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The drive toward hydrogen vehicles just got shorter
— 21 Mar 2011 15:47 | TechnologyResearchers have revealed a new single-stage method for recharging the hydrogen storage compound ammonia borane. The breakthrough makes hydrogen a more attractive fuel for vehicles…
Dry lake reveals evidence of southwestern 'megadroughts'
— 1 Mar 2011 18:51 | EnvironmentThere's an old saying that if you don't like the weather in New Mexico, wait five minutes. Maybe it should be amended to 10,000 years, according to new research…
Scientists ratchet up understanding of cellular protein factory
— 2 Dec 2010 19:40 | HealthTheoretical biologists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have used a New Mexico supercomputer to aid an international research team in untangling another mystery related to ribosomes…
Scientists produce transparent, light-harvesting material
— 4 Nov 2010 13:06 | ChemistryScientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory have fabricated transparent thin films capable of absorbing light and…
Mimicking the moon's surface in the basement
— 7 Aug 2010 08:46 | AstronomyA team of scientists used an ion beam in a basement room at Los Alamos National Laboratory to simulate solar winds on the surface of the Moon. The table-top simulation helped confirm…
Carbon nanostructures - elixir or poison?
— 1 Apr 2010 11:30 | TechnologyA Los Alamos National Laboratory toxicologist and a multidisciplinary team of researchers have documented potential cellular damage from 'fullerenes' - soccer-ball-shaped, cage-like…
Safer nuclear reactors could result from Los Alamos research
— 26 Mar 2010 13:42 | TechnologySelf-repairing materials within nuclear reactors may one day become a reality as a result of research by Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists…
HIV vaccine strategy expands immune responses
— 20 Mar 2010 14:16 | HealthTwo teams of researchers - including Los Alamos National Laboratory theoretical biologists Bette Korber, Will Fischer, Sydeaka Watson, and James Szinger - have announced an HIV vaccination…
LANL Roadrunner simulates nanoscale material failure
— 30 Oct 2009 11:07 | TechnologyVery tiny wires, called nanowires, made from such metals as silver and gold, may play a crucial role as electrical or mechanical switches in the development of future-generation ultrasmall…
LANL Roadrunner models nonlinear physics of high-power lasers
— 29 Oct 2009 10:17 | TechnologyFor years scientists have struggled with the difficult physics of inertial confinement fusion. This is the attempt to compress a target capsule containing isotopes of hydrogen with…