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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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    Kumar recognized as 'Future Leader' by Infection and Immunity journal Image

    Kumar recognized as 'Future Leader' by Infection and Immunity journal

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    Finding coherence in quantum chaos Image

    Finding coherence in quantum chaos

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    One of these things is not like the others, at least for viruses Image

    One of these things is not like the others, at least for viruses

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    Pair of NASA missions will help planetary defense Image

    Pair of NASA missions will help planetary defense

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    Eight Los Alamos National Laboratory teams honored for excellence Image

    Eight Los Alamos National Laboratory teams honored for excellence

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    Climate change will force big shift in timing, amount of snowmelt across Colorado River Basin Image

    Climate change will force big shift in timing, amount of snowmelt across Colorado River Basin

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    Supercomputing history unveiled at Bradbury Science Museum Image

    Supercomputing history unveiled at Bradbury Science Museum

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    Climate

    Climate change will force big shift in timing, amount of snowmelt across Colorado River Basin

    Upper basin in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming may more closely resemble the arid Southwest

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    Validation brings new predictive capability to global megafire smoke impacts Image

    Validation brings new predictive capability to global megafire smoke impacts

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    Input sought for shift to carbon-neutral economy Image

    Input sought for shift to carbon-neutral economy

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    Paving the path to a green future by capturing, storing CO2 Image

    Paving the path to a green future by capturing, storing CO2

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    Signals in Alaska's snow reveal a great change Image

    Signals in Alaska's snow reveal a great change

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    World-record lightning 'megaflashes' detected using space-based technology Image

    World-record lightning 'megaflashes' detected using space-based technology

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    Isotopes improve estimates of precipitation recycling in tropics Image

    Isotopes improve estimates of precipitation recycling in tropics

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    Global warming, not just drought, drives bark beetles to kill more ponderosa pines Image

    Global warming, not just drought, drives bark beetles to kill more ponderosa pines

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    Community

    Supercomputing history unveiled at Bradbury Science Museum

    With the Los Alamos’ new Crossroads supercomputer arriving this summer, the updated exhibit heralds previous historic milestones

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    Cerro Pelado fire Tuesday (May 17) update: Cerro Pelado fire over 70% contained; Los Alamos National Laboratory and County move back to ‘ready’ phase of preparedness Image

    Cerro Pelado fire Tuesday (May 17) update: Cerro Pelado fire over 70% contained; Los Alamos National Laboratory and County move back to ‘ready’ phase of preparedness

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    Cerro Pelado fire Monday (May 16) update: Fire 62% contained; stage 3 fire restrictions to remain in place to prevent new fires Image

    Cerro Pelado fire Monday (May 16) update: Fire 62% contained; stage 3 fire restrictions to remain in place to prevent new fires

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    Cerro Pelado fire Sunday (May 15) update: Fire 40% contained; residents and employees urged to remain vigilant Image

    Cerro Pelado fire Sunday (May 15) update: Fire 40% contained; residents and employees urged to remain vigilant

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    Cerro Pelado fire Saturday (May 14) update: Fire 23% contained; Lab, County to remain in ‘set’ for now Image

    Cerro Pelado fire Saturday (May 14) update: Fire 23% contained; Lab, County to remain in ‘set’ for now

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    Behind the scenes at Cerro Pelado Image

    Behind the scenes at Cerro Pelado

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    Cerro Pelado fire Friday (May 13) update: Progress continues, fire 19% contained, caution urged Image

    Cerro Pelado fire Friday (May 13) update: Progress continues, fire 19% contained, caution urged

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    Cerro Pelado fire Thursday (May 12) update: Fire growth smallest yet, crews still focus on Alamo Canyon, winds improve Image

    Cerro Pelado fire Thursday (May 12) update: Fire growth smallest yet, crews still focus on Alamo Canyon, winds improve

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    Computing

    Spooky action at a distance? Not a chance!

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    70 years of electronic computing Image

    70 years of electronic computing

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    New software could help transform the budding bioplastics industry Image

    New software could help transform the budding bioplastics industry

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    Printing circuits on rare nanomagnets puts a new spin on computing Image

    Printing circuits on rare nanomagnets puts a new spin on computing

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    Accelerated Box of Flash: Powerful computational storage for big data projects Image

    Accelerated Box of Flash: Powerful computational storage for big data projects

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    New contract means more domestic production of crucial medical isotope without highly enriched uranium Image

    New contract means more domestic production of crucial medical isotope without highly enriched uranium

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    Chicoma supercomputer aids COVID-19 research and open science Image

    Chicoma supercomputer aids COVID-19 research and open science

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    Entanglement unlocks scaling for quantum machine learning Image

    Entanglement unlocks scaling for quantum machine learning

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    Energy

    Bioplastics point the way to an environmentally sustainable, green future

    AI accelerates research into Earth-friendly materials that soak up CO2 and break the dependence on fossil feedstocks for everyday products

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    Magnetic impurities turn quantum dots into emitters of free electrons Image

    Magnetic impurities turn quantum dots into emitters of free electrons

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    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

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    Fusion materials research powered by new DOE funding Image

    Fusion materials research powered by new DOE funding

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    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

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    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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    State and national laboratories execute agreement on development of zero-carbon hydrogen Image

    State and national laboratories execute agreement on development of zero-carbon hydrogen

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    New research uses machine learning to better understand subsurface geology Image

    New research uses machine learning to better understand subsurface geology

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    Health

    New 3D imagery shows how SARS-CoV-2 uses spike proteins to infect cells

    ‘Digital twin’ modeling approach provides new insight that could aid potential vaccine and treatment concepts

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    One of these things is not like the others, at least for viruses Image

    One of these things is not like the others, at least for viruses

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    Pandemic's urgency drove new collaborative approaches worldwide Image

    Pandemic's urgency drove new collaborative approaches worldwide

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    New tool can help better understand high-mutating viruses, including COVID-19 Image

    New tool can help better understand high-mutating viruses, including COVID-19

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    Making more sense of microbial communities Image

    Making more sense of microbial communities

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    Capturing hidden data for asymptomatic COVID-19 cases provides a better pandemic picture Image

    Capturing hidden data for asymptomatic COVID-19 cases provides a better pandemic picture

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    Tracking the cells that host HIV Image

    Tracking the cells that host HIV

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    Scientists develop unprecedented multiscale model of protein behavior linked to cancer-causing mutations Image

    Scientists develop unprecedented multiscale model of protein behavior linked to cancer-causing mutations

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    The Lab

    The woman who drew Little Boy

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    Los Alamos National Laboratory names Evelyn Mullen new executive officer for Weapons Image

    Los Alamos National Laboratory names Evelyn Mullen new executive officer for Weapons

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    Cerro Pelado fire Saturday (April 23) morning update Image

    Cerro Pelado fire Saturday (April 23) morning update

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    What it’s like operating the world’s highest-powered magnet in MagLab Image

    What it’s like operating the world’s highest-powered magnet in MagLab

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    Surely, you're joking! An April Fools’ Day look at Los Alamos' most famous mischievous physicist Image

    Surely, you're joking! An April Fools’ Day look at Los Alamos' most famous mischievous physicist

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    James Barefield: Enjoying the 'light' side of chemistry Image

    James Barefield: Enjoying the 'light' side of chemistry

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    A lost love, an international escape and an intentional friendship Image

    A lost love, an international escape and an intentional friendship

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    Four Los Alamos researchers named 2021 Laboratory Fellows Image

    Four Los Alamos researchers named 2021 Laboratory Fellows

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    How 9/11 impacted the mission of national security laboratories Image

    How 9/11 impacted the mission of national security laboratories

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    Materials

    Atomic Armor for accelerators enables discoveries

    Advancement in single-atom layer graphene coatings improves accelerator electron source lifespans

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    'Frustrated' nanomagnets order themselves through disorder Image

    'Frustrated' nanomagnets order themselves through disorder

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

    More advanced technology helps ensure the peaceful use of nuclear materials

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

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

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    New containers keep secrets and materials safe Image

    New containers keep secrets and materials safe

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    New silicon allotrope offers improved properties Image

    New silicon allotrope offers improved properties

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    Perovskite LEDs shine in metal-organic framework Image

    Perovskite LEDs shine in metal-organic framework

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    Uranium compound achieves record anomalous Nernst conductivity Image

    Uranium compound achieves record anomalous Nernst conductivity

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    Operations

    Laboratory delivers upgraded office and parking space

    New facilities just in time for the New Year

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    New substation powered up Oct. 14 Image

    New substation powered up Oct. 14

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    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

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    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

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    Science

    New research could provide earlier warning of tsunamis

    Deep-learning models can be trained to assess the magnitude of mega earthquakes in real time

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    Finding coherence in quantum chaos Image

    Finding coherence in quantum chaos

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    Los Alamos National Laboratory, USGS partner to advance wildland-fire research Image

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, USGS partner to advance wildland-fire research

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    Smaller, more versatile antenna could be a communications game-changer Image

    Smaller, more versatile antenna could be a communications game-changer

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    Clues about unconventional superconductivity may unlock new applications Image

    Clues about unconventional superconductivity may unlock new applications

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    Tiny beetle hits forests hard in warm droughts Image

    Tiny beetle hits forests hard in warm droughts

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    New polymer fuel cells can operate at higher temperatures Image

    New polymer fuel cells can operate at higher temperatures

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    New experiment results bolster potential for self-sustaining fusion Image

    New experiment results bolster potential for self-sustaining fusion

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    Space

    Curiosity reports back on ‘most chemically diverse part’ of Gale Crater on Mars

    ChemCam played a key role in analyzing new data

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    Pair of NASA missions will help planetary defense Image

    Pair of NASA missions will help planetary defense

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    Perseverance analyzes first sounds from Mars Image

    Perseverance analyzes first sounds from Mars

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    Using tiny satellites to monitor harmful gases from space Image

    Using tiny satellites to monitor harmful gases from space

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    Un-Earthing planetary defense Image

    Un-Earthing planetary defense

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    1 million laser zaps on Mars: ChemCam and SuperCam celebrate an impressive milestone Image

    1 million laser zaps on Mars: ChemCam and SuperCam celebrate an impressive milestone

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    Getting to the bottom of a crater on asteroid 16 Psyche Image

    Getting to the bottom of a crater on asteroid 16 Psyche

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    Nuclear isomers are key to astrophysics Image

    Nuclear isomers are key to astrophysics

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    Technology

    Hydrogen may power the future of commercial trucking

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    New technology to power radiographic imaging for national security Image

    New technology to power radiographic imaging for national security

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    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

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    New biosensor designed to detect toxins and more Image

    New biosensor designed to detect toxins and more

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    DisrupTECH features superior plastics recycling, smart software, predictive mapping Image

    DisrupTECH features superior plastics recycling, smart software, predictive mapping

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    Sensors driven by machine learning sniff-out gas leaks fast Image

    Sensors driven by machine learning sniff-out gas leaks fast

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    Should Santa deliver by drone? Image

    Should Santa deliver by drone?

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    Awards and Recognitions

    Craft employees receive State proclamation for work during COVID-19

    From on-site work to vaccinations, these employees make valuable contributions

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    Kumar recognized as 'Future Leader' by Infection and Immunity journal Image

    Kumar recognized as 'Future Leader' by Infection and Immunity journal

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    Eight Los Alamos National Laboratory teams honored for excellence Image

    Eight Los Alamos National Laboratory teams honored for excellence

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    Curiosity Rover ChemCam Engineering Team awarded Explorers Club Citation of Merit Image

    Curiosity Rover ChemCam Engineering Team awarded Explorers Club Citation of Merit

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    Los Alamos National Laboratory and Triad recognized by the Department of Defense for support of the National Guard and Reserve Image

    Los Alamos National Laboratory and Triad recognized by the Department of Defense for support of the National Guard and Reserve

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    Culhane named one of HPCwire’s 2022 People to Watch Image

    Culhane named one of HPCwire’s 2022 People to Watch

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    New Mexico Senate recognizes more than 100 Laboratory COVID-19 researchers for contributions to the state and nation Image

    New Mexico Senate recognizes more than 100 Laboratory COVID-19 researchers for contributions to the state and nation

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    Smithsonian exhibit features STEM ambassadors with statues, exhibit Image

    Smithsonian exhibit features STEM ambassadors with statues, exhibit

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    T Division team wins Lewis Wolpert prize for prescient COVID-19 paper Image

    T Division team wins Lewis Wolpert prize for prescient COVID-19 paper

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