Should Santa deliver by drone?
A new routing algorithm anticipates the day trucks and drones cooperate to drop packages at your doorstep quickly and efficiently
Chemist Jennifer Hollingsworth named AAAS Fellow
Noted Los Alamos chemist honored by American Association for the Advancement of Science
Drought impact study shows new issues for plants and carbon dioxide
Multiple Earth Systems computer models assessed potential drought levels
Los Alamos National Laboratory commits to advancing gender equality in nuclear policy
Los Alamos first national lab to join Gender Champions in Nuclear Policy
Nine Los Alamos projects win R&D 100 Awards
“Oscars of Invention” honor the best innovations of the past year
Los Alamos AI model wins flu forecasting challenge
‘Dante’ beat 23 others in predicting the timing, peak, and short-term intensity of the unfolding 2018-2019 flu season. Enhanced version takes aim at 2019-2020.
Seven Los Alamos scientists and engineers honored as 2019 Laboratory Fellows
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Oct. 16, 2019—Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists and engineers Brian Albright, Patrick Chain, Dana Dattelbaum, Michael Hamada, Anna Hayes-Sterbenz, Michael Prime and Laura Smilowitz are being honored as 2019 Laboratory fellows. “Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellows are the best of our scientists and engineers. This year’s fellows are leaders in their fields [...]
Ancient oasis once existed on Mars
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Oct. 7, 2019—The surface of Mars was once home to shallow, salty ponds that went through episodes of overflow and drying, according to a paper published today in Nature Geoscience. These findings result from an analysis of rocks enriched in mineral salts in Gale Crater, a 100-mile-wide dry lakebed, performed with the [...]
Modified quantum dots capture more energy from light and lose less to heat
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Oct. 7, 2019—Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have synthesized magnetically-doped quantum dots that capture the kinetic energy of electrons created by ultraviolet light before it’s wasted as heat. “This discovery can potentially enable novel, highly-efficient solar cells, light detectors, photocathodes and light-driven chemical reactions,” said Victor Klimov, lead researcher on the Laboratory’s [...]
$150K grant to address substance abuse issues in Northern New Mexico
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Sept. 24, 2019—An innovative program to tackle substance abuse in the Española and Pojoaque Valleys will benefit from a $151,500 grant to United Way of Northern New Mexico (UWNNM) from Los Alamos National Laboratory operator Triad National Security, LLC. “Before Triad even began operating the Laboratory, the people of Rio Arriba County [...]