Latest news from Los Alamos National Laboratory on News en-us Copyright 2025 News 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/new-research-unravels-the-mysteries-of-lightning-s-origins/?sc=rsin /articles/new-research-unravels-the-mysteries-of-lightning-s-origins/?sc=rsin Thu, 06 Mar 2025 10:55:15 EST New research unravels the mysteries of lightning's origins Los Alamos National Laboratory /articles/new-ai-defense-method-shields-models-from-adversarial-attacks/?sc=rsin /articles/new-ai-defense-method-shields-models-from-adversarial-attacks/?sc=rsin Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:10:21 EST New AI defense method shields models from adversarial attacks Los Alamos National Laboratory /articles/los-alamos-national-laboratory-partners-with-openai-to-advance-national-security/?sc=rsin /articles/los-alamos-national-laboratory-partners-with-openai-to-advance-national-security/?sc=rsin Thu, 30 Jan 2025 10:35:36 EST Los Alamos National Laboratory partners with OpenAI to advance national security Los Alamos National Laboratory /articles/los-alamos-conducts-first-critical-experiment-using-high-assay-low-enriched-uranium-in-decades/?sc=rsin /articles/los-alamos-conducts-first-critical-experiment-using-high-assay-low-enriched-uranium-in-decades/?sc=rsin Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:30:53 EST A research team at Los Alamos National Laboratory recently performed the first critical experiment with high assay low enriched uranium (HALEU) TRi-structural ISOtropic (TRISO) fuel in four decades at the National Criticality Experiments Research Center (NCERC) in Nevada. It achieved its objective of establishing an advanced reactor testbed. Los Alamos National Laboratory /articles/new-ai-model-improves-prediction-power-for-genomics-related-to-disease/?sc=rsin /articles/new-ai-model-improves-prediction-power-for-genomics-related-to-disease/?sc=rsin Fri, 08 Nov 2024 09:10:37 EST To understand the workings of DNA in relation to disease, scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed the first multimodal deep learning model of its kind, EPBDxDNABERT-2, capable of ascertaining the precise relationship between transcription factors, proteins that regulate gene activities, leveraging an aspect of DNA called DNA breathing, in which the double-helix structure opens and closes spontaneously. The model has the potential to aid in the design of drugs used to treat diseases that originate in gene activity. Los Alamos National Laboratory /articles/ai-enhanced-model-will-improve-space-weather-forecasting/?sc=rsin /articles/ai-enhanced-model-will-improve-space-weather-forecasting/?sc=rsin Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:20:38 EST "Killer electrons" that travel at nearly light speed inside Earth's Van Allen belts -- the zone that surrounds the planet and traps energetic charged particles -- pose a major threat to equipment in space by causing malfunctions in electronics. Los Alamos National Laboratory /articles/advanced-modeling-contributes-to-progress-in-thwarting-hiv-in-sweden/?sc=rsin /articles/advanced-modeling-contributes-to-progress-in-thwarting-hiv-in-sweden/?sc=rsin Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:10:32 EST In a landmark achievement for the fight against HIV, Sweden has attained the critical "95-95-95" target on the path to tackling the disease. Advanced bioinformatics modeling developed by a team from Los Alamos National Laboratory was deployed to track and verify the country's progress toward the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and World Health Organization target. Los Alamos National Laboratory /articles/near-earth-asteroid-data-helps-probe-possible-fifth-force-of-the-universe/?sc=rsin /articles/near-earth-asteroid-data-helps-probe-possible-fifth-force-of-the-universe/?sc=rsin Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:05:18 EST Near-Earth asteroid data helps probe possible fifth force of the universe Los Alamos National Laboratory /articles/allison-aiken-will-lead-arm-mobile-deployment-and-atmospheric-research-campaign/?sc=rsin /articles/allison-aiken-will-lead-arm-mobile-deployment-and-atmospheric-research-campaign/?sc=rsin Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:05:36 EST Allison Aiken, a staff scientist in the Earth and Environmental Sciences division at Los Alamos National Laboratory, is the lead of a new Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility campaign called Desert-Urban SysTem IntegratEd AtmospherIc Monsoon, or DUSTIEAIM, in the Southwestern United States. This campaign will take place in Phoenix from April 2026 to September 2027, and will utilize an ARM mobile atmospheric observatory to collect continuous data over the course of 18 months. Los Alamos National Laboratory /articles/new-research-shows-hydraulic-failure-in-the-tropics-is-expected-to-increase/?sc=rsin /articles/new-research-shows-hydraulic-failure-in-the-tropics-is-expected-to-increase/?sc=rsin Wed, 25 Sep 2024 13:05:18 EST New research shows hydraulic failure in the tropics is expected to increase Los Alamos National Laboratory /articles/chemcam-fires-its-laser-for-the-millionth-time-on-mars/?sc=rsin /articles/chemcam-fires-its-laser-for-the-millionth-time-on-mars/?sc=rsin Thu, 05 Sep 2024 11:05:01 EST The ChemCam instrument, developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory, recently zapped its laser for the 1 millionth time on Mars. Sitting on top of NASA's Curiosity rover, ChemCam has been helping make groundbreaking discoveries since 2012. Los Alamos National Laboratory /articles/new-findings-point-to-an-earth-like-environment-on-ancient-mars/?sc=rsin /articles/new-findings-point-to-an-earth-like-environment-on-ancient-mars/?sc=rsin Wed, 01 May 2024 09:10:06 EST A research team using the ChemCam instrument onboard NASA's Curiosity rover discovered higher-than-usual amounts of manganese in lakebed rocks within Gale Crater on Mars, which indicates that the sediments were formed in a river, delta, or near the shoreline of an ancient lake. The results were published today in Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. Los Alamos National Laboratory /articles/using-ai-to-develop-enhanced-cybersecurity-measures/?sc=rsin /articles/using-ai-to-develop-enhanced-cybersecurity-measures/?sc=rsin Fri, 16 Feb 2024 16:05:04 EST A research team at Los Alamos National Laboratory is using artificial intelligence to address several critical shortcomings in large-scale malware analysis, making significant advancements in the classification of Microsoft Windows malware and paving the way for enhanced cybersecurity measures. Using their approach, the team set a new world record in classifying malware families. Los Alamos National Laboratory /articles/atmospheric-pressure-changes-could-be-driving-mars-elusive-methane-pulses/?sc=rsin /articles/atmospheric-pressure-changes-could-be-driving-mars-elusive-methane-pulses/?sc=rsin Wed, 24 Jan 2024 10:05:23 EST New research shows that atmospheric pressure fluctuations that pull gases up from underground could be responsible for releasing subsurface methane into Mars' atmosphere; knowing when and where to look for methane can help the Curiosity rover search for signs of life. Los Alamos National Laboratory /articles/ai-breakthrough-creates-images-from-nothing/?sc=rsin /articles/ai-breakthrough-creates-images-from-nothing/?sc=rsin Thu, 11 Jan 2024 09:30:30 EST A new, potentially revolutionary artificial intelligence framework called "Blackout Diffusion" generates images from a completely empty picture, meaning that the machine-learning algorithm, unlike other generative diffusion models, does not require initiating a "random seed" to get started. Los Alamos National Laboratory /articles/first-hints-of-nuclear-fission-in-cosmos-revealed-by-models-observations/?sc=rsin /articles/first-hints-of-nuclear-fission-in-cosmos-revealed-by-models-observations/?sc=rsin Thu, 07 Dec 2023 17:05:09 EST The elements above iron on the periodic table are thought to be created in cataclysmic explosions like the merger of two neutron stars or in rare classes of supernovae. New research suggests fission may operate in the cosmos during the creation of the heavy elements. Combing through data on a variety of elements that reside in very old stars, researchers have found a potential signature of fission, indicating that nature is likely to produce superheavy nuclei beyond the heaviest elements on the periodic table. Los Alamos National Laboratory /articles/2-labs-at-los-alamos-national-laboratory-get-green-certifications/?sc=rsin /articles/2-labs-at-los-alamos-national-laboratory-get-green-certifications/?sc=rsin Thu, 16 Nov 2023 09:05:02 EST Two labs within Los Alamos National Laboratory have earned recognition for their sustainability-conscious culture: the Chain Lab in Genomics and Bioanalytics and the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT). Los Alamos National Laboratory /articles/new-open-community-effort-supports-open-source-scalable-systems-management/?sc=rsin /articles/new-open-community-effort-supports-open-source-scalable-systems-management/?sc=rsin Tue, 14 Nov 2023 12:05:27 EST Recognizing the challenges of running sophisticated applications including complex simulations, data analytics, artificial intelligence and heterogenous workflows at scale in hybrid computing environments, multiple institutions are forming an open-source community -- OCHAMI -- to develop and support a framework for better systems management. Los Alamos National Laboratory /articles/today-s-los-alamos-employees-play-manhattan-project-labbies-in-christopher-nolan-s-oppenheimer/?sc=rsin /articles/today-s-los-alamos-employees-play-manhattan-project-labbies-in-christopher-nolan-s-oppenheimer/?sc=rsin Thu, 14 Sep 2023 15:05:55 EST On various sets around New Mexico in 2022, Los Alamos National Laboratory employees talked science and bumped fists with celebrities. Los Alamos National Laboratory /articles/not-too-big-machine-learning-tames-huge-data-sets/?sc=rsin /articles/not-too-big-machine-learning-tames-huge-data-sets/?sc=rsin Mon, 11 Sep 2023 16:00:16 EST A machine-learning algorithm demonstrated the capability to process data that exceeds a computer's available memory by identifying a massive data set's key features and dividing them into manageable batches that don't choke computer hardware. Developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory, the algorithm set a world record for factorizing huge data sets during a test run on Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Summit, the world's fifth-fastest supercomputer. Equally efficient on laptops and supercomputers, the highly scalable algorithm solves hardware bottlenecks that prevent processing information from data-rich applications in cancer research, satellite imagery, social media networks, national security science and earthquake research, to name just a few. Los Alamos National Laboratory