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- Researchers make hydrogen fuel progress
- 18 Nov 2009 In what may prove to be a long stride toward swapping hydrogen fuel cells for gas tanks in the clean-running cars of the future, researchers have found a better way to efficiently store hydrogen fuel. Read more …about Researchers make hydrogen fuel progress
- New Funding Will Stimulate Alternative Energy Research
- 18 Nov 2009 Initiatives to provide geothermal heating or power at the Pueblo of Jemez and the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology campus are receiving Los Alamos National Laboratory assistance, thanks to recent American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA)... Read more …about New Funding Will Stimulate Alternative Energy Research
- Los Alamos Lab tackles surveillance, space protection issues
- 17 Nov 2009 Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists are evaluating novel approaches to satellite situational awareness, including lowering the cost of space surveillance radars and optically monitoring the growing spread of orbital debris. Read more …about Los Alamos Lab tackles surveillance, space protection issues
- Time-travelling browsers navigate the Web's past
- 16 Nov 2009 Finding old versions of Web pages could become far simpler thanks to a "time-travelling" Web browsing technology being pioneered at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Read more …about Time-travelling browsers navigate the Web's past
- IBEX and the heliospheric boundary
- 13 Nov 2009 Science magazine's cover story features NASA's IBEX mission, which has used a Los Alamos device to probe the very edge of the solar system from a high-Earth orbit. Read more …about IBEX and the heliospheric boundary
- Laser creates record-breaking protons
- 9 Nov 2009 A group of physicists at Los Alamos Laboratory has used a laser to generate 67.5 MeV protons – the highest-energy protons yet produced in this way. Their work points the way to new laser-based devices for proton therapy. Read more …about Laser creates record-breaking protons
- Zerkle honored with Gov’s award; stimulus project leader is lab’s go- to manager
- 30 Oct 2009 Carolyn Zerkle, in charge of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s stimulus project, has won one of Gov. Richardson’s distinguished public servant awards for 2009. Read more …about Zerkle honored with Gov’s award; stimulus project leader is lab’s go- to manager
- New genetic sequencing standards proposed
- 28 Oct 2009 LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Oct. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. and Canadian scientists say they've proposed a set of standards designed to elucidate the quality of publicly available genetic sequencing... Read more …about New genetic sequencing standards proposed
- Roadrunner supercomputer maps HIV family tree
- 28 Oct 2009 Researchers are using IBM's Roadrunner to analyze tens of thousands of genetic sequences from individuals with HIV. (Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory) Physicist Tanmoy Bhattacharya and HIV researcher Bette Korber are creating an evolutionary genetic family tree based on samples taken by the... Read more …about Roadrunner supercomputer maps HIV family tree
- LANL Roadrunner Models Nonlinear Physics Of High-power Lasers
- 28 Oct 2009 For years scientists have struggled with the difficult physics of inertial confinement fusion. This is the attempt to compress a target capsule containing isotopes of hydrogen with high-powered lasers to high enough pressure and temperature to initiate fusion... Read more …about LANL Roadrunner Models Nonlinear Physics Of High-power Lasers
