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Released: 13-Jan-1999 12:00 AM EST
Bone-Shaped Fibers Increase Strength Of Composite Materials
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have shown that enlarging the ends of short fibers used in composite materials simultaneously increases the overall toughness and strength of the material.

Released: 5-Jan-1999 12:00 AM EST
Los Alamos Payload Rides Team Re/Max Global Balloon Flight
Los Alamos National Laboratory

As the Team RE/MAX Global Balloon Flight circles the globe in coming weeks it will carry a science payload -- special video and gamma ray detection instruments -- designed by scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory and NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.

Released: 22-Dec-1998 12:00 AM EST
Data for Global Climate Change Models
Los Alamos National Laboratory

In recent years, the phenomenon called El Nino has been blamed or, less frequently, praised for all sorts of weather-caused problems and conditions. But despite all the attention, not much is known about its cause.

Released: 22-Dec-1998 12:00 AM EST
Process for Converting Nitrates to Nitrogen Gas
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Nitrates, wastes typically generated in the mining, chemical, farming and nuclear power industries and during weapons production, are toxic to both humans and the environment. Reducing or eliminating nitrates once they enter the groundwater is problematic at best.

Released: 16-Dec-1998 12:00 AM EST
Lab Testing New Microdrilling Technology
Los Alamos National Laboratory

LANL researchers currently are testing new microdrilling technology that may revolutionize the way underground resource exploration is carried out in the 21st century, at greatly reduced cost.

9-Dec-1998 12:00 AM EST
Lightning Over Oceans More Plentiful Than Expected
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Storms over the oceans generate more lightning than previously realized, and researchers may be able to use this finding in studies of atmospheric energy distribution mechanisms linked to climate and weather effects.

8-Dec-1998 12:00 AM EST
Satellite Records Millions Of Lighting Strikes For Study
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Scientists are gaining new insights into the electrodynamic processes surrounding lightning by examining measurements of more than two million individual lightning strokes recorded by a sophisticted radio receiver aboard the FORTE satellite.

7-Dec-1998 12:00 AM EST
Fastest Climate-Induced Shift Of Border Between Two Ecosystems
Los Alamos National Laboratory

As a result of drought, the transition zone between two ecosystems moved by two kilometers in less than five years, the fastest climate- induced boundary shift ever documented, scientists reported today.

6-Dec-1998 12:00 AM EST
Detecting Material Damage By Nonlinear Acoustical Measurements
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory are measuring nonlinear properties of materials to demonstrate a difference between damaged and undamaged concrete.

Released: 3-Dec-1998 12:00 AM EST
Safely Extract Samples from Waste Containers
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a trio of sampling tools capable of extracting liquid, gas or powder samples from sealed containers and permanently sealing the point of entry -- all within a matter of seconds and without exposing people to the contents inside.

Released: 11-Nov-1998 12:00 AM EST
Novel Toxin Detector
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Researchers have stolen a page from Mother Nature to develop a technique for detecting the toxin that causes cholera. The technique should work equally well at detecing other protein-based toxins potentially used in biowarfare or terrorism and at detecting early signs of infection in clinical settings.

Released: 10-Nov-1998 12:00 AM EST
ARIES Demonstration Line Begins Operation
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A technology demonstration for separating the plutonium components from surplus nuclear weapons received a green light from the Department of Energy last week and is now underway at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Released: 28-Oct-1998 12:00 AM EST
Lab Licenses Rights For Noninvasive Medical Tools
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory recently awarded license rights to a start-up company from Austin, Texas, to develop a suite of noninvasive medical diagnostic tools based on Los Alamos' swept-frequency acoustic interferometry technology.

Released: 27-Oct-1998 12:00 AM EST
LANL To Build Accelerator For DOE Research Facility
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory will build a half-mile-long linear accelerator for the Spallaton Neutron Source, a $1.3 billion facility that will produce the most intense pulsed neutron beam in the world.

Released: 27-Oct-1998 12:00 AM EST
Helping Cities Cope With Disaster
Los Alamos National Laboratory

To help cities cope with disasters, the Urban Security Initiative links a wide range of urban subsystems -- including transportation, energy distribution, weather, infrastructure damage, water distribution, ecosystems, economic activities, geology and demographics -- into an integrated system that takes advantage of the Lab's high-performance computing capability.

Released: 8-Oct-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Encryption Advance For Secure Global Communications
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have achieved a significant advance in demonstrating the viability of an unbreakable encryption scheme for transmitting communications to and from satellites.

Released: 25-Sep-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Three Spacecraft Reveal Unexplained Motion
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A team of planetary scientists and physicists has identified a tiny, unexplained sunward acceleration in the motions of the Pioneer 10, 11 and Ulysses spacecraft. The anomalous acceleration was identified after detailed analyses of radio data from the spacecraft.

Released: 17-Sep-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Testing Insturment Componenets for Europa Mission
Los Alamos National Laboratory

LANL scientists recently received a $120,000 grant from NASA to use Laboratory space insrument design and manufacturing expertise and test critical components of an instrument that may lead to a final product for use on a future mission to the Jupiter moon Europa

Released: 9-Sep-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Los Alamos National Laboratory Tip Sheet
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Pollutant-eating bacteria have been adapted to create a set of live bacterial biosensors that detect and signal the presence of phenol pollution. Identification system that allows "friends" to recognize each other. Facility where researchers grow single crystals.

7-Sep-1998 12:00 AM EDT
Reliable Quantum Computing Demonstrated
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Scientists have manipulated the atomic spin of molecules to demonstrate that reliable calculations can be made by a quantum computer. Researchers report on the first experimental use of quantum error correction and demonstrate a three-bit quantum computing system.



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