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Released: 2-Aug-2021 1:00 PM EDT
Los Alamos National Laboratory welcomes NGD Systems to the Efficient Mission Centric Computing Consortium
Los Alamos National Laboratory

LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Aug. 2, 2021- As the HPC community enters an era in which computation can be offloaded to storage devices, it is important to explore the mechanisms for using and programming these processing offloads.

Released: 29-Jul-2021 2:20 PM EDT
Understanding Silicon Failure Opens Up Research Path for Higher-Capacity Lithium-Ion Batteries
Los Alamos National Laboratory

In silicon-wire lithium-ion batteries, electrolytes carve away the silicon, blocking electron pathways and greatly diminishing the charging capacity of these promising devices.

Released: 21-Jul-2021 3:25 PM EDT
New Quantum Research Gives Insights Into How Quantum Light Can Be Mastered
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A team of scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory propose that modulated quantum metasurfaces can control all properties of photonic qubits, a breakthrough that could impact the fields of quantum information, communications, sensing and imaging, as well as energy and momentum harvesting. The results of their study were released yesterday in the journal Physical Review Letters, published by the American Physical Society.

Released: 20-Jul-2021 8:45 PM EDT
Energy Secretary recognizes exceptional project management at Los Alamos
Los Alamos National Laboratory

The team responsible for managing the Exascale Class Computing Cooling Equipment (ECCCE) project at Los Alamos National Laboratory was recognized by the Secretary of Energy with an Achievement Award last week. Construction of the project was completed last year, 10 months early and $20 million under budget.

Released: 15-Jul-2021 6:10 PM EDT
Emergent Magnetic Monopoles Isolated Using Quantum-Annealing Computer
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Using a D-Wave quantum-annealing computer as a testbed, scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have shown that it is possible to isolate so-called emergent magnetic monopoles, a class of quasiparticles, creating a new approach to developing “materials by design.”

Released: 14-Jul-2021 3:50 PM EDT
Laboratory, Partners Secure $4.7 Million in DOE Funding
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory and private-sector partners have secured a total of $4.7 million in Technology Commercialization Funds from the Department of Energy (DOE) to accelerate bringing cutting-edge energy technologies and solutions to the marketplace.

Released: 12-Jul-2021 4:10 PM EDT
Neutron-clustering Effect in Nuclear Reactors Demonstrated for First Time
Los Alamos National Laboratory

For the first time, the long-theorized neutron-clustering effect in nuclear reactors has been demonstrated, which could improve reactor safety and create more accurate simulations, according to a new study recently published in the journal Nature Communications Physics.

Released: 2-Jul-2021 11:30 PM EDT
Software Evaluates Qubits, Characterizes Noise in Quantum Annealers
Los Alamos National Laboratory

High-performance computer users in the market for a quantum annealing machine or looking for ways to get the most out of one they already have will benefit from a new, open-source software tool for evaluating these emerging platforms at the individual qubit level.

Released: 22-Jun-2021 2:45 PM EDT
Bahran honored with Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Service
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Rian Bahran, a Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist on assignment in Washington, D.C, has received the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service for his exemplary performance.

Released: 17-Jun-2021 5:50 PM EDT
Driving clean-energy research in the right direction
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Fuel cells, part of a promising path toward zero-emission vehicles, are making progress at overcoming some specific challenges on the road to powering heavy-duty vehicles.

Released: 17-Jun-2021 11:50 AM EDT
Thin, Stretchable Biosensors Could Make Surgery Safer
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A research team from Los Alamos National Laboratory and Purdue University have developed bio-inks for biosensors that could help localize critical regions in tissues and organs during surgical operations.

   
Released: 14-Jun-2021 11:00 AM EDT
New Integration of Cloud Technology with Los Alamos High-Performance Computing Systems Leads to More Streamlined, Productive Research Efforts
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Through ongoing collaboration between Los Alamos National Laboratory and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), laboratory researchers are now able to use the power of cloud technologies to more efficiently conduct complex scientific research using high-performance computing applications.

Released: 12-Jun-2021 1:35 AM EDT
Los Alamos Teams with International Group to Examine Spread of Infectious Disease by Migratory Birds
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A multinational effort is underway to understand and control the spread of disease among migratory birds.

Released: 12-Jun-2021 1:15 AM EDT
Boundary of heliosphere mapped for the first time
Los Alamos National Laboratory

For the first time, the boundary of the heliosphere has been mapped, giving scientists a better understanding of how solar and interstellar winds interact.

Released: 7-Jun-2021 4:05 PM EDT
Why arctic soil can go slip-sliding away
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Slow-moving arctic soils form patterns that, from a distance, resemble those found in common fluids such as drips in paint and birthday cake icing.

Released: 27-May-2021 2:00 PM EDT
Three Los Alamos scientists honored by American Nuclear Society
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Mark B. Chadwick, chief scientist and chief operating officer of Weapons Physics, and Stuart A. Maloy, deputy group leader for Materials Science at Radiation and Dynamic Extremes, were named fellows, while D.V. Rao, program director for the Laboratory’s Civilian Nuclear Program, earned a special award for making advanced nuclear energy systems a reality.

Released: 17-May-2021 3:35 PM EDT
Discovery of new material could someday aid in nuclear nonproliferation
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A newly discovered quasicrystal that was created by the first nuclear explosion at Trinity Site, N.M., on July 16, 1945, could someday help scientists better understand illicit nuclear explosions and curb nuclear proliferation.

Released: 12-May-2021 6:50 PM EDT
Quantum machine learning hits a limit
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A new theorem from the field of quantum machine learning has poked a major hole in the accepted understanding about information scrambling.

Released: 5-May-2021 2:20 PM EDT
Antarctica Remains the Wild Card for Sea-Level Rise Estimates Through 2100
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A massive collaborative research project covered in the journal Nature this week offers projections to the year 2100 of future sea-level rise from all sources of land ice, offering the most complete projections created to date.

Released: 28-Apr-2021 11:00 AM EDT
Using cosmic-ray neutron bursts to understand gamma-ray bursts from lightning
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Analysis of data from a lightning mapper and a small, hand-held radiation detector has unexpectedly shed light on what a gamma-ray burst from lightning might look like – by observing neutrons generated from soil by very large cosmic-ray showers. The work took place at the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Cosmic Ray Observatory in Mexico.

Released: 22-Apr-2021 3:50 PM EDT
Machine learning model generates realistic seismic waveforms
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A new machine-learning model that generates realistic seismic waveforms will reduce manual labor and improve earthquake detection, according to a study published recently in JGR Solid Earth.

Released: 22-Apr-2021 8:10 AM EDT
Ultra-high-energy gamma rays originate from pulsar nebulae
Los Alamos National Laboratory

The discovery that the nebulae surrounding the most powerful pulsars are pumping out ultra-high-energy gamma rays could rewrite the book about the rays’ galactic origins. Pulsars are rapidly rotating, highly magnetized collapsed stars surrounded by nebulae powered by winds generated inside the pulsars.

Released: 20-Apr-2021 3:05 PM EDT
Cerreta Named President of Nation’s Professional Society for Minerals, Metals, and Materials Scientists and Engineers
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Ellen Cerreta, the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s division leader for Materials Science and Technology, has been named president of The Minerals, Metals, & Materials Society (TMS), a professional society for scientists and engineers in those fields.

Released: 19-Apr-2021 5:05 PM EDT
New pulsed magnet reveals a new state of matter in Kondo insulator
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A recent series of experiments at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (National MagLab) at Los Alamos National Laboratory leveraged some of the nation’s highest-powered nondestructive magnets to reveal an exotic new phase of matter at high magnetic fields.

Released: 19-Apr-2021 1:30 PM EDT
New AI tool tracks evolution of COVID-19 conspiracy theories on social media
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A new machine-learning program accurately identifies COVID-19-related conspiracy theories on social media and models how they evolved over time—a tool that could someday help public health officials combat misinformation online.

Released: 16-Apr-2021 2:35 PM EDT
Simulations reveal how dominant SARS-CoV-2 strain binds to host, succumbs to antibodies
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Large-scale supercomputer simulations at the atomic level show that the dominant G form variant of the COVID-19-causing virus is more infectious partly because of its greater ability to readily bind to its target host receptor in the body, compared to other variants.

   
Released: 14-Apr-2021 12:05 AM EDT
New method measures super-fast, free electron laser pulses
Los Alamos National Laboratory

New research shows how to measure the super-short bursts of high-frequency light emitted from free electron lasers (FELs).

Released: 12-Apr-2021 1:05 PM EDT
Los Alamos National Laboratory and NVIDIA announce next step in future-looking partnership
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Next-generation system powered by the Grace CPU will shape the future of the Laboratory’s computing strategy

Released: 12-Apr-2021 10:05 AM EDT
New research shows that Mars did not dry up all at once
Los Alamos National Laboratory

While attention has been focused on the Perseverance rover that landed on Mars last month, its predecessor Curiosity continues to explore the base of Mount Sharp on the red planet and is still making discoveries.

Released: 12-Apr-2021 9:00 AM EDT
Moving toward a clean-energy future by advancing fuel cell technology
Los Alamos National Laboratory

The U.S. transportation industry is the nation’s largest generator of greenhouse gases, accounting for nearly one-third of climate-warming emissions. To move towards a clean-energy future, developing zero-emissions technologies for heavy-duty vehicles is critical. A new partnership comprising Los Alamos National Laboratory, Advent Technology Holdings Inc., Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will work over the next few years to bring to market high-temperature proton exchange membrane (HT-PEM) fuel cells that convert hydrogen and other renewable fuels into electricity.

Released: 12-Apr-2021 9:00 AM EDT
New approach to blood-based tuberculosis diagnosis
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Optical biosensor device aids in biomarker identification

Released: 7-Apr-2021 2:05 PM EDT
Embed your start-up in the ‘Secret City’
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Innovators and start-up companies working to solve national security challenges through advanced materials, advanced computing, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and space technology are invited to apply for a two-year entrepreneurial fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Released: 7-Apr-2021 2:00 PM EDT
Colorado River basin due for more frequent, intense hydroclimate events
Los Alamos National Laboratory

In the vast Colorado River basin, climate change is driving extreme, interconnected events among earth-system elements such as weather and water.

Released: 1-Apr-2021 2:55 PM EDT
Translation software enables efficient DNA data storage
Los Alamos National Laboratory

In support of a major collaborative project to store massive amounts of data in DNA molecules, a Los Alamos National Laboratory–led team has developed a key enabling technology that translates digital binary files into the four-letter genetic alphabet needed for molecular storage.

Released: 31-Mar-2021 2:45 PM EDT
New Los Alamos technology detects thermal neutrons in aircraft
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A new technology developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory and Honeywell is providing needed atmospheric environment information to the aerospace industry.

Released: 29-Mar-2021 4:45 PM EDT
Probing Wet Fire Smoke in Clouds: Can Water Intensify the Earth’s Warming?
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A first-of-its-kind instrument that samples smoke from megafires and scans humidity will help researchers better understand the scale and long-term impact of fires—specifically how far and high the smoke will travel, when and where it will rain, and whether the wet smoke will warm the climate by absorbing sunlight.

Released: 26-Mar-2021 3:20 PM EDT
Uranium compound achieves record anomalous Nernst conductivity
Los Alamos National Laboratory

New research has demonstrated that a magnetic uranium compound can have strong thermoelectric properties, generating four times the transverse voltage from heat than the previous record in a cobalt-manganese-gallium compound.

Released: 25-Mar-2021 12:30 PM EDT
New class of versatile, high-performance quantum dots primed for medical imaging, quantum computing
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A new class of quantum dots deliver a stable stream of single, spectrally tunable infrared photons under ambient conditions and at room temperature, unlike other single photon emitters.

Released: 22-Mar-2021 4:40 PM EDT
Next-generation tech for biofuels refining
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Helping to strengthen the economic viability of biorefineries in the production of alternative fuels derived from biomass is critical to decreasing the use of fossil fuels and mitigating carbon dioxide emissions.

Released: 19-Mar-2021 12:15 PM EDT
Solving ‘barren plateaus’ is the key to quantum machine learning
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Many machine learning algorithms on quantum computers suffer from the dreaded “barren plateau” of unsolvability, where they run into dead ends on optimization problems.

Released: 18-Mar-2021 1:00 PM EDT
New perovskite fabrication method for solar cells paves way to large-scale production
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A new, simpler solution process for fabricating stable perovskite solar cells overcomes the key bottleneck to large-scale production and commercialization of this promising renewable-energy technology, which has remained tantalizingly out of reach for more than a decade.

Released: 17-Mar-2021 7:30 PM EDT
New Mexico middle and high school students encouraged to apply for free, two-week Summer Physics Camp for Young Women
Los Alamos National Laboratory

New Mexico students are encouraged to apply for the free, two-week, virtual Summer Physics Camp for Young Women, taught primarily by women scientists and engineers at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Released: 15-Mar-2021 5:15 PM EDT
New machine harnesses Earth’s magnetic field to detect chemicals
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A Los Alamos National Laboratory-designed spectroscopy instrument allows scientists, industry, and governments to decipher even trace amounts of chemicals using the Earth’s own magnetic field.

Released: 11-Mar-2021 3:45 PM EST
HAWC Gamma Ray Observatory discovers origin of highest-energy cosmic rays in the galaxy
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A long-time question in astrophysics appears to finally be answered, thanks to a collection of large, high-tech water tanks on a mountainside in Mexico.

Released: 11-Mar-2021 1:35 PM EST
New AI tool makes vast data streams intelligible and explainable
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Making sense of vast streams of big data is getting easier, thanks to an artificial-intelligence tool developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Released: 11-Mar-2021 11:15 AM EST
SuperCam sends first data back to Earth from the Perseverance Mars Rover
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Following the successful landing of NASA's Perseverance rover in Jezero Crater on Mars, the SuperCam operational teams at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) received the first results showing that SuperCam is in good health and giving its first impressions of the crater.

Released: 10-Mar-2021 12:05 PM EST
New Los Alamos generator system delivers large radiation doses directly to cancer cells
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Improved options for cancer treatment are on the way, thanks to a new system developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory for producing alpha-emitting medical radioisotopes intended to target and overpower diseased tissue while sparing the healthy tissue around it.

   
Released: 9-Mar-2021 12:20 PM EST
MEDIA ADVISORY: News conference
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory and France’s National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) will hold an online press conference on Wednesday, March 10, to assess the health of SuperCam, the rock-zapping laser that was developed under the auspices of the two institutions and is now on board the NASA Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars.

Released: 8-Mar-2021 6:05 PM EST
Prescribed burns and other low-intensity fires are highly responsive to changes in winds
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory and partners have used modeling to highlight the large impact that small changes in wind conditions can have on low-intensity fires or prescribed burns.

Released: 8-Mar-2021 5:55 PM EST
Los Alamos National Laboratory moves 500 employees to Santa Fe, signs lease on Pacheco Street office complex
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory is strengthening its presence in Santa Fe with the signing of a 10-year-lease of two adjacent office properties totaling 77,856 square feet of space at the corner of Pacheco Street and St. Michael’s Drive.



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