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First hints of nuclear fission in cosmos revealed by models, observations Image

First hints of nuclear fission in cosmos revealed by models, observations

Collaboration with Navajo Technical University supports clean hydrogen careers Image

Collaboration with Navajo Technical University supports clean hydrogen careers

Modifying toys to bring joy to all Image

Modifying toys to bring joy to all

Laboratory scientist honored with APS fellowship Image

Laboratory scientist honored with APS fellowship

Teamwork saves young bear’s life at Los Alamos National Laboratory Image

Teamwork saves young bear’s life at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Lab making significant progress shipping radiological and hazardous waste off-site Image

Los Alamos National Lab making significant progress shipping radiological and hazardous waste off-site

2 labs at Los Alamos National Laboratory get green certifications Image

2 labs at Los Alamos National Laboratory get green certifications

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Math enables blending hydrogen in natural gas pipelines Image

Math enables blending hydrogen in natural gas pipelines

Climate change drives runoff from Arctic permafrost Image

Climate change drives runoff from Arctic permafrost

New design for high-power-density fuel cells offers improved performance and durability Image

New design for high-power-density fuel cells offers improved performance and durability

Building a hydrogen bridge to a clean-energy future Image

Building a hydrogen bridge to a clean-energy future

New tech finding methane leaking, orphaned wells Image

New tech finding methane leaking, orphaned wells

Did rising seas play a role in Viking abandonment of Greenland settlements? Image

Did rising seas play a role in Viking abandonment of Greenland settlements?

New commercial fuel cell factory delivers on Los Alamos National Laboratory technology Image

New commercial fuel cell factory delivers on Los Alamos National Laboratory technology

Limitless, renewable, nonpolluting energy? You're standing on it Image

Limitless, renewable, nonpolluting energy? You're standing on it

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Laboratory scientist honored with APS fellowship Image

Laboratory scientist honored with APS fellowship

2023 winners of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s medals demonstrate steadfast commitment Image

2023 winners of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s medals demonstrate steadfast commitment

Los Alamos researcher named American Geophysical Union fellow Image

Los Alamos researcher named American Geophysical Union fellow

3 Los Alamos researchers receive Laboratory Fellows’ Prizes Image

3 Los Alamos researchers receive Laboratory Fellows’ Prizes

9 Los Alamos researchers named 2023 Laboratory Fellows Image

9 Los Alamos researchers named 2023 Laboratory Fellows

Investors and scientists converge at Lab tech-transfer event and prize ceremony Image

Investors and scientists converge at Lab tech-transfer event and prize ceremony

10 Los Alamos projects win R&D 100 Awards Image

10 Los Alamos projects win R&D 100 Awards

4 Los Alamos scientists win DOE Early Career Research Awards Image

4 Los Alamos scientists win DOE Early Career Research Awards

Community Stories

Modifying toys to bring joy to all Image

Modifying toys to bring joy to all

Cleared trees provide winter heat for Pueblo neighbors Image

Cleared trees provide winter heat for Pueblo neighbors

Spine-tingling science is the treat at High-Tech Halloween Oct. 27 Image

Spine-tingling science is the treat at High-Tech Halloween Oct. 27

A nurse at Los Alamos National Lab brings her skills — and heart — to help in Honduras Image

A nurse at Los Alamos National Lab brings her skills — and heart — to help in Honduras

Not your typical tourist destination Image

Not your typical tourist destination

Your Manhattan Project road trip Image

Your Manhattan Project road trip

Disability meets possibility Image

Disability meets possibility

Register to tour 'behind the fence' at Manhattan Project National Historical Park Image

Register to tour 'behind the fence' at Manhattan Project National Historical Park

Computing Stories

New twist on AI makes the most of sparse sensor data Image

New twist on AI makes the most of sparse sensor data

Partnership on large-scale in-storage analytics promotes efficiency and data protection Image

Partnership on large-scale in-storage analytics promotes efficiency and data protection

Not too big: Machine learning tames huge datasets Image

Not too big: Machine learning tames huge datasets

Welcome to Crossroads Image

Welcome to Crossroads

Novel hardware approach offers new quantum-computing paradigm Image

Novel hardware approach offers new quantum-computing paradigm

Capabilities extended for ordered Key Value Store Computational Storage Device Image

Capabilities extended for ordered Key Value Store Computational Storage Device

Asteroids named for 2 Lab researchers Image

Asteroids named for 2 Lab researchers

Energy Stories

High-performing alloy developed to help harness fusion energy Image

High-performing alloy developed to help harness fusion energy

This is not your grandparents’ power grid Image

This is not your grandparents’ power grid

Bioplastics point the way to an environmentally sustainable, green future Image

Bioplastics point the way to an environmentally sustainable, green future

New data-driven model could help the world meet clean-energy demands Image

New data-driven model could help the world meet clean-energy demands

Fusion materials research powered by new DOE funding Image

Fusion materials research powered by new DOE funding

Perovskite research advances offer new possibilities for devices such as solar cells Image

Perovskite research advances offer new possibilities for devices such as solar cells

Coalition will power move to a carbon-neutral New Mexico Image

Coalition will power move to a carbon-neutral New Mexico

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Teamwork saves young bear’s life at Los Alamos National Laboratory Image

Teamwork saves young bear’s life at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Lab making significant progress shipping radiological and hazardous waste off-site Image

Los Alamos National Lab making significant progress shipping radiological and hazardous waste off-site

2 labs at Los Alamos National Laboratory get green certifications Image

2 labs at Los Alamos National Laboratory get green certifications

From canyons to mesatops, explore 50 miles of Los Alamos National Lab-managed trails Image

From canyons to mesatops, explore 50 miles of Los Alamos National Lab-managed trails

Los Alamos National Laboratory begins forest thinning in Rendija Canyon Image

Los Alamos National Laboratory begins forest thinning in Rendija Canyon

Cleared trees provide winter heat for Pueblo neighbors Image

Cleared trees provide winter heat for Pueblo neighbors

Health Stories

Tracking fungal pathogens and disease beyond sci-fi television Image

Tracking fungal pathogens and disease beyond sci-fi television

Supercomputer simulation attacks problem of drug-resistant bacteria Image

Supercomputer simulation attacks problem of drug-resistant bacteria

Getting ahead of climate-driven epidemics Image

Getting ahead of climate-driven epidemics

Research examines key factors related to COVID-19 variant dynamics Image

Research examines key factors related to COVID-19 variant dynamics

Enlisting machine learning to pick the perfect vaccine Image

Enlisting machine learning to pick the perfect vaccine

Research sheds light on how countries responded to the COVID-19 pandemic Image

Research sheds light on how countries responded to the COVID-19 pandemic

Lab aids in global road map to better disease testing Image

Lab aids in global road map to better disease testing

The Lab Stories

Studying human error to improve safety Image

Studying human error to improve safety

Los Alamos ranks as a top employer promoting diversity Image

Los Alamos ranks as a top employer promoting diversity

New Oppenheimer documentary connects Los Alamos’ first director to its mission today Image

New Oppenheimer documentary connects Los Alamos’ first director to its mission today

Extra! Extra! Los Alamos National Lab employees share their favorite moments on the ‘Oppenheimer’ set Image

Extra! Extra! Los Alamos National Lab employees share their favorite moments on the ‘Oppenheimer’ set

Oppenheimer’s science beyond the Manhattan Project Image

Oppenheimer’s science beyond the Manhattan Project

Concrete placements completed for Los Alamos National Laboratory warehouses supporting pit mission Image

Concrete placements completed for Los Alamos National Laboratory warehouses supporting pit mission

New Oppenheimer documentary announced — just in time for the first director’s birthday Image

New Oppenheimer documentary announced — just in time for the first director’s birthday

Materials Stories

New quantum device generates single photons and encodes information Image

New quantum device generates single photons and encodes information

New fuel cell architecture uses nanowires to deliver durability Image

New fuel cell architecture uses nanowires to deliver durability

Approach for creating precision quantum defects enables quantum applications Image

Approach for creating precision quantum defects enables quantum applications

Digging deep into quantum materials Image

Digging deep into quantum materials

'Frustrated' nanomagnets order themselves through disorder Image

'Frustrated' nanomagnets order themselves through disorder

More advanced technology helps ensure the peaceful use of nuclear materials Image

More advanced technology helps ensure the peaceful use of nuclear materials

Using ‘ASSESS’ to detect subtle flaws in structures and materials Image

Using ‘ASSESS’ to detect subtle flaws in structures and materials

Operations Stories

Celebrating 50 years of mission-essential research Image

Celebrating 50 years of mission-essential research

New substation powered up Oct. 14 Image

New substation powered up Oct. 14

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

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

Los Alamos National Laboratory commits to advancing gender equality in nuclear policy Image

Los Alamos National Laboratory commits to advancing gender equality in nuclear policy

Los Alamos and University of Nebraska team for biodefense program Image

Los Alamos and University of Nebraska team for biodefense program

New leader of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Environment, Safety, Health and Quality organization named Image

New leader of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Environment, Safety, Health and Quality organization named

Campus Master Plan outlines the next 30 years Image

Campus Master Plan outlines the next 30 years

Science Stories

Projects use artificial intelligence and machine learning to propel science Image

Projects use artificial intelligence and machine learning to propel science

Ash plume creates intense lightning storm Image

Ash plume creates intense lightning storm

Chi-Nu experiment concludes with data to support nuclear security, energy reactors Image

Chi-Nu experiment concludes with data to support nuclear security, energy reactors

Projects build research capacity and pipeline for regional institutions Image

Projects build research capacity and pipeline for regional institutions

Southwest New Mexico ruins reveal ancient macaw breeding site Image

Southwest New Mexico ruins reveal ancient macaw breeding site

A new ‘spin’ on carrier multiplication in quantum dots Image

A new ‘spin’ on carrier multiplication in quantum dots

A Tongan volcano plume produced the most intense lightning rates ever detected Image

A Tongan volcano plume produced the most intense lightning rates ever detected

Space Stories

New research points to possible seasonal climate patterns on early Mars Image

New research points to possible seasonal climate patterns on early Mars

Designing a drone that can search for life on other planets Image

Designing a drone that can search for life on other planets

Listen: Dust devils on Mars! Image

Listen: Dust devils on Mars!

SuperCam records first audio of Martian dust devil Image

SuperCam records first audio of Martian dust devil

Keeping Mars scientists safe in the Arctic Image

Keeping Mars scientists safe in the Arctic

Curiosity still making new finds with Los Alamos tech Image

Curiosity still making new finds with Los Alamos tech

The search for frost on Mars Image

The search for frost on Mars

Technology Stories

Discover innovative technologies at DisrupTECH Aug. 30 Image

Discover innovative technologies at DisrupTECH Aug. 30

Laboratory’s giant rotor headed for Switzerland Image

Laboratory’s giant rotor headed for Switzerland

Bridging the digital divide Image

Bridging the digital divide

Laboratory-developed high explosives mitigate risk of accidental detonation Image

Laboratory-developed high explosives mitigate risk of accidental detonation

Ultrasound technology helps with brewing better beer Image

Ultrasound technology helps with brewing better beer

New technology to power radiographic imaging for national security Image

New technology to power radiographic imaging for national security

Los Alamos National Laboratory and Pajarito Powder complete one of the first New Mexico-funded fuel cell projects Image

Los Alamos National Laboratory and Pajarito Powder complete one of the first New Mexico-funded fuel cell projects

New biosensor designed to detect toxins and more Image

New biosensor designed to detect toxins and more

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