National Security Science Winter 2022

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Winter 2022

The diversity issue

IN THIS ISSUE

Letters
The diversity issue
From the makeup of the workforce to the breadth of the research, Los Alamos National Laboratory embraces diversity to ensure national security.Read Nowabout the article: The diversity issue
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Photobomb
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Abstracts
Sign of the times
A street name captures the Laboratory’s evolving relationship with its past and future.Read Nowabout the article: Sign of the times
Native communities enrich the Lab's culture
People representing numerous tribes, pueblos, and First Nations speak about their experiences at Los Alamos.Read Nowabout the article: Native communities enrich the Lab's culture
Preparing the next generation
Diverse student hiring ensures the Laboratory’s future.Read Nowabout the article: Preparing the next generation
Improved imaging
Redesigned capacitor modules mean better radiographs for national security applications.Read Nowabout the article: Improved imaging
Tuning in to the future
Avant-garde antenna could transform communications.Read Nowabout the article: Tuning in to the future
The mission to modernize
Meet some of the women behind the renovation of the Los Alamos Plutonium Facility.Read Nowabout the article: The mission to modernize
Ask an associate director
James Owen, associate Laboratory director for Weapons Engineering, answers three questions.Read Nowabout the article: Ask an associate director
Looks can be deceiving
Diversity played a crucial role in building the first atomic bombs.Read Nowabout the article: Looks can be deceiving
Putting their best feet forward
Artwork documents a party’s notable guests.Read Nowabout the article: Putting their best feet forward
Divider, 30 years later
Los Alamos marks three decades since its last nuclear test.Read Nowabout the article: Divider, 30 years later
Features
Diversity makes us stronger
Meet 36 Los Alamos employees who contribute to America’s national security—and to making the Lab a more inclusive place to work.Read Nowabout the article: Diversity makes us stronger
Classroom in a canyon
At the bottom of a rift in the Pajarito Plateau, a septuagenarian scientist leads a new generation to success.Read Nowabout the article: Classroom in a canyon
Accelerating innovation
In 1972, Los Alamos National Laboratory debuted the world’s most powerful linear accelerator. Fifty years later, the facility continues to support the Lab’s national security work.Read Nowabout the article: Accelerating innovation
LANSCE at a glance
An interactive look at LANSCE’s five state-of-the-art experimental facilities that enable a diversity of work.Read Nowabout the article: LANSCE at a glance
Analysis
Diversity equals national security
People of diverse backgrounds and perspectives are essential to the success of Los Alamos National Laboratory.Read Nowabout the article: Diversity equals national security
Being essential
Fishing for success
Kane Fisher, a Yupik Eskimo, has made a name for himself as a commercial fisherman, athletic coach, mechanical engineer, and mentor.Read Nowabout the article: Fishing for success
Then & Now
Then & now
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