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Lab saves $2B, improves efficiency as part of Supply Chain Management Center

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What data reveals about powerful lightning within clouds

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Employees raise more than $420,000 for scholars

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Los Alamos, Livermore achieve fusion ignition with groundbreaking approach

Achievement expands what’s possible in stockpile stewardship experiments.

Venado’s yearlong voyage powers vital AI science

AI prediction can improve energy grid resiliency and protect against disruptions.

Measurement of free neutron lifetime achieves world-record precision

UCNTau collaboration validates past results, techniques for future experiments.

What data reveals about powerful lightning within clouds

Team uses largest-ever dataset of lightning-generated signals to address longstanding question.

Los Alamos is upgrading its flagship particle accelerator

A deeper look at the LANSCE accelerator modernization project.

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Sarah Holcomb and Randy Vigil check a device that collects wastewater samples

How Los Alamos is addressing ‘forever chemicals’

With this nationwide contaminant of concern, the Lab is ahead of the curve.

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Project could boost New Mexico economy, increase water security

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Museum exhibit recognizes world’s first nuclear detonation

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A Los Alamos–developed tech makes supercomputing faster, more efficient

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Employees raise more than $420,000 for scholars

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