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People
Total employees: 13,137
Triad National Security, LLC: 9,397
Centerra Group, LLC Los Alamos (Guard Force): 281
Compa, Staff and support contractors: 478
Students: 1,323
Unionized craft workers: 1,160
Post doctoral researchers: 498
Place
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
Budget
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
Demographics
Triad and students only
35% of employees live in Los Alamos, the remainder commute from Santa Fe, Española, Taos and Albuquerque.
Average Age: 43
65% male, 35% female
45% minorities
67% university degrees
27% hold undergraduate degrees
19% hold master’s degrees
21% have earned a PhD
Awards
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
Directions
Albuquerque to Los Alamos, NM
98 miles; 1 hr, 51 min.
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As of Aug. 18, 2020
New research shows that Mars did not dry up all at once - 4/8/21
New approach to blood-based tuberculosis diagnosis - 4/7/21
Colorado River basin due for more frequent, intense hydroclimate events - 4/7/21
Embed your start-up in the ‘Secret City’ - 4/7/21
Translation software enables efficient DNA data storage - 4/1/21
New Los Alamos technology detects thermal neutrons in aircraft - 3/31/21
Probing wet fire smoke in clouds: Can water intensify the Earth’s warming? - 3/29/21
Uranium compound achieves record anomalous Nernst conductivity - 3/26/21
New class of versatile, high-performance quantum dots primed for medical imaging, quantum computing - 3/25/21
Next-generation tech for biofuels refining - 3/22/21
Solving ‘barren plateaus’ is the key to quantum machine learning - 3/19/21
New fabrication method paves way to large-scale production of perovskite solar cells - 3/18/21
New Mexico middle and high school students encouraged to apply for free, two-week Summer Physics Camp for Young Women - 3/17/21
New machine harnesses Earth’s magnetic field to detect chemicals - 3/15/21
HAWC Gamma Ray Observatory discovers origin of highest-energy cosmic rays in the galaxy - 3/11/21
New AI tool makes vast data streams intelligible and explainable - 3/11/21
SuperCam sends first data back to Earth from the Perseverance Mars rover - 3/11/21
New Los Alamos generator system delivers large radiation doses directly to cancer cells - 3/10/21
Physics experiment boosts evidence for sterile neutrinos - 3/9/21
First health checks of SuperCam on Mars - 3/9/21
Los Alamos National Laboratory moves 500 employees to Santa Fe, signs lease on Pacheco Street office complex - 3/8/21
Prescribed burns and other low-intensity fires are highly responsive to changes in winds - 3/4/21
Vaccine development software shows promise in influenza effort, could help defeat coronavirus - 3/1/21
Freshwater outflow from Beaufort Sea could alter global climate patterns - 2/24/21
A look into the mysteries of proton structure and the dynamics of antiquarks and gluons - 2/24/21
Machine learning aids in simulating dynamics of interacting atoms - 2/23/21
Lack of symmetry in qubits can’t fix errors in quantum computing, but might explain matter/antimatter imbalance - 2/22/21
Los Alamos National Laboratory staff recognized for outstanding response to pandemic and more - 2/17/21
Machine learning blazes path to reliable near-term quantum computers - 2/17/21
Colloidal quantum dot lasers poised to come of age - 2/17/21
Perseverance rover takes New Mexico to Mars - 2/16/21
Public invited to Mars rover landing virtual after-party - 2/16/21
New virtual platform shows students the science behind everyday objects - 2/11/21
Los Alamos National Laboratory signs lease on Santa Fe office - 2/10/21
$2.5 million grant benefits students, businesses, and communities in Northern New Mexico - 2/9/21
Two Los Alamos Medal winners recognized for revolutionary contributions - 2/9/21
Los Alamos National Laboratory spent $413 million with New Mexico small businesses in FY 2020 - 2/8/21
Forests with diverse tree sizes and small clearings hinder wildland fire growth - 1/27/21
Newly identified tiny mineral named for Los Alamos and U. Wisconsin scientists - 1/25/21
Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Dana Dattelbaum wins prestigious 2020 E.O. Lawrence Award - 1/19/21
Experimental, theoretical physicists can now apply for Rosen Scholar Fellowship to work at Los Alamos Neutron Science Center - 1/11/21
Employee holiday gift drive raises $58,000 and buys more than 2,500 gifts for senior citizens, kids, and people facing homelessness - 12/23/20
‘Garbage to Gas: Using Biodigesters to Create Energy’ wins 2020 New Mexico Governor’s STEM Challenge - 12/22/20
Los Alamos study hopes to characterize and optimize ventilator treatment for Covid-19 - 12/21/20
Multi-messenger astronomy offers new estimates of the size of neutron stars and the rate of the universe’s expansion - 12/21/20
New diagnostic isotope to enhance targeted alpha therapy for cancer - 12/16/20
AI reveals first direct observation of rupture propagation during slow quakes - 12/9/20
Breakthrough material makes pathway to hydrogen use for fuel cells under hot, dry conditions - 12/7/20
AAAS and Los Alamos announce 2020 Fellows - 11/24/20
Novel chemical process a first step to making nuclear fuel with fire - 11/24/20
DisrupTECH features superior plastics recycling, smart software, predictive mapping - 11/23/20
Los Alamos announces details of new computational storage deployment - 11/16/20
Study reveals how to improve natural gas production in shale - 11/12/20
The Secret City: Project Y mobile app is back - 11/12/20
Rare ‘superbolt’ flashes found to be 1,000 times brighter than normal lightning - 11/12/20
Los Alamos National Laboratory and New Mexico State University sign agreement for joint appointments - 11/10/20
Fallen trees become firewood for local pueblos - 11/9/20
Los Alamos works to make better, more recyclable plastics with new BOTTLE consortium - 11/9/20
New Los Alamos National Laboratory spin-off aims to put nuclear reactors in space - 11/2/20
Los Alamos scientists find a way to quickly test rust on graphene-protected cars, planes, ships - 10/29/20
New mentor-protégé program between Triad National Security and Pueblo Alliance, LLC grooms Native businesses for successful contracting - 10/29/20
Breakthrough quantum-dot transistors create a flexible alternative to conventional electronics - 10/29/20
Study reveals robust performance in aged detonator explosive - 10/28/20
Sensors driven by machine learning sniff-out gas leaks fast - 10/28/20
Los Alamos National Laboratory named a top employer by Latina Style - 10/22/20
Los Alamos National Laboratory brings next-generation HPC to the fight against COVID-19 - 10/20/20
Six Los Alamos National Laboratory physicists elected 2020 Fellows of the American Physical Society - 10/14/20
Evelyn Mullen named American Nuclear Society Fellow - 10/13/20
Seven Los Alamos scientists and engineers honored as 2020 Laboratory Fellows - 10/12/20
Los Alamos to lead fuel cell consortia - 10/8/20
Sumantra Sarkar honored for theory of self-replicating materials - 10/7/20
Los Alamos, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and NVIDIA partner to speed up scientific computing - 10/6/20
Eight Los Alamos projects win R&D 100 Awards - 10/5/20
Top students tapped for Los Alamos science experience - 10/5/20
New algorithm could unleash the power of quantum computers - 10/5/20
Los Alamos announces details of new Crossroads supercomputer - 9/30/20
Nathan Moody of Los Alamos National Laboratory to share in 2021 IEEE particle accelerator award - 9/24/20
Role of amyloids in type II diabetes - 7/6/16
Retired supercomputers enable student research - 10/20/12
Eleven nonprofit organizations receive community giving grants from Los Alamos National Security, LLC - 12/15/09
Unique LANL pathogen detector gains corporate partner - 12/14/09
Los Alamos National Laboratory employees, Lab contractor pledge record $2.3 million to local United Way organizations, other nonprofits - 12/1/09
Lab begins demolition of Cold War-era buildings - 12/1/09
Lab receives $25,000 for Math and Science Academy from Chevron Energy Technology Company - 11/30/09
Lookman and Moore named 2009 LANL Fellows Prize recipients - 11/23/09
New funding will stimulate alternative energy research - 11/16/09
Scientists use Roadrunner supercomputer to unravel the mysteries of exploding stars - 11/16/09
Los Alamos National Laboratory names six scientists as 2009 Fellows - 11/5/09
LANL breaks ground on key sediment control project - 11/5/09
Laboratory adds a sixth R&D 100 award to its 2009 count - 11/4/09
Scientists use world's fastest supercomputer to create the largest HIV evolutionary tree - 10/27/09
Neutron stars is focus of Los Alamos National Laboratory Frontiers in Science lectures - 10/27/09
Science at the petascale: Roadrunner results unveiled - 10/26/09
Scientists use world’s fastest supercomputer to model origins of the unseen universe - 10/26/09
At LANL-sponsored networking forum, businesses make their pitch for Recovery Act work - 10/22/09
Stopping executions, saving computers with new malware detection tool - 10/21/09
Standards for a new genomic era - 10/21/09
IBEX satellite finds ribbon-like structure at edge of heliosphere - 10/15/09
NNSA and Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board certifications free up $47 million in previously allocated funding - 10/2/09
Oldest hominid skeleton provides new evidence for human evolution - 10/1/09
