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2025-01-30 updated

Artificial Intelligence

Los Alamos National Laboratory partners with OpenAI to advance national security

For the first time ever, the latest reasoning models from OpenAI will be used for energy and national security applications on Los Alamos’s Venado supercomputer

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2o25-07-21

Plants react differently to drought than expected, new study shows

Stomatal closure points are more dynamic than scientists previously thought

2025-07-17

How Los Alamos National Laboratory is addressing ‘forever chemicals’ known as PFAS

With this nationwide contaminant of concern, the Lab is ahead of the curve

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Machine learning model helps scientists understand deadly cone snail toxins

New AI-driven modeling could help develop effective anti-toxins

2026-07-16

Los Alamos National Laboratory hosts 30 Years of Quantum Dots conference

Meeting will unite pioneering scientists, next generation of researchers from around the world

2025-07-15

Bradbury Science Museum’s Trinity test exhibit opens July 15

See artifacts related to the world's first nuclear detonation through November 16

2025-07-09

New Mexicans likely among the most at-risk populations for Valley fever

Evidence of the fungal disease found in Catron, Doña Ana, Sierra and Socorro counties, with the most reported in the northwest and southwest part of the state

2025-01-30 updated

Artificial Intelligence

Los Alamos National Laboratory partners with OpenAI to advance national security

For the first time ever, the latest reasoning models from OpenAI will be used for energy and national security applications on Los Alamos’s Venado supercomputer

Read MoreMore Artificial Intelligence

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2025-06-03

Los Alamos contributes to unprecedented dataset to train AI models

Meta leads molecular simulations dataset effort using Lab software and tools

2025-04-23

Laboratory researchers converge to test and train scientific AI models

1000 Scientist AI Jam Session brings scientists together with leading-edge AI tools

2025-03-05

New AI defense method shields models from adversarial attacks

Fusion of techniques drives robust accuracy in neural network models

2025-02-12

Can voice-to-text AI help scientists predict earthquakes?

Results show this method could be surprisingly accurate

2024-01-16

New AI makes better permafrost maps

Improved mapping gives decision-makers a new tool for protecting infrastructure as Arctic warms

2024-11-06

Awards and Recognitions

Los Alamos National Laboratory announces winners of its most prestigious medals

Three winners exemplify the Lab’s excellence in global security, operations and community relations

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2025-06-30

Los Alamos National Laboratory helps DOE save $2B

Lab improves efficiency as part of Supply Chain Management Center

2025-06-11

3 Lab leaders honored for military service support

Guardsman awards managers for patriotism in leadership

2025-05-20

Stanek elected fellow by the American Nuclear Society

Scientist leads nuclear energy efforts at Los Alamos National Laboratory

2025-05-13

Los Alamos scientists elected to National Academy of Sciences

Brenda Dingus and Thomas Terwilliger elected by peers in prestigious scientific organization

Nm Leep 25s

Los Alamos National Laboratory announces 2025 fellowships for 'deep tech' entrepreneurs

New Mexico LEEP fellows will collaborate with Lab scientists to perfect automated logistics system, new source of clean energy

05-07-2025

Dalvit named fellow of Optica photonics society

Physicist recognized for advancing the science of light with his quantum expertise

2024-10-03

Community

New weapons exhibit opens at the Bradbury Science Museum in Los Alamos

The much-anticipated interactive experience engages, educates visitors

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2025-07-17

How Los Alamos National Laboratory is addressing ‘forever chemicals’ known as PFAS

With this nationwide contaminant of concern, the Lab is ahead of the curve

2025-07-15

Bradbury Science Museum’s Trinity test exhibit opens July 15

See artifacts related to the world's first nuclear detonation through November 16

2025-07-02

From the depths to the desert: 3 submarine veterans resurface together at the Lab

After serving on the same vessel, they are now immersed in mission-critical work

2025-06-19

Bradbury Science Museum connects community members with pre-Project Y history

New exhibit on Pajarito Plateau homesteaders to be unveiled June 25

2025-06-10

Lottery for tour of Manhattan Project National Historical Park opens June 15

Tours will take place Oct. 14-16

2023-07-27

Your Manhattan Project road trip

This day trip from Santa Fe leads you to history in Los Alamos

2024-11-21

Computing

AI algorithms deployed on-chip reduce power consumption of deep learning applications

Brain-inspired algorithm on neuromorphic hardware reduces cost of learning

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2025-06-04

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

2025-05-28

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

2025-05-22

Venado's yearlong voyage powers vital AI science

Part four: AI prediction can improve energy grid resiliency and protect against disruptions

2025-05-15

Venado's yearlong voyage powers vital AI science

Part three: the supercomputer can help predict materials failure

2025-05-01

Venado's yearlong voyage powers vital AI science

The supercomputer has made a profound impact

2025-04-03

Quantum remote sensing approach overcomes quantum memory problem

Path identity the key to scheme that can unlock national security and communications applications

2024-08-21

Energy

Laboratory teams with Georgia Institute of Technology for AI energy-grid research

Agreement with AI4OPT will drive research and training on AI problem-solving

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2025-0429

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

2025-03-17

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

2024-09-17

History

Hundreds of Manhattan Project artifacts provide a glimpse into the past

Findings from Manhattan Project work at Los Alamos National Lab give insight into average wartime worker

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2025-03-24

Photos reveal life at the Lab during the Manhattan Project

Michnovicz's work provides a new perspective on Los Alamos

2024-08-27

Sign up now for your chance to tour Manhattan Project National Historical Park

Registration lottery closes Monday, Sept. 2, for tours Oct. 22-24

2024-06-20

Seeds of today’s supercomputers planted 80 years ago

Stanislaw Ulam joined the Manhattan Project in 1944 and pioneered early computing efforts

2024-04-11

May 1: Register to tour 'behind the fence' at Manhattan Project National Historical Park

2024-10-07

Science, Technology & Engineering

Near-Earth asteroid data helps probe possible fifth force of the universe

Analysis uses Bennu trajectory in effort to extend the Standard Model of physics

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2o25-07-21

Plants react differently to drought than expected, new study shows

Stomatal closure points are more dynamic than scientists previously thought

1

Machine learning model helps scientists understand deadly cone snail toxins

New AI-driven modeling could help develop effective anti-toxins

2026-07-16

Los Alamos National Laboratory hosts 30 Years of Quantum Dots conference

Meeting will unite pioneering scientists, next generation of researchers from around the world

2025-07-09

New Mexicans likely among the most at-risk populations for Valley fever

Evidence of the fungal disease found in Catron, Doña Ana, Sierra and Socorro counties, with the most reported in the northwest and southwest part of the state

2026-06-26

Launch helps ensure the readiness of nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile

Experimental payload allows Los Alamos National Laboratory to test prototypes

2026-06-23

Physicists re-create forgotten experiment observing fusion

Team sheds light on role of physicist and development of deuterium-tritium fusion

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Space

Atmospheric pressure changes could be driving Mars’ elusive methane pulses

Simulations will help Curiosity search for signs of past or present life on the Red Planet

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2025-02-20

New technology will help satellites avoid collisions in space

Postage stamp-sized “license plates” can help track and protect satellites in low Earth orbit

2025-02-10

Los Alamos’ Solar Wind Experiment is sixth instrument integrated into NASA’s IMAP Spacecraft

2024-10-14

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

2024-05-01

New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancient Mars

Manganese-rich sandstones indicate there were once habitable conditions in the Gale Crater

2024-03-20

New technology improves space weather monitoring

The Compact Space Plasma Analyzer monitors local space weather and provides real-time data

2024-10-02

Weapons

NNSA completes and diamond-stamps first plutonium pit for W87-1 warhead

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2024-01-09

Nuclear Weapons Council commemorates pit production milestone

Visit to Los Alamos National Lab highlights commitment to deterrence

2024-12-16

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

2024-10-30

Los Alamos team develops ‘game-changing’ approach to explosives testing

More modern method a fundamental leap forward in safety

2024-10-02

Diamond-stamping the first plutonium pit: Lab Director Thom Mason's statement

2024-03-27

New machine to enhance understanding of nuclear weapons’ behavior

Game-changing Scorpius accelerator will be instrumental in maintaining the nuclear stockpile

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