Strategic Initiatives

Community Relations
View Community Relations
Your Manhattan Project road trip
This day trip from Santa Fe leads you to history in Los Alamos

Laboratory employees load up community litter
More than 100 employees pick up trash around Northern New Mexico on Earth Day

Stanek elected fellow by the American Nuclear Society
Scientist leads nuclear energy efforts at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos scientists elected to National Academy of Sciences
Brenda Dingus and Thomas Terwilliger elected by peers in prestigious scientific organization

Lab Director Thom Mason discusses new construction standards, need for efficiency with NM business leaders
Federal Business Opportunities Forum connects Los Alamos National Laboratory to a range of service providers

Dalvit named fellow of Optica photonics society
Physicist recognized for advancing the science of light with his quantum expertise

Mission-Focused ST&E
View Mission-Focused ST&E
A new problem that only quantum computing can solve
A recent paper introduced a quantum algorithm to simulate optical networks, proving that only a quantum computer can solve such a complex problem

Venado's yearlong voyage powers vital AI science
Part four: AI prediction can improve energy grid resiliency and protect against disruptions

Venado's yearlong voyage powers vital AI science
Part three: the supercomputer can help predict materials failure

New design aims to make more fuel-efficient and higher performance modular nuclear microreactors
The new microreactors could quickly provide power for a range of commercial and military uses

Is terraforming Mars possible?
A new paper in Nature Astronomy looks at the science

Accelerating the future of plastic reduction and upcycling
Hundreds of thousands of enzyme variants screened to find the best one
Mission Operations
View Mission Operations
New wireless system keeps the Lab running during outages
Fiber line cut did not impact Los Alamos National Lab thanks to microwave tech

Nationwide recovery of radioactive devices by Los Alamos National Lab hits major milestone
Partnership helps mitigate risk of terrorist attacks using a “dirty bomb”

Website changes

University of Michigan, Lab to jointly develop Michigan-based AI research center
This U-M press release highlights how a partnership expands research collaboration

Los Alamos National Lab gets a perfect score on hazardous waste management
New Mexico Environment Department’s evaluation results in zero violations

AI breakthrough creates images from nothing
Innovative framework that generates images from nothing can enable new scientific applications

Nuclear Security
View Nuclear Security
U.S. Energy Secretary Wright makes first visit to Los Alamos National Lab, calls it America’s ‘national security brain trust’
Site tour covered Weapons, AI, supercomputing and more

Register Feb. 19-26 for a behind-the-fence tour of Manhattan Project National Historical Park this spring
Tours take place May 13-15

Laboratory economic impact 2024: Over $1B spent with New Mexico businesses; $1.96B in employee salaries

Nuclear Weapons Council commemorates pit production milestone
Visit to Los Alamos National Lab highlights commitment to deterrence

Los Alamos conducts first critical experiment using high assay low enriched uranium in decades

Los Alamos team develops ‘game-changing’ approach to explosives testing
More modern method a fundamental leap forward in safety