Science for the 21st Century

For more than 56 years Los Alamos National Laboratory has been a world leader in scientific research and development. Los Alamos scientists have pushed the frontiers of science in many fields and today many of the Laboratory's best technologies serve humanity around the globe. As the world enters the 21st century, Los Alamos continues to serve as a premier research laboratory immersed in basic and applied science.

Listed below are a series of short papers detailing some of the areas of innovative research being done at Los Alamos now and in the future.

The papers are archived as html or Adobe pdf files. The Adobe pdf files can be read using Adobe Acrobat® available for download from Adobe at www.adobe.com

Heat Pipes (html or pdf) -- will include work in the area of heat pipes
Atomic, Ion and Neutron Trapping (html or pdf) -- will include research in atomic, ion and neutron trapping
Structural Biology (html or pdf) -- will expand our knowledge of the shape of proteins and other macromolecules, its impact on biological function and its application to human health and other areas
Bioinformatics (html or pdf) -- will employ increasingly sophisticated computational tools to manage and analyze the rapidly growing volume of biological data
Green Chemistry (html or pdf) -- will involve continued research in Green Chemistry
Laser Cooling (html or pdf) -- involve the continued research into the use of lasers for cooling
Hydromodeling (html or pdf) -- will include advances in the use of supercomputers to create hydrological models that simulate oceans, rivers and streams and allow researchers to explore crucial national and global water management issues
Lightning (html or pdf) -- will include research into the electrodynamics, electric fields and high-frequency radio signals associated with lightning, as well as their optical signals
Accelerator Transmutation of Waste (html or pdf) -- will include advances in the accelerator transmutation of nuclear waste
Influenza (html or pdf) -- will include work in developing mathematical models to help predict the spread of influenza
Robotics (html or pdf) -- will find new ways to exploit the capabilities of robots
Cosmic Transients (html or pdf) -- will involve the ongoing study of cosmic transients
Human Genome Studies (html or pdf) -- will involve the continued research into the human genome
Space Exploration (html or pdf) -- will include still more advances from exploration of the solar system and beyond
Neutrinos (html or pdf) -- will include continuing research into the mysterious subatomic world of neutrinos
Quantum Cryptography (html or pdf) -- will involve more advances in quantum cryptography
Carbon Sequestration (html or pdf) -- Cradle to grave carbon management will allow continued economic prosperity
Nuclear Rockets -- Advanced propulsion for space exploration
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