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LAMP receives critical milestone approval, paving way for LANSCE modernization
CD-1 greenlights project for design and budget
7 Los Alamos technologies win R&D 100 Awards
The ‘Oscars of Innovation’ recognize advances in robotics, space monitoring, nuclear energy and more
Los Alamos marks 60 years of safeguards at anniversary symposium
Laboratory volunteers distill data to build more effective New Mexico nonprofits
2026 Community Data Sprint empowers nonprofit advocacy, higher education and rural libraries
A milestone of modern physics: The neutrino turns 70
Nobel-prize winning discovery of neutrinos was led by Los Alamos team
Laboratory employees provide school supplies for Northern New Mexico kids
Donations bought 2,000 backpacks filled with class essentials to elementary and middle school students across 16 districts
Artificial Intelligence Stories
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UC 'AI Science at Scale' summit showcases landmark innovations
Senior national lab leadership — including DDSTE Pat Fitch — were present
Los Alamos scientists team up to advance the Lab’s AI mission
Dozens of project members collaborated in a winter hackathon
Energy Department Launches ‘Genesis Mission’ to Transform American Science and Innovation Through the AI Computing Revolution
President Trump today issued an Executive Order to launch the Genesis Mission, a historic national effort led by the Department of Energy.
New diffusion modeling approach developed for scientific workflow applications
Discrete spatial diffusion models data while obeying scientific principles
New approach detects adversarial attacks in multimodal AI systems
Topological signatures key to revealing attacks, identifying origins of threats
Los Alamos contributes to unprecedented dataset to train AI models
Meta leads molecular simulations dataset effort using Lab software and tools
Awards and Recognitions Stories
All Awards and Recognitions7 Los Alamos technologies win R&D 100 Awards
The ‘Oscars of Innovation’ recognize advances in robotics, space monitoring, nuclear energy and more
Sangeeta Negi named Los Alamos’ Battelle Inventor of the Year
Scientist’s research improves crop productivity while reducing need for chemical fertilizers
Los Alamos National Laboratory postdoctoral program earns excellence award
National Postdoctoral Association names Lab as 1 of 12 standout institutions nationwide
Brian Bell selected for prestigious Heidelberg Laureate Forum
Recognized for leadership and innovation in AI security
Cristian Pantea named Los Alamos’ Battelle Inventor of the Year
Pantea’s work reflects deep scientific insight, practical engineering and a sustained dedication to innovation
Feynman Center’s Kathleen McDonald, Marc Witkowski receive awards from Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer
Los Alamos National Laboratory experts recognized for advancing hydrogen fuel cell technology and tech-transfer leadership
Community Stories
All CommunityLaboratory volunteers distill data to build more effective New Mexico nonprofits
2026 Community Data Sprint empowers nonprofit advocacy, higher education and rural libraries
Laboratory employees provide school supplies for Northern New Mexico kids
Donations bought 2,000 backpacks filled with class essentials to elementary and middle school students across 16 districts
Bradbury Science Museum unveils new environmental stewardship exhibit
Enjoy free opening reception August 25, 4-6 p.m.
Investors, scientists and community members invited to New Mexico Demo Day July 30
Register now for a free afternoon of deep-tech presentations from NM start-ups and Laboratory researchers
Summer Physics Camp shows students career possibilities and pathways
US Sen. Martin Heinrich joins Lab Director Thom Mason to explore final projects on the camp’s 10th anniversary
Bradbury Science Museum brings hands-on activities to rural students
Summer Science on Wheels fosters curiosity and scientific thinking
Computing Stories
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Department of Energy Genesis Mission funding awarded to seven Los Alamos projects
The projects will advance fusion, nuclear energy, national security and science capabilities
Codesign results in powerful technology for Mission and Vision supercomputers
Los Alamos-partnered processor technology underpins CPUs that will power agentic AI workloads
Los Alamos forms quantum computing-focused research center
Facility unites Laboratory’s quantum computing efforts under one roof
Quantum computers tackle a century‑old math puzzle
A Los Alamos scientist has shown that quantum algorithms can be used to factor group representations — a problem central to particle physics and many other fields — that was thought to be infeasible for computers at any practical scale
Los Alamos team finds a new path toward quantum machine learning
Gaussian had until now escaped use in the quantum computing realm
Understanding quantum computing's most troubling problem
In new paper, Los Alamos scientists collect and review years of work on barren plateaus, a mathematical dead end that has plagued variational quantum computing
Energy Stories
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Paving the way for an energy resilient future
A Los Alamos partnership seeks to expand the reach of hydrogen fuel cell technology
The Laboratory and Advent Technologies are developing Ion Pair Membrane Electrode Assemblies to operate in a wider array of applications for hydrogen fuel cells
Accelerator could produce commercial tritium for fusion from nuclear waste
Domestic supply of tritium could provide economic and efficiency advantages
New quantum dot advancements hold promise for solar energy and photochemistry
Los Alamos researchers have made a breakthrough in quantum dot technology, significantly raising this technology’s ability to convert light into energy or chemical products
Los Alamos National Laboratory technology approved for US military marketplace website
The partnership will allow the US Air Force to utilize cutting-edge geothermal energy
History Stories
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Photos reveal life at the Lab during the Manhattan Project
Michnovicz's work provides a new perspective on Los Alamos
Sign up now for your chance to tour Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Registration lottery closes Monday, Sept. 2, for tours Oct. 22-24
Seeds of today’s supercomputers planted 80 years ago
Stanislaw Ulam joined the Manhattan Project in 1944 and pioneered early computing efforts
May 1: Register to tour 'behind the fence' at Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Science, Technology & Engineering Stories
All Science, Technology & EngineeringLos Alamos marks 60 years of safeguards at anniversary symposium
A milestone of modern physics: The neutrino turns 70
Nobel-prize winning discovery of neutrinos was led by Los Alamos team
Bacteriophage therapy modeling offers hope for drug-resistant bacterial infections
Better understanding of phage-bacteria dynamics can lead to more effective therapies
Monitoring a lunar impact in real time
A team observed part of a rocket that smashed into the Moon
Magnetic dopants help quantum dots use light for chemical reactions
Engineered nanomaterials open new possibilities for light-driven hot-carrier chemistry
ZiaCore microreactor successfully achieves criticality
Novel design achieves zero-power critical benchmark
Space Stories
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Los Alamos helps fire up interplanetary space missions
Work is helping to power exploration into the cosmos
Los Alamos National Laboratory sends mass spectrometer to International Space Station
AIMSS will advance national space security and support scientific discovery
New technology will help satellites avoid collisions in space
Postage stamp-sized “license plates” can help track and protect satellites in low Earth orbit
Los Alamos’ Solar Wind Experiment is sixth instrument integrated into NASA’s IMAP Spacecraft
Asteroid-sample return mission enables researchers to conduct largest geophysical observation campaign of its kind
OSIRIS-REx project has impacts in space, on the ground
New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancient Mars
Manganese-rich sandstones indicate there were once habitable conditions in the Gale Crater
Weapons Stories
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Los Alamos conducts rocket launch to test new concepts
Researchers work with multiple partners to reach new heights in high-cadence, low-cost experiments
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
Diamond-stamping the first plutonium pit: Lab Director Thom Mason's statement
New machine to enhance understanding of nuclear weapons’ behavior
Game-changing Scorpius accelerator will be instrumental in maintaining the nuclear stockpile