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NNSA leader visits Lab, praises mission dedication, perseverance during COVID-19

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Progress in algorithms makes small, noisy quantum computers viable

Hybrid algorithms can accommodate limited qubits, lack of error correction for real-world tasks

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Northern New Mexico math teachers earn new specialty degree

Innovative program represents collaboration between classroom teachers, the Laboratory, and New Mexico Highlands University

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New name change service makes it easier for researchers to claim their earlier work

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Lab researcher receives 2021 ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship Image

Lab researcher receives 2021 ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship

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Updated space weather model improves predictions of radiation storms

3 outstanding students named Athena Engineering Scholars at LANL Image

3 outstanding students named Athena Engineering Scholars at LANL

LANL named a top 20 government employer by STEM Workforce Diversity Magazine Image

LANL named a top 20 government employer by STEM Workforce Diversity Magazine

N.M. labs answered the call after terrorist attacks Image

N.M. labs answered the call after terrorist attacks

Perovskite LEDs shine in metal-organic framework Image

Perovskite LEDs shine in metal-organic framework

Understanding pyrocumulonimbi, aka 'fire clouds' Image

Understanding pyrocumulonimbi, aka 'fire clouds'

Featured Podcasts

July 16, 2021

The Trinity test: then and now

NSS Podcast | S1 : EP6

On the 76th anniversary of the Trinity test, NSS examines the test from two angles: from 1945, when the test occurred, and from 2021, when they traveled to the Trinity site to tour ground zero and the surrounding area.

May 26, 2021

Surprising first audio from Ingenuity on Mars

Mars Technica | S2 : EP3

For the first time ever, a spacecraft on another planet has recorded sound from an entirely separate spacecraft. Learn why scientists are surprised by what they heard.

May 10, 2021

How to Make a Fat Man

Relics | S1 : EP3

"Fat Man" was the codename for the implosion-type nuclear weapons designed by Los Alamos scientists to help end World War II. The NSRC has the only-known step-by-step manual still in existence.

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Now You Know

In Their Own Words: Hidden Engines of the Cosmos Image

In Their Own Words: Hidden Engines of the Cosmos

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Lighter Than Air

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Power Plant Revamp

When Atoms Get Out of Line Image

When Atoms Get Out of Line

Was There, Is There, Anybody There? Image

Was There, Is There, Anybody There?

Envisioning the W93 Image

Envisioning the W93

Wargames

The archives of the future Image

The archives of the future

Is technology replacing pilots? Image

Is technology replacing pilots?

The fourth atomic spy Image

The fourth atomic spy

Is your boss a black bear? Image

Is your boss a black bear?

Old-fashioned intelligence gathering Image

Old-fashioned intelligence gathering

Gadget pit main inventor Image

Gadget pit main inventor

The Wellnitz Center Image

The Wellnitz Center

Patent Collection Image

Patent Collection

Who are they? Image

Who are they?

Celebrating Black history Image

Celebrating Black history

Titan on the Red Image

Titan on the Red

Relics

All Actinide Research Quarterly

Source of the Actinide Concept Image

Source of the Actinide Concept

How Surface Chemistry Affects Spent Nuclear Fuel Image

How Surface Chemistry Affects Spent Nuclear Fuel

Chemistry Challenges for the Manhattan Project and Beyond Image

Chemistry Challenges for the Manhattan Project and Beyond

Investigating the Chemistry of Actinium, a Therapeutically Relevant Actinide Image

Investigating the Chemistry of Actinium, a Therapeutically Relevant Actinide

Volatility in the Trinity Fireball as Recorded in Glassy Fallout Debris Image

Volatility in the Trinity Fireball as Recorded in Glassy Fallout Debris

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