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View all- New study shows possibilities and dangers of nanotechnology
8 Apr 2010- Fullerenes are molecules composed of carbon in a cage-like arrangement that resembles a soccer ball. They are commonly referred to as “buckyballs,” since their shape resembles the geodesic dome popularized by the late engineer and architect Buckminster...
- New technologies may help rescue more miners
7 Apr 2010- ShareThis The West Virginia coal mine racked by a presumed methane gas explosion this week had one of the more advanced systems available for communicating with and tracking miners...
- Observatory - For Nuclear Reactors, Metals That Heal Themselves
5 Apr 2010- A nuclear reactor is a tough place for metals. All those neutrons bouncing around wreak havoc with the crystalline structure of steel, tungsten and other metals used in fuel rods and other...
- Scientists seek to deal with buckyballs
1 Apr 2010- Los Alamos researchers find a case where size really does matter By Special to the Monitor A Los Alamos National Laboratory toxicologist and a multidisciplinary team of researchers have documented potential cellular damage from “fullerenes”— soccer-ball-shaped, cage-like molecules composed of..
- Cray awarded $45M from DOE for new supercomputer
1 Apr 2010- Cray just announced that the US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Agency has awarded it a $45M contract for a new super to be installed at Los Alamos National Lab.
- Guard troops learn to spot bombs
31 Mar 2010- KRQE-TV report on New Mexico National Guard troops learning at Los Alamos National Laboratory new techniques to detect the factories and labs where crude bombs are created.
- Tiny buckyballs could put fast-spreading cancer cells into suspended animation
31 Mar 2010- Buckyballs can act as soccer-ball-shaped molecular cages to deliver designer drugs or even radioactive particles to attack diseases such as cancer. Now scientists have found that a certain buckyball configuration can put human skin cells into a sort of suspended animation where they don't die, divide, or grow--a toxic condition for the human body that might also lead to possible treatments.
- Scientists discover phenomena that causes radiation-damaged materials inside nuclear reactors to self-repair
26 Mar 2010- Safer nuclear power could be a step closer after researchers discovered a phenomenon which allows tiny materials to repair themselves after suffering radiation damage in...
- Stalking an elusive thief
23 Mar 2010- Researchers advance HIV/AIDS vaccine Photos: By Roger Snodgrass To catch a thief requires a clever trap. Nobody knows what it takes to snag the versatile HIV/AIDS virus that has stolen the lives of 25 million people around the world in the last three decades, because it hasn’t been...
- Macro-Weirdness: 'Quantum Microphone' Puts Naked-Eye Object in 2 Places at Once
18 Mar 2010- A new device tests the limits of Schrodinger's...
News Release
Tri-Lab Directors' Statement on the Nuclear Posture Review
Los Alamos, New Mexico, April 9, 2010—The directors of the three Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Laboratories – Dr. George Miller from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Dr. Michael Anastasio from Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Dr. Tom Hunter from Sandia National Laboratories – today issued the following statement on the Nuclear Posture Review.
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CMRR Gets a New Home
- Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement (CMRR) Project aims to relocate several mission critical projects—analytical chemistry, materials characterization, and actinide research and development capabilities—to a newer facility.
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Math & Science Academy empowers teachers across New Mexico
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- The program is unique because it was developed to address comprehensively the complex and challenging issues of teaching and learning. Student achievement is increased by improving teacher practice. Read more...
Meet a LANL Grad Student
Armanda Roco was chosen for a summer internship at Los Alamos National Laboratory where she is putting her classroom studies to use by conducting biological research.
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Alamos National Laboratory applied for funding for a number of
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Laboratory adds a sixth R&D 100 Award to its 2009 count
LOS ALAMOS, NM, November 4, 2009
Los Alamos National Laboratory recently learned that co-development of a high-resolution UV holography lens with National Security Technologies (NSTec) earned the Lab a sixth R&D Magazine 2009 R&D 100 Award.
High Resolution
UV Relay Lense
UV Relay Lense
