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12-Nov-2020
The Secret City: Project Y mobile app is back
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory is proud to announce the re-release of The Secret City: Project Y, the app that lets you explore Los Alamos in New Mexico as it was during the Manhattan Project.
12-Nov-2020
Rare 'superbolt' flashes found to be 1,000 times brighter than normal lightning
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
wo new studies about the brightest lightning events on Earth--called "superbolts"--found that they are distinct from normal lightning flashes and can be more than 1,000 times brighter.
12-Nov-2020
Study reveals how to improve natural gas production in shale
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
A new hydrocarbon study contradicts conventional wisdom about how methane is trapped in rock, revealing a new strategy to more easily access the valuable energy resource.
12-Nov-2020
Students of nuclear security have a problem; here's how to help them
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesBusiness Announcement
Sandia National Laboratories is teaming up with the University of New Mexico to create a new approach to teaching nuclear security.
10-Nov-2020
Los Alamos National Laboratory and New Mexico State University sign agreement for joint appointments
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Thom Mason and Chancellor Dan Arvizu of New Mexico State University (NMSU) today announced the signing of a new institutional agreement to enable joint appointments.
10-Nov-2020
Mechanical engineer at Sandia named Asian American Engineer of the Year
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesGrant and Award Announcement
Sandia National Laboratories mechanical engineer Bo Song has been recognized as an Asian American Engineer of the Year.
9-Nov-2020
Fallen trees become firewood for local pueblos
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
On a recent Friday, trucks were lined up early near the Los Alamos National Laboratory fire station as tribal members of San Ildefonso, Cochiti, Jemez, and Santa Clara Pueblos waited for their turn to pick up their shares of more than 150 cords of wood.
9-Nov-2020
Los Alamos works to make better, more recyclable plastics with new BOTTLE consortium
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory is partnering with four other national laboratories and four academic institutions in a new program to tackle the problem of plastic pollution.
9-Nov-2020
Virtual support from Sandia enabled B61-12 flight test on F-35A jet fighter
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesBusiness Announcement
Overcoming COVID-19 pandemic challenges through virtual means, teams from Sandia National Laboratories and the US Air Force under the guidance of the National Nuclear Security Administration performed a critical B61-12 flight test aboard the F-35A Lightning II jet fighter. The flight test at Edwards Air Force Base in the California desert was needed to validate software and firmware changes in preparation for future development and flight tests