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Lab builds world's first neptunium sphere

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

For the first time ever, a cross-section of nuclear materials scientists and technicians at the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research (CMR) facility has fashioned an eight- kilogram tungsten-and nickel-clad sphere of neptunium. The actinide metal sphere will be used in criticality safety and nuclear non-proliferation experiments at Technical Area 18, the critical experiments facility.

The magnetic universe

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

Researchers in Applied Physics and Theory Divisions have recently compiled a sample of nearly 100 giant radio galaxies powered by black holes.

Riding the d-wave

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

A paper appearing in a recent issue of the journal Nature has helped validate a theory on the enigmatic nature of superconducting materials that was first advanced by Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher Alexander Balatsky and his colleagues five years ago. The confirmation of the theory is another step in solving the enigma of superconductivity.

Sandia to release first risk-based approach to building management software for use by GSA— Tool against terrorism and other disasters

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

RAMPART, software developed by Sandia National Laboratories that is the first risk-based approach to building management, may soon help the General Services Administration (GSA) assess the risks of terrorism, natural disasters and crime to the nearly 8,000 federal buildings it manages nationwide.

Sandia software makes bomb ’bots smarter

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have unveiled a wheeled police robot that makes many of the "how to" decisions on its own, freeing up its operator to make the more critical "what to do next" decisions during potentially dangerous bomb-disablement or other law enforcement missions.

Funder: REMOTEC Inc.

New standard set for scientific visualizations — Data rendered into art in seconds

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A 10-foot-high, 13-foot-wide screen that makes high-definition television look as grainy as an old TV in a cheap motel has been unveiled by Sandia National Laboratories. The facility’s digitized images, created of 20 million pixels, approach the visual acuity of the eye itself. The new screen is not only the clearest but also, says manager and program leader Philip Heermann, “to my knowledge the fastest in the world in rendering complex scientific data sets.”

Funder: DOE’s Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI)

XMM-Newton makes unusual discoveries in Andromeda Galaxy

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

In its first look at the Andromeda Galaxy, known as M31, the X-ray multi-mirror satellite observatory has revealed several unusual X-ray sources.

High-temperature superconducting tape licensed

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory has licensed patents and applications related to its technology for manufacturing high-temperature superconducting tape to IGC-SuperPower of Latham, N.Y., a wholly owned subsidiary of Intermagnetics General Corp.

Radiation bystander effects

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

An important discovery about the effects of low-level radiation on cells is altering long-held beliefs about risk assessment in radiation exposure.

A new look at old fission mysteries

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

When theoretical physicist Peter Möller worked on his thesis at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1973, his calculation of the nuclear potential energy for 175 different nuclear shapes, or grid points, pushed the limits of existing computational power. Using one IBM computer punch card to define each grid point, Möller's total input data card deck for the calculation was about one inch thick.