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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
24-Mar-2003
Simulation science: The key to understanding national infrastructures
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
The continuity of American life depends on reliable operation of a complex web of interdependent infrastructures. Disruptions in any one of these could jeopardize our society. A collaboration between Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories is helping policymakers understand how the nation's infrastructures work, are linked, and can be protected.
24-Feb-2003
Shelf life guaranteed
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
The nation's nuclear weapons were originally designed to last for 20 to 25 years. Each year, the directors of the Department of Energy's three nuclear weapons labs must certify that the stockpile weapons will perform as designed. If the performance of an older weapon becomes questionable, lab scientists must decide how to replace its aging parts in order to restore its peak performance.
15-Feb-2003
Los Alamos makes first map of ice on Mars
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Lurking just beneath the surface of Mars is enough water to cover the entire planet ankle-deep, says Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Bill Feldman.
- Meeting
- 2003 AAAS Annual Meeting
15-Feb-2003
Tension between atomic secrecy and scholarship continues
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
The secrecy created by the inventors of the atom bomb and later written into law by Congress continues to fascinate and frustrate historians, says Los Alamos National Laboratory archivist Roger Meade.
- Meeting
- 2003 AAAS Annual Meeting
14-Feb-2003
Los Alamos researcher quantifies meteor false alarm rate for nuclear test monitoring system
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
A Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher is helping to provide an extra measure of confidence in an international array of listening posts that keep an ear out for clandestine nuclear weapons tests.
- Meeting
- 2003 AAAS Annual Meeting