80+ Years of Discoveries

80+ years of game-changing science and engineering

Los Alamos scientists measured the neutron lifetime with record accuracy.

Los Alamos has a long legacy of neutrino science

Decades of Los Alamos discoveries, from the birth of fission to the edge of fusion.

Los Alamos scientists turned nonproliferation instruments into tools of cosmic revelation.

A Nobel laureate, a brilliant programmer, and two unexpected discoveries—the rise of nonlinear dynamics at Los Alamos.

The archive that rewired research and launched a revolution

How Los Alamos built the algorithms that changed science and defined an era

Los Alamos doesn’t just design materials and weapons systems—it invents how to make them.

How the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies helps Los Alamos scientists transform theory into working materials.

Plutonium’s unusual behavior forced early Los Alamos scientists to rethink metallurgy, laying the foundation for plutonium science as it exists today.

Investigating the fundamental properties of matter could lead to revolutionary materials for the future

How Los Alamos turned nuclear science into a medical marvel

Los Alamos scientists pioneered techniques to photograph extremely fast phenomena such as implosions.

Los Alamos scientists turned a paradox at the heart of quantum mechanics into a pathway toward quantum computing.

The Los Alamos fuel cell program has contributed to advancing the industry since the 1970s.

How innovation at Los Alamos helped launch the Human Genome Project and the genomics revolution.

How Los Alamos scientists turned Cold War supercomputers into engines of planetary insight

Los Alamos is turning its deep expertise in Earth’s subsurface—and new advances in AI—into a clearer picture of the planet beneath our feet.

How Los Alamos revealed water—and the promise of life—across the solar system

How Los Alamos learned where space storms begin—and why forecasting them is the next frontier.