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Artificial intelligence algorithms used to tune particle accelerators
Training data means real-time, effective tuning to ensure accelerator precision
Nuclear Weapons Council commemorates pit production milestone
Visit to Los Alamos National Lab highlights commitment to deterrence
Holiday Giving Campaign raises $2.6 million
Employee dollars fund toys for kids, scholarships and area nonprofits
Bilingual Montessori School of Los Alamos now fully open with slots available
Final phase of child care center’s construction and licensing completed
10 top moments of community connection in 2024
Highlights of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s community engagement as the year comes to a close
Los Alamos conducts first critical experiment using high assay low enriched uranium in decades
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Fighting Fentanyl Overdose
New detectors can help fight the opioid crisis by finding dangerous drugs at U.S. ports of entry.
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Just Breathe
Understanding healthy human breath could lead to new non-invasive diagnostics.
How Los Alamos is Helping Ready Nuclear Fusion Power for the Grid by 2030
Cooling future fusion reactors with nature’s hardest metal
Research Skills are Life Skills
Los Alamos scientists offer summer internships, paving the road to research careers for the next generation.
A New Tool for a New Virus
Los Alamos scientists are coding the future of virus detection.
Parting Clouds
A Lab team goes places few reasonably can, to gather data few are capable of, all to improve how earth system models represent clouds.
Grid Alarms
An AI-driven method of detecting electrical faults could stop the most destructive fires before they begin.
Inside the Manufacturing Issue
In its many machine shops and specialized work areas, Los Alamos National Laboratory produces parts to support national security.
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The future of manufacturing
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory advance cutting-edge manufacturing techniques to support national security.
People-powered prototypes
Los Alamos National Laboratory employees fabricate one-of-a-kind parts.
Quality guaranteed
Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Sigma Complex supports national security through manufacturing science.
Sparking success
High explosives research and development booms at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
“We have commenced war-reserve pit production”
Associate Laboratory Director for Weapons Production John Benner discusses the effort to manufacture the plutonium cores of nuclear weapons.
Producing perfect parts
Mark Quality Manufacturing Center at Los Alamos National Laboratory makes nuclear weapons components.
The Vault
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Betty Perkins
Historian amassed one-of-a-kind weapons reports after testing ban; information is vital to today’s work.
NSRC Digital Collections: Preserving decades of data for the researchers of today
How the NSRC’s cutting-edge teams preserve and protect decades of mission-critical scientific materials.
What does the National Security Research Center Do?
A Letter from the NSRC Director
Blank pages from Lab history: The Lavender Scare
A hidden chapter of Cold War paranoia that targeted LGBTQ+ federal workers, reshaped lives, and silenced scientific progress.
The NSRC’s Summer of Oppenheimer
From traveling exhibits and community screenings to panel discussions and special guests, each event was testimony to the NSRC’s special role as the custodian of the Lab’s living history and Oppenheimer’s lasting legacy.
Voyage of Discoveries
Rediscovered Oppenheimer photos, trinity test footage, and vital 'Bomb Books' illuminate nuclear history.
Actinide Research Quarterly
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Interview: Poster prize winner Julien Margate
Gallium Alloying Behavior During Oxidation of Delta Phase Plutonium Alloys
Transferrin and Fetuin: Potential Vectors for Plutonium Accumulation in the Liver and Skeleton
Simulating Dynamic Actinide Systems: Perspective on Methodologies
Electronic Structure Modeling Strategies for Actinides
