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Los Alamos forms quantum computing-focused research center

Facility unites Laboratory’s quantum computing efforts under one roof

Research formalizes definitions essential to understanding color perception

A Los Alamos team proved color attributes are not just in the eye of the beholder

Laboratory economic impact FY 2025

$2B in employee salaries across 6 northern New Mexico counties; $752 M spent with local businesses

Neutrino detection offers diagnostic capabilities for nuclear weapons research

Complementary diagnostics can be tested at pulsed reactors

Los Alamos National Laboratory awards 3 fellowships to deep-tech entrepreneurs

2026 New Mexico LEEP cohort will collaborate with Lab scientists to perfect innovations in disaster modeling, radar communication and food security

Los Alamos conducts rocket launch to test new concepts

Researchers work with multiple partners to reach new heights in high-cadence, low-cost experiments

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

Laboratory researchers converge to test and train scientific AI models

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

New AI defense method shields models from adversarial attacks

Fusion of techniques drives robust accuracy in neural network models

Los Alamos scientists earn American Physical Society recognition

Hill named fellow; Fryer and Morris receive honors

4 Los Alamos researchers receive Laboratory Fellows’ Prizes

Simakov recognized for research; Biss, Gollapinni, Vermeulen for leadership

8 Los Alamos researchers named 2025 Laboratory Fellows

Los Alamos technologies that ‘transform groundbreaking research’ win R&D 100 Awards

Winning innovations put real-world tools into hands of policymakers, industry

Los Alamos National Laboratory helps DOE save $2B

Lab improves efficiency as part of Supply Chain Management Center

3 Lab leaders honored for military service support

Guardsman awards managers for patriotism in leadership

Laboratory economic impact FY 2025

$2B in employee salaries across 6 northern New Mexico counties; $752 M spent with local businesses

Los Alamos National Laboratory awards 3 fellowships to deep-tech entrepreneurs

2026 New Mexico LEEP cohort will collaborate with Lab scientists to perfect innovations in disaster modeling, radar communication and food security

Get the facts on Los Alamos National Laboratory’s environmental impact

Share public-facing info from recently published 2024 report

Co-Design Summer School trains next generation of interdisciplinary scientists

Built as both a training ground and talent pipeline, program prepares students for breadth of computing work

10 moments of community connection in 2025

Los Alamos National Laboratory a force for good through education, nonprofit giving, volunteerism

Unauthorized drone flights are prohibited in Laboratory restricted airspace, including additional No Drone Zone

It’s important that drone pilots know the Laboratory’s airspace restrictions

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

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

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

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

Research formalizes definitions essential to understanding color perception

A Los Alamos team proved color attributes are not just in the eye of the beholder

Neutrino detection offers diagnostic capabilities for nuclear weapons research

Complementary diagnostics can be tested at pulsed reactors

Los Alamos to play key role in renewed Quantum Science Center

QSC collaboration to lead development of quantum-accelerated high-performance computing

Lighting the photonics frontier with engineered quantum dots

A new breakthrough paves the way for practical, energy-efficient quantum dot lasers

Enabling precise predictions with proton radiography

New Plutonium Science Laboratory serves critical national security missions

New center prepares for 2026 operations

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

New technology improves space weather monitoring

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

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