the process, have learned a lot about lightning itself. - 5/2/17
What is the universe made of?
Physicists and astrophysicists at Los Alamos are using supercomputers to simulate Big Bang nucleosynthesis and the early universe to unprecedented precision. - 4/18/17
April events to put a spring in your step.
April events to put a spring in your step. - 4/11/17
In other news
Robots take over Northern New Mexico College—and more. - 4/11/17
Apply today to partner with the Math and Science Academy
Deadline for letters of interest is April 15. - 4/11/17
Toy collection earns employee a world record
Suazo-Martinez’s Slinky obsession started at age 14. - 4/11/17
Lab’s economic impact benefits Northern New Mexico
New businesses are developed, existing companies are strengthened. - 4/11/17
Los Alamos’ endangered animals
Scientists keep tabs on five species. - 4/11/17
Court-appointed special advocates support area youth
Become a CASA First volunteer to better a child’s life. - 4/11/17
Developing diversity in information technology
Everyone Does IT event focuses on girls. - 4/11/17
Looking for clues for past life on Mars
By looking at the light emitted by the target, scientists can analyze the composition of rocks and soils on Mars. - 4/11/17
Bracing for fire
What if a nurse could swipe your saliva and run a quick genetic test for bacteria? - 4/10/17
If these (Martian) rocks could talk
Finding the element boron might not seem exciting, but if you find it on Mars and you’re interested in alien life, it’s a big deal. - 4/9/17
Can our grid withstand a solar storm?
A recent peer-reviewed study found that an epic solar, or geomagnetic, storm could cost the United States more than $40 billion in damages and lost productivity. - 3/21/17
Dark matter detective work
Fourteen thousand feet above sea level near a volcanic peak in Mexico sits a unique astronomical observatory. Instead of peering into space with a glass lens, it uses 300 huge barrels of water. - 3/13/17
Dark matter detective
Sifting through data from HAWC's mountain-top water barrels looking for the fingerprint of dark matter - 2/21/17
Dark matter detective
Sifting through data from HAWC's mountain-top water barrels looking for the fingerprint of dark matter - 2/15/17
Protecting grid from cataclysmic solar storm
When the last really big solar storm hit Earth in 1921, the Sun ejected a burst of plasma and magnetic structures like Zeus hurling a thunderbolt from Mount Olympus. - 2/12/17
How flounders (yes, the fish) can help national security
Over the last hundred-plus years, we humans have looked to nature to improve our ability to camouflage ourselves. - 2/2/17
Sweet events for the month of February.
Sweet events for the month of February. - 2/1/17
In other news
One museum to see before you die—and more. - 2/1/17
Welcome, new tribal governors
The new year brings a change in leadership to area pueblos. - 2/1/17
Bruce Lee inspires Lab employee to learn martial arts
Lawrence Garcia shares love of Jeet Kune Do across the region—and beyond. - 2/1/17
Laboratory development considers environmental impacts
Proposed projects are reviewed in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. - 2/1/17
$2.5 million approved for Community Commitment Plan
LANS funds support community giving, economic development, education. - 2/1/17
Lab’s Math and Science Academy seeks partnership school
Math Teacher Leader Network also in the works. - 2/1/17
New leadership training underway
Nearly 50 enrolled in Northern Heritage Leadership Institute. - 2/1/17
What cosmology tells us about quantum mechanics
In physics’ pursuit of ever-more-complete and detailed descriptions of our universe, we’re always on the lookout for new tools. - 1/8/17
Kick off the New Year at these events.
Kick off the New Year at these events. - 1/3/17
In other news
Scholarships and STEM. - 1/3/17
A look back at 2016
Thanks to all who made it a year to remember. - 1/3/17
Rescue mutt becomes Lab’s first assistance dog
Border collie mix Houdini helps Lab employee manage pain. - 1/3/17
Cultural Resources on the Pajarito Plateau
Laboratory archaeologists protect and preserve sites for future generations. - 1/3/17
Leaders from area colleges discuss STEM education
Presidents’ roundtable considers the future of higher education in Northern New Mexico. - 1/3/17
Giving drives and campaigns have an impact
Together, community partners made a difference in 2016. - 1/3/17
Northern New Mexico selected for TechHire Initiative
More than 500 students to be trained for tech jobs by 2020. - 1/3/17
Top Los Alamos science stories of 2016
From discoveries on Mars to breakthroughs in cancer research, from national security science to materials science, 2016 has proven to be another productive year for Los Alamos National Laboratory achievements. - 12/21/16
Lab team performs some of the largest direct numerical simulations of shocked turbulence
The Fluid Dynamics team has performed some of the largest direct numerical simulations of fluid turbulence in the world. - 12/19/16
Leaky plumbing impedes Greenland Ice Sheet flow
A team led by ice sheet modelers is exploring how changes in extensive, sediment-choked subglacial “swamps” actually explain why the ice sheet’s movement slows down in late summer and winter. - 12/19/16
DNA markers distinguish between harmless, deadly bacteria
The virulent pathogen that causes the disease tularemia, or “rabbit fever,” was weaponized during past world wars and is considered a potential bioweapon. - 12/19/16
First detection of boron on the surface of Mars
The boron was identified by the rover’s laser-shooting Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument, which was developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory in conjunction with the French space agency. - 12/13/16
Forget jetpacks. Where are our hydrogen-powered cars?
For decades commercially viable fuel cells, particularly for cars, have remained just over the horizon. So why aren’t we there yet? - 12/13/16
AAAS and Los Alamos National Laboratory Announce 2016 Fellows
Scott Crooker and William Charles Louis III have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. - 12/7/16
EDGE bioinformatics brings genomics to everyone
A new bioinformatics platform will help democratize the genomics revolution by allowing users with limited bioinformatics expertise to quickly analyze and interpret genomic sequence data. - 11/29/16
Scientists develop software to simulate material deformation and failure
The software tool is called HOSS, Hybrid Optimization Software Suite. - 11/21/16
Los Alamos honored for industry collaboration in 2016 HPCwire Awards
Los Alamos National Laboratory has been recognized for the Lab’s collaboration with Seagate on next-generation data storage technologies. - 11/16/16
Five Los Alamos innovations win R&D 100 Awards
The prestigious “Oscars of Invention” honor the latest and best innovations and identify the top technology products of the past year. - 11/15/16
Using Wikipedia to forecast the flu
Lab researchers use mathematics, computer science, statistics and other information to determine how disease develops and spreads. - 11/15/16
Fires set to clear African land are stoking climate change
Each year in the dry season, flames sweep across a large swath of the African countryside, engulfing every kind of grass and woody plant in their way. - 11/14/16
The Exascale Computing Project announces $48 million to establish four Exascale Co-Design Centers
The first year is funded at $12 million, and is to be allocated evenly among the four award recipients. - 11/11/16
The Exascale Computing Project awards $34 million for software development
The Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project announced the selection of 35 software development proposals representing 25 research and academic organizations. - 11/10/16
Lab-developed hydrogen sensors tested at SoCal refueling stations
Government agencies are turning to Los Alamos National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Lab to help detect leaks that could potentially lead to fire. - 11/8/16
Five Los Alamos scientists receive 2016 Fellows Prize
Jennifer Martinez, Marc Janoschek and Jian-Xin Zhu were awarded the Fellows Prize in science and engineering; Dana Dattelbaum and Christopher Stanek received the Fellows Prize in leadership. - 11/7/16
Mutational signatures mark cancer's smoking gun
A study of cancer genome sequences identifies telltale mutational signatures associated with smoking tobacco. - 11/3/16
Outsmarting the art of camouflage
Over the last hundred-plus years, we humans have looked to nature to improve our ability to camouflage ourselves. - 11/2/16
New APS Fellows for Los Alamos announced
Eight Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists are being honored as new Fellows in the American Physical Society (APS). - 10/31/16
Nuclear detonation detection payload success
The second Space and Atmospheric Burst Reporting System (SABRS-2) payload developed and built by Los Alamos was successfully launched last fiscal year in support of the Lab’s ongoing Global Security mission. - 10/28/16
Los Alamos honors new research fellows
Scott Crooker, Jennifer Hollingsworth, Dean Preston and Roger Wiens are being recognized as Fellows of the Laboratory. - 10/26/16
Keeping nuclear materials secure in an uncertain world
During the last year, the Iran nuclear deal has successfully rolled back Iran’s nuclear program. Los Alamos National Laboratory was integral to verification and training. - 10/24/16
Scientist recognized for work to increase availability of critical medical isotope
Iain May recognized for his work towards ensuring the reliability and domestic supply of a critical medical isotope used for diagnostic imaging. - 10/20/16
Warm Dense Matter – getting a grip at a hot topic
An international team of scientists has achieved a major breakthrough in the description of warm dense matter. - 10/18/16
Los Alamos scientists win top American Physical Society prizes
Two senior scientists at Los Alamos National Lab are being honored by the American Physical Society (APS) for their fundamental contributions in nuclear physics and biophysics. - 10/18/16
Clean, hydrogen-powered future
Los Alamos, within the ElectroCat consortium, is investigating less expensive, more abundant materials based on carbon compounds to reduce the cost of ownership of a fuel-cell powered car so this clean power can compete in the marketplace. - 10/13/16
Rocket motor concept could boost CubeSat missions
These small, low-cost satellites are an easy way for scientists to access space, but are lacking in one key area, on-board propulsion. - 10/13/16
Quantum-dot solar windows evolve with ‘doctor-blade’ spreading
A Los Alamos National Laboratory research team demonstrates an important step in taking quantum dot, solar-powered windows from the laboratory to the construction site. - 10/11/16
Gleason honored with Alvin Van Valkenburg Award
Gleason was honored for her substantial contributions as an early career scientist to high-pressure physics in both static and dynamic compression. - 10/5/16
Feeling the burn
At least half of the black carbon in the atmosphere is a result of biomass burning. - 9/27/16
Deep moonquakes reveal thickness of the lunar crust
The researchers were the first to use body-wave seismic interferometry to study deep moonquakes. - 9/26/16
New insights into “plant memories”
A special stretch of ribonucleic acid (RNA) called COOLAIR is revealing its inner structure and function to scientists, displaying a striking resemblance to an RNA molecular machine. - 9/21/16
A revolution in supercomputing is coming
Trinity is a 42-petaflop supercomputer (that’s one quadrillion floating point operations per second, in case you’re counting) that resides at Los Alamos National Laboratory and can perform complex 3D simulations of everything from ocean currents to asteroid impacts. - 9/20/16
Ripples in space-time discussed in public lecture
Gabriela Gonzalez will discuss the observation of gravitational waves at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19 in Santa Fe. - 9/15/16
Trinity ushers in new age of supercomputing
As the Lab begins testing the second half of its new supercomputer, Trinity, the occasion highlights how intertwined scientific breakthroughs and computer innovations have become — and what a seminal and central role Los Alamos has played in that synergy. - 9/12/16
Funding boosts exascale computing research
Six Los Alamos National Laboratory partnership projects were tagged for full funding and one for seed money. - 9/7/16
Making solar power more affordable
Although the goal of cheap, plentiful energy from the sun turns out to be a work in progress, not a settled achievement, recent research breakthroughs are helping to deliver on the promise of truly “cheap solar,” with several surprising side benefits. - 8/30/16
Plants found to regulate leaf temperature to boost carbon uptake
The research offers promise for refining Earth system models that help predict climate change impacts and feedbacks. - 8/30/16
TenCate elected Acoustical Society of America fellow
TenCate’s research focuses on nonlinear acoustics and elasticity, seismology and nonlinear imaging. - 8/30/16
Los Alamos named top 50 employer for Latina women
Latina Style magazine today named Los Alamos National Laboratory as a top 50 employer for Latina women. - 8/29/16
High-impact innovations honored as R&D 100 Award finalists
Nine Los Alamos National Laboratory innovations were selected as finalists for the 2016 R&D 100 Awards. - 8/24/16
New class of fuel cells offer increased flexibility, lower cost
A new class of fuel cells based on a newly discovered polymer-based material could bridge the gap between the operating temperature ranges of two existing types of polymer fuel cells. - 8/23/16
Fuel-cell technology companies win small-business aid
Pajarito Powder, LLC, (Albuquerque), NanoSonic (Pembroke, Va.) and Ion Power (New Castle, Del.), are the recipients that will partner with Los Alamos. - 8/22/16
Nuclear scientist honored by ACS for innovative studies
David L. Clark has been selected as the 2017 recipient of the Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry. - 8/22/16
Isotope research opens new possibilities for cancer treatment
The insights from this study could provide the needed chemical information to develop ways to bind actinium so that it can be safely transported through the body to the tumor cell. - 8/17/16
Wiring reconfiguration saves millions for Trinity supercomputer
A moment of inspiration during a wiring diagram review has saved more than $2 million in material and labor costs for the Trinity supercomputer. - 8/15/16
Something new under the sun
Recent research breakthroughs at Los Alamos National Laboratory are helping to deliver on the promise of truly “cheap solar,” with several surprising side benefits. - 8/4/16
Kelly named Fellow of the American Statistical Association
The American Statistical Association (ASA) has honored Elizabeth Kelly with the title of Fellow. - 8/2/16
Aikin and Cerreta named as ASM Fellows
ASM International named Beverly Aikin and Ellen Cerreta to the 2016 class of Fellows. - 8/1/16
Confessions of a Martian rock
When scientists analyzed the chemical make-up of a Martian rock, they expected to find lots of basalt, the building block of all planets. - 7/25/16
Tide-triggered tremors give clues for earthquake prediction
The study reports that the deepest part of California’s 800-mile-long San Andreas Fault is weaker than expected and produces small earthquakes in response to tidal forces. - 7/21/16
Mars rover’s laser can now target rocks all by itself
New software is enabling ChemCam to select rock targets autonomously—the first time autonomous target selection is available for an instrument of this kind on any robotic planetary mission. - 7/21/16
Hazmat Challenge tests skills of hazardous materials response teams
Ten hazardous materials response teams from New Mexico, Missouri, Oklahoma and Nebraska test their skills in a series of graded, timed exercises. - 7/21/16
Bracing for fire
Understanding what drives big fires and predicting their behavior helps the fire community prepare for the next blaze through appropriate land management, emergency plans and firefighting strategies. - 7/20/16
Feynman Center for Innovation honors top technical trailblazers
Gary Grider received the 2015 Richard P. Feynman Innovation Prize for his leadership in developing cutting-edge HPC strategies and innovative business partnerships. - 7/19/16
Record amount pledged to 2016 Employees’ Scholarship Fund drive
Employees pledged a record $393,419 during the recently completed 2016 Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund (LAESF) drive. - 7/19/16
Burning questions in study of wildfire
Understanding what drives big fires and predicting their behavior helps the fire community prepare for the next blaze through appropriate land management, emergency plans and firefighting strategies. - 7/12/16
Computational scientist wins 2016 Carcinogenesis Young Investigator Award
Ludmil Alexandrov is the winner of the 2016 Carcinogenesis Young Investigator Award. - 7/11/16
Community invited to learn about emerging technologies
New technologies emerging from Los Alamos National Laboratory that address everything from fusion energy to medical testing will be on display for members of the community, investors and business leaders at the DisrupTech showcase. - 7/6/16
Role of amyloids in type II diabetes
A collaboration between Los Alamos, Yale University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute published research that sheds light on pathological properties of amyloids identified in type II diabetes. - 7/6/16
Flipping crystals improves solar-cell performance
Perovskite research team spin-casts crystals for efficient and resilient optoelectronic devices. - 7/6/16
New model predicts once-mysterious chemical reactions
Results will also be used to understand basic questions about nature such as the cooling mechanisms of the early universe and the formation of planets and stars. - 6/28/16
Could we someday predict earthquakes?
New ways of looking at seismic information and innovative laboratory experiments are offering tantalizing clues to what triggers earthquakes—and when. - 6/27/16
ChemCam findings hint at oxygen-rich past on Mars
The discovery of manganese oxides in Martian rocks might tell us that the Red Planet was once more Earth-like than previously believed. - 6/27/16
Energy technology projects gain DOE funding
Funding to help businesses move promising energy technologies from DOE’s National Laboratories to the marketplace. - 6/21/16
Nine receive DOE’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research Awards
The program prepares students for careers in science, technology, engineering and math. - 6/14/16
Fragile life underfoot has big impact on desert
The survival of desert biocrusts is being challenged by threats from climate change and man-made disturbance. - 6/13/16
Efficient hydrogen production made easy
Understanding how to use a simple, room-temperature treatment to drastically change the properties of materials could lead to a revolution in renewable fuels production and electronic applications. - 6/13/16
Janoschek awarded Hans Fischer Fellowship
Marc Janoschek has been chosen for a Hans Fischer Fellowship at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) Institute for Advanced Study in Germany. - 6/9/16
Hazardous-devices teams showcase skills at Robot Rodeo June 14-17
Hazardous-devices teams from around the Southwest will wrangle their bomb-squad robots at the tenth annual Robot Rodeo. - 6/9/16
New mobile application allows users to take virtual tour of Project Y of Manhattan Project National Historical Park
A new, free mobile application is now available for download from the Apple store. - 6/7/16
Using supercomputers to probe the early universe
Los Alamos researchers developed a computer code, called BURST, that can simulate a slice in the life of our young cosmos. - 6/5/16
RNA simulations boost understanding of retroviral diseases
New molecular dynamics research into how RNA folds into hairpin-shaped structures called tetraloops could provide important insights into new treatments for retroviral diseases. - 5/31/16
Teaching a cell new tricks
At Los Alamos National Laboratory, one group has been investigating the cellular mechanism that controls fatty acid synthesis. - 5/20/16
Scientists study glaciers in McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica
A research team has modeled the spatial variability in ice loss and assessed climate sensitivity of the glaciers. - 5/20/16
Five Northern New Mexico businesses awarded funds to spur economic growth
The 2016 awardees are EcoPesticides, Mora Valley Woodworking of Mora, Southwest PPE Services, Taos Mesa Brewing, and Tibbar Plasma Technologies. - 5/19/16
Why Mars?
The allure (and challenge) of colonizing the red planet - 5/17/16
Los Alamos staff help improve U.S. capability to detect underground nuclear explosions
Los Alamos staff were instrumental in the fifth conventional explosion experiment as part of the NNSA’s Source Physics Experiment (SPE) series. - 5/17/16
Cooling, time in the dark preserve perovskite solar power
A new study has found both the cause and a solution for the pesky tendency of perovskite solar cells to degrade in sunlight. - 5/17/16
Physicist wins early-career award for isotope work
Jonathan Ward Engle, is among 49 winners, of the US Department of Energy’s Early Career Research Program awards for 2016. - 5/12/16
Panel discussion to explore transitions in women’s careers on May 16
The event is titled “If I Only Knew Then What I Know Now." - 5/10/16
Majewski named Fellow of the Neutron Scattering Society of America
The Society recognized Majewski for "contributions to our understanding of weakly organized two-dimensional systems, including surfactant molecules found in biological systems.” - 5/9/16
Machine learning accelerates the discovery of new materials
Researchers recently demonstrated how an informatics-based adaptive design strategy, tightly coupled to experiments, can accelerate the discovery of new materials with targeted properties. - 5/9/16
Gravitational waves open new window on universe
Viewing the very large and very small workings of what's out there. - 5/8/16
Terwilliger named American Crystallographic Association president
The ACA is the home to more than 1,000 scientists around the country who use X-rays, neutrons and electrons to see the shapes of molecules. - 4/27/16
Los Alamos students take top award in 26th New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge
Andy Corliss, Phillip Ionkov and Ming Lo of Aspen Elementary, and Max Corliss of Los Alamos Middle School won first place in the New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge. - 4/27/16
Tiny plastic lung mimics human pulmonary function
Scientists are developing a miniature, tissue-engineered artificial lung that mimics the response of the human lung to drugs, toxins and other agents. - 4/25/16
The space weather threat... and how we protect ourselves
The Sun continually ejects high-energy electrons, protons, and other nuclei that bombard the Earth, producing space-weather effects such as the beautiful northern lights but also others that can destroy satellites and disrupt our lives here on Earth. - 4/24/16
Numerical simulations shed new light on early universe
The code simulates conditions during the first few minutes of cosmological evolution to model the role of neutrinos, nuclei and other particles in shaping the early universe. - 4/21/16
Student teams showcase year-long computing projects
The Challenge is project-based learning geared to teaching a wide range of skills: research, writing, teamwork, time management, oral presentations and computer programming. - 4/19/16
Students receive scholarships from Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund
Arasely Rodriguez, Solomon Sindelar and Katherine Wang are recipients of the 2016 Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund Gold scholarships. - 4/13/16
Space scientist tapped for French knighthood
Roger Wiens was awarded the honorary title of chevalier (knight) in France’s Academic Order of Palms for his work in forging strong ties between the French and American scientific communities. - 4/11/16
Why space weather matters
Many people think of space as a silent, empty void and the sun as a distant source of light and heat. Not true. The sun and the Earth are connected in complex, intimate and sometimes dangerous ways. - 4/10/16
Bringing the power of genetic research to an office near you
The ability to quickly analyze genetic data stands to revolutionize research into everything from the mutations causing various cancers to the “Second You,” your microbiome, or the bacteria living inside you. - 4/10/16
Looking inside plutonium
Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories have recently conducted plutonium experiments using Sandia's pulsed power Z Machine. - 4/7/16
Building international genomics collaborations for global biosecurity
The work enables cooperative biothreat reduction and scientific engagement on a global scale. - 4/6/16
Holistic data analysis and modeling poised to transform protein X-ray crystallography
A new 3-D modeling and data-extraction technique is about to transform the field of X-ray crystallography. - 3/29/16
Women scientists and engineers make notable firsts
Women scientist and engineers at Los Alamos make notable impacts in their fields and in the Lab's mission. - 3/24/16
Novel water-removal technique boosts performance of carbon nanomaterials
This research provides the first comprehensive understanding of water’s role within graphene oxide nanosheets (functionalized graphene sheets). - 3/23/16
Energy-water challenge emerges in Colorado River flows
Climate-driven heat-stress and forest mortality on the Colorado River watershed are expected to reduce river flows basin-wide out to the year 2100. - 3/22/16
Media Advisory: White House to host Water Summit
The summit will raise awareness of the national importance of water and highlight new commitments and announcements that the Administration and non-Federal institutions are making to build a sustainable water future. - 3/21/16
LANL and Seagate heat up data archiving for supercomputers
The joint effort is aimed at determining innovative new ways to keep massive amounts of stored data available for rapid access. - 3/21/16
Bringing MRI where it’s needed most
Los Alamos scientists developed a portable MRI, also called Battlefield MRI that uses ultra-low-field magnetic resonance imaging to create images of the brain that can be used in field hospitals for wounded soldiers or in remote villages in developing countries. - 3/20/16
Small businesses win technical support to develop clean energy technologies
These businesses will gain access to world-class laboratory resources to help move innovative ideas and technologies closer to the marketplace. - 3/17/16
Rapid ice-wedge melting accelerates permafrost decline
A new study of permafrost has found that the ice wedges forming the prevalent honeycomb pattern across the tundra appear to be melting rapidly across the Arctic. - 3/15/16
Can we someday predict earthquakes?
New ways of looking at seismic information and innovative laboratory experiments are offering tantalizing clues to what triggers earthquakes — and when. - 3/14/16
Los Alamos researchers develop platform to study subsurface reservoir conditions
This increasing demand for energy around the globe requires a better understanding of subsurface energy resources and their associated environmental issues. - 3/7/16
Fensin receives Young Leaders Award
Saryu Fensin has been selected to receive the 2015 TMS Young Leaders International Scholar-Japanese Institute of Metals (JIM) Award. - 3/3/16
Laboratories team up to develop affordable fuel cell components
Laboratories have teamed up to support a DOE initiative through the creation of the Electrocatalysis Consortium (ElectroCat). - 3/1/16
Analyzing genetic tree sheds new light on disease outbreaks
The team used computational phylogenetic analysis to examine how strains of HIV, both in computer modeling and compared with real-life case studies, would be transmitted. - 2/25/16
Why is Zika now a threat?
Population growth, rising temperatures, embryonic immune systems says Lab scientist - 2/25/16
Mining fatty acids from algae
Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of Washington are exploring the use of lipids for energy: as a starting material for creating biofuels. - 2/24/16
Mascareñas receives Presidential Early Career Award
David Mascareñas was named a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award by President Obama last week. - 2/24/16
Study finds surprising variability in shape of Van Allen Belts
Understanding the shape and size of the belts, which shrink and swell in response to magnetic storms coming from the sun, is crucial for protecting our technology in space. - 2/23/16
Decoding dark matter in genes
Possible future applications, for example, include making new cancer therapies based on how ribosomes differentiate in healthy versus cancerous tissue. - 2/19/16
Fossil analysis pushes back human split from other primates
C. abyssinicus revealed answers about gorilla lineage but also provided fossil evidence that our common ancestor migrated from Africa. - 2/16/16
Carlsten named IEEE Fellow
Bruce Carlsten is a pioneer in the production and use of high-brightness electron beams. - 2/11/16
Five Los Alamos scientists receive 2015 Fellows Prize
Hou-Tong Chen, Manvendra Dubey and Herbert Van De Sompel are the winners of the 2015 Fellows Prize for Outstanding Research; Rebecca Chamberlin and David Morris are the winners of the Fellows Prize for Outstanding Leadership. - 2/11/16
Gravitational waves found, black-hole models led the way
Gravitational waves were predicted by Einstein’s theory of general relativity in 1916, and now, almost exactly 100 years later, the faint ripples across space-time have been found. - 2/11/16
Getting something new out of something old
Scientists are pursing one example of such a long-lived/short-lived isotope system for medical applications. - 2/10/16
Researchers examine behavior of amorphous materials under high strain
The findings offer a new way to monitor the onset of plastic deformation and mechanical properties of materials. - 2/10/16
Turning windows into solar panels
Working with quantum dots, researchers achieve a breakthrough in solar-concentrating technology that can turn windows into electric generators. - 2/7/16
Native American Venture Acceleration Fund grants
The grants are designed to help the recipients create jobs, increase their revenue base and help diversify the area economy. - 2/1/16
Innovative imaging systems on the Wendelstein 7-X bring steady-state fusion energy closer to reality
Innovative new imaging systems designed at Los Alamos are helping physicists peer into the roiling world of superhot plasmas. - 1/27/16
Los Alamos names Laboratory Fellows for 2015
The honorees are Michael Bernardin, Avadh Saxena, Carlos Tome and Piotr Zelenay. - 1/27/16
The forecast calls for flu
Using mathematics, computer programs, statistics and information about how disease develops and spreads, a research team at Los Alamos National Laboratory found a way to forecast the flu season and even next week’s sickness trends. - 1/15/16
Modernizing energy grid in DOE-wide Laboratory consortium
Up to $35.25 million in research funding could come to Los Alamos and its partners. - 1/14/16
Machine learning helps discover the most luminous supernova in history
Machine-learning technology developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory played a key role in the discovery of supernova ASASSN-15lh. - 1/14/16
Los Alamos scientist receives prestigious fellowship
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has awarded the distinction of Fellow to Dave Morris. - 1/11/16
Driving toward an algae-powered future
A project led by Los Alamos seeks to drive algal biofuels to marketability, decreasing our nation’s dependence on fossil fuels and putting the brakes on global warming. - 12/24/15
Driving toward an algae-powered future
A new research project led by Los Alamos National Laboratory seeks to drive algal biofuels to marketability, decreasing our nation’s dependence on fossil fuels and putting the brakes on global warming. - 12/24/15
Top 10 science stories of the year
From supercomputers and climate modeling, to cybersecurity and cancer treatments, Los Alamos worked hard in 2015 to advance science that helps address many of our most pressing challenges. - 12/23/15
Plasma research shows promise for future compact accelerators
A transformative breakthrough in controlling ion beams allows small-scale laser-plasma accelerators to deliver unprecedented power densities. - 12/21/15
Study forecasts disappearance of conifers due to climate change
New results, reported in a paper released today in the journal Nature Climate Change, suggest that global models may underestimate predictions of forest death. - 12/21/15
Impact of mammalian megaherbivores on global methane examined
Examining the past consequences of large herbivore loss yields insights into contemporary ecosystem function. - 12/21/15
Portable MRI named Top 10 Breakthrough of 2015 by Physics World magazine
Portable MRI, also called Battlefield MRI (bMRI), uses ultra-low-field magnetic resonance imaging to create images of injured soft tissues, such as the brain. - 12/20/15
February most likely month for flu season to peak
The Los Alamos team’s model is an ongoing research project that forecasts the current flu season probabilistically, similar to best-practice forecasts of weather, presidential elections, and sporting events. - 12/20/15
New Mars rover findings revealed at AGU conference
A group of scientists revealed that the Curiosity rover found much higher concentrations of silica at some sites the rover has investigated in the past seven months. - 12/17/15
Model tracks gases for underground nuclear explosion detection
Scientists developed a new, more thorough method for detecting underground nuclear explosions by coupling seismic models with gas-flow models. - 12/17/15
LANL receives second Presidential Award as a climate champion
The awards honor federal teams, projects, facilities and programs that exemplify President Obama’s charge to lead by example towards a clean energy economy. - 12/8/15
Researcher pens prizewinning essay on cancer
Ludmil Alexandrov made strong points this week in the journal Science winning a 2015 Science & SciLifeLab Prize, on “Understanding the Origins of Human Cancer.” - 12/6/15
Frontiers in Science talks explore new strategies to improve photosynthesis, increase energy yields
Richard Sayre discusses how improving photosynthetic efficiency may result in substantial increases in crop yields. - 12/6/15
Los Alamos structure-damage software wins R&D 100 Award
A software package called SHMTools, which can detect damage in a variety of structures and was developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory, won an R&D 100 Award. - 12/6/15
New climate model predicts likelihood of Greenland ice melt
A new computer model of accumulated carbon emissions predicts the likelihood of crossing several dangerous climate change thresholds. - 11/20/15
Los Alamos to study future computing technology capabilities
Lab will lead collaboration within DOE and with select university partners to explore capabilities and limits of quantum annealing technology. - 11/20/15
Molecular clocks control mutation rate in human cells
These clock-like mutational processes could ultimately be responsible for a large proportion of human cancer and contribute to human aging. - 11/20/15
Tomé to receive Khan International Medal
The International Journal of Plasticity recognized Tomé for his “outstanding life-long contributions in the field of plasticity.” - 11/18/15
Quenching New Mexico's thirst with brackish water
Whether today turns out damp or dry, drought is a fact of life in New Mexico. So where can we get more water? - 11/15/15
Scientists recognized with breakthrough prize for neutrinos research
More than 1,300 scientists—including 35 from Los Alamos National Laboratory—were awarded the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. - 11/12/15
Ten Los Alamos scientists honored by American Physical Society
Aslam, Batha, Bauer, Chen, Dalvit, Nguyen, Perelson, Ronning, Saunders and Wurden were recognized by APS. - 11/12/15
National labs collaborate to shape development of next-generation supercomputers
Working together to solve some of the world's most challenging problems by ensuring that the nation's scientists can access leading-edge computing systems - 11/10/15
Helping New Mexico small businesses earns recognition for employees
Quintana and Nath received awards for providing technical expertise and access to lab capabilities to help small businesses through the NMSBA. - 11/10/15
Lichens detect past fallout
The team conducted this investigation to define the background concentrations of actinide isotopes present in the environment. - 11/8/15
Hunting for meteorites in Antarctica
Nina Lanza was selected as one of eight members for the 2015-2016 field campaign of the Antarctica Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) program. - 11/3/15
MicroBooNE sees first accelerator-born neutrinos
The principal purpose of the detector is to confirm or deny the existence of a hypothetical particle known as the sterile neutrino. - 11/2/15
Novel targeted therapy for stomach cancer
This finding has the potential to save thousand of lives a year by delivering a more effective, targeted treatment for cancer patients. - 10/29/15
Los Alamos researchers uncover new origins of radiation-tolerant materials
A new report this week in the journal Nature Communications provides new insight into what, exactly, makes some complex materials radiation tolerant. - 10/29/15
Nanoscale, multidimensional artificial magnet created
Applications might range from general magnetism, such as developing sensors, to information encoding. - 10/26/15
Los Alamos team wins best paper award at Sustainable Development Conference
Yongchao Yang, Alessandro Cattaneo and David Mascareñas recently received the Best Paper Award at the Third Annual International Conference for Sustainable Development. - 10/22/15
Rings of Fire: New explosives provide enhanced safety, high energy
These materials could usher in a new class of explosives that provide high-energy output with enhanced safety. - 10/22/15
Jumpstarting the carbon capture industry
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage can provide a crucial bridge between our current global energy economy and a cleaner, more diversified energy future. - 10/16/15
Los Alamos physicist wins 2016 Joseph F. Keithley Award for Advances in Measurement Science
Honors to Albert Migliori, developer of resonant ultrasound spectroscopy - 10/15/15
Model predicts space weather and protects satellite hardware
The researchers created a model that can predict the plasma flux environment at geosynchronous orbit in response to rapid changes in geomagnetic and solar activity. - 10/11/15
Curiosity Rover confirms existence of a large ancient lake on Mars
New findings released today in the journal Science show substantial bodies of water likely existed on the surface of the planet in its early history. - 10/8/15
Scientists teach short course on fuel cells
Los Alamos scientists gave presentations covering Hydrogen and Lab Safety, the Laboratory’s Membrane-and-Electrode Process, Fuel Cell Materials Characterization, Modeling, Durability and Testing. - 10/8/15
Los Alamos-led consortium works to enhance fuel cell technology
Los Alamos is leading a DOE Fuel Cells Technologies Office-funded project to enhance the performance and durability of PEM fuel cells, while reducing their cost. - 10/8/15
Zelenay receives professorship in chemistry from president of Poland
Piotr Zelenay of Materials Synthesis and Integrated Devices (MPA-11) received the honorary title of Professor in Chemistry from Poland’s President Bronisław Komorowski. - 10/8/15
Study reveals urban smoke absorbs sunlight, exacerbating climate warming
Cloaking urban areas and wildfire zones, tiny smoke particles suspended in the atmosphere have a sizeable effect on our climate. - 9/30/15
Large trees—key climate influencers—die first in drought
A team of researchers studied forests worldwide, ranging from semi-arid woodlands to tropic rainforests, to determine how a tree’s size impacts its response to drought. - 9/29/15
Squeezing silica reveals meteorite secrets
Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory are gaining insights into one of the effects of meteorite collisions with earth. - 9/27/15
Los Alamos explores hybrid ultrasmall gold nanocluster for enzymatic fuel cells
With fossil-fuel sources dwindling, better biofuel cell design is a strong candidate in the energy field. - 9/24/15
Nonprofit organizations receive monetary donations from LANS, LLC
The contributions are determined by volunteer hours logged by Lab employees and retirees. - 9/21/15
Los Alamos to team with Procter & Gamble in clean energy manufacturing initiative
Areas of focus include energy, water, waste and transportation - 9/17/15
New insights into HIV-1 vaccine design
Scientists have created a computational model that could change the way that researchers look at possibilities for an HIV-1 vaccine. - 9/17/15
Computational model to study lung cancer
New tool will better study one of the deadliest lung cancers. - 9/14/15
For cybersecurity, in quantum encryption we trust
Los Alamos physicists developed a quantum random number generator and communication system that exploits quantum physics to improve cybersecurity. - 9/13/15
Evaluating a new approach to CO2 capture and storage
In a perspective paper published in Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, researchers examined a new approach that could potentially overcome many barriers to deployment and jumpstart this process on a commercial scale. - 9/13/15
Ultrafast photodetectors allow direct observation of multiple electrons generated by a single photon
The new technique involves monitoring photocurrent transients in specially engineered photodetectors that provide very high temporal resolution of only 50 picoseconds. - 9/11/15
Los Alamos team receives DOE Secretary's Achievement Award
The Radiological Laboratory Utility Office Building (RLUOB) Transition Team received the award for its teamwork and performance. - 9/8/15
Nanotubes open new path toward quantum information technologies
In optical communication, critical information ranging from a credit card number to national security data is transmitted in streams of laser pulses. - 9/3/15
Ernst & Young, Los Alamos make new cybersecurity tools available to private sector
A strategic alliance to deliver some of the most advanced behavioral cybersecurity tools available to the commercial market. - 8/25/15
Pueblo preserves cultural history through collaborative tours
San Ildefonso Pueblo brought together academic and cultural learning on a recent tour of Cave Kiva Trail in Mortandad Canyon. - 8/24/15
Capture sunlight with your window
A luminescent solar concentrator is an emerging sunlight harvesting technology that has the potential to disrupt the way we think about energy. - 8/24/15
Medical and biofuel advances possible with new gene regulation tool
The key is a tunable switch made from a small non-coding RNA molecule that could have value for medical and even biofuel production purposes. - 8/20/15
Research project aims to create affordable biofuels by 2019
Los Alamos National Laboratory, in collaboration with the Colorado School of Mine and Reliance Industries, has received nearly $9 million in funding from the DOE for Producing Algae and Co-Products for Energy (PACE). - 8/16/15
Young, Jupiter-like planet discovered
A team of researchers has discovered a Jupiter-like planet within a young system that could provide a new understanding of how planets formed around our sun. - 8/13/15
Schoenborn wins Bau Neutron Award
The American Crystallographic Association (ACA) has selected retired Laboratory Senior Fellow Benno Schoenborn to receive the 2016 Bau Neutron Diffraction Award. - 8/12/15
Portable MRI might make the world a better place
Los Alamos' Battlefield MRI uses ultra-low-field magnetic resonance imaging to create images of the brain that can be used in field hospitals or in remote villages. - 8/9/15
Researchers simulate helium bubble behavior in fusion reactors
They performed simulations to understand how tungsten behaves in the presence of implanted helium that forms bubbles in the material. - 8/4/15
New mechanism discovered for controlling ultracold chemical reactions
Researchers have discovered a new interference mechanism in ultracold chemical reactions. - 7/31/15
Frontiers in Science lectures
Herb Funsten will explore the edge of the solar system and anticipate its future as it moves through our galactic neighborhood. - 7/30/15
Environmental remediation project on canyon completed
A team recently completed a remediation project that involved removing contaminated rock and soil from the parking lot of a busy shopping center. - 7/29/15
Four Los Alamos projects selected as R&D 100 Award finalists
Finalists include X-ray imaging, pipe corrosion, data handling and damage-detection software - 7/27/15
Top Los Alamos technology spinoff ideas honored at DisrupTech
Three potential business partnership projects emerged from the 2015 DisrupTech competition at Los Alamos National Laboratory with winning proposals. - 7/23/15
Los Alamos National Laboratory sponsors 19th annual Hazmat Challenge
Twelve hazardous materials response teams from New Mexico, Missouri and Nebraska test their skills in a series of graded, timed exercises at the 19th annual Hazmat Challenge. - 7/23/15
Los Alamos honors computer code team with Feynman Innovation Prize
This year’s honorees for the Richard P. Feynman Innovation Prize at Los Alamos National Laboratory are the Monte Carlo Radiation Transport Team members. - 7/22/15
New DOE projects for low-cost fusion energy development
Three of the projects involve Los Alamos National Laboratory science staff and partners. - 7/20/15
Flynn selected for Achenbach Medal
The medal is awarded annually to a young researcher within 10 years of receipt of a doctorate and who has made an outstanding research contribution in the field of Structural Health Monitoring. - 7/16/15
Hyman wins Fraunhofer Award
Jeffrey De’Haven Hyman has received the 2015 Award for Young Researchers from the International Society for Porous Media (InterPore), on behalf of the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics. - 7/14/15
‘DisrupTech’ event to highlight bright ideas from Los Alamos
DisrupTech is hosted by the Richard P. Feynman Center for Innovation at Los Alamos and the New Mexico Angels. - 7/14/15
Curiosity rover finds evidence of Mars’ primitive continental crust
This is the first discovery of a potential “continental crust” on Mars. - 7/13/15
Federally protected Mexican spotted owl chicks hatch on LANL property
Biologists located a record seven federally threatened Mexican spotted owl chicks on Los Alamos National Laboratory property during nest surveys last month. - 7/13/15
Record amount pledged to Employees’ Scholarship Fund drive
Laboratory employees pledged a record $356,550 to the 2015 Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund (LAESF) drive. - 7/13/15
Methane cloud hunting
Los Alamos researchers go hunting for methane gas over the Four Corners area of northwest New Mexico and find a strange daily pattern. - 7/12/15
Neutrons find “missing” magnetism of plutonium
Groundbreaking work at two Department of Energy national laboratories has confirmed plutonium’s magnetism, which scientists have long theorized but have never been able to experimentally observe. - 7/10/15
Geological Society of America selects Mora as president elect
Mora is a stable-isotope geochemist whose research spans the traditional fields of geology, soil science and climate science. - 7/9/15
Using supercritical carbon dioxide as a fracturing fluid
The Laboratory team used a combination of experiments and modeling for the investigation. - 6/25/15
Analyzing ocean mixing reveals insight on climate
Los Alamos scientists have developed a computer model that clarifies the complex processes driving ocean mixing in the vast eddies that swirl across hundreds of miles of open ocean. - 6/24/15
New leadership for Weapons and Operations Directorates
Robert (Bob) Webster is the Lab’s next Principal Associate Director for Weapons Programs, and Craig Leasure will be the new Principal Associate Director for Operations. - 6/19/15
NASA agreements advance Mars exploration
Los Alamos National Laboratory is coordinating with the French science and engineering team on developing SuperCam. - 6/17/15
Project ATHENA creates surrogate human organ systems
The development of miniature surrogate human organs, coupled with highly sensitive mass spectrometry technologies, could one day revolutionize the way new drugs and toxic agents are studied. - 6/15/15
Global samples reveal unpredicted uranium and plutonium behavior
Knowing how a chemical in soil reacts and transforms over time in response to neighboring elements, weather and heat is essential in determining whether that chemical is hazardous. - 6/15/15
Rapid diagnosis a new weapon against re-emerging TB
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed an innovative tool set for the early and accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis. - 6/7/15
Combined methods reveal how water moves in trees
Water use by trees is a key part of the hydrological process linking soil to climate and local weather - 6/7/15
Girrens and Livescu named ASME Fellows
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers has chosen Steve Girrens and Daniel Livescu as Fellows. - 6/2/15
DNA analysis conference in Santa Fe
Los Alamos National Laboratory is hosting a DNA sequence analysis and bioinformatics event, the 10th annual Sequencing, Finishing and Analysis in the Future (SFAF) workshop. - 5/27/15
Williams named ASA Fellow
The American Statistical Association (ASA) has honored Brian Williams with the title of Fellow. - 5/27/15
Mars Rover’s ChemCam Instrument gets sharper vision
NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover’s “ChemCam” instrument just got a major capability fix, as Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists uploaded a software repair for the auto-focus system on the instrument. - 5/21/15
Two Los Alamos scientists honored with E.O. Lawrence Awards
Outstanding performance in two vital mission areas resulted in prestigious awards for two Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists this week. - 5/21/15
Bradbury Science Museum participates in Blue Star Museums program
Museum to host active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day, May 25, through Labor Day, Sept. 7. - 5/21/15
Uncovering the mysteries of cosmic explosions
An automated software system developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory played a key role in the discovery of supernova iPTF 14atg and could provide insight, a virtual Rosetta stone, into future supernovae and their underlying physics. - 5/20/15
Drought-induced tree mortality accelerating in forests
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have found that drought and heat-induced tree mortality is accelerating in many forest biomes as a consequence of a warming climate in their paper published in the journal Nature Climate Change. - 5/19/15
Better predicting flu outbreaks with Wikipedia
Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have the ability to forecast the upcoming flu season and other infectious diseases by analyzing views of Wikipedia articles - 5/14/15
Lee to receive DOE Office of Science Early Career Award
Lee was selected for his proposal on “Precision Probes of the Strong Interaction.” - 5/6/15
Los Alamos National Laboratory to perform slope-side cleanup near Smith’s Marketplace
The Lab is performing a high-angle canyon-side cleanup on U.S. Department of Energy property just south of the new Smith’s Marketplace. - 5/1/15
Using biomarkers to identify traumatic brain injury for soldiers, sports figures
A new detection approach originally developed for tuberculosis diagnostics is being adapted as a tool for determining traumatic brain injury - 4/28/15
Hoffman and Zurek named 2014 Los Alamos Medal recipients
The Los Alamos Medal was established in 2001 to honor those who have contributed to the Laboratory at the highest level - 4/23/15
Lab recognizes employee teams with 2015 Pollution Prevention Awards
Nearly 400 Lab employees on 32 teams received Pollution Prevention awards during an Earth Day awards ceremony - 4/22/15
Portable MRI for injured soldiers and children in the Third World field hospitals
Scientists are developing a low power, lightweight, ultra-low-field MRI system for battlefield deployment and field hospitals in the world's poorest regions - 4/22/15
Monte del Sol Charter School takes top award in 25th New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge
Meghan Hill and Katelynn James took the top prize for their research project - 4/21/15
Students receive scholarships From Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund
Charlotte Flory, Chloe Keilers and Alexander Ortiz are recipients of the 2015 Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund Gold scholarships - 4/21/15
Supercomputing Challenge draws more than 200 students
The Challenge is project-based learning geared to teaching a wide range of skills - 4/16/15
Promising future of quantum dots explored in conference
Researchers are gathering to reflect on two decades of quantum dot research at a special topical conference, “20 Years of Quantum Dots at Los Alamos” - 4/13/15
Wildfires in the Southwest dictated by drought
The authors show that the annual forest fire area is very strongly dictated by drought. - 4/12/15
Fraser receives NNSA 2014 Security Professional of the Year award
Fraser is program manager for Los Alamos’ Strategic Security Infrastructure Program - 4/2/15
Climate change’s effect on tropical forests
An expansive new project called Next Generation Ecosystem Experiments-Tropics aims to bring the future of tropical forests into much clearer focus - 4/1/15
Los Alamos analyzes meteor fragments nondestructively
Researchers and collaborators used the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center User Facility to perform novel compositional tomography characterizing small samples of the Chelyabinsk meteor. - 4/1/15
Using magnetic fields to understand high-temperature superconductivity
The eventual goal of the research would be to create a superconductor that operates at room temperature and needs no cooling at all - 3/26/15
Two Lab organizations receive Performance Excellence recognition
Nuclear Material Control and Accountability Group and the Quality and Performance Assurance Division received the 2014 awards - 3/26/15
Los Alamos computer simulation improves offshore drill rig safety
Researchers focused on the motion of the floating structure resulting from complex fluid-structure interaction and vortex shedding from sea currents. - 3/24/15
HAWC Observatory to study universe’s most energetic phenomena
Inaugural ceremony to mark completion of powerful system to detect gamma rays and cosmic rays - 3/20/15
Talks to explore new strategies for diagnosing challenging diseases
Harshini Mukundan discusses the re-emergence of tuberculosis in a series of lectures called “The Microbe Strikes Back: The Return of Tuberculosis. - 3/19/15
Los Alamos creates bioinformatics tool for metagenome analysis
Scientists have developed a new method for DNA analysis of microbial communities such as those found in the ocean, the soil, and our own guts. - 3/18/15
Los Alamos offers new insights into radiation damage evolution
Two reports are helping crack the code of how certain materials respond in the highly-damaging radiation environments within a nuclear reactor. - 3/16/15
Los Alamos reduces water use by 26 percent in 2014
The Lab decreased its water usage by 26 percent, with about one-third of the reduction attributable to using reclaimed water to cool a supercomputing center. - 3/16/15
Lab researchers develop models to analyze mixing in the ocean
Researchers created models to quantify the horizontal and vertical structure of mixing in the ocean and its dependence upon eddy velocities. - 3/10/15
RoboRave Rally tests students’ critical thinking, teamwork skills
Teams from schools in Rio Arriba, Taos, Los Alamos, Santa Fe and Sandoval counties are scheduled to participate. - 3/5/15
Six regional businesses receive Native American Venture Acceleration Fund grants
Grant recipients are Walatowa Timber, High Water Mark, Ohkay Owingeh Housing Authority, Tano Services Corporation, Professional Cleaning Solutions and Than Povi. - 3/3/15
Los Alamos boosts light-water reactor research with advanced modeling and simulation technology
As part of the consortium CASL will now be deployed to industry and academia under a new inter-institutional agreement for intellectual property. - 3/2/15
Venture Acceleration Fund awards spur investment in Northern New Mexico
Proposals are being accepted for Venture Acceleration Fund (VAF) awards for calendar year 2015. - 2/26/15
Los Alamos scientists join prestigious ranks of APS fellows
Cristian Batista, Malcolm Boshier, Dana Dattelbaum, Stephen Doorn, Michelle Espy, George Rodriguez, Avadh Saxena, Sergei Tretiak and Lin Yin are the new honorees. - 2/23/15
Ekdahl named IEEE Fellow
The IEEE cited Ekdahl “for contributions to high-power accelerator development and the generation and transport of electron beams for flash-radiography.” - 2/17/15
Los Alamos unveils explosives detection expertise
A team of scientists is now rolling out a collaborative project to defeat explosives threats through enhanced detection technologies. - 2/11/15
Scientists call for antibody 'bar code’ system to follow Human Genome Project
Researchers have collaborated to craft a request that could fundamentally alter how the antibodies used in research are identified. - 2/4/15
Growing high-efficiency perovskite solar cells
Researchers reveal a new solution-based hot-casting technique that allows growth of highly efficient and reproducible solar cells from large-area perovskite crystals. - 1/29/15
Supporting biosurveillance via the web
A new online resource is providing a centralized portal for all news, information, resources and research related to biosurveillance at the Laboratory. - 1/28/15
One in five online scholarly articles affected by ‘reference rot’
Los Alamos authors focus on reference rot, the combination of link rot and content drift to which references to web resources included in STM articles are subject. - 1/26/15
Borup wins Electrochemical Society Award
Rod Borup has won the 2015 Research Award presented annually by the Energy Technology Division of the Electrochemical Society. - 1/26/15
First trillion particle cosmological simulation completed
A team of astrophysicists and computer scientists has created high-resolution cyber images of our cosmos. - 1/8/15
Call issued for Proton Radiography Facility proposals
The proposal deadline is Feb. 6 for experiments to be carried out during Fiscal Year 2016 (Oct. 1, 2015 to Sept. 30, 2016), with consideration for extensions into FY17. - 1/5/15
Mysteries of ‘molecular machines’ revealed
Scientists are making it easier for pharmaceutical companies and researchers to see the detailed inner workings of molecular machines. - 12/22/14
One million curies of radioactive material recovered
The accomplishment represents a major milestone in protecting our nation and the world from material that could be used in “dirty bombs” by terrorists. - 12/22/14
Dateline Los Alamos: Top science news of 2014
Los Alamos National Laboratory today announced its annual top science stories of 2014. - 12/22/14
Los Alamos names new Laboratory Fellows for 2014
The honorees this year are Christopher L. Fryer, Herbert O. Funsten, John C. Gordon, Jaqueline L. Kiplinger and David S. Moore. - 12/15/14
Hockaday honored for national security contributions
Hockaday earned a 2014 fellowship from the AAAS and also a Distinguished Alumni Award from the NMSU Alumni Association. - 12/9/14
NNSA honors Los Alamos in 2014 Sustainability Awards
Los Alamos is among the winners, with honorees in both the Best in Class and Environmental Stewardship categories. - 12/3/14
Team develops 3-D sensor array for detection of neural responses
Los Alamos researchers and collaborators have demonstrated a prototype neural interface device of a novel 3-D device architecture. - 12/2/14
Iyer, Woldegabriel recognized for helping New Mexico small businesses
The scientists received Principal Investigator Excellence (PIE) Awards for assisting New Mexico small businesses. - 12/2/14
Software speeds detection of diseases and cancer-treatment targets
The Lab has released an updated version of software that is now capable of identifying DNA from viruses and all parts of the Tree of Life. - 12/1/14
Employees pledge $2.17 million in 2015 giving campaign
The amount pledged is a record for a giving campaign by Los Alamos employees. - 11/25/14
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia Labs, other major employers commit to STEM education in New Mexico
Los Alamos, Sandia and several partners are hosting a discussion on “STEM Education in New Mexico” on Nov. 22. - 11/20/14
Using Wikipedia to forecast diseases
Scientists can now monitor and forecast diseases around the globe more effectively by analyzing views of Wikipedia articles. - 11/13/14
High-performance computing supports national security mission
Los Alamos National Laboratory has deployed 100 supercomputers in the last 60 years. - 11/12/14
Unusual light in dark space revealed by Los Alamos, NASA
By looking at the dark spaces between visible galaxies and stars the NASA/JPL CIBER sounding rocket experiment has produced data that could redefine what constitutes a galaxy. - 11/7/14
Earthquake triggering discussed in three Frontiers in Science lectures
Earthquakes and their possible causes is the topic of the next series of Frontiers in Science lectures by Paul Johnson. - 11/6/14
Janoschek receives Wolfram-Prandl Prize
Janoschek honored for “his pioneering studies of the spin dynamics in chiral helimagnets and the development of a cryogen-free apparatus for spherical neutron polarimetry.” - 11/6/14
Explosives performance key to stockpile stewardship
A new video shows how researchers use scientific guns to induce shock waves into explosive materials to study their performance and properties. - 11/3/14
Novel rocket design flight tested
Scientists recently flight tested a new rocket design that includes a high-energy fuel and a motor design that also delivers a high degree of safety. - 10/23/14
Venture Acceleration Fund wins entrepreneurship award
The Venture Acceleration Fund received the 2014 entrepreneurship award from the International Economic Development Council. - 10/23/14
Four Corners methane hotspot points to coal-related sources
Methane is very efficient at trapping heat in the atmosphere and, like carbon dioxide, it contributes to global warming. - 10/14/14
Los Alamos receives recognition for safety excellence
Los Alamos becomes the largest site in the DOE complex to receive VPP Star Status. - 10/8/14
Moore named an American Statistical Society Fellow
The ASA inducted Leslie (Lisa) Moore as a Fellow at the 2014 Joint Statistical Meetings. - 10/8/14
Researchers modeling the potential for induced seismicity
Researchers conducted modeling studies to better understand triggers of induced earthquake activity caused by injection of large volumes of liquid CO2. - 10/8/14
Team advances understanding of the Greenland Ice Sheet’s meltwater channels
An international research team’s field work is showing that, well, things are more complicated than we thought. - 10/1/14
Miller wins Early Career Award
Karen Miller recognized for her accomplishments as a young professional in the field of nuclear materials management and for her leadership and contributions to the Institute. - 10/1/14
Climate, Earth system project draws on science powerhouses
The project will focus initially on three climate-change science drivers and corresponding questions to be answered during the project's initial phase. - 9/25/14
Researchers uncover new properties in nanocomposite oxide ceramics for reactor fuel, fast-ion conductors
In a nanocomposite, the size of each of these grains is on the order of nanometers, roughly 1000 times smaller than the width of a human hair. - 9/23/14
LANS approves $3 million for education, economic development, charitable giving
Funds approved by the LANS Board of Governors are administered through a Community Commitment Plan. - 9/23/14
Havrilla wins Birks Award
This award is given to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the X-ray spectrometry field. - 9/23/14
Sinha and team win Richard P. Feynman Innovation Prize
Swept Frequency Acoustic Interferometry was named as the most innovative technology coming out of the Laboratory this year. - 9/23/14
Collaboration drives achievement in protein structure research
By tracking down how bacterial defense systems work, the scientists can potentially fight infectious diseases and genetic disorders. - 9/15/14
Los Alamos achieves 20-year low on radioactive air emissions
The Lab measures air emissions through a comprehensive system of 40 air monitoring stations located at the Laboratory and in neighboring communities. - 9/11/14
New exhibit highlights the archaeology, wildlife and climate of Los Alamos
The Bradbury Science Museum unveils a new interactive exhibit "Environmental Research and Monitoring" on Sept. 17. - 9/11/14
Los Alamos conducts important hydrodynamic experiment in Nevada
Hydrodynamic experiments such as Leda involve non-nuclear surrogate materials that mimic many of the properties of nuclear materials. - 9/8/14
Secure computing for the ‘Everyman'
If implemented on a wide scale, quantum key distribution technology could ensure truly secure commerce, banking, communications and data transfer. - 9/2/14
Breakthrough antibacterial approach could resolve serious skin infections
Like a protective tent over a colony of harmful bacteria, biofilms make the treatment of skin infections especially difficult. - 8/26/14
Kiplinger wins American Chemical Society award
Jaqueline L. Kiplinger has been selected as the 2015 recipient of the F. Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry. - 8/11/14
Los Alamos scientists selected as American Chemical Society Fellows
Rebecca Chamberlin and Donivan Porterfield have been selected as a 2014 Fellows of the American Chemical Society. - 8/7/14
Scientists uncover combustion mechanism to better predict warming by wildfires
Scientists have uncovered key attributes of so-called “brown carbon” from wildfires. - 8/4/14
Los Alamos probes mysteries of uranium dioxide’s thermal conductivity
New research is showing that the thermal conductivity of cubic uranium dioxide is strongly affected by interactions between phonons carrying heat and magnetic spins. - 8/4/14
Data triage enables extreme-scale computing
Data selection and triage are important techniques for large-scale data, which can drastically reduce the amount of data written to disk or transmitted over a network. - 8/1/14
Los Alamos laser selected for 2020 Mars mission
SuperCam builds upon the successful capabilities demonstrated aboard the Curiosity Rover during NASA’s current Mars Mission. - 7/31/14
Acoustics topic of upcoming Frontiers in Science series
Dipen Sinha will discuss acoustics and its applications, including how it is possible to use sound to solve problems in health, national security and for industry. - 7/24/14
First in-situ images of void collapse in explosives
Los Alamos researchers and collaborators demonstrated a crucial diagnostic for studying how voids affect explosives under shock loading. - 7/24/14
Los Alamos National Laboratory sponsors 18th annual Hazmat Challenge
Fourteen hazardous materials response teams from New Mexico, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma will test their skills at the 18th annual Hazmat Challenge July 29 through Aug. 1. - 7/23/14
Three scientists named ‘Most Influential Scientific Minds’
Allison Aiken, Bette Korber and Alan Perelson have been named to Thomson Reuters list of “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds.” - 7/22/14
Show your passion for innovation with a creative talk
Organizers of Los Alamos ScienceFest are seeking innovative presentations from passionate people with a love of innovation. - 7/22/14
LANL launches new student app
Students can use to learn about employment opportunities, science research, education programs and more. - 7/15/14
Mascarenas selected to attend NAE symposium
David Mascarenas has been chosen by the National Academy of Engineering to attend their 2014 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium. - 7/15/14
Yoho receives NNSA Fellowship
Michael Yoho was one of four students selected nationwide for the NNIS fellowship. - 7/15/14
Foley elected ASM International Fellow
James Foley is the 10th ASM Fellow from Los Alamos National Laboratory. - 7/8/14
Los Alamos devices capture ‘Oscars of Invention’ awards
Safire oil-well measurement and AWS laser-based spectrometer for materials inspection capture R&D Magazine’s “R&D 100s” - 7/3/14
Ribosome research in atomic detail offers potential insights into cancer, anemia, Alzheimer’s
A groundbreaking study of the human ribosome is revealing that the tiny molecular machine is more versatile than previously understood. - 7/3/14
Record $327,000 pledged by employees in LAESF scholarship drive
More employees donated to the fund this year than in past years. - 7/1/14
Scientists ignite aluminum water mix
Don't worry, that beer can you’re holding is not going to spontaneously burst into flames. - 6/30/14
ChemCam all-women's operations day
The Mars Curiosity Rover celebrated one year on the Red Planet, and to commemorate the event, ChemCam team members had an all-women operations day. - 6/30/14
Ten businesses to receive Venture Acceleration Fund awards
LANS and its partners recently awarded more than $400,000 to local businesses to help them grow and develop in Northern New Mexico. - 6/26/14
Zelenay named Electrochemical Society Fellow
Zelenay joined Los Alamos as a technical staff member in 1997, becoming project leader in 2001 and electrocatalysis team leader in 2008. - 6/25/14
Observations and simulations improve space weather models
Researchers used data from the Van Allen Probes to improve a three-dimensional model created by Los Alamos scientists called DREAM3D. - 6/25/14
Hazardous devices teams showcase skills at Robot Rodeo June 24-27
Bomb squads compete in timed scenarios at Los Alamos National Laboratory. - 6/18/14
Quantum dot solar cells with real gains in efficiency
Researchers have demonstrated an almost four-fold boost of the carrier multiplication yield with nanoengineered quantum dots. - 6/18/14
Probing Fukushima with cosmic rays should speed cleanup
The initiative could reduce the time required to clean up the disabled complex by at least a decade and greatly reduce radiation exposure to personnel working at the plant. - 6/18/14
Taking pictures with protons
A new facility for using protons to take microscopic images has been commissioned at the ring accelerator of the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH in Germany. - 6/17/14
High-performance computer system installed at LANL
New high-performance computer system, called Wolf, will be used for unclassified research. - 6/17/14
Live webcast on Algal Biofuels Consortium on June 11
Jose A. Olivares will present an overview of the technologies and processes that are needed to widely produce algae-based liquid transportation fuels. - 6/10/14
Award-winning film director to discuss technical photography during atmospheric testing years
Peter Kuran will discuss Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Inc.’s role in filming the technical photography during the atmospheric testing years. - 6/5/14
Fry receives Charles W. Briggs Award
The ASTM International Committee E07 on Nondestructive Testing has honored David Fry with the Charles W. Briggs Award. - 6/2/14
Laboratory scientist discusses Integrative Biosurveillance at Bio Symposium
Los Alamos National Laboratory research used in National Biosurveillance Strategy. - 5/30/14
Desert scientists turn to rainforest for climate answers
Work in Brazil’s Amazon Basin should improve climate prediction. - 5/30/14
Hamada wins Gerald Hahn Quality and Productivity Achievement Award
Hamada has made extensive contributions to quality and productivity motivated by real-world problems. - 5/28/14
High-Performance Computing at Los Alamos announces milestone
Billion inserts-per-second data milestone reached for supercomputing tool. - 5/26/14
Scientist to discuss Curiosity rover’s visit to Mars
Agnes Cousin-Pilleri will discuss the trailblazing discoveries made by the ChemCam instrument on the Curiosity rover on Mars on May 28. - 5/23/14
Call issued for Lujan Neutron Scattering Center proposals
The Lujan Neutron Scattering Center invites proposals addressing science of the National Nuclear Security Administration and Los Alamos National Laboratory programmatic interest for the 2014 run cycle. - 5/20/14
Power plant emissions verified remotely at Four Corners sites
The study is the first to show that space-based techniques can successfully verify international regulations on fossil energy emissions. - 5/19/14
Media invited to join students in crystallography experiment
The student outreach effort is part of the events commemorating 2014 as the International Year of Crystallography. - 5/16/14
High energy neutron Computed Tomography developed
LANSCE now has a high-energy neutron imaging capability that can be deployed on WNR flight paths for unclassified and classified objects. - 5/9/14
Joel Rowland to receive DOE Early Career Award
Rowland’s research was recognized by DOE for incorporating hydrological controls on carbon cycling in flood plain ecosystems into Earth System Models. - 5/8/14
Chavez selected for Caltech Distinguished Alumni Award
Caltech is honoring Chavez for his extensive, groundbreaking contributions and leadership in chemistry. - 5/6/14
La Cueva High School team takes top award in Supercomputing Challenge
Eli Echt-Wilson and Albert Zuo from La Cueva High in Albuquerque won the top award at the 24th New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge. - 4/22/14
Iconic author Edward Abbey focus of Earth Day lecture
Jack Loeffler, a bioregional aural historian, will talk about the author and environmental advocate at the Bradbury Science Museum. - 4/17/14
Los Alamos physicist honored with E.O. Lawrence Award
John Sarrao is being honored by the U.S. Department of Energy with the 2013 Ernest O. Lawrence Award in Condensed Matter and Materials Sciences. - 4/16/14
Students descend on LANL April 21-22 for Supercomputing Challenge Expo and Awards Ceremony
About 70 teams from elementary, middle and high school are expected at the event. - 4/16/14
Santa Fe Business Incubator nets big boost from Los Alamos Lab
LANL is providing funding to the Santa Fe Business Incubator BioScience Laboratory for the purchase of a commercial flow cytometer. - 4/15/14
Shiny quantum dots brighten future of solar cells
The project demonstrates that superior light-emitting properties of quantum dots can be applied in solar energy by helping more efficiently harvest sunlight. - 4/14/14
Probing metal solidification nondestructively
This is the first time that high-energy protons have been used to nondestructively image a large metal sample during melting and solidification. - 4/11/14
Nuclear Arms Control R&D Consortium includes Los Alamos
A consortium led by the University of Michigan that includes LANL as a partner has been awarded a $25 million grant by the NNSA. - 4/7/14
World’s largest single crystal of gold verified at Los Alamos
The SCD instrument is used to determine the periodic atomic arrangement or crystal structure of single crystals, both natural and synthetic. - 4/7/14
LANL resumes transuranic waste shipments
The waste was received at Waste Control Specialists in Andrews, Texas, where it will be temporarily staged until it can be shipped to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. - 4/2/14
Thompson wins Frank H. Spedding Award
Thompson is being recognized “for outstanding contributions to the physics of f-element materials, especially their magnetism and unconventional superconductivity.” - 4/2/14
Forests and climate change focus of Frontiers in Science lectures
LANL researcher Nate McDowell will discuss climate change and its effects on forest systems. - 3/31/14
Seventy-three students receive LAESF scholarships
Raymond Fasano of Bernalillo High School is the recipient of the 2014 Platinum Scholarship. - 3/31/14
Flipping the switch on magnetism in strontium titanate
Researchers have found a way to magnetize this material using light, an effect that persists for hours at a time. - 3/27/14
Ten New Mexico small businesses recognized at Innovation Celebration
Small businesses participating in projects using the technical expertise and assistance of Los Alamos and Sandia are being recognized. - 3/26/14
ATHENA desktop human “body” could reduce need for animal drug tests
ATHENA project team is developing four human organ constructs that are based on a significantly miniaturized platform. - 3/26/14
Fitzsimmons elected NSSA Fellow
Michael Fitzsimmons recognized “for many important contributions to the study of interfacial and thin-film magnetism using polarized neutron reflectometry.” - 3/24/14
Detecting bioterrorism: Is chemistry enough?
In an online webinar, Kristin Omberg will offer discussion on the possibilities and problems of bioaerosol detection systems and the chemistry of keeping the population safe. - 3/12/14
Emerging threats to global security talk March 12
Terry Wallace will focus on how the Lab will address these issues and help the government respond. - 3/6/14
Jia named Materials Research Society Fellow
The MRS Fellow program recognizes outstanding members whose sustained and distinguished contributions to the advancement of materials research are internationally recognized. - 3/6/14
Flexible metallic glass coming your way
Scientists are working toward even stronger and more elastic glass types which would fail in a ductile fashion instead of shattering. - 3/3/14
A crystallographer keen on showing off the revealing properties of neutrons
Olivier Gourdon shows visiting researchers some of the latest tricks that can be performed using this 100-year old multidisciplinary science. - 2/27/14
Biosurveillance panel to address essential science for public health
A team of national experts across varied disciplines will be gathering Feb. 17 in Chicago, prepared to explore the most critical aspects of international disease awareness. - 2/17/14
First-time measurements will advance turbulence models
An interdisciplinary Los Alamos team took a series of first-time measurements of turbulent mixing, providing new insights for turbulence modelers. - 2/11/14
HIV genetic research to be discussed Feb. 12
Tanmoy Bhattacharya will talk about the Lab’s research in HIV genetics and how the deluge of new data is going to impact its future. - 2/7/14
Six regional businesses receive Native American Venture Acceleration Fund grants
The grants are designed to help the recipients create jobs, increase their revenue base and help diversify the area economy. - 2/4/14
Chevron, GE form Technology Alliance
The Chevron GE Technology Alliance will develop and commercialize valuable technologies to solve critical needs for the oil and gas industry. - 2/3/14
Conradson and Henson named AAAS Fellows
Steven Conradson and Bryan Henson are new Fellows of the Chemistry Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. - 1/30/14
Crooker named Optical Society Fellow
The society recognized Crooker for “the development and application of magneto-optical spectroscopies to colloidal quantum dots and to electron spin transport and noise in semiconductors.” - 1/23/14
Neutrons used to study model vascular systems
The study is the first to provide a direct measure of endothelial monolayer adhesion under physiologic shear stress conditions. - 1/22/14
Maintaining nuclear stability in times of transition focus of talk at museum
Houston “Terry” Hawkins talks about the role that the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile plays in maintaining the nation’s defense — and that of our allies. - 1/9/14
Optimize carbon dioxide sequestration, enhance oil recovery
The simulation provides an important approach to estimate the potential of storing carbon dioxide in depleted oil fields while simultaneously maximizing oil production. - 1/8/14
Secrets of superconductivity revealed
The superconducting material Cerium-Colbalt-Indium5 reveals new secrets about how superconductivity and magnetism can be related. - 1/3/14
Top Science News for 2013
HIV vaccine, Mars water, climate change, birth of a black hole, thwarting terrorists among topics of interest Los Alamos outstanding science and technology achievements for 2013 - 12/24/13
Effect of ocean temperature on southwestern U.S. climate analyzed
Researchers concluded that only part of the recent temperature rise in the Southwest could be attributed to greenhouse gases. - 12/19/13
Nearly $2 million pledged during employee giving campaign
Lab employee contributions will fund a wide range of programs offered by eligible nonprofit organizations. - 12/17/13
Lab’s role in stockpile stewardship focus of 70th anniversary lecture
The talk will highlight some of the experimental, engineering and computational tools used to monitor nuclear weapons. - 12/12/13
Los Alamos names four to Laboratory Fellows list
New Fellows are Mark Chadwick, Cheryl Kuske, Geoff Reeves and Frank Pabian. - 12/10/13
Nontoxic quantum dot research improves solar cells
Solar cells made with low-cost, nontoxic copper-based quantum dots can achieve unprecedented longevity and efficiency, according to a study by LANL and Sharp Corporation. - 12/10/13
Bradbury Science Museum celebrates its 50th anniversary
The museum was originally founded in 1954 by Robert Krohn, but was a classified museum when it first opened. - 12/9/13
Neutron stars’ X-ray superbursts mystify, inspire Los Alamos scientists
Massive X-ray superbursts near the surface of neutron stars are providing a unique window into the operation of fundamental forces of nature under extreme conditions. - 12/6/13
Martian laser surpasses 100,000 zaps
ChemCam zaps rocks with a high-powered laser to determine their composition and carries a camera that can survey the Martian landscape. - 12/5/13
Hockaday, Cabbil named new associate directors
Hockaday is the associate director of the Experimental Physical Sciences Directorate and Cabbil is associate director for Nuclear and High Hazard Operations. - 12/5/13
Economic development focus of new podcast from LANL
Podcast part of Lab’s new multi-channel effort to better engage with the community - 11/25/13
Advance in bottle scanning could enhance airport security
Los Alamos scientists have advanced a Magnetic Resonance Imaging technology that may provide a breakthrough for screening liquids at airport security. - 11/25/13
Black hole birth captured by cosmic voyeurs
The RAPTOR system is a network of small robotic observatories that scan the skies for optical anomalies such as flashes emanating from a star in its death throes as it collapses and becomes a black hole. - 11/21/13
HIV virus spread and evolution studied through computer modeling
This approach distinguishes between susceptible and infected individuals to capture the full infection history, including contact tracing data for infected individuals. - 11/19/13
Relationships between HIV spread and evolution examined
Thomas Leitner of Los Alamos and collaborators are investigating the development of HIV from the point of contraction onwards. - 11/14/13
Former Lab scientist discusses his perspective on the Cold War
John C. Hopkins will discuss the role of and rationale for nuclear weapons from the Manhattan Project in the 1940s to the last nuclear test in Nevada in 1992. - 11/7/13
Alexander and Lienert selected as ASM International Fellows
David Alexander and Thomas Lienert are among ASM International’s 2013 Class of Fellows, who are honored for their distinguished contributions to materials science and engineering. - 11/6/13
Matter, antimatter and surviving the big bang is topic of Lab’s next Frontiers in Science lecture
LANL scientist Vincenzo Cirigliano asks the question, How did we survive the big bang? in a series of Frontiers in Science lectures. - 10/31/13
New global HIV vaccine design shows promise in monkeys
These vaccines are specifically designed to present the most common forms of parts of the virus that can be recognized by the immune system. - 10/30/13
Technologies to characterize natural gas emissions tested in field experiments
A new collaborative science program is pioneering the development of ultra-sensitive methane-sensing technology. - 10/28/13
Quantum dot light emitting diodes
Quantum dots are nano-sized semiconductor particles whose emission color can be tuned by simply changing their dimensions. - 10/25/13
3-D Earth model more accurately pinpoints explosions
The purpose of this model is to assist the U.S. Air Force and the international Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization with more accurately locating all types of explosions. - 10/25/13
A golden anniversary for space-based treaty verification
Fifty years ago this month, LANL sensor technology lifted off into space to help verify that world Superpowers were abiding by the newly signed Limited Test Ban Treaty. - 10/22/13
Physicists discuss electrical grid in journal article
Scott Backhaus and Michael Chertkov are authors of an article for Physics Today that outlines the physics of several phenomena associated with power grid behavior. - 10/17/13
Talk explores Laboratory's 50 years of space research
The talk, titled “Los Alamos National Laboratory’s 50 Years in Space,” will highlight the Laboratory’s significant discoveries and events in the field. - 10/3/13
LANL remembers former director Harold Agnew
Agnew was the third director of Los Alamos National Laboratory. - 9/30/13
Water for future Mars astronauts?
Within its first three months on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity Rover saw a surprising diversity of soils and sediments along a half-kilometer route that tell a complex story about the gradual desiccation of the Red Planet. - 9/26/13
Gaining creative control over semiconductor nanowires
Using a microfluidic reactor, Los Alamos researchers transformed the SLS process into a flow-based technique. - 9/26/13
Three small businesses selected for environmental work
The companies chosen are Terranear PMC, Navarro Research and Engineering, Inc. and Portage, Inc - 9/23/13
Los Alamos National Laboratory describes storm damage
Stations supporting Santa Fe water utility returned to service - 9/18/13
Plan renewed for education, economic development, charitable giving
The Los Alamos National Security, LLC Board of Governors last week approved a $3.1 million extension to the company’s giving plan in Northern New Mexico. - 9/18/13
Explosives exhibit opens at the Bradbury Science Museum
To highlight the Laboratory’s work in the field of explosives, the museum is opening a new exhibit titled “The Science of Explosives.” - 9/12/13
“Arsenic and Old Lace” cameo appearance
An as-yet-undisclosed LANL official will “revive” the 69-year-old tradition of playing a corpse on stage this weekend. - 9/11/13
Artificial films mimic myelin sheath in new research
This platform provides a model for robust implementation of phospholipid multilayers and a means toward future applications of functional phospholipid supramolecular assemblies in device integration. - 9/11/13
Lab’s role in Cold War nuclear weapons testing focus of next 70th anniversary lecture
Lab’s role in the development of nuclear weapons during the Cold War period will be discussed by Byron Ristvet of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. - 9/5/13
Lab director to link science education, national security in talk
McMillan will describe the events that led to his career in science and share suggestions on how non-scientists can inspire young people to STEM careers and scientific literacy. - 9/5/13
Boyer wins Meritorious Service Award from INMM
This lifetime achievement award is a significant recognition of Boyer’s contributions to the INMM and the nuclear material management professional community. - 9/5/13
DOE secretary stresses energy security during Los Alamos visit
U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz said that Los Alamos and all the DOE labs have a major role in addressing two key initiatives of the President. - 9/3/13
Magnetic charge crystals imaged in artificial spin ice
Potential data storage and computational advances could follow - 8/27/13
Reliability Technology earns prestigious Los Alamos award
LANL has honored Michael Hamada, Harry Martz and a team of researchers with its first Richard Feynman Prize for Innovation Achievement. - 8/27/13
New gamma-ray observatory begins operations at Sierra Negra volcano
The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma Ray Observatory has begun formal operations at its site in Mexico. - 8/21/13
Hobart named American Chemical Society Fellow
The ACS Fellows program began in 2008 to recognize and honor members for outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the profession, and ACS. - 8/21/13
Gandolfi wins Early Career Prize
Stefano Gandolfi received the prestigious International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Early Career prize in nuclear physics. - 8/20/13
Little Boy weaponeer William “Deak” Parson focus of 70th anniversary lecture
Former Laboratory historian Roger Meade to present lecture. - 8/8/13
Frontiers in Science lectures focus on epigenetics
Sanbonmatsu will discuss the new science of epigenetics and how it is related to a wide range of biological phenomena. - 8/7/13
Terwilliger honored with ACA Award
Tom Terwilliger is the recipient of the Trueblood Award from the American Crystallographic Association (ACA). - 8/6/13
The supernova that destroyed a galaxy
The research may solve the long-standing puzzle of how supermassive black holes were formed in the centers of some galaxies less then a billion years after the Big Bang. - 8/5/13
LANL announces Express Licensing program
With the launch of a new “Express Licensing” program, access to innovative technology invented at Los Alamos National Laboratory has gotten easier. - 8/1/13
Role of inorganic chemistry on nuclear energy examined
Inorganic chemistry can provide insight and improve technical issues surrounding nuclear power production and waste disposition. - 7/31/13
Van Allen probes pinpoint driver of speeding electrons
Los Alamos researchers believe they have solved a lingering mystery about how electrons within Earth’s radiation belt can suddenly become energetic enough to kill orbiting satellites. - 7/25/13
Competition tests skills of hazardous materials response teams from three states
Competition tests skills of hazardous materials response teams from three states. - 7/23/13
Top-secret super-secure vault declassified
Located in Los Alamos canyon at Technical Area 41, the Tunnel Vault was built between 1948 and 1949. - 7/23/13
Nanotechnology and algae biofuels exhibits open July 26
The Bradbury Science Museum is opening two new exhibits as part of the Laboratory’s 70th Anniversary celebration. - 7/22/13
Raju receives Padma Shri award
The government of India honored Mudundi Raju for his distinguished service in science and engineering, providing cancer radiation treatment to the poor of rural India. - 7/18/13
New, stricter Pajarito Road access rules effective Aug. 12
Laboratory personnel and subcontractors will no longer be able to “vouch” for non-Laboratory personnel such as family members. - 7/16/13
Enabling time travel for the scholarly web
An international team of information scientists has begun a study to investigate how web links in scientific and other academic articles fail to lead to the resources being referenced. - 7/16/13
Physicist Charles McMillan to provide unique perspective at TED talk
Director Charlie McMillan will be one of 17 speakers at this year’s TEDxABQ, scheduled for Saturday, September 7 at Popejoy Hall - 7/12/13
Turbulence may be key to “fast magnetic reconnection” mystery
The new research could lead to better understanding of solar flares and ejections of material from the Sun’s corona. - 7/11/13
Auto industry steel project to boost efficiency, safety
Higher-strength, lighter-weight steels could be coming to a car near you in the near future as part of a U.S. Department of Energy advanced manufacturing initiative. - 7/11/13
Gable named Geological Society of America Fellow
GSA members are elected to fellowship in recognition of their distinguished contributions to the geosciences. - 7/10/13
Rising global temperatures accelerate drought-induced forest mortality
Many southwestern forests in the United States will disappear or be heavily altered by 2050, according to a series of joint LANL-UNM studies. - 7/10/13
Hoagland selected as Materials Research Society Fellow
Hoagland has made notable contributions in both experimental and computational materials research. - 7/9/13
Wildfires may contribute more to global warming than previously predicted
They suggest that fire emissions could contribute a lot more to the observed climate warming than current estimates show. - 7/9/13
Los Alamos exceeds waste shipping goal
Los Alamos shipped 1,074 cubic meters of transuranic (TRU) and mixed low-level waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and other approved waste disposal facilities. - 7/8/13
R&D 100 Awards winners
R&D Magazine announced the winners and three technologies from Los Alamos National Laboratory and its partners are among the honorees. - 7/8/13
70th anniversary lecture July 10 about Truman, bomb
Noel Pugach will discuss Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on Japanese cities and explain how and why he made it - 7/3/13
Lab team makes unique contributions to the first bionic eye
The Argus II will help people blinded by the rare hereditary disease retinitis pigmentosa or seniors suffering from severe macular degeneration. - 6/27/13
Los Alamos/Tribogenics create highly portable imaging system
A unique, lightweight, compact, low-cost X-ray system that uses the MiniMAX camera to provide real-time inspection of sealed containers and facilities. - 6/26/13
Novel cellulose structure requires fewer enzymes to process biomass to fuel
Improved methods for breaking down cellulose nanofibers are central to cost-effective biofuel production. - 6/19/13
Porterfield named ASTM Fellow
The award recognizes Porterfield for his extensive knowledge and commitment to excellence in standards development. - 6/18/13
Counting small RNA in disease-causing organisms
Los Alamos researchers demonstrated improved technical methods capable of directly counting small RNA molecules in pathogenic (disease-causing) bacteria. - 6/17/13
Nonprofit organizations to receive monetary donations from LANS
Organizations will receive more than $180,000 from Los Alamos National Security. - 6/10/13
New phase of matter discovered In superconducting material
Tiny crystals, probed with a device called a resonant ultrasound spectrometer, are helping solve the long-time mystery of “pseudogap behavior” in copper oxide superconductors. - 6/6/13
Safety Cinema website earns international recognition
Website won the 2013 Communicator Award from the International Academy of Visual Arts and also won the International Summit Creative Award. - 6/6/13
Differences, similarities of early Los Alamos, Soviet scientists focus of lecture
Professor Istvan Hargittai talk is at 5:30 p.m., June 12 at the Laboratory’s Bradbury Science Museum. - 6/6/13
Metamaterial flexible sheets could transform optics
Advances would boost security screening systems, infrared thermal cameras, energy harvesting, and radar systems - 6/5/13
LANL launches 70th anniversary app for iPhone, iPads
The free application is available from the Apple Store (search for Los Alamos National Lab). - 6/5/13
Using laser-driven neutrons to stop nuclear smugglers
Researchers have successfully demonstrated for the first time that laser-generated neutrons can be enlisted as a useful tool in the War on Terror. - 6/4/13
Los Alamos catalyst could jumpstart e-cars, green energy
The new material has the highest oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity in alkaline media of any non-precious metal catalyst developed to date. - 6/4/13
Moore honored with American Statistical Association award
Lisa Moore is the recipient of the 2013 Don Owen Award presented by the American Statistical Association, San Antonio Chapter. - 5/24/13
LANL begins pumping tests on chromium plume
The chromium originated from cooling towers at a Laboratory power plant and was released from 1956 to 1972. - 5/22/13
Bradbury Science Museum partnering in national Blue Star Museums program
Blue Star Museums program to host active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day, May 27, through Labor Day, Sept. 2. - 5/22/13
Networks, smart grids: new model for synchronization
Researchers developed a surprisingly simple mathematical model that accurately predicts synchronization as a function of the parameters and the topology of the underlying network. - 5/21/13
Los Alamos director echoes cyber concerns
Director Charlie McMillan told a gathering of energy executives that securing the electrical grid is a major concern now and it’s only becoming more serious. - 5/21/13
Klimov receives Alexander von Humboldt award
The German government grants the award in recognition of a researcher whose discoveries, theories or insights have had a significant impact on his or her own discipline and who is expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements in the future. - 5/16/13
LANL selects three small businesses for environmental work
The companies chosen are Terranear PMC, Navarro Research and Engineering, Inc., and Adelante Consulting, Inc. - 5/14/13
Domestic production of medical isotope Mo-99 moves a step closer
Irradiated uranium fuel has been recycled and reused for molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) production, with virtually no losses in Mo-99 yields or uranium recovery. - 5/13/13
Los Alamos scientists earn DOE Early Career Awards
Marian Jandel and Nathan Urban are among the 61 national recipients of the Energy Department’s Early Career Research Program awards for 2013. - 5/10/13
Early social history of Los Alamos focus of 70th anniversary lecture
The early social history of Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project beginnings will be discussed at a talk by Jon Hunner. - 5/2/13
Exploring Mars with Curiosity subject of next Frontiers in science lectures
Roger Wiens talks about the NASA Mars Curiosity rover. - 5/1/13
HAWC Observatory captures first image
The facility is designed to detect cosmic rays and the highest energy gamma rays ever observed from astrophysical sources. - 4/30/13
Los Alamos improves biomass-to-fuel process
Los Alamos scientists published an article in the scientific journal Nature Chemistry that could offer a big step on the path to renewable energy. - 4/30/13
Seventy-three New Mexico students receive LAESF scholarships
Kevin Gao, Micaela Lucero and Danielle Harrier share this year’s gold scholarship. - 4/24/13
La Cueva takes top award in 23rd New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge
The team, Ari Echt-Wilson, Eli Echt-Wilson, and Justin Sanchez also won the CHECS Teamwork and Cray High Performance Computing awards. - 4/23/13
LANL employees receive Pollution Prevention awards
Nearly 400 employees on 47 teams received Pollution Prevention awards for protecting the environment and saving taxpayers more than $8 million. - 4/23/13
New approach to finding a TB biomarker could provide earlier diagnosis
New approach to finding a TB biomarker could provide earlier diagnosis. - 4/19/13
Quality and Performance Assurance Division receives Piñon Recognition from Quality New Mexico
The Lab and its support service contractors have received 31 Piñon and Roadrunner recognitions since 1997. - 4/17/13
Students descend on Los Alamos National Laboratory for Supercomputing Challenge
More than 60 teams of students are expected at the event. - 4/16/13
Lightning strokes can probe the ionosphere
Researchers have made measurements during thunderstorms to study the affect of lightning on the lower ionosphere and radiofrequency signals. - 4/11/13
Center for Urban Science and Progress announces partnerships with four national labs
The four labs are Brookhaven, Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos and Sandia. - 4/5/13
Portrait helps commemorate Los Alamos anniversary
The family of Gen. Leslie Groves donated his official military portrait to the Los Alamos Historical Society. - 4/5/13
Antibody evolution could guide HIV vaccine development
The antibody studied is called a broadly cross-reactive neutralizing antibody, and details of its generation could provide a blueprint for effective vaccination. - 4/4/13
Labs recognize New Mexico small businesses for innovation
The program was created in 2000 to bring national laboratory technology and expertise to small businesses in New Mexico. - 4/3/13
Grandson of Enola Gay pilot gives 70th anniversary lecture
Col. Paul Tibbets IV, grandson of Enola Gay pilot Paul W. Tibbets Jr., talks about his grandfather and his experiences as a U.S. Air Force pilot flying B-1 and B-2 bombers. - 4/3/13
Research deciphers HIV attack plan
These findings will help inform vaccine design and interpretation of vaccine trials, and provide new insights into the basic biology of viral/host dynamics of infection. - 3/29/13
End of the road for Roadrunner
Roadrunner, the first supercomputer to break the once-elusive petaflop barrier—one million billion calculations per second—will be decommissioned on Sunday, March 31. - 3/29/13
“Tuning” microalgae for high photosynthesis efficiency
Los Alamos scientist Richard Sayre and his team of researchers have recently developed more efficient microalgae. - 3/25/13
Scientists examine proton radiography of brain mockup
The use of such a high-energy proton beam is ideal for imaging small tumors within patients for targeted proton therapy. - 3/25/13
No increase in background, manmade radioactivity for Los Alamos area
Two aerial flyovers found that radioisotopes and their associated exposure rates are consistent with those expected from normal background radiation. - 3/19/13
Los Alamos science sleuth on the trail of a Martian mystery
When it comes to examining the surface of rocks on Mars with a high-powered laser, five is a magic number for LANL postdoctoral researcher Nina Lanza. - 3/19/13
Scott Runnels to teach at West Point
Runnels has been selected for a two-year faculty post in the Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering at West Point. - 3/19/13
Tiny subject, big fun with NanoDays at Bradbury Science Museum
NanoDays is a national campaign, engaging people of all ages in learning about the emerging field of nanoscale science and engineering. - 3/18/13
ChemCam data abundant at Planetary Conference
Members of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover ChemCam team will present more than two dozen posters and talks during the 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. - 3/15/13
New culturing tool reveals a full genome from single cells
A new technique for genetic analysis, “gel microdroplets,” helps scientists generate complete genomes from a single cell. - 3/15/13
Ancient handaxe craftsmanship gives insight into mental advances
Ancient stone tools show the pace of remarkable technological enhancements over time. - 3/7/13
LANL opens new waste repackaging facility
The Laboratory has brought a third waste repackaging facility online to increase its capability to process nuclear waste for permanent disposal. - 3/7/13
Los Alamos’ 70th anniversary lecture
Sandia National Laboratories historian Rebecca Ullrich discusses Sandia’s transition from a Los Alamos division to an independent organization. - 3/6/13
Los Alamos taps Sarrao for science leadership post
John Sarrao named as the new Associate Director for Theory, Simulation, and Computation (ADTSC). - 3/5/13
Mysterious electron stash found hidden among Van Allen belts
The belts are a pair of donut shaped zones of charged particles that surround Earth and occupy the inner region of our planet’s Magnetosphere. - 3/1/13
LANL announces strategy for long-term environmental sustainability
Provides a blueprint for protecting the environment while accomplishing the Lab’s national security missions. - 3/1/13
Nature climate change features Los Alamos forest research
The print issue features as its cover story the tree-stress research of LANL scientist A. Park Williams and partners from the U.S. Geological Survey, University of Arizona and several other organizations. - 2/27/13
Native American Venture Acceleration Fund provides boost to six regional businesses
The grants are designed to help the recipients create jobs, increase their revenue base and help diversify the area economy. - 2/26/13
Computer modeling reveals how surprisingly potent hepatitis C drug works
A study reveals how daclatasvir targets one of its proteins and causes the fastest viral decline ever seen with anti-HCV drugs – within 12 hours of treatment. - 2/19/13
Quantum cryptography put to work for electric grid security
Lab's quantum cryptography team successfully completed the first-ever demonstration of securing control data for electric grids using quantum cryptography. - 2/14/13
‘Slow light’ advance could speed optical computing, telecommunications
Researchers have made the first demonstration of rapidly switching on and off “slow light” in specially designed materials at room temperature. - 2/12/13
Improved computer models support genetics research
Integrated biological and computational methods provide insight into why genes are activated. - 2/8/13
New process speeds conversion of biomass to fuels
Scientists made a major step forward recently towards transforming biomass-derived molecules into fuels. - 2/7/13
Lab resumes work on NMSSUP security project
The project adds fences, cameras, sensors, utility and access buildings, and other systems to the existing security infrastructure around the Lab’s principal plutonium processing facility. - 2/6/13
Funding available for New Mexico businesses
The Venture Acceleration Fund of Los Alamos National Security, LLC is accepting applications for the 2013 calendar year. - 2/6/13
World War II role of Oak Ridge National Lab featured in second 70th anniversary lecture
Talk by Ray Smith about that Laboratory’s role during World War II and the shared national security mission with Los Alamos that continues today. - 2/4/13
Xu named Mineralogical Society of America Fellow
The Society recognized Xu as a crystallographer who is equally talented in neutron diffraction, conventional and synchrotron X-ray studies. - 1/31/13
Live pathogens: rapid detection technique developed
The technique relies on bacteria being critically dependent upon the key nutrient iron. - 1/24/13
ChemCam follows the ‘Yellowknife Road’ to Martian wet area
Researchers have tracked a trail of minerals that point to the prior presence of water at the Curiosity rover site on Mars. - 1/15/13
Terwilliger named American Crystallographic Association Fellow
ACA Fellows serve as scientific ambassadors to the broader scientific community and the general public to advance science education, research, knowledge, interaction and collaboration. - 1/4/13
Homesteading on the Pajarito Plateau topic of inaugural lecture at LANL
The lecture is based on a book by local writers Dorothy Hoard, Judy Machen and Ellen McGehee about the area’s settlement between 1887 and 1942. - 1/4/13
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
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
AAAS elects four LANL scientists as Fellows
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has selected Jennifer Martinez, Mary Neu, Basil Swanson and William Woodruff to be AAAS Fellows. - 12/19/12
American Physical Society awards fellowships to LANL scientists
Ten scientists are being inducted into the ranks of fellowship in the American Physical Society. - 12/18/12
Record $3.1 million pledged during LANL’s 2013 employee giving campaign
Laboratory employee contributions will fund a wide range of programs offered by eligible nonprofit organizations. - 12/17/12
Zelenay wins Electrochemical Society’s Research Award
The award includes a monetary prize and membership in the Electrochemical Society’s Energy Technology Division. - 12/11/12
New Mexico small businesses helped by LANL scientists
Harshini Mukundan and Mark E. Smith received Principal Investigator Excellence Awards from the New Mexico Small Business Assistance program. - 12/11/12
Weapons Program Associate Directors named
Bob Webster has been named Associate Director for Weapon Physics and John Benner has been named Associate Director for Weapon Engineering and Experiments. - 12/4/12
Lienert named American Welding Society Fellow
Lienert was inducted into the American Welding Society's 2012 Class of Fellows during the recent FABTECH meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. - 11/29/12
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
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
Charles “Chuck” Farrar to receive DeMichele Award
The award is presented for demonstrated “exemplary service and support of promoting the science and educational aspects of modal analysis technology.” - 11/21/12
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
George T. “Rusty” Gray named TMS Fellow
TMS cited Gray for “innovative science and engineering, impact and leadership in the field of dynamic behavior of materials.” - 11/19/12
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
Advances in understanding solar energy collection materials
A Los Alamos team and collaborators have made advances in the understanding of how carbon nanotubes move charges created by light. - 11/9/12
Anderson-Cook wins William G. Hunter Award
The award is named and presented annually in honor of the Statistics Division’s founding chair, William G. Hunter. - 11/6/12
Lab to demolish excavation enclosures at Material Disposal Area B
Pre-demolition activities are beginning this week and the work should be completed by the end of March 2013. - 11/1/12
Tomé wins Distinguished Scientist, Engineer Award
The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society recognized Tomé for his “long lasting contribution to the fundamental understanding of microstructure, properties and performance of structural materials for industrial applications.” - 10/29/12
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
Retired supercomputers enable student research
Decommissioned supercomputers give systems researchers and students a one-of-a-kind, hands-on lab to learn computational science. - 10/20/12
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
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
Radiography used to image thermal explosions
Researchers have gained an understanding of the mechanism of thermal explosions and have created a model capturing the stages of the explosion. - 10/9/12
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
Thermostabilized enzyme created for biofuels production
These enzymes might serve as biocatalysts for carbon sequestration and biofuel production if they could function under harsh industrial conditions. - 10/5/12
Lab’s Richard Marquez honored with leadership, service award
Northern New Mexico College Foundation honors Lab’s Richard Marquez. - 10/4/12
Sequedex: bioinformatics breakthrough with clinical & environmental applications
Sequedex: bioinformatics breakthrough with clinical & environmental applications. - 10/4/12
Nearly 60 more WIPP shipments than originally planned
Los Alamos National Laboratory 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
LANL 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
Lab computer model boosts engine efficiency
The KIVA model has been instrumental in helping researchers and manufacturers understand combustion processes, accelerate engine development and improve engine design and efficiency. - 9/25/12
Unions, Lab Sign Labor Agreements
The New Mexico Building and Construction Trades Council and Los Alamos National Security LLC, announced the signing of a series of labor agreements that affect nearly 750 construction and maintenance workers. - 9/21/12
LANS Board of Governors extends Community Commitment Plan
$3 million of the company’s management fee invested each year in education, economic development and community giving. - 9/18/12
LANL names Jeffrey Mousseau Associate Director of Environmental Programs
Mousseau currently works for the Lab’s transuranic waste disposal program. - 9/18/12
Wallace to bring earthquakes to life for Café Scientifique series
The fun, free conversation series provides a way for teens to explore the latest ideas in science and technology. - 9/13/12
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
Los Alamos responds to radiological incident
Multiple tests indicate no health risks to public or employees. - 8/27/12
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
Moody 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
Bishop selected to lead Science, Technology & Engineering directorate
Bishop has been acting in that role since Aug. 29, 2011. - 8/17/12
Eli Ben-Naim appointed as Senior Editor, Physical Review E
Ben-Naim has been at Los Alamos since 1996. - 8/16/12
Kintzer named to Boards of Governors
The appointments take effect September 1. - 8/9/12
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
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
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
LANL access restrictions lifted
Vehicle access points on West Jemez Road will be open to non-badge holders. - 8/6/12
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 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
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
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
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
World record neutron beam at LANL
Scientists have created the largest neutron beam ever made by a short-pulse laser, breaking a world record. - 7/10/12
Quantum cryptography for security challenges to be topic of 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
LANL 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
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
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
Venture Acceleration Fund boosts three businesses
Integrative Enzymatics, Vapour Organic Beauty and HydroBio will receive startup funding from the Laboratory. - 6/19/12
LANL 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
Koonin has been named as an Independent Governor
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
All vehicles entering the portal must use center lane number 4. - 6/15/12
Newest 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
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
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
NM Small Business assistance program recognized
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
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
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
Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund recipients
Los Alamos High School senior Scott Carlsten received the top award. - 5/1/12
National Labs Recognize Innovative New Mexico Small Businesses
Businesses include the Pueblo of Zia; Herbs, Etc.; Musicode Innovations; SAVSU Technologies; and Albuquerque Delicate Dentistry Inc. - 4/30/12
Manzano High School student wins Supercomputing Challenge
Jordan Medlock wins for his computer algorithm. - 4/24/12
LANL hosts 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
Cancer Therapy Gets a Boost from New Isotope
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
Environmental Data Viewable By 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
Voluntary Separation Program Results
557 employees will leave the Lab as part of a voluntary separation program announced last month. - 3/26/12
Lab begins security enhancements
New increased security procedures meet LANL's security objectives while minimizing impacts on local businesses and tourists. - 3/23/12
Magnetic field researchers target hundred-tesla goal
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
Taubman Bradbury Museum talk
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
Safety organization critical to Lab operations
Charles Anderson joined the Laboratory in 2009 as the deputy associate director in ADNHHO. - 3/7/12
CPO receives Piñon Recognition
LANL has received 14 Piñon and Roadrunner recognitions from Quality New Mexico since 1997. - 3/6/12
Frontiers In Science imaging technology talk
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
Jeff Yarbrough joins Los Alamos from B&W Pantex
Jeff Yarbrough joins Los Alamos from the B&W Pantex plant in Amarillo, Texas. - 3/2/12
NNSA approves workforce plan
Eligible employees may begin applying for voluntary separation on March 5. - 3/1/12
Early detection and multiple-sample capability are focus of team’s efforts
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
Biomedical device potential for robust, implantable product
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
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
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
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
LANL honors four for science leadership, research
John Gordon, Geoffrey Reeves, Stephen Doorn and David Jablonski are honored for achievements. - 1/30/12
Venture Acceleration Fund accepting 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 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
Los Alamos And Malaysian University collaborate
Identifying previously unknown genomic markers may help aid in development of therapeutics, methods of prevention. - 1/12/12
Scientists Detect And Track Single Molecules
Researchers have now shown that semiconducting carbon nanotubes have the potential to detect and track single molecules in water. - 1/10/12
Top 10 science stories of 2011
Stories include alternative energy research, magnetic fields, disease tracking, the study of Mars, climate change, fuel cells, solar wind, and magnetic reconnection. - 12/23/11
Collaboration to advance high-performance computing
LANL and EMC will enhance, design, build, test, and deploy new cutting-edge technologies to meet some of the most difficult information technology challenges. - 12/21/11
Scientists model brain structure to help computers recognize objects
The team tried developing a computer model based on human neural structure and function, to do what we do, and possibly do it better. - 12/20/11
Seven Los Alamos scientists earn AAAS honors
The Fellows are Richard Sayre, John Gordon, Jeanne Robinson, Jaqueline Kiplinger, Bryon Goldstein, Alexander Balatsky and Quanxi Jia. - 12/15/11
2012 Employee Giving campaign sets record
Laboratory employee contributions will fund a wide range of programs offered by eligible nonprofit organizations. - 12/13/11
LANL names new head of weapons programs
Bret Knapp has been acting in that position since June 2011. - 12/1/11
Christmas burst reveals neutron star collision
Called the Christmas Burst, GRB 101225A was freakishly lengthy and it produced radiation at unusually varying wavelengths. - 12/1/11
LANL instrument to Shine Light on Mars Habitability
The robust ChemCam system is one of 10 instruments mounted on the mission’s rover vehicle, named Curiosity. - 11/28/11
LANL scientists win two prestigious E.O. Lawrence Awards
Mark Chadwick and David Chavez are winners of 2011 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Awards - 11/28/11
Is Sustainability Science really a science?
The team’s work shows that although sustainability science has been growing explosively since the late 1980s, only in the last decade has the field matured into a cohesive area of science. - 11/22/11
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff visits LANL
Winnefield was at Los Alamos to receive a wide variety of classified briefings that covered the broad spectrum of national security science at the Lab. - 11/17/11
Mystery of quantum dot blinking
Most exciting is that the Los Alamos researchers have shown that blinking can be controlled and even completely suppressed electrochemically. - 11/9/11
New Algal Research journal has LANL scientists at the helm
Algal Research will cover all areas of emerging technologies in algal biology, biomass production, cultivation, harvesting, extraction, bioproducts, and econometrics. - 11/8/11
Engineers help New Mexico small businesses
Charles Lucero and G. Loren Toole received Principal Investigator Excellence (PIE) Awards for assisting several New Mexico small businesses. - 11/1/11
Antibody library project could unlock mysteries of human gene function
By looking at antibodies, researchers can identify where, in a cell, genes are active and under what conditions they increase or decrease their expression. - 10/31/11
Experience hands-on Halloween science Oct. 28 at museum
Are you ready for some spooky science? Then climb into your costume and head on over to the Bradbury Science Museum for "High-Tech Halloween!" - 10/24/11
LANL spinoff receives NIH grant for respiratory disease diagnostic device
Mesa Tech has been awarded a grant to develop an inexpensive, instrument-free, nucleic-acid testing device to diagnose various respiratory diseases in record time. - 10/19/11
Elizabeth Sellers appointed deputy director of LANL
Sellers comes to the Laboratory with nearly 30 years of management experience. - 10/13/11
Ad Building demolition, recycling completed
Demolition of the Administration Building helps Los Alamos meet an NNSA directive to reduce its structural footprint, modernize its infrastructure, and provide workers with safe, energy-efficient facilities. - 10/11/11
Algal Biology Program at Los Alamos gets a star
Richard Sayre, one of the nation’s top specialists in algae and energy-producing plant research, has joined LANL to help boost cutting-edge research. - 10/11/11
LANL disassembles "pits," makes mixed-oxide fuel
LANL has successfully disassembled nuclear weapons "pits" and converted them into more than 240 kilograms of plutonium oxide. - 10/7/11
LANL sets TRU waste hauling record
TRU waste consists of clothing, tools, rags, debris, soil, and other items contaminated with radioactive elements, mostly plutonium. - 10/4/11
Researcher nets Presidential Early Career Award
Evgenya Simakov has been named by President Barack Obama as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. - 9/28/11
Venture Acceleration Fund recipients announced
Ideum and OnQueue are the latest recipients of the awards from the Los Alamos National Security, LLC Venture Acceleration Fund. - 9/26/11
CRADA with Biomagnetics, Inc. completed
The CRADA was created to continue work on developing a commercial product that could detect a specific biomarker in urine that could aid in the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection. - 9/23/11
Museum opens two exhibits
The museum opens its "Fireset" and "A New Look at Trinitite" exhibits. - 9/22/11
LANL completes excavation of 1940s waste disposal site
The excavation removed about 43,000 cubic yards of contaminated debris and soil from the six-acre site. - 9/22/11
Museum Day at Bradbury Science Museum
Participating museums and cultural institutions across the nation open their doors free of charge to anyone presenting a Smithsonian magazine Museum Day ticket. - 9/19/11
Lab to host annual LDRD day September 13
Some of LANL’s most innovative scientists will explain and present their cutting-edge work to the public. - 9/6/11
LANL attracts 1,350 students this summer
The Lab attracted students from some 280 colleges and universities from across the nation and around the world. - 9/1/11
Earl Salazar named tribal relations liaison
Previously a budget analyst for LANL's Chief Financial Officer Division, Salazar began working in his new capacity on August 22. - 8/25/11
World-record pulsed magnetic field achieved
Researchers have set a new world record for the strongest magnetic field produced by a nondestructive magnet. - 8/23/11
Las Conchas Challenge Grant Fund checks awarded
Checks totaling $57,934 presented to businesses from Los Alamos, Española, and Santa Fe that provided goods and services during the Las Conchas Fire. - 8/23/11
Thomas selected as American Chemical Society Fellow
Kimberly Thomas has become the first Los Alamos researcher to be named a Fellow. - 8/16/11
NIH grant used to study how social behaviors affect spread of disease
Connecting social media and epidemiological research will attempt to predict the future, i.e. people's social behavior during an epidemic, using Twitter. - 8/15/11
Sauer named AD for chemistry, life, and earth sciences
Sauer has a distinguished track record as a research scientist with more than 60 publications and technical reports in archival journals. - 8/9/11
Awards recognize outstanding innovation in Technology Transfer
The award honors inventors whose patented invention exhibits significant technical advance, adaptability to public use, and noteworthy value to the mission of the Lab. - 8/8/11
Neutrons used to spy on the elusive hydronium ion
A research team has harnessed neutrons to view for the first time the critical role that an elusive molecule plays in certain biological reactions. - 8/8/11
Las Conchas recovery challenge fund
LANS has given $50,000 as seed money to establish a fund at LANB. - 7/28/11
Los Alamos computer codes at core of advanced manufacturing tools
The computer codes used for predictive fluid modeling are part of the Los Alamos Computational Fluid Dynamics Library. - 7/27/11
LANL Sponsors 15th Hazmat Challenge
The challenge provides hazardous materials responders the opportunity to network and learn new techniques under realistic conditions in a safe environment. - 7/27/11
Employees pledge $272,000 in LAESF scholarship drive
The drive encourages employees to donate to a fund that awards college scholarships to Northern New Mexico students. - 7/25/11
LANL installs additional protective measures
Work crews completed additional flood and erosion-control measures this week to reduce the environmental effects of any flash floods following the Las Conchas Fire. - 7/20/11
Imagine Education recognized for innovative approach to math education
Endeavored to remake the way middle-school math is taught through its first-of-its-kind, story-based, online math game, called Ko’s Journey. - 7/20/11
Researchers find potential key for unlocking biomass energy
Potential pretreatment method that can make plant cellulose five times more digestible by enzymes that convert it into ethanol, a useful biofuel. - 7/20/11
LANL completes high-priority flood and erosion control work
Crews installed 600 feet of water diversion barriers and removed more than 1,200 cubic yards of sediment in anticipation of flash flooding. - 7/11/11
Road, trails for safety reasons; flooding and erosion control work under way
Closure is in response to the increased fire risk and danger of flash flooding. - 7/8/11
Forest fire near Los Alamos National Laboratory
The Las Conchas fire burning in the Jemez Mountains approximately 12 miles southwest of the boundary of LANL has not entered Lab property at this time. - 6/26/11
Solar wind samples give insight into birth of solar system
Most of the Genesis payload consisted of fragile solar-wind collectors, which had been exposed to the solar particles over a period of two years. - 6/23/11
LANL earns three R&D 100 awards
The technologies include a molecular beacon that targets specific nucleic acids, a spacer fluid for oil wells that shrinks when heated, and a better way to produce thorium. - 6/22/11
Los Alamos and NNSS team to resume critical experiments at new location
This experiment demonstrated the restoration of a national capability to perform critical operations that was lost with the closure in 2005 of Technical Area 18. - 6/17/11
Nonprofits receive monetary donations from LANS
The monetary donations from LANS are tied to the number of volunteer hours logged by employees and retirees through an organization called VolunteerMatch. - 6/16/11
LANL announces selection of Venture Acceleration Fund recipients
LANL has selected Manhattan Isotope Technology, LLC and Vista Therapeutics, Inc. as recipients of $100,000 awards. - 6/15/11
Behr-Andres named science advisor to governor
Behr-Andres will aid indevelopment and promotion of science and technology policies for economic and educational opportunities. - 6/9/11
Laboratory program helps small businesses
The free program, run jointly by Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories, leverages the laboratories' expertise and capabilities to promote regional economic development. - 6/6/11
LANL reaches waste shipment milestone
The Lab surpassed 100,000 plutonium-equivalent curies of TRU waste shipped to WIPP, about one-third of the Lab’s total. - 5/31/11
Bradbury Museum's supercomputing exhibit gets updated
The updated exhibit interactive displays, artifacts from early computers, vacuum tubes from the MANIAC computer, and unique IBM cell blades from Roadrunner. - 5/19/11
LANL named 2010 top corporate volunteer organization
The Laboratory ranked ahead of dozens of other qualifying companies with 10,000 or more employees. - 5/18/11
Research questions reality of 'supersolid' in helium-4
When cooled to temperatures below minus 452 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, helium-4 becomes a liquid—and an extraordinary liquid at that. - 5/17/11
Public to have rare opportunity to tour Neutron Science Center
Tour attendees can expect to see many facets of the LANSCE, including areas along the linear accelerator beam line, the control room area, and one or more experimental areas. - 5/10/11
Beard to lead Business, Operations Directorate; Girrens named head of Engineering
Beard came to Los Alamos in 2006 to help lead the Stockpile Manufacturing and Support organization. - 5/4/11
Sixty-seven New Mexico students receive LAESF scholarships
Taos High School senior Majdolene Khweis received this year’s platinum scholarship, which provides $7,500 in financial assistance annually for four years. - 4/28/11
LANL accounts for nearly $3 billion of New Mexico’s economy
The Lab directly injected $1.6 billion into New Mexico’s economy, with an additional $1.3 billion resulting from indirect economic spending. - 4/27/11
Parties agree to settle stormwater lawsuit
LANL announced it has reached a settlement that will result in the dismissal of a 2008 environmental lawsuit by nine citizens groups and individuals. - 4/27/11
Supercomputing Challenge top winners: Los Alamos schools
Cole Kendrick won the top prize for his research project, “Computer Simulation of Dark Matter Effects on Galaxy Rotation”. - 4/26/11
Say hello to cheaper hydrogen fuel cells
Laboratory scientists have developed a way to avoid the use of expensive platinum in hydrogen fuel cells. - 4/22/11
Laboratory hosts Supercomputing Challenge
The goal of the yearlong competition is to increase knowledge of science and computing, expose students and teachers to computers and applied mathematics. - 4/20/11
Kennedy memorabilia unveiled at museum
Museum visitors can see the manipulator grips the President held when he remote-handled radioactive materials inside the hot cell at the CMR facility. - 4/19/11
Scientists propose new theory for development of turbulent magnetic reconnection
This new theory was developed to better explain recent large-scale three-dimensional kinetic simulations that describe the physics of this process. - 4/15/11
Preliminary study assesses potential impact of seismic event at Los Alamos
New or proposed facilities are designed to meet the latest seismic response criteria. - 4/15/11
Christine Anderson-Cook: An outstanding New Mexico woman
Cook recognized for her technical leadership in statistics, extensive professional service at the national level, and mentorship of nearly 70 students. - 4/14/11
LANL sponsors Quality New Mexico performance excellence conference
Quality New Mexico helps New Mexico organizations improve their performance. - 4/12/11
LANL selects two small businesses for water monitoring work
The two companies selected are TerranearPMC, LLC and Eberline Services, Inc. - 4/12/11
Manhattan Project truck unearthed at landfill cleanup site
A LANL excavation crew working on a Recovery Act cleanup project has uncovered the remnants of a 1940s military truck buried in a Manhattan Project-era landfill. - 4/8/11
LANL's Torres is NNSA Security Professional of the Year
Torres is part of a team that is upgrading the Defense Nuclear Security office’s policies and budget management tools. - 4/8/11
Researchers improve path to producing uranium compounds
Enhance the ability to develop advanced nuclear fuels in a safer, simpler manner. - 4/7/11
Celebrating Success At NM Small Business Assistance Fest
The New Mexico Small Business Assistance (NMSBA) program is celebrating “10 Years of Innovation” - 4/4/11
The drive toward hydrogen vehicles just got shorter
Researchers have revealed a new single-stage method for recharging the hydrogen storage compound ammonia borane. - 3/21/11
LANL announces new senior leadership position
Paul Henry named principal associate director for capital projects. - 3/18/11
Apply for nontraditional student scholarship
The scholarship will provide funds to employees or students pursuing a certificate, a two-year-degree, or a baccalaureate degree at NNMC. - 3/16/11
New human resources division leader selected
Donna J. Hampton has been named the new Human Resources Division leader. - 3/15/11
Zerkle to lead Information Technology organization
Information Technology is responsible for departmental computing, software and software applications, and computing networks and infrastructure. - 3/14/11
Director's commitment to diversity recognized
Profiles in Diversity Journal is recognizing Director Michael Anastasio for his commitment to workplace diversity. - 3/11/11
Frontiers In Science public lectures
Includes a discussion on research that engineers are conducting to increase turbine power output and make them last longer. - 3/10/11
Stellar science unveiled at space conference
The Laboratory will be represented in more than 20 papers to be given at the 42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston. - 3/8/11
Lab captures five Society for Technical Communication awards
Reducing Global Threats through Innovative Science and Technology rendered as a deck of playing cards, earned a Distinguished Technical Communication award. - 3/8/11
Lab wins six NNSA Pollution Prevention awards
The Laboratory has captured awards for projects ranging from energy savings to creating fuels from algae. - 3/7/11
Intelligence team given national honor
A team known as the LANL Field Intelligence Element is being honored with the Department of Energy Exceptional Service Award. - 2/28/11
Dry lake reveals evidence of Southwestern ‘megadroughts’
A portion of the research indicates that an ancient period of warming may be analogous to natural present-day climate conditions. - 2/28/11
LANL to certify automated influenza surveillance system
A compact automated system for surveillance and screening of potential pandemic strains of influenza and other deadly infectious diseases is a step closer to reality. - 1/31/11
New LANL scholarship supports returning students
Scholarship for students who plan to return to formal education after taking a break. - 1/24/11
Lab completes Recovery Act-funded demolition
The building was the largest of the 24 demolished at LANL’s historic Technical Area 21. - 1/19/11
LANL selects New Mexico firm to support design of new waste staging facility
Weidlinger-Navarro Northern New Mexico Joint Venture selected to perform architectural and engineering work. - 1/18/11
Bishop selected as Institute of Physics Fellow
The Institute of Physics is a scientific charity devoted to increasing the practice, understanding, and application of physics. - 1/18/11
AAAS and LANL announce 2010 Fellows
William S. Rees, Jr. has been awarded the distinction of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow. - 1/11/11
Anastasio to retire in June
Anastasio has served as LANL director since June 2006. - 1/5/11
Bradbury Science Museum announces winter opening hours
Museum will be closed on Christmas Day (December 25) and New Year’s Day (January 1, 2011). - 12/21/10
Lab completes record year for environmental cleanup
Personnel conducted more field investigations and cleanup campaigns than ever and completed a record number of Lab shipments to WIPP. - 12/16/10
Research Library teams shares 2010 Digital Preservation Award
Winning for their development of Memento—a unique computer architecture that uses a basic feature embedded in the standard HTTP protocol to allow web browsers direct access to archived copies of web pages. - 12/15/10
LANL post-Recovery Act cleanup contract
Los Alamos Technical Associates to perform follow-on cleanup work through 2014 at the site of the world’s first large-scale plutonium processing lab. - 12/14/10
LANL purchases nearly $1 billion in goods and services last fiscal year
The Laboratory also exceeded its goals for purchases made by small businesses in Northern New Mexico, the state and the country. - 12/6/10
Los Alamos Neutron Science Center gets capacity boost
The facility can simulate the effects of hundreds or thousands of years of cosmic-ray-induced neutrons in a single hour. - 12/2/10
Scientists ratchet up understanding of cellular protein factory
The research could aid in development of new antibiotics used to fight multidrug resistant superbugs such as MRSA found in many U.S. hospitals. - 12/2/10
LANL's hybrid garbage truck
The truck employs a system that stores energy from braking and uses that pressure to help the truck accelerate after each stop. - 11/19/10
LANL employees and contractor pledge record $2.5 million to local nonprofit organizations
The Laboratory employee contributions will fund a number of United Way agencies and programs as well as other eligible nonprofit organizations. - 11/18/10
Five selected LANL Fellows
The five researchers are Brenda Dingus, William (Bill) Louis, John Sarrao, Dipen Sinha and Giday Woldegabriel. - 11/16/10
FBI officer accepts LANL counterintelligence post
Cloyd has most recently served as assistant director of the Counterintelligence Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters. - 11/10/10
Scientists produce transparent, light-harvesting material
The material could be used in development of transparent solar panels. - 11/3/10
LANS awards protective force contract for LANL to SOC Los Alamos
The contract is for three years with two one-year extension options and has a value of about $251 million. - 10/28/10
Bradbury Science Museum scares up Halloween fun
High-Tech Halloween kicks off Los Alamos County’s “Halloweekend,” which includes the Chamber of Commerce’s “Trick or Treat on Main Street.” - 10/25/10
LANL researchers receive 2010 LANL Fellows Prize
Researchers are Sergei Tretiak, Geoffrey S. Waldo, Kerry Habiger, Clifford Unkefer and Tammy P. Taylor. - 10/19/10
Consortium to design human trials of mosaic HIV vaccine
The vaccine represents a novel strategy for fighting the virus that causes AIDS by attempting to address one of the most daunting challenges in HIV vaccine design. - 10/18/10
LANL receives DOE environmental sustainability award
EStar awards recognize excellence in pollution prevention and sustainable environmental stewardship. - 10/14/10
Security Demo at Sunport
The tool distinguishes potential-threat liquids from the harmless shampoos and sodas a regular traveler might take aboard an aircraft. - 10/8/10
LANL's Safety Short program wins DOE Innovation Award
The Lab’s Safety Short products address practices that promote the well-being of every Lab worker throughout each day, both at work and at home. - 10/7/10
New Science on Wheels programs focus on renewable energy
The classes are designed to generate interest in science and renewable energy by students at schools throughout Northern New Mexico. - 9/21/10
Smithsonian’s Museum Day
Participating museums and cultural institutions across the nation open their doors free of charge to anyone presenting a Smithsonian Museum Day ticket. - 9/21/10
Solar wind structure comprehension might be wrong
The plasma particles flowing from the Sun and blasting past the Earth might be configured more as a network of tubes than a river-like stream. - 9/7/10
LANL attracts record number of students this summer
More than 1,300 students interned in both technical and nontechnical fields. - 9/7/10
Lab to host second annual LDRD Day September 8
The event provides an opportunity for people to see some of the most exciting research currently underway at the Laboratory. - 9/2/10
McDowell receives Fulbright Scholar Award
The Fulbright Program is designed to “increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.” - 8/31/10
Awards recognize outstanding LANL Tech Transfer
Awards were given for distinguished accomplishments in patenting, copyright, licensing, programmatic impact, and regional impact during fiscal year 2009. - 8/23/10
New record for waste shipments
LANL completing its 132nd transuranic (TRU) waste shipment of fiscal year 2010 to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, New Mexico. - 8/20/10
Lab employees collect school supplies for children
Employees donated more than 1,000 backpacks and thousands of school supplies, including pencils, pens, and notebooks. - 8/20/10
Mimicking the Moon’s surface
The table-top simulation helped confirm that the Moon is inherently dry. - 8/4/10
First Recovery Act cleanup project completed by the Lab
The $13 million project involved demolition of an 18,000-square-foot former nuclear fusion research facility. - 8/4/10
LANL acknowledged for progress in safety excellence
Merit is a status for DOE contractors with highly effective safety programs who commit themselves to attain Star status within a five-year period. - 8/4/10
"Call for Ideas" from LANS Venture Acceleration Fund
VAF invests in creating and growing Northern New Mexico businesses that have an association with Los Alamos National Laboratory technology or expertise. - 8/2/10
Einstein Professorship Prize awarded to Zureck
Prize honors Ulm's connection with Albert Einstein, who was born in the city in 1879. - 7/30/10
LANL sponsors 14th Hazmat Challenge
The challenge provides hazardous materials responders the opportunity to network and learn new techniques under realistic conditions in a safe environment. - 7/22/10
Light creates rare uranium molecule
Uranium nitride materials show promise as advanced nuclear fuels due to their high density, high stability, and high thermal conductivity. - 7/12/10
Lab captures five R&D100 awards in 2010
Technologies include a greener explosive, superconducting and ultraconducting wires, a super high-speed camera, and a way to get fuel from algae with sound waves. - 7/8/10
Excavation begins at Manhattan Project landfill
The six-acre site contains a series of trenches used from 1944 to 1948 to dispose of hazardous and non-hazardous trash from Manhattan Project labs and buildings. - 7/1/10
Los Alamos National Laboratory again top contributor to United Way of Santa Fe County
Employees and LANS, LLC donated $113,000 to the United Way of Santa Fe County’s giving campaign. - 7/1/10
Recovery Act funds advance cleanup efforts at Cold War site
A local small business, ARSEC Environmental, LLC, of White Rock, NM, won a $2 million task order in April to perform this work. - 6/29/10
Laboratory program helps small businesses
The NMSBA allows for-profit small businesses to request technical assistance that capitalizes on the unique expertise and capabilities of Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories. - 6/23/10
Haiti earthquake survivor to speak
Christa Brelsford, a LANL student employee, was almost instantly trapped and partly crushed in the falling concrete of a building. - 6/14/10
SAGE mission to Venus
Researchers are planning a laser tool that will rapidly measure the surface, and beneath the surface, of the planet whose hostile environment will likely destroy the lander after a few hours of operation. - 6/11/10
Nearly 200 nonprofit organizations to receive monetary donations from LANS, LLC
The monetary donations are being made to the nonprofits as a result of the volunteer efforts of Los Alamos National Laboratory employees and retirees. - 6/7/10
Los Alamos expertise integral to nuclear energy innovation hub
The information gained through this effort will help extend the life and improve the efficiency of the existing U.S. nuclear reactor fleet and could help lead to the design of safer, longer-lasting materials in next-generation reactors. - 6/3/10
Glimpse of heavy electrons reveals “hidden order”
The remarkable breakthrough helps validate theory behind the observed increase in specific heat of the material. - 6/3/10
LANL To Host Forum June 16
Area business owners can learn about planned construction projects and potential economic opportunities at a community forum. - 5/28/10
Partnership will aid understanding of complex materials
An intimate understanding of complex materials that lie at the heart of pharmaceuticals or even nuclear weapons can occur more quickly and efficiently thanks to the agreement. - 5/27/10
LANL To Host Robot Rodeo
Teams compete in events and simulations that may include having their robots remove bombs from the inside of aircraft, rescuing injured first responders and navigating obstacle courses. - 5/21/10
Students receive Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund scholarships
Escalante High School senior Estevan Trujillo is the recipient of this year’s platinum scholarship, which provides $7,500 in financial assistance annually for four years. - 5/3/10
Los Alamos National Laboratory participates in National Lab Day
Connecting teachers and students with scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and industry professionals across the country is the goal of National Lab Day. - 4/29/10
Melrose High Trio Named Top Team In Supercomputing Challenge
Each student receives a check for $1,000. The team also received the Crowd Favorite Award—and $100—as selected by student participants, teachers, and mentors. - 4/27/10
ENDURE™ SCR Catalyst and Hyperion Power Module farner Federal Laboratory Consortium awards
The annual awards recognize successful efforts by federal laboratory employees to transfer government-developed technology to commercial industry. - 4/27/10
Students descend LANL for Supercomputing Challenge expo and awards ceremony
The goal of the yearlong competition is to increase knowledge of science and computing, expose students and teachers to computers and applied mathematics. - 4/21/10
Laboratory awards final Recovery Act demolition contracts
The two winning bidders will each demolish a portion of the remaining unused buildings at the Lab’s historic Technical Area 21. - 4/20/10
Earth Day event showcases LANL energy work
The public is invited to learn about projects in energy conservation, generation, research, and management at an Energy Town Hall April 21. - 4/19/10
Society for Technical Communication Awards
Three Los Alamos entries garnered Distinguished Technical Communication awards, the competition’s highest award category. - 4/15/10
Tri-Lab Directors' Statement on the Nuclear Posture Review
The directors of the three Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Laboratories issued the following statement on the Nuclear Posture Review. - 4/9/10
Learn about business networking opportunities at LANL small business forum
Small business owners can get first-hand information about doing business with Los Alamos National Laboratory. - 4/9/10
Small Business Assistance Program to recognize outstanding companies
Nine companies that participated in the program in 2009 will be honored for their outstanding achievements. - 4/6/10
Carbon nanostructures—Elixir or poison?
A LANL toxicologist and a team of researchers have documented potential cellular damage from “fullerenes”—soccer-ball-shaped, cage-like molecules composed of 60 carbon atoms. - 3/31/10
Investor and entrepreneur visits Los Alamos for open coffee
Brad Feld, a renowned early-stage investor and entrepreneur, will attend a meeting of the Open Coffee Club networking event. - 3/29/10
Safer nuclear reactors could result from Los Alamos research
Self-repairing materials within nuclear reactors may one day become a reality. - 3/25/10
David E. Hoffman talks about new book, The Dead Hand
The Dead Hand tells, from both the American and the Russian perspectives, of the end of the Cold War arms race and its legacy of peril. - 3/22/10
Director's Colloquium March 18 Large Hadron Collider
Lyndon Evans of CERN will talk about the most complex scientific instrument ever built—the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). - 3/10/10
LANL awards Recovery Act contract worth up to $100 million
TerranearPMC, LLC will haul demolition debris and soils from LANL’s Recovery Act cleanup projects for disposal in licensed facilities. - 3/10/10
LANL exceeds Early Recovery Act recycling goals
Lab demolition projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act have recovered more than 136 tons of recyclable metal since work began last year. - 3/8/10
Lab announces selection of Venture Acceleration Fund recipients
Simtable and Southwest Bio Fuels as recipients of $100,000 awards from the Los Alamos National Security, LLC Venture Acceleration Fund. - 3/8/10
LANL gets young women involved in math and science at Expanding Your Horizons Conference
The young women will participate in hands-on activities in such fields as astronomy, robotics, forensics, chemistry, and earth science. - 3/4/10
HIV vaccine strategy expands immune responses
Two teams of researchers have announced an HIV vaccination strategy that has been shown to expand the breadth and depth of immune responses in rhesus monkeys. - 3/3/10
Rusty Gray named president of TM
George T. “Rusty” Gray III was selected as 2010 president of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society. - 2/24/10
George Cowan presents memoirs at talk, book signing
Scientist, businessman, and philanthropist George Cowan will talk about his new book, Manhattan Project to the Santa Fe Institute. - 2/17/10
Laboratory increases shipments of waste to WIPP repository
The campaign will eliminate LANL’s existing backlog of approximately 1,500 drums of legacy transuranic waste awaiting shipment to WIPP. - 2/11/10
Cyber sleuths face off
Computer specialists will meet for a grueling week that combines state-of-the-art training with opportunities to team up, solve relevant cyber problems, and attack one another. - 2/10/10
Five Los Alamos researchers receive Early Career Awards
Andrew Gaunt, Christopher Mauger, Nathan G. McDowell, Evgenya Smirnova, and Tsuyoshi Tajima were among 69 early-career scientists selected. - 1/21/10
LANL to play key role in biofuel development
LANL to create a proof-of-concept system for commercializing algae-based biofuels or other advanced biofuels that can be transported and sold using the nation’s existing fueling infrastructure. - 1/14/10
Top 10 science stories of 2009
Top 10 Laboratory science stories of 2009 based on global viewership of online media content and major programmatic milestones. - 1/8/10
Attune acoustic focusing cytometer brings technology developed at LANL to the marketplace
Life Technologies Corporation recently announced the release of the Attune Acoustic Focusing Cytometer. - 1/7/10
Science satellites seek Santa
Los Alamos scientists will use two advanced science satellites to mark the course taken by the elfin traveler. - 12/16/09
Nonprofit organizations receive community giving grants
The organizations received grants for projects that range from a summer camp for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders to providing winter coats and shoes for needy children. - 12/15/09
Unique LANL pathogen detector gains corporate partner
LANL has executed an agreement with Biomagnetics Diagnostics Corporation (BMGP) for the further development of a diagnostic tool known as an optical biosensor. - 12/14/09
LANL employees, Lab contractor pledge record $2.3 million to local United Way
The Laboratory employee contributions will fund a number of United Way agencies and programs as well as other eligible nonprofit organizations. - 12/1/09
Lab begins demolition of Cold War-era buildings
More than 165,000 square feet of former research, production, and office buildings will be demolished. - 12/1/09
Lab receives $25,000 for Math and Science Academy
The program is conducted by LANL in cooperation with its regional education, business, and government partners. - 11/30/09
Lookman and Moore named 2009 LANL Fellows Prize recipients
The Fellows organization includes some of the Laboratory’s most prominent scientists. - 11/23/09
New funding will stimulate alternative energy research
The Laboratory recently received notice that it has received ARRA funding to participate in four geothermal projects with Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico Tech, and the University of Utah. - 11/16/09
Scientists use supercomputer to unravel mysteries of exploding stars
Scientists use supercomputer to model a fundamental process in physics that could help explain how stars begin to explode into supernovae. - 11/16/09
LANL names six scientists as 2009 Fellows
Antoinette “Toni” Taylor, Stephen Becker, Joachim Birn, Lowell Brown, Patrick Colestock, and Samuel “Tom” Picraux have been designated 2009 LANL Fellows. - 11/5/09
LANL breaks ground on key sediment control project
Called “grade-control” structures, the approximately $2 million features are up to eight feet high and made of rocks packed tightly into wire enclosures. - 11/5/09
Laboratory adds a sixth R&D 100 Award to its 2009 count
This year’s awards bring the Los Alamos total to 113 since the Laboratory first entered the competition in 1978. - 11/4/09
Scientists use world's fastest supercomputer to explore magnetic reconnection
The focus is to understand the three-dimensional evolution of thin electrical current layers where magnetic reconnection initially develops. - 10/30/09
LANL sponsors Recovery Act Job Fair
The fair was aimed at filling current and future positions with subcontractors working on environmental cleanup under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. - 10/30/09
Scientists use world's fastest computer to model materials under extreme conditions
Materials scientists are for the first time attempting to create atomic-scale models that describe how voids are created, grow, and merge. - 10/30/09
World's fastest computer to simulate nanoscale material failure
With this new tool, scientists can better study what nanowires do under stress. - 10/29/09
Zerkle wins Governor’s Distinguished Public Service award
The award recognizes outstanding contributions to public service and the improvement of government at all levels by private citizens and government employees. - 10/29/09
Fastest computer to understand nonlinear physics of high-power lasers
To achieve fusion scientists must put as much laser energy on target as possible. - 10/28/09
World's fastest supercomputer to create the largest HIV evolutionary tree
Researchers are using the supercomputer to analyze vast quantities of genetic sequences from HIV infected people in the hope of zeroing in on possible vaccine target areas. - 10/27/09
Neutron stars is focus of Frontiers in Science lectures
Lectures are intended to increase local public awareness of the diversity of science and engineering research at the Laboratory. - 10/27/09
Science at the Petascale: Roadrunner results unveiled
The Roadrunner system is now beginning its transition to classified computing to assure the safety, security, and reliability of the U.S. nuclear deterrent. - 10/26/09
World’s fastest supercomputer to model origins of the unseen universe
The model aims to look at galaxy-scale mass concentrations above and beyond quantities seen in state-of-the-art sky surveys. - 10/26/09
Networking forum, businesses make their pitch for Recovery Act work
One key goal of the Recovery Act is to provide jobs and opportunities for Northern New Mexicans. - 10/22/09
Saving computers with new malware detection tool
A computer tool that allows the machine to identify malicious executable files without being exposed to their harmful actions. - 10/21/09
Standards for a new genomic era
A team of geneticists has recently proposed a set of standards designed to elucidate the quality of publicly available genetic sequencing information. - 10/21/09
IBEX satellite finds ribbon-like structure at edge of heliosphere
The NASA IBEX mission has sent back data that indicates a “noodle soup” of solar material has accumulated at the outer fringes of the heliosphere bubble. - 10/15/09
NNSA and DNFSB free up millions In previously allocated funding
The DNFSB and NNSA required the CMRR project to address specific design issues related to safety. - 10/2/09
Oldest hominid skeleton provides new evidence for human evolution
The discovery reveals the biology of the first stage of human evolution better than anything seen to date. - 10/1/09
LANL demolishes first containment dome at disposal area
It once housed thousands of drums of radioactive waste that have been shipped to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant for disposal. - 9/30/09
Bradbury Science Museum takes part in Smithsonian’s Museum Day
Museums and cultural institutions open their doors free of charge to Smithsonian magazine subscribers and Smithsonian.com visitors. - 9/21/09
Los Alamos science discoveries unveiled September 15
The event is an opportunity for business leaders and community members to learn about where science is heading, as well as for students to discover potential new career directions. - 9/8/09
Technology strikes a chord with algal biofuels
Sound-wave technology is helping Solix Biofuels, Inc. optimize production of algae-based fuel in a cost-effective, scalable, and environmentally benign fashion. - 9/2/09
Changes to vehicle traffic-screening regimen at vehicle inspection station
Lanes two through five will be open 24 hours a day and won’t be staffed by a Laboratory protective force officer. - 9/1/09
Hydrogen storage gets new hope
A new method for “recycling” hydrogen-containing fuel materials could open the door to economically viable hydrogen-based vehicles. - 9/1/09
High-efficiency solid-state lighting and superconductor research receives funding
Each project will be funded for up to three years. - 8/28/09
LANL awards subcontracts for architectural and engineering services
Six small businesses are receiving subcontracts for providing architectural and engineering services to Los Alamos. - 8/28/09
Regional companies eye growth
Adaptive Radio Technologies, Los Alamos Visualization Associates, Mesa Tech International Inc., and ThermaSun Inc. were awarded from the Venture Acceleration Fund. - 8/21/09
Frontiers in Science lectures focus on radiography
Christopher Morris explains how X-rays, protons, and naturally occurring cosmic rays can be used to see through opaque objects. - 8/21/09
Knapp to head combined Weapons Engineering, Weapons Physics Directorate
New leadership position will allow for greater integration in the planning and execution of the stockpile stewardship program. - 8/18/09
LANL names cleanup subcontractors
The three companies are Los Alamos Technical Associates (LATA), Portage Inc., and ARSEC Environmental, LLC (ARSEC). - 8/14/09
Lab announces Venture Acceleration Fund recipients
Adaptive Radio Technologies, Los Alamos Visualization Associates, Mesa Tech International Inc., and ThermaSun Inc. selected as recipients of awards. - 8/11/09
LANS creates mentor-protégé agreements with two veteran-owned businesses
New mentor-protégé agreements with SDV Construction and Trillacorpe Construction. - 7/30/09
Charles McMillan to lead LANL’s Weapons Program
He will provide oversight and direction for the nuclear weapons program at Los Alamos to accomplish the Laboratory’s core mission. - 7/28/09
LANL scientists will codirect $14.5 million National Center for Systems Biology
The new Spatiotemporal Modeling Center is funded by a $14.5 million, five-year grant from the National Institute for General Medical Sciences. - 7/28/09
LANL sponsors Hazmat Challenge
The challenge provides hazardous materials responders the opportunity to network and learn new techniques under realistic conditions in a safe environment. - 7/27/09
Lab receives Recovery Act funds
Recovery Act funds will go toward environmental compliance and cleaning up Cold War-era buildings slated for demolition. - 7/21/09
Laboratory snags five R&D 100 awards
Winning Laboratory projects are MagViz, the SIMTECHE CO2 Capture Process, Lasonix, TeraOps Software Radio, and the Artificial Retina Project. - 7/21/09
LANS invests in Santa Fe Community College Foundation
The new center is an educational and training facility for alternative energy and green jobs. - 7/16/09
White House Honors Los Alamos Work
Ivan Vitev has received a prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). - 7/10/09
LANL sponsors Hazmat Challenge
The Summer Environmental Science Program lets students explore a wide range of science-related topics in the Valles Caldera National Preserve. - 7/9/09
Final remote-handled waste canister leaves LANL
The Laboratory began shipping the canisters exactly one month ago and averaged four shipments per week. - 7/2/09
Lab issues statement on Historical Document Retrieval and Assessment report
This is an important document, and we take it seriously. - 6/25/09
William Rees appointed to new Global Security leadership position
A new position that elevates the importance of the Lab’s work in key program areas, including non-proliferation, intelligence support, defense, nuclear counterterrorism, and homeland security. - 6/16/09
Lectures focus on saving energy through superconductivity
Dean Peterson discusses the science of high-temperature superconductivity in a series of Frontiers in Science lectures. - 6/12/09
Fast pandemic detection tool ready to fight flu
Researchers are developing new tools for rapidly characterizing biological pathogens that could give rise to potentially deadly pandemics such as Influenza A (H1N1). - 6/9/09
Tom Harper receives cyber security award
The Charlene Douglass Memorial Award recognizes an individual’s expertise, dedication, and significant contributions to information security. - 6/8/09
Waste shipment leaves Los Alamos National Laboratory
The material, known as “remote-handled transuranic waste” (RH-TRU), has been stored at the Laboratory since 1995. - 6/2/09
LANS supports community nonprofits
Nonprofit organizations are receiving more than $80,300 as a result of the volunteer efforts of LANL employees and retirees. - 6/1/09
LANL again top contributor to United Way of Santa Fe County
Laboratory employees and Los Alamos National Security, LLC donated $170,000 to the United Way of Santa Fe County’s 2008-2009 giving campaign. - 5/14/09
Solar and nuclear energy expertise to be enhanced by research centers
Los Alamos will be home to two new Energy Frontier Research Centers through a five-year funding commitment by DOE. - 5/12/09
Area schools get new computers through LANL, IBM partnership
Northern New Mexico schools are recipients of fully loaded desktop and laptop computers. - 5/8/09
David Telles wins NNSA Security Professional of the Year award
The award recognizes one federal employee and one contractor employee whose contributions to the security programs within the NNSA enterprise exemplify the highest ideals of public service. - 5/7/09
LANL scientists named SIAM Fellows for their contributions to mathematics
James M. “Mac” Hyman, Alan S. Perelson, David H. Sharp and Burton B. “Burt” Wendroff are new Fellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. - 5/4/09
New hope for biomass fuels
Researchers have discovered a potential chink in the armor of fibers that make the cell walls of certain inedible plant materials so tough. - 4/22/09
Albuquerque trio wins Supercomputing Challenge
Erika DeBenedictis, Tony Huang, and Chris Hong from La Cueva High School captured the top prize in the 2009 New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge. - 4/21/09
LANL cosponsors 30th Expanding Your Horizons conference
The young women will participate in hands-on activities related to fields, such as astronomy, aerospace, chemistry, and earth science. - 3/16/09
Gordon wins NNSA Safety Professional of the Year award
Gordon displayed outstanding leadership in electrical safety, both at the Laboratory and across the Department of Energy. - 3/12/09
Los Alamos researchers create ‘Map of Science’
A high-resolution graphic depiction of the virtual trails scientists leave behind when they retrieve information from online services. - 3/11/09
Search for Earth-like planets includes LANL star analysis
The mission will not only be able to search for planets around other stars, but also yield new insights into the parent stars themselves. - 3/6/09
Mike Lansing and Chris Cantwell named new associate directors
Lansing was named associate director for Safeguards and Security and Cantwell is associate director for Environment, Safety, Health & Quality. - 2/26/09
Los Alamos identifies internal material control issue
The error relates to internal inventory and accounting that documents movement of sensitive materials within a small portion of Technical Area 55. - 2/26/09
Research highlights potential for improved solar cells
Research has shown that carrier multiplication is a real phenomenon in tiny semiconductor crystals and not a false observation born of extraneous effects that mimic carrier multiplication. - 2/10/09
LANS awards grants to 24 nonprofits in Northern New Mexico
The grants were awarded to support the efforts of employees whose volunteer work with nonprofit organizations encourages a vibrant quality of life in the area. - 2/5/09
Lab scientists Burns, Hay named new AAAS Fellows
The AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science. - 2/3/09
Los Alamos notifies employees, visitors of possible beryllium exposure
Current and former Laboratory employees and contractors who either worked at or visited the facility have been—or are in the process of being—notified. - 1/28/09
Lab announces selection of Venture Acceleration Fund recipients
Retriever Technology, Elemetric Instruments, Star Cryoelectronics, and Veezyon are recipients of awards. - 1/7/09
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