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Released: 7-Sep-2016 11:05 AM EDT
Funding Boosts Exascale Computing Research
Los Alamos National Laboratory

In today’s Department of Energy Exascale Computing Project (ECP) funding announcement, six Los Alamos National Laboratory partnership projects were tagged for full funding and one for seed money.

Released: 30-Aug-2016 12:05 PM EDT
James TenCate Elected Acoustical Society of America Fellow
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory mechanical engineer James TenCate was recently elected fellow by the Acoustical Society of America (ASA).

Released: 30-Aug-2016 9:05 AM EDT
Plants Found to Regulate Leaf Temperature to Boost Carbon Uptake
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A new study has found that plants regulate their leaf temperature with some independence from the surrounding air temperature, a trait that increases carbon uptake through photosynthesis.

Released: 24-Aug-2016 11:05 AM EDT
High-Impact Innovations Honored as R&D 100 Award Finalists
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Eight Los Alamos National Laboratory innovations were selected as finalists for the 2016 R&D 100 Awards, which honor the top 100 proven technological advances of the past year as determined by a panel selected by R&D Magazine.

Released: 23-Aug-2016 12:05 PM EDT
New Class of Fuel Cells Offer Increased Flexibility, Lower Cost
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A new class of fuel cells based on a newly discovered polymer-based material could bridge the gap between the operating temperature ranges of two existing types of polymer fuel cells, a breakthrough with the potential to accelerate the commercialization of low-cost fuel cells for automotive and stationary applications.

Released: 22-Aug-2016 3:05 PM EDT
Fuel-Cell Technology Companies Win Small-Business Aid
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory will give technical assistance to three fuel-cell technology companies

Released: 22-Aug-2016 11:05 AM EDT
Nuclear Scientist Honored by ACS for Innovative Studies
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory chemist David L. Clark has been selected as the 2017 recipient of the Glenn T. Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry, sponsored by the American Chemical Society Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology.

Released: 17-Aug-2016 11:05 AM EDT
Isotope Research Opens New Possibilities for Cancer Treatment
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A new study at Los Alamos National Laboratory and in collaboration with Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource greatly improves scientists’ understanding of the element actinium. The insights could support innovation in creating new classes of anticancer drugs.

Released: 15-Aug-2016 12:05 PM EDT
Wiring Reconfiguration Saves Millions for Trinity Supercomputer
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A moment of inspiration during a wiring diagram review has saved more than $2 million in material and labor costs for the Trinity supercomputer at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Released: 21-Jul-2016 12:05 PM EDT
Tide-Triggered Tremors Give Clues for Earthquake Prediction
Los Alamos National Laboratory

The triggering of small, deep earthquakes along California’s San Andreas Fault reveals depth-dependent frictional behavior that may provide insight into patterns signaling when a major quake could be on the horizon, according to a paper released this week by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Released: 21-Jul-2016 12:05 PM EDT
Mars Rover’s Laser Can Now Target Rocks All by Itself
Los Alamos National Laboratory

New software is enabling ChemCam, the laser spectrometer on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover, to select rock targets autonomously—the first time autonomous target selection is available for an instrument of this kind on any robotic planetary mission.

5-Jul-2016 1:05 PM EDT
Flipping Crystals Improves Solar-Cell Performance
Los Alamos National Laboratory

In a step that could bring perovskite crystals closer to use in the burgeoning solar power industry, researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory, Northwestern University and Rice University have tweaked their crystal production method and developed a new type of two-dimensional layered perovskite with outstanding stability and more than triple the material’s previous power conversion efficiency.

Released: 28-Jun-2016 11:05 AM EDT
New Model Predicts Once-Mysterious Chemical Reactions
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A team of researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory and Curtin University in Australia developed a theoretical model to forecast the fundamental chemical reactions involving molecular hydrogen.

Released: 28-Jun-2016 10:05 AM EDT
How to Make Fireworks and Other Explosives Safer
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Making an explosive safer tends to reduce its performance, while increasing its performance typically makes it somewhat less stable. So the question is: Can you create an explosive that performs just as well as conventional explosives, but is safer?

Released: 27-Jun-2016 1:05 PM EDT
ChemCam Findings Hint at Oxygen-Rich Past on Mars
Los Alamos National Laboratory

he discovery of manganese oxides in Martian rocks might tell us that the Red Planet was once more Earth-like than previously believed.



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