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Apply for Rosen Scholar Fellowship to work at Los Alamos Neutron Science Center
Fellowship supports research on neutron scattering, dynamic materials, isotope production, and both applied and basic research in nuclear physics for up to one year - 1/11/21
Employee holiday gift drive raises $58,000 and buys more than 2,500 gifts
Presents to be distributed by local nonprofits in Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Miguel, Santa Fe, and Taos Countieshttps://www.lanl.gov/2020/ - 12/23/20
‘Garbage to Gas: Using Biodigesters to Create Energy’ wins 2020 New Mexico Governor’s STEM Challenge
Student scientists at Santa Fe’s Monte del Sol Charter School earn $4,500 prize, impress Laboratory judges - 12/22/20
Los Alamos study hopes to characterize and optimize ventilator treatment for Covid-19
Scientists and engineers use computer modeling and experimental fluid mechanics to understand how tiny aerosol particles, when pulsed into the lung, may break up disease-related mucus and improve gas exchange - 12/21/20
Multi-messenger astronomy offers new estimates of the size of neutron stars and the rate of the universe’s expansion
Study finds neutron stars are typically about 11.75 kilometers in radius, and provides a novel calculation of the Hubble constant - 12/21/20
AI reveals first direct observation of rupture propagation during slow quakes
Deep-learning approach extracts data from ‘noisy’ images to reveal how ground deforms during seismic event - 12/9/20
Breakthrough material makes pathway to hydrogen use for fuel cells under hot, dry conditions
Innovative proton conductor developed to be effective at high temperatures - 12/7/20
AAAS and Los Alamos announce 2020 Fellows
Distinguished researchers honored for their contributions - 11/24/20
Novel chemical process a first step to making nuclear fuel with fire
A new "combustion synthesis" process recently established for lanthanide metals could be a guide for the production of safe, sustainable nuclear fuels - 11/24/20
DisrupTECH features superior plastics recycling, smart software, predictive mapping
Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists pitch their research to investors as part of the Lab’s tech-transfer mission - 11/23/20
Los Alamos announces details of new computational storage deployment
The new file system leverages advanced technology based on emerging NVMe standards including Eideticom’s NoLoad technology on an NVMe computational storage processor (CSP) in a dense storage enclosure based on Marvell’s NVMe Ethernet bridging technology, and NVMe fabric connectivity provided by Mellanox ConnectX-6 technology - 11/16/20
Study reveals how to improve natural gas production in shale
Molecular-dynamics simulations and high-pressure small-angle neutron scattering help team discover optimal methane-releasing pressure range - 11/12/20
The Secret City: Project Y mobile app is back
Explore Los Alamos as it was during the Manhattan Project with this app from Los Alamos National Laboratory - 11/12/20
Rare ‘superbolt’ flashes found to be 1,000 times brighter than normal lightning
Two new Los Alamos National Lab studies show, when it comes to extreme lightning, size and polarity matter - 11/12/20
Laboratory and NMSU sign agreement for joint appointments
Staff-and-faculty exchange will build bottom-up collaborations and workforce pipeline - 11/10/20
Fallen trees become firewood for local pueblos
Mitigation project stokes kiva fireplaces and woodstoves in the region - 11/9/20
Los Alamos works to make better, more recyclable plastics with new BOTTLE consortium
New Department of Energy program builds on strengths of multiple laboratories - 11/9/20
New Los Alamos spin-off aims to put nuclear reactors in space
The Laboratory has signed an agreement to license the “Kilopower” space reactor technology to Space Nuclear Power Corporation (SpaceNukes) - 11/2/20
New mentor-protégé program between Triad National Security and Pueblo Alliance, LLC grooms Native businesses for successful contracting
Pueblo businesses will be mentored in landing contracts with LANL and other U.S. DOE entities. - 10/29/20
Scientists find a way to quickly test rust on graphene-protected cars, planes, ships
Journal reports on graphene’s novel gas permeation property - 10/29/20
Breakthrough quantum-dot transistors create a flexible alternative to conventional electronics
Quantum dot logic circuits provide the long-sought building blocks for innovative devices, including printable electronics, flexible displays, and medical diagnostics - 10/29/20
New mentor-protégé program between Triad National Security and Pueblo Alliance, LLC grooms Native businesses for successful contracting
Pueblo businesses will be groomed for success in landing contracts with Los Alamos National Laboratory and other U.S. Department of Energy entities. Mentorship areas include business planning, business development, marketing, proposal development, and quality assurance. - 10/29/20
Sensors driven by machine learning sniff-out gas leaks fast
ALFaLDS works on large oil and gas infrastructure, can help cut methane emissions by 90% - 10/28/20
Study reveals robust performance in aged detonator explosive
PETN explosive is used extensively in commercial detonators and in the nuclear stockpile - 10/28/20
Los Alamos National Laboratory named a top employer by Latina Style
Surveyed readers ranked top 50 companies for Latina training, mentorship, retention and promotion - 10/22/20
Los Alamos National Laboratory brings next-generation HPC to the fight against COVID-19
New capabilities will give scientists substantially higher supercomputing performance, further enabling critical research ranging from therapeutics design to modeling viral spread - 10/20/20
Six physicists elected 2020 Fellows of the American Physical Society
APS Fellowship recognizes outstanding contributions to science, technology, teaching, or service - 10/14/20
Evelyn Mullen named American Nuclear Society Fellow
Mullen was named a fellow for her leadership in nuclear national security and ensuring the nation’s experimental capability in nuclear criticality - 10/13/20
Seven Los Alamos scientists and engineers honored as 2020 Laboratory Fellows
Tanmoy Bhattacharya, Christopher Fontes, Vania Jordanova, Thomas Leitner, John Lestone, Joseph Martz and Ralph Menikoff - 10/12/20
Los Alamos to lead fuel cell consortia
Lab seeks to drive advances in resilient energy projects - 10/8/20
Sarkar honored for theory of self-replicating materials
American Physical Society presents the Irwin Oppenheim award for early-career scientists - 10/7/20
Six physicists elected 2020 Fellows of the American Physical Society
APS Fellowship recognizes outstanding contributions to science, technology, teaching, or service - 10/14/20
Evelyn Mullen named American Nuclear Society Fellow
Mullen was named a fellow for her leadership in nuclear national security and ensuring the nation’s experimental capability in nuclear criticality - 10/13/20
Seven Los Alamos scientists and engineers honored as 2020 Laboratory Fellows
Tanmoy Bhattacharya, Christopher Fontes, Vania Jordanova, Thomas Leitner, John Lestone, Joseph Martz and Ralph Menikoff - 10/12/20
Los Alamos, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and NVIDIA partner to speed up scientific computing
New developments will include innovative high-performance computing (HPC) technology efforts to advance greater performance efficiency, workflow efficiency and analytics - 10/6/20
Eight Los Alamos projects win R&D 100 Awards
“Oscars of Invention” honor the best innovations of the past year - 10/5/20
Top students tapped for Los Alamos science experience
Graduate program from DOE prepares students for STEM careers - 10/5/20
New algorithm could unleash the power of quantum computers
Fast-forwarding quantum calculations skips past the time limits imposed by decoherence, which plagues today’s machines - 10/5/20
Los Alamos announces details of new Crossroads supercomputer
Next–gen supercomputer will support predictive weapons research and calculations - 9/30/20
Nathan Moody to share in 2021 IEEE particle accelerator award
Moody was cited for “deep and broad contributions to accelerator science and technology, especially multi-disciplinary photocathode science” - 9/24/20
Phil Tubesing awarded 2020 Global Security Medal
Recognizes the exceptional achievements of active or recently retired employees who have made significant contributions to the Laboratory’s global security mission. - 9/21/20
Up to 15 inches of sea-level rise from ice sheets by 2100
Los Alamos National Laboratory and institutions from across the world conducted the most advanced prediction to date for how global warming will melt polar ice sheets and impact sea-level rise - 9/17/20
What it takes to shoot a laser on Mars
On a new podcast, team members who direct the laser-shooting tool on the Mars Curiosity rover talk about how they got there - 9/16/20
Free remote-learning resources at New Mexico STEAM Hub
Fall semester 2020 just got easier with www.nmsteamhub.com, a collaboration between public and private partners - 9/15/20
New grant funds best practices in teacher training
Students from New Mexico Highlands University embark on paid, 10-month residencies in Albuquerque, Bernalillo, Pojoaque Valley, and Santa Fe public school districts - 9/9/20
Borup named Electrochemical Society Fellow
Team leader’s Los Alamos and UNM roles have advanced fuel cell technology - 9/8/20
What could desert rocks tell us about life on Mars?
Living microbes formed rock varnish in the desert Southwest. A new podcast considers whether they play the same role on Mars. - 9/3/20
Carol Burns receives ACS Francis P. Garvan‒John M. Olin Medal
Chemist honored for national security science, mentoring, inspirational roles - 9/2/20
Los Alamos takes new HPE Apollo 80 System on a test drive
HPE’s new offering, using Fujitsu A64FX Arm processors, could improve high performance computing mission applications - 9/1/20
Los Alamos and Sandia national labs bridge R&D gap for New Mexico businesses
Statements of Intent due September 3, 2020 can yield up to $150,000 in free technical assistance for qualifying companies - 8/28/20
Life after landing on Mars
A new podcast episode talks about a day-in-the-life of the Perseverance rover on the Red Planet - 8/27/20
New Mexicans invited to virtual job fair
More than 600 positions with the National Nuclear Security Administration open at Los Alamos and Sandia National laboratories, and others - 8/20/20
Searching Mars for signatures of life
What will the new Mars rover look for to determine if life ever existed there? A new podcast episode takes a look. - 8/20/20
Foiling illicit cryptocurrency mining with artificial intelligence
A new artificial intelligence algorithm is designed to detect cryptocurrency miners in the act of stealing computing power from research supercomputers - 8/20/20
Lab and PMI win three Small Business Awards from DOE
Los Alamos National Laboratory increased procurement with New Mexico small businesses to $289 million in FY 2019 - 8/19/20
Machine learning unearths signature of slow-slip quake origins in seismic data
Results provide insight into fundamental earthquake physics and suggest slow-slip earth rupture might be predictable - 8/18/20
Deniece Korzekwa: actinide casting expert recognized
Podcast explains how plutonium powers Mars exploration
Questa High School students prepped for top building trades jobs
Simulating crash into asteroid reveals its heavy metal psyche
Take a guided ‘tour’ of SuperCam on the new Mars rover
Was there life on Mars? New podcast explores instruments aboard Mars rover
Mars Technica podcast launches alongside Perseverance rover - 7/29/20
Nondestructive positron beams probe damage, support safety advances
Positron annihilation spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy reveal new insights into radiation damage processes - 7/29/20
Simulating quantum ‘time travel’ disproves butterfly effect in quantum realm
Evolving quantum processes backwards on a quantum computer to damage information in the simulated past causes little change when returned to the ‘present’ - 7/28/20
Ning Xu selected Fellow of the American Chemical Society
Xu is being recognized for her sustained contributions to actinide analytical chemistry - 7/27/20
New Mars rover tool will zap rocks to investigate planet’s past habitability
Developed at LANL, SuperCam will examine the chemistry and mineralogy of rocks on Mars - 7/27/20
Atomtronic device could probe boundary between quantum, everyday worlds
Clouds of supercooled atoms offer highly sensitive rotation sensors and tests of quantum mechanics - 7/16/20
Artifacts from the Manhattan Project era
For the 75th Anniversary of the Trinity Test, National Nuclear Administrator Lisa Gordon-Hagerty visited LANL to see some of the historic sites of the Manhattan Project. During the visit, the Administrator was shown some of the artifacts from the Manhattan Project era - 7/16/20
Study finds less impact from wildfire smoke on climate
Observations suggest smaller warming effects of brown carbon than published model assessments - 7/9/20
Shock-dissipating fractal cubes could forge high-tech armor
Additively manufactured fractal structures with closely spaced voids dissipate shockwaves five times better than solid cubes - 7/7/20
Newer variant of COVID-19–causing virus dominates global infections
Virus with D614G change in Spike out-competes original strain, but may not make patients sicker - 7/1/20
Virtual Summer Physics Camp for Young Women
2020 campers hail from New Mexico communities of Acalde, Chimayó, Española, LANL, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe and White Rock - 7/1/20
Building better electron sources with graphene
Graphene substrates can be reused repeatedly for photocathodes that emit high-brightness electron beams in electron microscopes and accelerators - 6/30/20
Artificial brains may need sleep too
States that resemble sleep-like cycles in simulated neural networks quell the instability that comes with uninterrupted self-learning in artificial analogs of brains - 6/8/20
New training prepares Taos High School students for high-wage, building-trades jobs
Course prepares Taos High School students for high-wage, building-trades jobs with opportunities for apprenticeship and employment - 6/2/20
Bradbury Science Museum launches online archives with Manhattan Project science and history
Images provide a glimpse of the workforce, technology and events that led to the development of the first atomic bombs at LANL - 5/19/20
New technique separates industrial noise from natural seismic signals
A transformative, cloud-computing approach to analyzing data helps researchers better understand seismic activity - 5/19/20
Efficient, “green” quantum-dot solar cells exploit defects
Quantum-dot approach shows promise for a new type of toxic-element-free, inexpensive, defect-tolerant solar cells - 5/18/20
El Niño–linked decreases in soil moisture could trigger massive tropical-plant die offs
New insights could help farmers, water managers in tropical regions prepare for impact on crops - 5/11/20
Texas A&M University and Laboratory partner to make large data sets easier to handle
It is an excellent demonstration of utilization of processing power near/on storage devices - 5/4/20
Self-powered X-Ray detector to revolutionize imaging for medicine, security and research
2-D perovskite thin films boost sensitivity 100-fold compared to conventional detectors, require no outside power source, and enable low-dose dental and medical images - 4/20/20
LANL, Santa Fe Community College announce new program for machinists
Training prepares local students for high-wage jobs with opportunities for internships and potential employment - 4/16/20
South African supercomputing center first international partner to join consortium
The supercomputing center in South Africa is the first international partner to join the collaboration - 4/9/20
Triad National Security pledges $50,000 in emergency grants to local philanthropies
Funds go to The Food Depot, LANL Community Foundation, Santa Fe Community Foundation, and Taos Community Foundation - 4/7/20
Employees donate more than $20,000 for hunger relief across Northern New Mexico
Triad National Security contributes an additional $10,000 - 4/2/20
High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory tests speed of light
Ultra-high energy gamma rays from the far reaches of the galaxy provide powerful proof that the predictions of relativity, including the constant speed of light, hold to the highest energy extremes yet probed - 3/30/20
Flat-panel technology could transform antennas, wireless/cell phone comms
Electronically controlled 2-D reflector promises improved microwave communications, beam steering without moving pieces, and one-way microwave mirrors - 3/20/20
New program helps New Mexico small businesses bring technology to market
Qualifying companies may receive up to $150,000 in technical assistance from LANL or Sandia national laboratories for fostering projects from invention to commercialization - 3/16/20
Space weather model gives earlier warning of satellite-killing radiation storms
Two-day notice lets satellite operators take protective measures against energetic electrons - 3/2/20
Machine learning reveals earth tremor and slip occur continuously, not intermittently
Cascadia findings also apply to San Andreas Fault and other earthquake zones, suggesting universal underlying physics that could someday support quake forecasting - 2/26/20
15 organizations join LANL’s Efficient Mission Centric Computing Consortium
Collaboration aims to improve overall efficiency of supercomputers - 1/28/20
LANL high-performance computing veteran to chair SC22
Candace Culhane brings years of experience to the SC Conference - 1/27/20
LANL spent $396 million with NM business in 2019
Economic impact data shows gains in procurement contracts to small business, job creation, and economic development projects - 1/23/20
Acetone plus light creates a green jet fuel additive
New product creates fuel from biomass, while improving engine performance - 1/23/20
Colloidal quantum dot laser diodes are just around the corner
Researchers reach a critical milestone on the path to versatile colloidal quantum dot laser diodes by successfully demonstrating a quantum dot LED that also operates as an optically pumped laser - 1/14/20
Galactic gamma-ray sources reveal birthplaces of high-energy particles
Researchers with the joint US-Mexico-European HAWC Observatory have identified a host of galactic sources of super-high-energy gamma rays - 1/14/20
Lab joins IBM Q Network to explore quantum computing algorithms and education outreach
Using 53-qubit chip will help push quantum simulations past the limits of classical computing - 1/9/20
Scientists image heart RNA structure for the first time
Work could lead to new strategies in regenerative medicine for heart conditions - 1/9/20
LANL fellow awarded prestigious Fleming Medal
Michelle Thomsen was awarded the John Adam Fleming Medal by the American Geophysical Union - 12/11/19
Announcing winners of first-ever New Mexico Governor’s STEM Challenge
20 winning high school teams take home $500 per student, members of all 46 participating teams awarded Varsity Letters - 12/9/19
46 high school teams compete for $95K in first NM Governor’s STEM Challenge
December 7 event showcases the ‘ingenuity and passion’ of students in solving real-world problems with science, technology, engineering, and math - 12/5/19
Chemist Jennifer Hollingsworth named AAAS Fellow
Noted LANL chemist honored by American Association for the Advancement of Science - 11/26/19
Should Santa deliver by drone?
A new routing algorithm anticipates the day trucks and drones cooperate to drop packages at your doorstep quickly and efficiently - 11/26/19
Drought impact study shows new issues for plants and carbon dioxide
Multiple Earth Systems computer models assessed potential drought levels - 11/25/19
LANL commits to advancing gender equality in nuclear policy
LANL first national lab to join Gender Champions in Nuclear Policy - 11/20/19
Nine LANL projects win R&D 100 Awards
“Oscars of Invention” honor the best innovations of the past year - 11/6/19
LANL AI model wins flu forecasting challenge
‘Dante’ beat 23 others in predicting the timing, peak, and short-term intensity of the unfolding 2018-2019 flu season. Enhanced version takes aim at 2019-2020. - 10/22/19
Seven LANL scientists and engineers honored as 2019 Laboratory Fellows
Brian Albright, Patrick Chain, Dana Dattelbaum, Michael Hamada, Anna Hayes-Sterbenz, Michael Prime and Laura Smilowitz become part of a prestigious fellowship - 10/16/19
Modified quantum dots capture more energy from light and lose less to heat
LANL researchers discover a new approach for capturing energy from light-generated, ‘hot’ electrons, avoiding wasteful heat loss - 10/7/19
Ancient oasis once existed on Mars
New findings from the ChemCam instrument show a dynamic Martian climate - 10/7/19
$150K grant to address substance abuse issues in Northern New Mexico
Funding from LANL operator Triad will support United Way of Northern New Mexico’s collective impact initiative - 9/24/19
LANL team sets sail for Arctic expedition
As part of MOSAiC field campaign, environmental researchers will operate a suite of instruments 24/7 as ship drifts in ice for the winter - 9/23/19
Nearly $800K grant from Triad to bring new opportunities to students, teachers in NNM
Funding from LANL operator will support K-12 science, technology, engineering and mathematics education - 9/12/19
Harshini Mukundan selected as AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador
LANL bioscientist notes deep commitment to STEM outreach goals - 9/9/19
Discover lightning’s electrifying truth at free public talks
Tess Light of LANL discusses those bright cracks across the sky at Frontiers in Science talks in Santa Fe, LANL and Albuquerque - 9/9/19
LANL astrophysicists honored for work on first-ever black hole image
International team wins ‘Oscar of Science’ for using eight radio telescopes from around the world to resolve image of a supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy - 9/6/19
Job-seekers get immediate offers at LANL hiring event
Laboratory fast-tracks recruiting for high-demand positions as machinists, welding technicians and research technicians - 9/3/19
$500K grant aims to boost small businesses in Northern New Mexico
Funding from LANL operator Triad will support Regional Development Corporation efforts to create jobs, strengthen economic diversity - 8/14/19
Hazmat Challenge tests responders’ skills in simulated emergencies
‘Toughest scenarios yet’ plus an obstacle course help hazmat teams hone their abilities - 8/14/19
Quantum computers to clarify the connection between the quantum and classical worlds
A new algorithm will allow quantum computers to investigate how the classical world we experience emerges from the quantum world - 7/31/19
Faint foreshocks foretell California quakes
Minor shocks presaged impending main shocks days to weeks before the big event - 7/31/19
Numerical model pinpoints source of pre-cursor to seismic signals
Research could one day enable accurately predicting earthquakes - 7/29/19
Vampire algae killer’s genetic diversity poses challenge to biofuels
Multiple species of pathogen could impact commercial algae production - 7/22/19
Machine-learning competition boosts earthquake prediction capabilities
Competitors’ success predicting quake timing in the online Kaggle competition could help save lives, infrastructure - 7/18/19
LANL brings 24,169 jobs, $3.1 billion to New Mexico
Independent UNM report analyzes contributions from employment, goods and services, construction and taxes - 7/18/19
Ground-breaking LANL inventions grab honors
2019 Richard P. Feynman Innovation Prize recognizes nuclear power potential in space - 7/17/19
New Mexico Tech and LANL make joint appointment to work on robotics projects
Engineer becomes first researcher hired under cooperative agreement - 7/16/19
Two LANL scientists win Presidential Early Career Awards
Award honors scientists and engineers for outstanding contributions to their fields - 7/15/19
UNM and LANL National Labs sign new cooperative joint faculty agreement
Five-year joint appointments will increase research opportunities - 7/9/19
Researchers cast neural nets to simulate molecular motion
Machine learning allows quantum mechanics to be efficiently applied to molecular simulations for drug development, detonation physics and more - 7/2/19
All-woman team commands rock-zapping laser on Mars
The team is responsible for sending commands to the ChemCam instrument, which shoots Martian rocks with a laser to determine their chemical make-up - 6/10/19
Quantum information gets a boost from thin-film breakthrough
Method opens new path to all-optical quantum computers, other technologies - 5/29/19
From stars to the Amazon, free lectures explore the story of gold
LANL Director Emeritus Terry Wallace traces gold’s cosmic journey in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and LANL - 5/15/19
Two New Mexico small businesses win national Department of Energy awards
Holmans USA and RG Construction Services recognized for excellence in their service to LANL - 4/22/19
Scientists create first billion-atom biomolecular simulation
Detailed models provide insight into 3-D structures of genes and the role of 3-D organization in gene function - 4/22/19
Data mining digs up hidden clues to major California earthquake triggers
Comprehensive new earthquake catalog includes 10 times more quakes than previously identified, with a more detailed picture of stresses and structures in the earth - 4/18/19
LANL waste shipment successfully completed at WIPP
First shipment in five years - 4/12/19
New open-source software predicts impacts of extreme events on grids
Free software helps utilities and government agencies plan for and mitigate potential outages from hurricanes, ice storms, or earthquakes - 4/9/19
New model accurately predicts harmful space weather
Predicting “killer” electrons in the Earth’s outer radiation belt protects spacecraft - 4/9/19
Scientific computing in the cloud gets down to Earth
Servers in the cloud, originally intended for business, broaden access to cluster computing, make new research strategies in geophysics possible - 4/8/19
Two researchers win Women in Tech awards
Electrical engineer and mathematician recognized as outstanding contributors to STEM fields - 3/28/19
LANL, Northern New Mexico College launch radiation protection course
New associate degree program for up to an initial 40 students starts in June, includes internships at Laboratory - 3/19/19
Handling trillions of supercomputer files just got simpler
Exascale file system Delta FS breaks the “metadata bottleneck” by handling extreme numbers of files and amounts of data with unprecedented performance - 3/14/19
New reactor-liner alloy material offers strength, resilience
Tungsten blend resists fractures, could be valuable for magnetic fusion facilities - 3/5/19
Collaboration opportunity to harness top algae strains for bioenergy
DOE project aims to boost productivity, lower cost of algae biofuels and bioproducts - 2/20/19
NNSA approves ‘Critical Decision 1’ for Advanced Sources and Detectors Project
The project is designed to generate x-ray images of subcritical experiments - 2/14/19
World's finest gold specimen probed with LANL neutrons
Unraveling a 132-year-old gold wire structure mystery - 2/13/19
LANL teams with Oak Ridge, EPB to demonstrate next-gen grid security tech
Quantum science comes to energy grid network protection - 2/12/19
Lab issues Request for Proposal (RFP) for new supercomputer
New “Crossroads” supercomputer will advance Nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship program’s capabilities - 1/31/19
Korber to discuss her work developing an HIV vaccine
Series of three public lectures in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and LANL - 1/22/19
Lab contributes $3 billion a year to the state’s economy
Economic development initiatives created or retained nearly 1,500 in-state jobs - 1/15/19
‘Realistic’ new model points the way to more efficient and profitable fracking
Accurately predicting fracture mechanics can help industry optimize pumping, fracturing-fluid viscosity, other parameters - 1/11/19
More stable light comes from intentionally 'squashed' quantum dots
Exploiting new ‘strain engineering’ approach produces highly stable, narrow linewidth light from individual quantum dots - 1/10/19
Top 25 news stories for LANL highlight science achievements
It’s a collection that reflects the significant depth and breadth of national laboratory science. - 12/18/18
Machine learning-detected signal predicts time to earthquake
Researchers applied machine learning to analyze Cascadia data and discovered the megathrust broadcasts a constant tremor, a fingerprint of the fault’s displacement. - 12/17/18
Arctic ice model upgrade to benefit polar research, industry and military
An update for an internationally vital sea-ice computer model, called CICE version 6.0, is being released this week, a timely tool that supports more accurate forecasting of ice occurrence and global climate modeling. - 12/5/18
Innate fingerprint could detect tampered steel parts
Treaty compliance aided by spotting illicit artillery exchange and duplication - 11/28/18
Three LANL scientists named Fellows by AAAS
Manvendra Dubey, David Janecky and Greg Swift honored for their lasting impacts in climate, oceanic and thermoacoustic science - 11/28/18
Eight LANL projects win R&D 100 Awards
The winners are Charliecloud, GUFI, Lighthouse Directional Radiation Detectors, Long-Range Wireless Sensor Network, Rad-Hard Single-Board Computer for Space, Silicon Strip Cosmic Muon Detectors for Homeland Security, Universal Bacterial Sensor and ViDeoMAgic. - 11/19/18
LANL launches Efficient Mission Centric Computing Consortium
LANL formed EMC3 to investigate ultra-scale computing architectures, systems and environments that can achieve higher efficiencies in extreme-scale mission-centric computing. - 11/8/18
Levitating particles could lift nuclear detective work
Laser-based ‘optical tweezers’ could levitate uranium and plutonium particles, thus allowing the measurement of nuclear recoil during radioactive decay. - 11/7/18
Keepin Nonproliferation Program grad takes a closer look at nuclear forensics chemistry
The Robert Keepin Nonproliferation Science Summer program is a component of the prestigious Nuclear Science and Security Consortium (NSSC) fellowship - 1/12/21
LANL-developed system offers better, faster, safer decontamination of surfaces
Researchers developed an integrated electrochemical decontamination and etching system that employs a reusable cleaning solution of highly oxidizing ions - 1/6/21
Groundbreaking software helps tame blazes
This first-of-its-kind tool will allow fire managers to explore different options for prescribed burns and fire control to maximize impact while keeping personnel safe - 12/14/20
Most detailed mapping of virus “sugar shield”
Novel imaging offers insights for HIV and coronavirus treatments - 12/1/20
</liLos Alamos post-doctoral student wins Hydrogen & Fuel Cell award
Eun Joo (Sarah) Park has won the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Office post-doctoral award from the U.S. Department of Energy - 10/15/20
Hoffman wins DOE Early Career Research Award
Project focuses on regional sea level modeling capability - 7/1/20
Special issue of Nuclear Technology dedicated to KRUSTY test
The KRUSTY test successfully demonstrated the efficiency of Kilopower fission power for lunar and planetary exploration - 6/30/20
LANL software discovers new world-record lightning flashes
Two lightning “megaflashes” were discovered and deemed world records—one for flash distance and the other for flash duration - 6/29/20
OrganiCam will search for life in space
OrganiCam is designed to pick up biological samples that emit fluorescence — and it can go places other instruments can't - 6/23/20
New ultra-high-throughput capability for biocatalyst screening
Called Smart Microbial Cell Technology, the capability is based on a custom-made sensor–reporter gene circuit - 5/15/20
The discovery of unique metal–ligand bonding
The chemistry and corresponding behavior of actinides are often quite complex and exotic - 5/14/20
First restartable rocket motor to maneuver satellites in space
The restartable motor will enable satellites to maneuver around other orbiting objects on short notice, preventing costly space crashes - 5/13/20
New class of switchable explosive could revolutionize explosive safety
This discovery sets the groundwork to revolutionize the safety of explosives. - 5/12/20
Global Security Office collaborates with Weapons Program to develop next-gen DFEAT tool; receives DOE accolades
The DFEAT Program, formerly known as the Disposition Program, was originally stood up in 2010. - 4/13/20
Global Security team plays major role in recent launch of new GPS instrumentation
Nicknamed “Magellan”, GPS III-02 was launched in the summer of 2019 - 4/13/20
A new, simple hydrogen approach is offering new opportunities to develop Ga2O3 as a material for bipolar transistors
With this change, Ga2O3 has improved potential for use in power electronics, with reduced energy consumption and cost - 4/9/20
Advancing the art of the possible in remote sensing phenomena
Amanda Ziemann’s Early Career LDRD project - 4/3/20
Enlisting bacteria to make your nylon for you
A LANL team, in collaboration with two other national laboratories, found a way to identify and delete three genes of the P. putida genes that were making the production of muconate difficult - 2/10/20
LANL analysis of San Juan Generating Station carbon-capture study shows promise
A team of LANL scientists and engineers conducted an independent assessment of a carbon-capture technology study on the San Juan Generating Station - 12/13/19
Understanding a viral explosion
Understanding the viral replication and dramatic growth that sometimes appears subsequent to ART treatment is the subject of a new study by scientists - 11/21/19
Global Security summer interns win Distinguished Student, Student Symposium and poster awards
As summer comes to a close, the Global Security directorate bids farewell to their summer interns and congratulates the winners, nominees and mentors - 10/2/19
Lab’s fuel cell knowledge tapped for surveys of catalyst technology
The articles survey current developments in precious-metal-free electrocatalysts and progress in understanding the main causes of their instability - 10/1/19
Researchers develop software for complex CO2 capture, transport and storage infrastructure
The software is already being widely used by a variety of industry, government and research projects after being released in January 2018 - 8/21/19
BOM: The next generation of high-performance explosives
Researchers at LANL and the Army Research Laboratory have met the challenge of developing a next-generation replacement for TNT - 8/1/19
ALFa LDS: Autonomous, Low-Cost, Fast Leak Detection System
ALFa LDS is an affordable, robust, autonomous system for the detection of natural gas leaks - 7/10/19
Managers from Global Security and Weapons delve into criticality safety training
The class highlighted the physics of criticality using tangible demonstrations with real material - 6/20/19
Rapid detection of bacteremia in human blood
Research from LANL indicates that there may be a way to greatly speed up diagnosis - 5/16/19
New, smaller X-ray spectrometers developed
These new instruments open up areas of research previously limited to building-sized synchrotrons - 4/23/19
Balancing the load
Lab researchers have developed code to distribute computation more efficiently and across increasing numbers of supercomputer processors - 4/18/19
Lebensohn honored by The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
Ricardo Lebensohn is the recipient of the 2019 Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award - 4/15/19
At the 2D scale, isotopic composition has unforeseen effects on light emission
Improvements at the Ion Beam Materials Laboratory contribute to a first-ever, isotopically pure thin film that counters theoretical knowledge - 4/8/19
RETRO Rx: A new capability helping public health organizations
New capability helps public health organizations predict, prepare, and respond to infectious disease outbreaks. - 3/29/19
Novel technology provides rapid and reliable outage assessments after natural disasters wreak havoc
A team has developed and deployed groundbreaking technology to test the impacts of damage to many specific network components - 3/26/19
Sergei Tretiak honored as Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
The Royal Society of Chemistry is Europe’s largest professional and academic society for chemistry and traces its roots to the Chemical Society of London - 3/21/19
Pete Silks selected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
The Royal Society of Chemistry Fellows program recognizes scientists for their outstanding achievements in and contributions to chemical sciences, the profession and the Society - 1/31/19
LANL pursues technology for more affordable fuel cell electric cars
New work at LANL will create polymer fuel cells designed to make electric cars less expensive. - 11/30/18
New web-based technology assesses health of civil, mechanical and aerospace structures
Researchers have developed a revolutionary new way to measure the response of civil, mechanical and aerospace structures to dynamic loads and analyze their structural health. - 10/29/18
Clues to creating an HIV vaccine
Recent work at LANL sheds light on the mechanisms that lead to broader immune responses in HIV infected individuals and will help inform future vaccine designs. - 10/23/18
Photocathodes grown on atomically thin layers of graphene
Researchers developed a unique approach that decouples two competing physical mechanisms that have prevented scientists from improving cold cathode efficiency. - 10/11/18
Radiation Hardened Single-Board Computer for space applications
These higher, more exclusive orbits may soon be accessible to small satellite vendors thanks to a novel technology, the Radiation Hardened Single-Board Computer. - 10/5/18
COVID-19 vaccine critical but it's not silver bullet
At Los Alamos, we’re using mathematical models and computational simulations enabled by the Lab’s supercomputing capabilities to understand how best to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine - 1/5/21
LANL-developed technology offers promise of safer X-rays
- 1/3/21
Lack of sleep could be a problem for AIs
- 12/8/20
For LANL, preserving our state is a personal mission
In the past 25 years, the Lab has been very successful in environmental stewardship - 11/29/20
Speeding up the development of new materials
The Exascale Atomistic capability for Accuracy, Length, and Time project, or EXAALT aims to address these problems - 11/29/20
Science can help ease local wildfire threats
Lab is taking measures to prevent wildfires and the dangers they present by carrying out unique firefighting strategies across its 42 remote square miles - 10/31/20
A better way to search for traces of life on Mars — and beyond!
- 9/29/20
Opening a window to quantum weirdness
- 9/27/20
The quantum butterfly non-effect
- 9/21/20
New topical antiseptic kills antibiotic-resistant bacteria
To battle super-resilient bacteria, scientists have developed a new topical ointment designed to kill what were once considered “unkillable” bacteria - 9/6/20
Three big threats to satellites
A look at three of the biggest threats to satellites and what's being done to counter them - 8/27/20
Keeping the land alive: studying changes in precipitation
- 7/30/20
Sci-Fi bioplastics and on-demand vaccine development
- 7/30/20
New Mars rover, with LANL components, to search for life
Its primary and unique purpose is to collect samples that a future spacecraft can return to Earth - 7/19/20
Low-cost quantum dot windows could power a solar future
A team at LANL has developed a technique for depositing a layer of a fluorescent material on the glass surface - 6/21/20
Disease outbreaks happen all the time, but...
The scientific community is working overtime to understand the virus and mitigate its impacts - 4/11/20
AI pinpoints renewable energy resources
All across New Mexico, a powerful energy source seethes in the Earth’s solid crust - 4/5/20
Expedition drifts in the Arctic ice to study climate
The LANL team supports the Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement user facility, which provides the research community with observations of Earth’s atmosphere - 2/16/20
Carbon capture: Solved by software?
The approach of burying CO2 emissions deep underground has struggled to be economically viable, but that could be changing - 1/23/20
Unraveling the mysteries of the tiniest living things
The Department of Energy’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research has provided $10 million to establish a National Microbiome Data Collaborative - 11/24/19
Precise proton beam takes aim at cancer
Using new technology, oncologists create images of tumors during treatment, enabling greater precision without harming healthy tissue - 11/10/19
LANL protects milkweed to preserve monarchs
A LANL team has been documenting the cycles and seasons of monarch butterflies and the location of milkweed on Laboratory property - 10/27/19
At LANL, breaking down data to address global problems
The ability to collect information far outpaces the ability to fully utilize it—yet that information may hold the key to solving some of the biggest global challenges facing the world today. - 10/13/19
Making a material difference
Researchers at LANL’s Sigma Complex apply fundamental science and research to take this advanced manufacturing to an even higher level - 9/22/19
Beetles and piñons shed light on world’s ecology
Researchers are now including beetle population dynamics in Earth-system models alongside water cycles, temperature fluctuations, vegetation dynamics and other global and local factors - 9/15/19
Welcome to nuclear inspector school
Inspectors go through training at LANL, in one of the laboratory’s nuclear facilities, as part of their requirements to become qualified inspectors. - 9/1/19
A missing link in predicting hurricane damage
Eroding coastlines play a significant role in how infrastructure will be affected—but a new computer model now factors them in - 8/30/19
Fighting wildfires with computer models
Prescribed burns can remove excess fuel from the forest floor, and algorithms can help fire crews know where to set them - 8/27/19
Preparing the quantum workforce of the future
The Quantum Computing Summer School accepts students from all over the world to receive tutorials from quantum-computation experts and gain hands-on experience and one-to-one mentoring - 8/11/19
Did life sign the guestbook on Mars?
If life exists on Mars, it still hasn’t showed itself, but recent evidence from the red planet increasingly supports the possibility - 7/18/19
LANL scientists school Wikipedia about women in science
A group of Lab employees gathered to create or edit biographies of LANL female scientists on Wikipedia - 7/13/19
Using algae to try and solve the plastic problem
Scientists at LANL have developed an alternative method to sustainably manufacture plastic that is not only durable but is easily biodegradable - 7/8/19
The problem with quantum computers
It’s called decoherence—but while a breakthrough solution seems years away, there are ways of getting around it - 6/10/19
Reaping the unexpected dividends of space exploration
Space science has likewise yielded unexpected discoveries and unintended applications — some at LANL - 6/10/19
You can’t see it, but it’s 200+ times stronger than steel
Atomic armor coating extends the lifetime of devices by making them much more rugged in even the most extreme environments. - 6/2/19
Basic quantum research will transform science, industry
All most people hear about is quantum computing, but that's hardly the whole story - 5/17/19
Helping health workers understand unfolding disease outbreaks
This is the plan for a web-based disease-outbreak tool developed at LANL, a quick analysis resource called AIDO (“I-do”) for Analytics for Investigation of Disease Outbreaks. - 4/28/19
The hidden seismic symphony in earthquake signals
Machine learning can reveal acoustic vibrations that could improve forecasting - 4/25/19
Unlocking secrets about the origin of the universe
LANL researchers are contributing to the project by designing an advanced tracking detector based on a new type of sensor system called MAPS - 4/15/19
How big data can help save the world
Emerging analytic and computing tools are enabling much better use of huge data sets - 3/27/19
New system to check for dangerous natural gas leaks
A team from LANL, Aeris Technology and Rice University has developed the Autonomous, Low- cost, Fast Leak Detection System (ALFaLDS) to detect, locate and quantify leaks quickly, safely and inexpensively. - 3/24/19
Healthy forests depend on balancing fire and water
To unravel exactly how fire influences moisture in burned soil, hydrologists and other environmental scientists at LANL have developed a sophisticated computer model. - 3/11/19
Modeling natural disasters to strengthen power grids
To address the need to reinforce power grids, scientists at LANL have developed a simulation tool for utility companies. - 2/17/19
Doing work that matters at LANL
At the Laboratory, I am privileged to work with dedicated scientists every day seeking solutions to the world’s toughest global security problems. - 1/26/19
Five cool things you can do with an ‘atom smasher’
The most powerful linear accelerator in the world when it opened in 1972, LANSCE speeds protons, one of the basic building blocks of atoms, to 84 percent the speed of light and energies as high as 800 million electron volts. - 1/14/19
Sea ice: More than just frozen water
A LANL team developed a software package known as CICE that calculates the physics of sea ice, such as how it freezes, melts and moves across the ocean’s surface. - 12/16/18
What happens when an explosive is detonated?
Scientists at LANL combine computer simulations and innovative experiments that verify what the computers come up with, particularly the simulations of the short-lived chemical bonds formed during detonation. - 11/30/18
Modeling a better burn to boost engine performance
Scientists at LANL have developed a new software package known as FEARCE, short for Fast, Easy, Accurate and Robust Continuum Engineering. - 11/14/18
Using sound to see through solid objects
At LANL, a team of scientists have invented a technology that works somewhat like Superman’s X-ray vision. - 11/11/18
America must invest in R and D, personnel for arms control verification
The Big Science model continues to drive innovation at our nation’s nuclear weapons laboratories where the country’s nuclear-detection expertise resides. - 10/26/18
Catching hackers in the act
At LANL, information is not only closely guarded, tools are being developed to help others detect and respond quickly to targeted attacks. - 10/7/18
Build small nuclear reactors for battlefield power
A solution could be a new micro-nuclear reactor being developed by LANL and the Westinghouse power company. - 9/20/18
LANL shoots for the moon in search for life on Europa
To help NASA with its interplanetary research, LANL is designing a prototype instrument capable of withstanding the extreme conditions on Europa. - 9/9/18
Are we ready for the future of warfare?
Protecting against biowarfare starts with understanding the movement of diseases through populations. - 9/4/18
Why we need active experiments in space
Active space-based experiments began early in the space age, when little was known about the near-Earth environment, and focused on very fundamental aspects of the space environment and its interaction with spacecraft. - 8/31/18
New approach to extracting fossil fuels has benefits
Recent research at LANL has demonstrated that using CO2 for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) can be commercially viable under the recently revised 45Q tax regulation. - 8/30/18
Stemming the spread of HIV by accurately predicting its spread
The computer simulations were consistent with actual DNA data obtained from a global public HIV database, developed and maintained by LANL. - 8/1/18
Targeted radioactive treatment offers promise in cancer treatment
A radioactive isotope called actinium could be a new breakthrough in cancer research. - 7/8/18
Using 1 trillion files helps scientist find a needle in a haystack
High-performance computing at LANL continues to lead the way on extreme scale science. - 6/22/18
LRWSN-hardware: The Long-range Wireless Sensor Network hardware
The Long-range Wireless Sensor Network easily, efficiently and affordably collects, processes, and transmits data in all kinds of rugged and remote outdoor environments. - 5/13/18
Nipping frost in the bud
Using software developed at LANL, work is being done to measure and predict frost events to help farmers protect against frost damage, and improve crop health and yield. - 4/27/18
Supercomputers tackle antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’
One type of efflux pump, which until recently had only been studied piecemeal, was modeled in its entirety and simulated using supercomputers at LANL. - 4/25/18
Going with the gut
The work exploits the Laboratory’s extensive biological research efforts developed in support of our national security mission. - 4/17/18
Preventing a cyber zombie apocalypse
Attacks like these are the reason LANL has been working on cybersecurity techniques, processes and tools to prevent and detect cyberattacks. - 4/8/18
A slow neutron beats a flipping fast bit
Keeping the LANL supercomputers running at peak efficiency directly supports national security. - 3/23/18
SMART cables: A new undersea look at earthquakes
Using data from seismic stations around the world, scientists can learn more about the geology inside of the earth, including things like earthquake location and magnitude. - 3/11/18
Computers learn to imagine the future
Researchers are simulating biological neural networks on supercomputers, enabling machines to learn about their surroundings, interpret data and make predictions much the way humans do. - 2/28/18
Using poop to cure gut infections
LANL aims to make fecal transplants a thing of the past. - 2/23/18
Forecasting diseases one image at a time
Better tracking of infectious diseases can help us improve disease prediction and, consequently, more quickly stop their spread. - 2/21/18
Augmented reality combines worlds to make the real world safer
The Lab is investigating technology applications and writing software in support of the Lab’s national security mission. - 2/12/18
How a Small Nuclear Reactor Could Power a Colony on Mars or Beyond (Op-Ed)
When we imagine sending humans to live on Mars, the moon or other planetary bodies in the not-so-distant future, a primary question is: How will we power their colony? - 1/18/18
Breathing new life into pulmonary research
A team of scientists and bioengineers have developed a tissue-engineered artificial lung called PuLMo that simulates the response of the human lung to drugs, toxins, particles and other agents. - 1/10/18
Supercomputers tackle antibiotic resistance
One type of efflux pump, which until recently had only been studied piecemeal, was modeled in its entirety and simulated using supercomputers at LANL. - 1/7/18
Breathing new life into pulmonary research
A team of scientists and bioengineers at LANL have developed a tissue-engineered artificial lung called PuLMo, for Pulmonary Lung Model. - 12/17/17
Stellar explosion rocks the universe
Breaking news doesn’t happen that often in astronomy, and this was big. LIGO, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory, had detected another gravitational-wave signal. - 11/12/17
Computer learns how to imagine the future
Researchers are simulating biological neural networks on supercomputers, enabling machines to learn about their surroundings, interpret data and make predictions much the way humans do. - 10/27/17
Chemical treatment improves quantum dot lasers
In new research, the nanometer-sized dots are being doctored, or “doped,” with additional electrons, a treatment that nudges the dots ever closer to producing the desired laser light with less stimulation and energy loss. - 10/23/17
Fighting tuberculosis with faster, more accurate diagnostics
LANL, in collaboration with several institutions, are working to develop an innovative tool set for early and accurate diagnosis of the disease. - 10/18/17
Where there’s smoke, there’s science
To discover the finer points of smoke’s composition, LANL has launched the Center for Aerosol Forensic Experiments — CAFE, for short. - 10/15/17
Using tech to peer inside a tyrannosaur’s skull
The team’s study illuminates the Bisti Beast’s place in tyrannosaur ancestry and adds important new pieces to the puzzle. - 9/29/17
Neutralizing biothreats through disease forecasting
Preventing disease outbreaks in the United States requires improving public health all around the world. - 9/11/17
Unique imaging of a dinosaur’s skull tells evolutionary tale
Researchers have exposed the inner structures of the fossil skull of a 74-million-year-old tyrannosauroid dinosaur nicknamed the Bisti Beast. - 8/30/17
Computer modeling helps us learn to live with wildland fires
The Lab is using a tool called FIRETEC to simulate the fire/atmosphere interaction that controls fire behavior. - 8/25/17
Using machine-learning to scan the sky
As RAPTOR makes its rounds across the sky to check on known gamma ray sources and respond to the occasional interesting transient, it has free time every night to photograph blazars. - 8/15/17
Muons in the cathedral
In 2013, a group of experts on the cathedral came to LANL to consult about fixing the cracks in the dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy. - 8/13/17
CubeSats have one major shortcoming, but not for long
Over the past decade and a half, satellites the size of a toaster have opened up new possibilities for using space. - 8/10/17
Forecasting Outbreaks—1 Image at a Time
To help prevent disease outbreaks in the U.S., we need to improve public health all around the world, not just within our own borders. - 8/10/17
Single-photon emitter has promise for quantum info-processing
The Laboratory has produced the first known material capable of single-photon emission at room temperature and at telecommunications wavelengths. - 8/1/17
Neutrino research takes giant leap forward
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment will send particles 800 miles to a mile-deep detector in South Dakota. - 7/25/17
Using machine-learning to scan the sky
How do you decipher the inner workings of a cosmic cataclysm 3 billion light years away and 3 billion years in the past? - 7/24/17
If these (Martian) rocks could talk
It’s no coincidence that Death Valley and Mars have boron in common. Boron typically occurs in arid locations where water has evaporated. - 7/19/17
Eye on the sky
LANL provides grad-student role in unraveling the mind-bending physics around super-massive black holes. - 7/10/17
Designing a safer explosive
At LANL, we pay a lot of attention to things that blow up and we’re especially interested in how to make them safer. - 7/3/17
Post-It note art installation supports LGBTQ+ employees
#LANLPride art installation supports mission focus on diversity. - 6/29/17
Simplifying big data supercomputing
Charliecloud lets users easily run crazy new things on LANL supercomputers. - 6/27/17
Innovative rocket science gives boost to near-space missions
LANL scientists have developed a unique segregated fuel oxidizer rocket fuel system for CubeSats. - 6/18/17
Genomics for everyone
What if a nurse could swipe your saliva and run a quick genetic test for bacteria? - 5/23/17
Scientists strike back at the mysteries of lightning
When thunderstorm season rolls around and lightning streaks the sky, creating its dazzling display, we likely don’t ponder the mysteries it presents. - 5/7/17
Unraveling the mysteries of lightning
LANL scientists are using lightning to develop instruments for nuclear test-ban treaty monitoring and, in the process, have learned a lot about lightning itself. - 5/2/17
What is the universe made of?
Physicists and astrophysicists at LANL are using supercomputers to simulate Big Bang nucleosynthesis and the early universe to unprecedented precision. - 4/18/17
Looking for clues for past life on Mars
By looking at the light emitted by the target, scientists can analyze the composition of rocks and soils on Mars. - 4/11/17
Genomics is buried in too much data
What if a nurse could swipe your saliva and run a quick genetic test for bacteria? - 4/10/17
If these (Martian) rocks could talk
Finding the element boron might not seem exciting, but if you find it on Mars and you’re interested in alien life, it’s a big deal. - 4/9/17
Dark matter detective work
Fourteen thousand feet above sea level near a volcanic peak in Mexico sits a unique astronomical observatory. Instead of peering into space with a glass lens, it uses 300 huge barrels of water. - 3/13/17
Confessions of a dark matter detective
Sifting through data from HAWC's mountain-top water barrels looking for the fingerprint of dark matter - 2/21/17
Confessions of a dark matter detective
Sifting through data from HAWC's mountain-top water barrels looking for the fingerprint of dark matter - 2/15/17
Protecting grid from cataclysmic solar storm
When the last really big solar storm hit Earth in 1921, the Sun ejected a burst of plasma and magnetic structures like Zeus hurling a thunderbolt from Mount Olympus. - 2/12/17
How flounders (yes, the fish) can help national security
Over the last hundred-plus years, we humans have looked to nature to improve our ability to camouflage ourselves. - 2/2/17
What cosmology tells us about quantum mechanics
In physics’ pursuit of ever-more-complete and detailed descriptions of our universe, we’re always on the lookout for new tools. - 1/8/17
Forget jetpacks. Where are our hydrogen-powered cars?
For decades commercially viable fuel cells, particularly for cars, have remained just over the horizon. So why aren’t we there yet? - 12/13/16
Using Wikipedia to forecast the flu
Lab researchers use mathematics, computer science, statistics and other information to determine how disease develops and spreads. - 11/15/16
Fires set to clear African land are stoking climate change
Each year in the dry season, flames sweep across a large swath of the African countryside, engulfing every kind of grass and woody plant in their way. - 11/14/16
Outsmarting the art of camouflage
Over the last hundred-plus years, we humans have looked to nature to improve our ability to camouflage ourselves. - 11/2/16
On track for a clean, hydrogen-powered future
LANL, within the ElectroCat consortium, is investigating less expensive, more abundant materials based on carbon compounds to reduce the cost of ownership of a fuel-cell powered car so this clean power can compete in the marketplace. - 10/13/16
Feeling the burn: understanding how biomass burning changes climate
At least half of the black carbon in the atmosphere is a result of biomass burning. - 9/27/16
Trinity ushers in new age of supercomputing
As the Lab begins testing the second half of its new supercomputer, Trinity, the occasion highlights how intertwined scientific breakthroughs and computer innovations have become — and what a seminal and central role LANL has played in that synergy. - 9/12/16
Making solar power more affordable
Although the goal of cheap, plentiful energy from the sun turns out to be a work in progress, not a settled achievement, recent research breakthroughs are helping to deliver on the promise of truly “cheap solar,” with several surprising side benefits. - 8/30/16
Something new under the sun
Recent research breakthroughs at LANL are helping to deliver on the promise of truly “cheap solar,” with several surprising side benefits. - 8/4/16
Confessions of a Martian rock
When scientists analyzed the chemical make-up of a Martian rock, they expected to find lots of basalt, the building block of all planets. - 7/25/16
Bracing for fire
Understanding what drives big fires and predicting their behavior helps the fire community prepare for the next blaze through appropriate land management, emergency plans and firefighting strategies. - 7/20/16
Burning questions in study of wildfire
Understanding what drives big fires and predicting their behavior helps the fire community prepare for the next blaze through appropriate land management, emergency plans and firefighting strategies. - 7/12/16
Could we someday predict earthquakes?
New ways of looking at seismic information and innovative laboratory experiments are offering tantalizing clues to what triggers earthquakes—and when. - 6/27/16
Fragile life underfoot has big impact on desert
The survival of desert biocrusts is being challenged by threats from climate change and man-made disturbance. - 6/13/16
Using supercomputers to probe the early universe
LANL researchers developed a computer code, called BURST, that can simulate a slice in the life of our young cosmos. - 6/5/16
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Why Mars?
The allure (and challenge) of colonizing the red planet - 5/17/16
Gravitational waves open new window on universe
Viewing the very large and very small workings of what's out there. - 5/8/16
Why space weather matters
Many people think of space as a silent, empty void and the sun as a distant source of light and heat. Not true. The sun and the Earth are connected in complex, intimate and sometimes dangerous ways. - 4/10/16
Bringing the power of genetic research to an office near you
The ability to quickly analyze genetic data stands to revolutionize research into everything from the mutations causing various cancers to the “Second You,” your microbiome, or the bacteria living inside you. - 4/10/16
Bringing MRI where it’s needed most
LANL scientists developed a portable MRI, also called Battlefield MRI that uses ultra-low-field magnetic resonance imaging to create images of the brain that can be used in field hospitals for wounded soldiers or in remote villages in developing countries. - 3/20/16
Can we someday predict earthquakes?
New ways of looking at seismic information and innovative laboratory experiments are offering tantalizing clues to what triggers earthquakes — and when. - 3/14/16
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Why is Zika now a threat?
Population growth, rising temperatures, embryonic immune systems says Lab scientist - 2/25/16
Decoding dark matter in genes
Possible future applications, for example, include making new cancer therapies based on how ribosomes differentiate in healthy versus cancerous tissue. - 2/19/16
Turning windows into solar panels
Working with quantum dots, researchers achieve a breakthrough in solar-concentrating technology that can turn windows into electric generators. - 2/7/16
The forecast calls for flu
Using mathematics, computer programs, statistics and information about how disease develops and spreads, a research team at LANL found a way to forecast the flu season and even next week’s sickness trends. - 1/15/16
Driving toward an algae-powered future
A project led by LANL seeks to drive algal biofuels to marketability, decreasing our nation’s dependence on fossil fuels and putting the brakes on global warming. - 12/24/15
Driving toward an algae-powered future
A new research project led by LANL seeks to drive algal biofuels to marketability, decreasing our nation’s dependence on fossil fuels and putting the brakes on global warming. - 12/24/15
Quenching New Mexico's thirst with brackish water
Whether today turns out damp or dry, drought is a fact of life in New Mexico. So where can we get more water? - 11/15/15
Jumpstarting the carbon capture industry
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage can provide a crucial bridge between our current global energy economy and a cleaner, more diversified energy future. - 10/16/15
For cybersecurity, in quantum encryption we trust
LANL physicists developed a quantum random number generator and communication system that exploits quantum physics to improve cybersecurity. - 9/13/15
Portable MRI might make the world a better place
LANL' Battlefield MRI uses ultra-low-field magnetic resonance imaging to create images of the brain that can be used in field hospitals or in remote villages. - 8/9/15
Methane cloud hunting
LANL researchers go hunting for methane gas over the Four Corners area of northwest New Mexico and find a strange daily pattern. - 7/12/15
Rapid diagnosis a new weapon against re-emerging TB
Researchers at LANL have developed an innovative tool set for the early and accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis. - 6/7/15
Looking for an alternative bioscience career path?
A bioscience career path can offer an alternative that is midway between academia and industry - 12/22/20
Distributing December’s most anticipated new release
LANL computer models examine different scenarios for rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine - 12/16/20
AI allows first direct observation of slow quakes moving through the earth
Researchers are using artificial intelligence and satellite radar images to understand the physics driving earthquakes - 12/14/20
Get moving with 7-minute, low-impact 'deskercise'
- 12/14/20
Shots in the dark
- 12/10/20
Answering the "what-if" questions on COVID interventions
- 12/10/20
What’s new in COVID-19 research at Los Alamos?
- 12/3/20
Bioscience Division teams up with small business to test antibacterial face masks
- 12/1/20
Must-read, must-watch books and movies about Lab history
- 11/12/20
Ghost particles and Project Poltergeist
- 11/5/20
Preserving Manhattan Project historic sites
- 11/3/20
Mars discussion draws large virtual crowd
- 10/28/20
Plutonium Facility upgrades receive praise from NNSA
- 10/27/20
Keeping an eye on safety at the Laboratory's nuclear facilities
- 10/16/20
Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories bridge R&D gap for New Mexico businesses
- 9/9/20
scNonprofit brings internet connectivity to the region
- 9/1/20
Partner program with local college creates a path to careers
- 8/21/20
Los Alamos leads key thrust in $115M Quantum Science Center collaboration
DOE Office of Science center to usher in a new era of quantum tech and innovation - 8/17/20
Local radiation program grads hired by Lab
Partner program with local college creates a path to careers - 7/30/20
Mexican spotted owls continue to nest in protected habitats
The Mexican spotted owl is listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act - 7/30/20
One for the team: Celebrating Curiosity’s ChemCam rock-zapper
Cindy Little began sewing COVID-19 masks for the 12-member ChemCam Engineering Operations team - 7/30/20
Training young people to help organizations
New program teaches digital media skills - 8/5/20
Making unique masks for Curiosity’s ChemCam's team
Cindy Little began sewing COVID-19 masks for the 12-member ChemCam Engineering Operations team - 7/30/20
Online community event for nonprofit leaders
Sessions address fundraising, social media marketing, and how the Lab can help - 7/28/20
Update on the Laboratory’s COVID-19 response
The Lab continues to adapt and perform - 7/21/20
Middle school math camp works to build confidence in Pojoaque
Laboratory co-hosts online camp for over 70 students - 7/8/20
Employee Spotlight: Modern myth-buster
Spotting and correcting many of the"science myths" emanating from the Internet, so-called experts and word of mouth. - 7/29/20
Employee Spotlight: Giving every troubled child a voice
Alice serves as a child’s primary advocate, in essence speaking for a child during child-welfare cases - 4/29/20
Employee Spotlight: Aiming for firearms safety and fun
A rifle and pistol competitor since high school, Michael A. Lake has since become an armorer, gunsmith, and range safety officer whose focus is on firearms safety and fun. - 1/29/20
Employee Spotlight: Thaddeus Lewis Kostrubala
For about 20 years, Thaddeus (“Tadz”) Kostrubala has volunteered as a foster caregiver for stray and abused dogs and cats so that they are more easily adopted. - 1/29/20
Employee Spotlight: Garrick Snider
An avid swimmer since youth, Garrick Snider enjoys participating in a series of open-water swims designed to test the skill and endurance of swimmers who can go mile after mile in big bodies of water like rivers, lakes and oceans. - 11/26/19
Employee Spotlight: Joe Fawcett
If it’s soccer season, Joe Fawcett is likely out on the field working as a referee. - 10/29/19
Employee Spotlight: Eric Yee and Lawrence Trujillo
Eric Yee and Lawrence Trujillo play guitars for New Mexican music bands like Al Hurricane, Jr., Lorenzo Antonio, and Sparx. - 9/25/19
Employee Spotlight: Josh Valdez
On any given weekend, Joshua N. Valdez of the Material Management & Business Services (NPI-8) group and his family can be found riding horses, practicing roping and participating in team-roping competitions throughout New Mexico. - 8/28/19
Employee Spotlight: Carol A. Salazar
An avid strength trainer, Carol A. Salazar of the Financial Compliance group (FA-FC) has recently started competitive bodybuilding. Carol performed so well at her debut competition that she turned professional and plans to participate in the national bodybuilding championships in the near future. - 8/7/19
Employee Spotlight: Gary Parker
Gary R. Parker of the Explosive Applications and Special Projects (M-6) group loves to practice bouldering, a niche sport associated with rock climbing. Today, Gary uses his interests in photography and videography to map and introduce new sites to the bouldering community. - 5/28/19
Employee Spotlight: Katya Davydenko
Ekaterina Davydenko of Site Infrastructure & Programs Software loves all breeds of dogs but was drawn to working dogs. - 4/24/19
Employee Spotlight: Bill Priedhorsky
Bill Priedhorsky of Laboratory-Directed Research & Development enjoys hiking and exploring the outdoors. - 3/28/19
Employee Spotlight: Frederico “Cisco” Archuleta
Frederico “Cisco” Archuleta of Hazardous Materials Management plays acoustic and electric bass guitar for music genres such as country, folk and Spanish and mariachi music. - 2/26/19
Employee Spotlight: Benjamin Yeamans
Benjamin Yeamans of W88 Systems Engineering (W-4) volunteers at Atalaya Search and Rescue. A member of the technical rope rescue team, Ben helps rescue people trapped in difficult-to-access locations in the mountains of New Mexico. - 12/18/18
Employee Spotlight: Jocelyn Buckley
Determined to conquer her fear of flying, Jocelyn Buckley of Waste Management Programs (EPC-WMP) earned her private pilot’s license, bought her own plane, and now commutes to and from work every day. - 11/28/18
Employee Spotlight: Myles Cartelli
As a young man, Myles Cartelli of Weapons Fabrication Services (PF-WFS) learned welding, machining and fabricating. The skills he refined working at the Laboratory came in handy when he started modifying off-road vehicles for extreme sports such as rock crawling. - 10/30/18
Employee Spotlight: Michael E. Martinez
Growing up surrounded by a creative family, Michael E. Martinez (Q-6) began to draw and paint. Inspired by the diverse cultures in New Mexico, Michael soon found other outlets for his art, such as t-shirt designs, posters, and customized shoes. - 9/25/18
Employee Spotlight: James Robinson
As a kid, James Robinson of Investigations and Policy (ADMASER-IP) helped rehabilitate injured animals. This passion led him to help found the Land of Enchantment Wildlife Foundation, which raises funds to rehabilitate wild animals throughout New Mexico. - 8/29/18
Employee Spotlight: Donald DeChellis
Donald DeChellis of Metal Production (PT-1) is a speedrunner, a new type of video-gamer whose goal is to complete entire runs of videogames as quickly as possible. - 6/26/18
Employee Spotlight: Mari Roberson
For Mari Roberson of the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), there’s nothing more exciting than riding at full gallop on her horse while popping balloon targets with her single-action revolver. - 5/29/18
Employee Spotlight: Sheryl Bailey
A theater director with more than 20 plays under her belt, Sheryl Bailey of the Acquisition Services Management Division Office (ASM-DO) has a passion for working on new plays, those not previously produced for the theater. - 4/24/18
Employee Spotlight: Tony Valdez
In a professional boxing career that has earned him eight wins, seven by knockout, Tony Valdez today trains the next generation of fighters at his own gym in Española, New Mexico. Tony's goal is to pass on the easy way what he learned the hard way. - 3/28/18







