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Total employees: 11,956
Triad National Security, LLC: 8,327
Centerra Group, LLC Los Alamos (Guard Force): 298
Compa, Staff and support contractors: 513
Students: 1,368
Unionized craft workers: 1,050
Post doctoral researchers: 400
Located 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, on 34.7 square miles of DOE-owned property.
1,280 individual facilities, including 47 technical areas with 9 million square feet under roof.
Replacement value of $14.2 billion
FY17:
63% Weapons programs
10% Nonproliferation programs
4% Safeguards and Security
7% Environmental Management
4% DOE Office of Science
3% Energy and other programs
9% Work for Others
Triad and students only
37% of employees live in Los Alamos, the remainder commute from Santa Fe, Española, Taos and Albuquerque.
Average Age: 43.5
64% male, 36% female
44% minorities
64% university degrees
27% hold undergraduate degrees
19% hold master’s degrees
18% have earned a PhD
145 R&D100 awards
34 E.O. Lawrence Awards
9 Presidential Early Career Awards
3 Glenn Seaborg Medals
Edward Teller Medal
Nobel Prize in Physics, Frederick Reines
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Top 25 news stories for Los Alamos highlight science achievements
It’s a collection that reflects the significant depth and breadth of national laboratory science. - 12/18/18
Machine learning-detected signal predicts time to earthquake
Researchers applied machine learning to analyze Cascadia data and discovered the megathrust broadcasts a constant tremor, a fingerprint of the fault’s displacement. - 12/17/18
Arctic ice model upgrade to benefit polar research, industry and military
An update for an internationally vital sea-ice computer model, called CICE version 6.0, is being released this week, a timely tool that supports more accurate forecasting of ice occurrence and global climate modeling. - 12/5/18
Innate fingerprint could detect tampered steel parts
Treaty compliance aided by spotting illicit artillery exchange and duplication - 11/28/18
Three Los Alamos scientists named Fellows by AAAS
Manvendra Dubey, David Janecky and Greg Swift honored for their lasting impacts in climate, oceanic and thermoacoustic science - 11/28/18
Eight Los Alamos projects win R&D 100 Awards
The winners are Charliecloud, GUFI, Lighthouse Directional Radiation Detectors, Long-Range Wireless Sensor Network, Rad-Hard Single-Board Computer for Space, Silicon Strip Cosmic Muon Detectors for Homeland Security, Universal Bacterial Sensor and ViDeoMAgic. - 11/19/18
Los Alamos National Laboratory launches Efficient Mission Centric Computing Consortium
Los Alamos formed EMC3 to investigate ultra-scale computing architectures, systems and environments that can achieve higher efficiencies in extreme-scale mission-centric computing. - 11/8/18
Levitating particles could lift nuclear detective work
Laser-based ‘optical tweezers’ could levitate uranium and plutonium particles, thus allowing the measurement of nuclear recoil during radioactive decay. - 11/7/18
Los Alamos pursues efficient computing with Cray, Marvell and Arm
The collaboration with Cray Inc. integrates the Marvell ThunderX2 processors with Cray’s proven networking and software ecosystem in the Lab’s secure computing environment. - 11/5/18
Triad National Security takes the helm at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos begins operations today under a new management and operating contract between Triad National Security, LLC and the National Nuclear Security Administration. - 11/1/18
Arctic greening thaws permafrost, boosts runoff
A new collaborative study has investigated Arctic shrub-snow interactions to obtain a better understanding of the far north’s tundra and vast permafrost system. - 10/17/18
Five Los Alamos scientists honored as 2018 Laboratory Fellows
James Boncella, Angel Garcia, Lawrence Hull, David Jablonski and Sergei Tretiak are being honored as Laboratory Fellows. - 10/16/18
Three Los Alamos Medal winners changed the course of science
John M. Pedicini, Paul Whalen and Geoffrey West were selected for their distinguished achievements that have impacted the success of the Laboratory. - 10/15/18
Los Alamos scientists honored with APS fellowships
The American Physical Society has selected Brian Albright, Jennifer Hollingsworth, Brian J. Jensen and Brian Kendrick as the Society's 2018 Fellows. - 10/11/18
Los Alamos honors three for research, leadership with Fellows Prizes
Cynthia Reichhardt and Hari Viswanathan will receive the annual Fellows Prize for Research, and Kevin John will receive the Fellows Prize for Leadership. - 10/10/18
Newly detected microquasar gamma-rays ‘call for new ideas’
The team’s observations strongly suggest that particle collisions at the ends of the microquasar’s jets produced the powerful gamma rays. - 10/4/18
New initiative to boost teacher, student success in Pojoaque
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Pojoaque Valley School District and New Mexico Highlands University officially launched the region’s first professional development school. - 9/27/18
New space instrument goes for a spin
Scientists and engineers are using a unique centrifuge facility to evaluate a flight-ready telemetry system for evaluating a nuclear weapons test missile launch. - 9/27/18
Marc Kippen awarded inaugural Global Security Medal
Kippen is recognized for his leadership and achievements in developing, promoting, and sustaining national security capabilities and programs in space-based sensing and nuclear detonation detection. - 9/24/18
Public lectures explore the impact of particle accelerators
Bruce Carlsten will explore the ways particle accelerators can improve our lives in three Frontiers in Science public lectures. - 9/11/18
High-impact Los Alamos innovations honored as R&D 100 award finalists
Ten Los Alamos National Laboratory innovations are finalists for the 2018 R&D 100 Awards. - 8/28/18
Two Los Alamos scientists named American Geophysical Union fellows
Geoffrey D. Reeves and S. Peter Gary are among 62 new fellows who will be honored at AGU’s annual conference in December. - 8/13/18
22nd Annual Hazmat Challenge to test responders’ skills
Nine hazardous materials response teams from New Mexico, Oklahoma and Nebraska will test their skills in a series of graded exercises at the 22nd annual Hazmat Challenge. - 8/8/18
Los Alamos names Andy Erickson new senior fellow
Erickson is an expert in emerging threats and serves as the Laboratory’s deputy principal associate director of Global Security and senior intelligence executive. - 8/7/18
Computer simulations predict the spread of HIV
Genetic signatures trace origin of infection and its potential path through populations, allowing state health departments to track the disease - 8/1/18
Los Alamos chemist elected Fellow of the American Chemical Society
Jaqueline Loetsch Kiplinger has been announced as a fellow of the American Chemical Society. - 7/24/18
Promising Los Alamos innovations take the spotlight
Bette Korber was recently honored with the 2018 Richard P. Feynman Innovation Prize for her ground-breaking HIV vaccine designs. - 7/24/18
Feeding plants to this algae could fuel your car
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory and partner institutions provided today the first published report of algae using raw plants as a carbon energy source. - 7/17/18
Los Alamos names Brett Kniss new senior fellow
Kniss serves as the program architect of the infrastructure strategy for plutonium facilities at Los Alamos. - 6/28/18
Top young Los Alamos researchers honored with DOE Early Career Awards
This is the ninth year DOE has provided the awards, designed to bolster the nation’s scientific workforce with support to exceptional researchers during their early careers. - 6/19/18
Study confirms beetles exploit warm winters to expand range
The study, published in Global Change Biology, is the first of its scope, encompassing a nine-year dataset sampling 10,000 trees across 22 million acres. - 6/19/18
Carbon nanotube optics poised to provide pathway to optical-based quantum cryptography and quantum computing
Researchers are exploring enhanced potential of carbon nanotubes for unique applications. - 6/18/18
TNT could be headed for retirement after 116 years on the job
Scientists have developed a novel “melt-cast” explosive material that could be a suitable replacement for Trinitrotoluene, more commonly known as TNT. - 6/14/18
Unauthorized drone flights prohibited in Laboratory restricted airspace, including additional “No Drone Zone”
The Laboratory has deployed a system to counter all unauthorized unmanned aircraft systems over its restricted airspace and an additional FAA designated “No Drone Zone.” - 6/13/18
New elementary particle evidence found, ‘sterile neutrino’ long suspected
New research results have potentially identified a fourth type of neutrino, a “sterile neutrino” particle. - 6/6/18
Public lectures explore the power of light
Jennifer Hollingsworth will discuss the power of light in three Frontiers in Science public lectures. - 5/24/18
Mapping the body’s battle with Ebola and Zika
Through the computer modeling capabilities of the Laboratory, the molecular calisthenics involved in invading a cell are visually documented, an essential step toward vaccine and therapeutic medicine development. - 5/14/18
Levitation yields better neutron-lifetime measurement
For the first time, the measurements are considered accurate enough that potential corrections are not larger than the uncertainties. - 5/10/18
Los Alamos and University of Nebraska team for biodefense program
A partnership will boost educational opportunities for students seeking careers in the biodefense field. - 5/8/18
Alzheimer’s researchers to convene in Albuquerque
More than fifty New Mexico researchers specializing Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias will meet to discuss current research efforts and progress, as well as funding opportunities for continued research. - 5/7/18
‘Game changing’ space-mission power system passes tests with flying colors
KRUSTY experiment demonstrates fission power’s promise for lunar, planetary exploration. - 5/2/18
Los Lunas High School students take top award in 28th Annual Supercomputing Challenge
Jen Marie Phifer and Forest Good of Los Lunas High School won top honors at the 28th Annual New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge. - 4/26/18
New high-resolution exascale Earth-modeling system announced for energy
A new Earth-modeling system will have weather-scale resolution and use advanced computers to simulate aspects of Earth’s variability and anticipate decadal changes. - 4/23/18
Student teams showcase year-long computing projects
More than 200 New Mexico students and their teachers will come together at the 28th annual New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge expo and awards ceremony. - 4/19/18
One step closer to understanding explosive sensitivity with molecule design
Using computer modeling and a novel molecule design technique, scientists have replaced one “arm” of an explosive molecule to help unravel the first steps in the detonation process. - 4/18/18
Understanding a cell’s ‘doorbell’
A multi-institutional project to understand one of the major targets of human drug design has produced new insights into how structural communication works in a cell component called a G protein-coupled receptor. - 4/12/18
Finding order in disorder demonstrates a new state of matter
In a classical material called artificial spin ice, which in certain phases appears disordered, the material is actually ordered, but in a “topological” form. - 4/2/18
Underground neutrino experiment sets the stage for deep discovery about matter
Collaborators of the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR, have shown they can shield a sensitive, scalable 44-kilogram germanium detector array from background radioactivity. - 3/27/18
Public lectures explore powering space missions on Mars
Patrick McClure and David Poston will discuss the small nuclear reactor developed at the Laboratory to power missions on Mars during three Frontiers in Science lectures. - 3/26/18
Self-assembling, tunable interfaces found in quantum materials
A potential revolution in device engineering could be underway, thanks to the discovery of functional electronic interfaces in quantum materials that can self-assemble spontaneously. - 3/26/18
Los Alamos releases file index product to software community
The Grand Unified File Index (GUFI) is designed using a new, hierarchical approach to storing file metadata, allowing rapid parallel searches across many internal databases. - 3/22/18
Innovative detectors quickly pinpoint radiation source
Innovative “lighthouse” detectors are reducing radiation exposure for workers and opening up new areas for robotic monitoring to avoid potential hazards. - 3/21/18
New head of Los Alamos National Lab's Tech Transfer Division announced
Antonio "Tony" Redondo will be taking over as head of Los Alamos National Laboratory's tech transfer division, the Richard P. Feynman Center for Innovation. - 2/22/18
Researchers discover novel exciton interactions in carbon nanotubes
In the study, a collaborative research team showed that Raman spectroscopy (a form of light scattering) can provide more extensive characterization of intertube excitons. - 2/14/18
Novel computational biology model accurately describes dynamics of gene expression
Computational biologists have found a new way to accurately model certain forms of gene expression, including the body’s 24-hour internal clock. - 1/31/18
Nearly $1.9 million grant benefits students, communities
The LANS Board of Governors approved the funding through October 1 to support education, economic development and community giving in the region. - 1/30/18
Grants spur growth in pueblo businesses
To date, more than $330,000 has been invested in the regional economy through the Native American Venture Acceleration Fund. - 1/29/18
Los Alamos scientists conduct study to help predict diseases
The team encourages participation in the study to improve the ability to predict and alleviate emerging infectious diseases. - 1/25/18
Understanding meltwater drainpipe formation In Greenland ice sheet
Moulins, vertical conduits that penetrate through the half-mile-deep ice, efficiently funnel the majority of summer meltwater from the ice surface to the base of the ice sheet. - 1/22/18
Los Alamos National Laboratory positively impacts region’s economy in 2017
Lab’s efforts to stimulate new business growth, strengthen existing companies and create jobs in northern New Mexico’s communities saw notable progress. - 1/12/18
Tweaking quantum dots powers-up double-pane solar windows
Researchers are creating double-pane solar windows that generate electricity with greater efficiency and create shading and insulation for good measure. - 1/2/18
