Los Alamos restores U.S. ability to make nuclear weapons
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16-Apr-2003
Modeling bone remodeling
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos theoreticians are using algorithms developed in weapons research to understand bone dynamics and abnormalities like osteoporosis.
7-Apr-2003
Z produces fusion neutrons, Sandia scientists confirm
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
Throwing its hat into the ring of machines that offer the possibility of achieving controlled nuclear fusion, Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine has created a hot dense plasma that produces thermonuclear neutrons.
- Meeting
- American Physical Society April Meeting 2003
3-Apr-2003
Los Alamos weapons X-ray facility completed
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryBusiness Announcement
Los Alamos National Laboratory has completed construction of the second stage of the world's most powerful flash X-ray machine, a key experimental tool needed to study how aging nuclear weapons behave in the absence of nuclear testing.
3-Apr-2003
Los Alamos' 60th anniversary
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
As it turns 60 years old, Los Alamos National Laboratory holds a special place in the modern-day genealogy of science and technology, says George "Pete" Nanos, the laboratory's interim director. "We are proud of our accomplishments. However, we will never rest on our laurels or be held motionless by the past."
2-Apr-2003
Healing or self-damage: Immunoreceptors' 'split personality'
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Sometimes described as a "liquid brain," the immune system is continually poised at the edge of disaster, required to aggressively attack invading pathogens without damaging its own body. The challenge of understanding the complexity of signaling entailed in such a delicately balanced system has been taken up by Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers, who are developing a mathematical model of immunoreceptors, a large and diverse group of proteins that decode regulatory signals.
2-Apr-2003
Sandia researchers partner with SFO, others to develop facility-protection system
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesBusiness Announcement
Building on the success of a program first employed at Washington, D.C.'s Metro subway system, researchers at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories in California are working with San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to test operational capabilities and new detection systems that will protect against chemical or biological terrorist threats.
31-Mar-2003
Science at Los Alamos
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos is a laboratory with a mission. It began nearly sixty years ago with the Manhattan Project and the first successful nuclear test at Trinity Site. The Laboratory's mission has evolved through the years, and the Laboratory has evolved with it--but always in response to national needs and with a national security focus.
24-Mar-2003
New high-purity plutonium sources produced at Los Alamos
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
For the first time since 1987, new high-purity plutonium sources for use as primary analytical chemistry standards have been produced at Los Alamos National Laboratory using a new extrusion method developed at the Laboratory.
- Meeting
- American Chemical Society 225th National Meeting
24-Mar-2003
Los Alamos flips the mercury 'off' switch
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Mercury, that silvery liquid metal ubiquitous in switches, pressure gauges and thermometers, is an environmental bad-boy and toxic to humans through inhalation, skin contact and ingestion. It is easily spilled and can go unnoticed in aging lab equipment. However, with new technology, mercury can be practically erased from the typical laboratory setting, reducing and even eliminating the environmental and health hazards.
- Meeting
- American Chemical Society 225th National Meeting