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Recent News About Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Los Alamos employees raise $2.6 million in holiday giving campaign
Los Alamos National Laboratory has announced that its employees have donated $2.6 million to spread cheer in communities in Northern New Mexico and beyond this holiday season. The contributions to the Toy Drive will be used to purchase toys, which, along with donated toys, will be distributed to approximately 30 agencies and organizations supporting children and teens in need.
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Los Alamos team works to safeguard seasonal streams
Los Alamos National Laboratory has revealed a team effort aimed at protecting streams around the Lab, especially intermittent and ephemeral waterways, from pollution. This initiative comes in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's interpretation of the Clean Water Act, which permits industries, farmers, homebuilders, among others, to discharge pollutants into such wetlands unless states have protective rules or institutions establish internal policies.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory: Emergency Management division initiates forest thinning operations within Rendija Canyon
Los Alamos National Laboratory's Emergency Management division has recently begun a forest thinning project in Rendija Canyon. The initiative aims to protect the community from severe wildfires and improve the overall health of the forest. Known as the Rendija Canyon Wildland Fire Fuels Reduction and Defensible Space Project, it will establish a fuel break covering 135 acres next to Rendija Canyon Road.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory: Ten projects fwin R&D 100 Awards
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has recently been recognized with multiple R&D 100 Awards for its groundbreaking projects. In a press release, LANL announced that 10 technologies developed in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory have received R&D 100 Awards, while an additional six innovations have been honored with Special Recognition Awards.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory announces installation of newest supercomputer
Los Alamos National Laboratory gathered components, during the summer months, for the installation of Crossroads, the laboratory's newest supercomputer, teaming with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), an on-site team and system provider, to finalize its connection to the lab's power and cooling distribution systems. Once the new system was operating, Los Alamos National Laboratory also announced the integration of fiber optical cables into the high-performance computing (HPC) network at the laboratory.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory: A novel quantum device creates single photons and encodes quantum information
Los Alamos National Laboratory introduced a technique for producing a continuous flow of singular photons with circular polarization on Aug. 24, potentially valuable for various quantum information and communication uses. Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory combined two distinct atomically thin materials to create this distinctive quantum light source, according to a press release.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory: A novel quantum device creates single photons and encodes quantum information
Los Alamos National Laboratory introduced a technique for producing a continuous flow of singular photons with circular polarization on Aug. 24, potentially valuable for various quantum information and communication uses. Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory combined two distinct atomically thin materials to create this distinctive quantum light source, according to a press release.
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New hardware strategy introduces potential breakthrough for quantum computing field
On Aug. 15, Los Alamos National Laboratory announced that a new theoretical approach to quantum computing hardware avoids many of the complexities present in current quantum computers and could have transformative implications. According to a press release, the breakthrough is discussed in a paper titled "Topologically protected Grover’s oracle for the partition problem," recently published in the Physical Review A journal.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory: Coaxial nanowire electrode design could benefit heavy-duty trucking
Los Alamos National Laboratory revealed a fuel cell architecture that incorporates nanowires on Aug. 14, known for their durability, as detailed in the paper "Coaxial Nanowire Electrodes Enable Exceptional Fuel Cell Durability" published in Advanced Materials. Representing research in fuel cell technology, this inventive electrode, forming the core of a polymer electrolyte-membrane fuel cell, exhibits enhanced resistance to corrosion, potentially heralding a transformative phase for fuel cells that utilize hydrogen as a clean energy source for vehicles, according to a press release.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory division leader: 'Often in large-scale scientific simulation, data is highly dimensional, even beyond the four dimensions of 3D space and time'
At the 2023 Flash Memory Summit, Los Alamos National Laboratory and SK hynix are set to showcase the updated features of the ordered Key Value Store Computational Storage Device (KV-CSD). Building upon the previous year's collaboration, this project is an extension of the partnership between Los Alamos' High Performance Computing division and SK hynix, initially introduced at the 2022 Flash Memory Summit according to a press release.
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Bratvold: 'This space will be critical to the pit mission'
The Los Alamos National Laboratory, in partnership with subcontractor Hensel Phelps, has successfully completed the concrete placements for four expansive warehouses, adding over 80,000 square feet of additional storage capacity and workspace to their facilities.
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Los Alamos National Labs received a grant to study 'zoonotic diseases,' which have been of interest since 2020
A group of scientists at Los Alamos National Lab is using New Mexico's resources to search and study pathogens and learn more about contagious diseases.
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New Mexico State professor joins Los Alamos National Lab to study massive migratory birds die-off
Tim Wright, a professor at New Mexico State University, is spearheading a new partnership between NMSU and Los Alamos National Lab to train students in a relatively new field of research, disaster ecology.
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LANL scientists use X-ray technology to study artifacts linked to Coronado expedition
Scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) are using X-ray tomography to gain a better understanding about two artifacts related to the historic Coronado expedition.
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Presence of radioactive liquid halts operations at US nuclear waste repository: 'There is no risk to the public or the environment'
A section of the U.S. government's nuclear waste site in southeast New Mexico was recently evacuated after a package containing a small amount of radioactive liquid was discovered, KOB 4 reported.
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Judge denies Los Alamos National Lab employees' request to block vaccine mandate, preserve their 'constitutional right to decide'
A judge has denied a collective request from more than 100 Los Alamos National Lab employees on Saturday to block the lab's vaccination mandate.
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Sen. Luján: New Mexico tech bill will ‘bolster innovation and create good-paying jobs’
Sen. Ben Ray Luján is supporting a technology investment bill that would include $17 billion for the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico.