Science
Technology Makes Better Power Plants, Cars, and Airplanes
Safer, more-efficient power plants, cars, and airplanes will result from self-healing new materials being developed at the Lab.
http://www.lanl.gov/discover/nanolayering_improves_materials_
Nanotechnology: Tech, Environment, and Medical Benefits
Los Alamos scientists are creating miniature machines that have cellular characteristics. Capabilities are endless: self-repairing computer chips, removing greenhouse gases, making human organs self-healing.
http://www.lanl.gov/discover/nanotechnology_saves_lives
Most Powerful Magnet Helps Create Futuristic Materials
A world-record-breaking magnet is helping scientists create next-generation materials that will help make our buildings greener, our gadgets smaller, and our power and light systems more efficient.
http://www.lanl.gov/discover/most_powerful_magnet
Studies of Kondo Lattice Boost Energy Efficiency
Tremendous improvements in electricity transmission and storage are on the horizon, thanks to studies of the Kondo lattice, a configuration of electrons that appears in certain super-cooled materials.
http://www.lanl.gov/discover/scaling_the_kondo_lattice
Largest Biological Simulation Improves Medicines
New medicines that save lives by combating drug-resistant bacteria—such as Staph (Staphylococcus aureus) —are just one of the results of the largest biological simulation ever.
http://www.lanl.gov/discover/nanotechnology_saves_lives
Table-top lasers compete with large accelerators
George Rodriguez adjusts argon gas pressure inside two-color plasma ionization gas cells
Table-top ultrafast laser based plasma terahertz sources are beginning to rival pulse energies previously obtainable only at large accelerator-based facilities.
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