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Less is more: Novel cellulose structure requires fewer enzymes to process biomass to fuel
Improved methods for breaking down cellulose nanofibers are central to cost-effective biofuel production.6/19/13
More than 240 nonprofit organizations to receive monetary donations from Los Alamos National Security, LLC
Organizations will receive more than $180,000 from Los Alamos National Security.6/10/13
New phase of matter discovered In superconducting material
Tiny crystals, probed with a device called a resonant ultrasound spectrometer, are helping solve the long-time mystery of “pseudogap behavior” in copper oxide superconductors. 6/6/13
Los Alamos National Laboratory Safety Cinema website earns international recognition
Website won the 2013 Communicator Award from the International Academy of Visual Arts and also won the International Summit Creative Award.6/6/13
Differences, similarities of early Los Alamos, Soviet scientists focus of 70th anniversary lecture
Professor Istvan Hargittai talk is at 5:30 p.m., June 12 at the Laboratory’s Bradbury Science Museum.6/6/13
Metamaterial flexible sheets could transform optics
Advances would boost security screening systems, infrared thermal cameras, energy harvesting, and radar systems6/5/13
Los Alamos National Laboratory launches 70th anniversary app for iPhone, iPads
The free application is available from the Apple Store (search for Los Alamos National Lab).6/5/13
Using laser-driven neutrons to stop nuclear smugglers
Researchers have successfully demonstrated for the first time that laser-generated neutrons can be enlisted as a useful tool in the War on Terror.6/4/13
Los Alamos catalyst could jumpstart e-cars, green energy
The new material has the highest oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity in alkaline media of any non-precious metal catalyst developed to date. 6/4/13
Los Alamos National Laboratory begins pumping tests on chromium plume
The chromium originated from cooling towers at a Laboratory power plant and was released from 1956 to 1972. 5/22/13
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Total employees, 10,312
Los Alamos National Security, LLC, 6,866
SOC Los Alamos (Guard Force), 381
Staff and support contractors, 774
Students, 799
Unionized craft workers, 709
Post doctoral researchers, 411
Other, 472
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Located 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, on 36 square miles of DOE-owned property.
More than 2,000 individual facilities, including 47 technical areas with 8 million square feet under roof.
Replacement value of $9.8 billion
Budget
FY 2013: Approx. $2.1 billion
—54% Weapons programs
—10% Nonproliferation programs
—5% Safeguards and Security
—9% Environmental Management
—5% DOE Office of Science
—3% Energy and other programs
—14% Work for Others
Workforce Demographics
(LANS and students only)
34% of employees live in Los Alamos, the remainder commute from Santa Fe, Española, Taos, and Albuquerque.
Average Age: 46
—67% male, 33% female
—44% minorities
—67% university degrees
—26% hold undergraduate degrees
—18% hold master’s degrees
—23% have earned a PhD
Major Awards
124 R&D100 awards since 1978
31 E.O. Lawrence Awards
The Seaborg Medal
The Edward Teller Medal
The Nobel Prize in Physics, Frederick Reines
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