October
Higgs boson and Beyond: The quest for new laws of physics discussed at Frontiers in Science lectures
The lecture series is intended to increase local public awareness of the diversity of science and engineering research at the Laboratory. - 10/24/12
Media Advisory: Breakfast and brilliance . . .
Media are invited to the annual celebration of Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) projects on October 23. - 10/17/12
Tiny travelers from deep space could assist in healing Fukushima’s nuclear scar
Researchers have devised a method to use cosmic rays to gather detailed information from inside the damaged cores of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors. - 10/17/12
Neutron crystallography aids drug design
Researchers have used neutron crystallography for the first time to determine the structure of a clinical drug in complex with its human target enzyme. - 10/9/12
LANL’s Richard Marquez honored with leadership, service award
Northern New Mexico College Foundation honors LANL’s Richard Marquez - 10/4/12
Evolutionary theory, web-search technology combine for DNA analysis
Sequedex: bioinformatics breakthrough with clinical & environmental applications - 10/4/12
LANL shatters records in first year of accelerated shipping effort
LANL set a record for transuranic waste shipments from the Lab to permanent disposal facilities. - 10/3/12
Climate change cripples forests
A team of scientists concluded that in the warmer and drier Southwest of the near future, widespread tree mortality will cause forest and species distributions to change substantially. - 10/1/12
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Total employees,
10,402
Los Alamos National Security, LLC, 6,929
SOC Los Alamos (Guard Force), 396
Contractors, 349
Students, 889
Post doctoral researchers, 427
Place
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 2012: Approx. $2.2 billion
—57% Weapons programs
—9% Nonproliferation programs
—7% Safeguards and Security
—8% Environmental Management
—4% DOE Office of Science
—4% Energy and other programs
—11% 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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Music and math at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory employees belong to no fewer than 18 musical performance groups. We find out what draws these scientists and engineer...
Innovations for a secure nation
Plasma Technology for Textile Finishing Applications Gets a Boost from LANL
A new way to stay dry: APJeT is revolutionizing the textile industry with new plasma technology.
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