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9-Dec-2002
Los Alamos announces Homeland Security Center and staff
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory's Laboratory's Center for Homeland Security will be the key contact point at the Laboratory for organizations seeking scientific and technical assistance in areas related to Homeland Security.
9-Dec-2002
The weathermen of Mars
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the University of Arizona Lunar Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, Ariz., and Cornell University, Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Ithaca, N.Y., have discovered further evidence for the possible existence of a changing, and perhaps predictable, Martian climate.
9-Dec-2002
GENESIS’ first year a success
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
As scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory begin analysis of first-year data from the solar wind probe GENESIS they have determined the spacecraft is working so well that they are considering possibilities for research beyond the planned 2004 mission completion date. Three of GENESIS' instruments were designed and built at Los Alamos.
9-Dec-2002
New theory unravels magnetic instability
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Reconnection, the merging of magnetic field lines of opposite polarity near the surface of the sun, Earth and some black holes, is believed to be the root cause of many spectacular astronomical events such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections, but the reason for this is not well understood. Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory now have a new theory that may explain the instability and advance the understanding of these phenomena.
9-Dec-2002
Smart heat pipe efficiently cools laptops, permitting greater speed of operation
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
Laptops make laps hot, as users of mobile lightweight computers sometimes learn dramatically.
25-Nov-2002
Los Alamos helps forecast frequency of giant meteors
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
A system operated by the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and used to "listen" for clandestine nuclear tests has played a key role in helping scientists more accurately determine how often Earth is hammered by giant meteors.
13-Nov-2002
Los Alamos' Sattelberger elected AAAS Fellow
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryGrant and Award Announcement
The leader of Los Alamos' Chemistry Division, Alfred P. Sattelberger, was elected a Fellow by the AAAS Council for his "distinguished contributions to early transition metal and actinide chemistry and for building an outstanding inorganic chemistry program at Los Alamos National Laboratory."
7-Nov-2002
Reactor research could save money on nuclear waste handling
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
Recent experiments by Sandia National Laboratories researcher Gary Harms and his team are using a new Labs-built reactor to provide benchmarks showing that spent nuclear fuel - uranium that has been used as fuel at a nuclear power plant - is considerably less reactive than the original fresh fuel. This could mean significant savings in the eventual safe transport, storage, and disposal of nuclear waste.
29-Oct-2002
At Los Alamos: Tracing biothreats with molecular signatures
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
For more than a decade, a team of researchers in the DOE's Los Alamos National Laboratory Bioscience Division has been working to prevent the proliferation of biological weapons. The team has developed a powerful set of tools and techniques for deciphering molecular signatures – genetic patterns that distinguish bacterial species and strains.