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Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Dana Dattelbaum wins prestigious 2020 E.O. Lawrence Award
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Phil Tubesing awarded Los Alamos National Laboratory’s 2020 Global Security Medal
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Deniece Korzekwa named Los Alamos National Laboratory Senior Fellow
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Ning Xu selected Fellow of the American Chemical Society
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Los Alamos National Laboratory brings 24,169 jobs, $3.1 billion to New Mexico
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New Mexico Tech and Los Alamos National Laboratory make joint appointment to work on robotics project
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Two Los Alamos scientists win Presidential Early Career Awards
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UNM and Los Alamos National Labs sign new cooperative joint faculty agreement
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Los Alamos National Laboratory contributes $3 billion a year to the state’s economy
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Triad National Security takes the helm at Los Alamos National Laboratory
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22nd Annual Hazmat Challenge to test responders’ skills
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Unauthorized drone flights prohibited in Laboratory restricted airspace, including additional “No Drone Zone”
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New head of Los Alamos National Lab's Tech Transfer Division announced
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Los Alamos National Laboratory positively impacts region’s economy in 2017
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New director named at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Wallace to become director January 1, 2018
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