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Nov. 12: Lab Director Thom Mason hosts virtual public Town Hall

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Mission-Focused Science, Technology, Engineering

Los Alamos maps the changing sounds of the Arctic to strengthen global monitoring

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Brothers on a mission: Los Alamos lineage dates back to 1800s

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Bradbury Science Museum expands High-Tech Halloween event

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Los Alamos National Laboratory addresses national security challenges by advancing breakthroughs in science and technology. We work alongside the Department of Energy to support energy advancements and environmental management.
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Los Alamos scientists named American Physical Society Fellows

Guo, Lin recognized for physics excellence.

Quantum Summer School brings students together in new Center for Quantum Computing

Participants tackle cutting-edge research, learn from quantum experts.

Dynamic imaging at Los Alamos: Look inside extreme physics

Techniques like proton radiography let scientists to see deep inside experiments in fractions of a second.

Lab launches frontier AI models on Venado supercomputer

Supercomputer running latest OpenAI reasoning models on NVIDIA Grace Hopper GPUs to accelerate national security-related science.

URSA is an AI agent transforming how science gets done

Framework is built to bring AI into the heart of scientific discovery.

Los Alamos National Lab at a glance

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Awards, honors in 2025

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From the top of the mesa

We are 18,000+ people in New Mexico and beyond, with a shared goal to serve the common good.

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8 Los Alamos researchers named 2026 Laboratory Fellows

All have played important role in advancing mission, scientific discovery.

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Gittings, Morris, Weaver to receive Los Alamos Medal

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4 Los Alamos researchers receive Lab Fellows' Prizes

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7 Los Alamos technologies win R&D 100 Awards

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Sangeeta Negi named Los Alamos’ Battelle Inventor of the Year

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Los Alamos National Laboratory is one of the world’s most innovative multidisciplinary research institutions.

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Environmental manager for water quality

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We have a proud history of almost 80 years of science and innovation to protect the nation.

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