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Budgets, AI, cows and space among topics covered in Los Alamos Lab Director’s Jan. 21 Town Hall
About 300 people attended the virtual presentation and Q&A session

New centers set to transform microelectronics technologies
Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies leads semiconductor nanomaterial effort aimed at extreme environments

Fuel cell commercialization program at Los Alamos calls for partners
L’Innovator 2.0 Program offers access to catalyst and electrode structure intellectual property

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
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Isotope Alchemy
Proton power transforms common elements into critical radioisotopes.

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 nuclear fusion reactors with nature’s hardest metal

A New Tool for a New Virus
Los Alamos scientists are coding the future of new virus detection.

Research Skills are Life Skills
Los Alamos scientists offer summer internships, paving the road to research careers for the next generation.

Grid Alarms
An AI-driven method of detecting electrical faults could stop the most destructive fires before they begin.

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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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Gallium Alloying Behavior During Oxidation of Delta Phase Plutonium Alloys

Interview: Poster prize winner Julien Margate

Foreword – First Quarter 2024

Transferrin and Fetuin: Potential Vectors for Plutonium Accumulation in the Liver and Skeleton

Simulating Dynamic Actinide Systems: Perspective on Methodologies
