The Los Alamos Neutron Science Center

Meet a key player in a billion-dollar upgrade that promises to extend the life—and impact—of Los Alamos’s iconic proton accelerator.

New devices for aerospace engineering are irradiated at a special Los Alamos facility to see how well they withstand natural cosmic radiation.

Los Alamos scientists are using AI to help reduce beam loss in linear accelerators to preserve precious experiment time.

Capturing the present to plan for the future.

High-fidelity neutron radiography is the future of neutron science and materials characterization.

Modernizing a Los Alamos particle accelerator that has powered science and security for half a century.

A Backbone of America’s Nuclear Knowledge

A cornerstone user facility, the particle accelerator at Los Alamos supports both basic and applied science.

How Los Alamos is upgrading its flagship particle accelerator

Real-time pictures of explosive events are vital to the Lab’s mission.

A new approach to reducing downtime at the Lab’s largest accelerator

For more than two decades, proton radiography (pRad) has helped certify the nation’s stockpile. Now, the facility is getting a well-deserved upgrade.

Proton radiography leverages the penetrating power of protons