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IN THIS ISSUE
Letters
- The history issue
Our Laboratory continues to push the envelope of what’s possible, making history every day.
Abstracts
- Presidential visits
Many public figures have toured the Lab, including several senior government officials. - What's in a name?
Los Alamos has had three names in 77 years. - The man who was nearly Oppenheimer
Nobel Laureate Carl David Anderson was the first person tapped to lead Project Y. - Nobel Prizes
Twenty scientists with ties to Los Alamos have won Nobel Prizes. - Switchable explosives
What if an explosive could be switched on and off like a light? - The space-clutter dilemma
A revolutionary update to the solid rocket engine will help solve a fast-growing satellite problem. - Raiders of the lost archive
Relocating the Rocky Flats archive to Los Alamos ensures we will learn from history, not repeat it.
Features
- The Trinity test
Seventy-five years ago, Los Alamos scientists detonated the world’s first atomic bomb. - The mission that changed the world
On August 6, 1945, the crew of the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb designed at Los Alamos on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. - Generations of tradition
Brigadier General Paul Tibbets IV reflects on his family’s legacy of military service. - Why wasn't Little Boy tested?
The bomb’s components were tested, and Lab scientists were certain of its success. - Cold War watchmen
In the 1960s, Los Alamos changed the national security landscape with Project Vela—satellites that could detect nuclear explosions in space. - The mystery flash that changed astrophysics
Project Vela discovered cosmic gamma-ray bursts. - Behind the bamboo curtain
Only two U.S. nuclear weapons experts have officially seen the Chinese nuclear test site at Lop Nur. They were from Los Alamos.
Analysis
- Doomed to cooperate
Siegfried Hecker recalls the relationship between the U.S. and Russia at the end of the Cold War.
Being Essential
- Forged in fire
Engineer and bladesmith Boyd Ritter intertwines art and science to create custom knives.
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