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LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Recently a Los Alamos National Laboratory quantum cryptography (QC) team successfully completed the first-ever demonstration of securing control data for electric grids using quantum cryptography. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130214/DC60813) The demonstration was performed in the electric grid test bed that is part of the Trustworthy Cyber Infrastructure for the Power Grid (TCIPG) project at the University...
Precisely tailored pharmaceuticals could reduce medical side effects LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have used neutron crystallography for the first time to determine the structure of a clinical drug in complex with its human target enzyme. Seeing the detailed structure of the bonded components provides insights into developing more effective drugs with fewer side effects for patients. (Photo:...
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Sept. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Using its US-based team of task-performing experts, Sivi.com's new web and phone service responds in near real-time to requests from users as trivial as "call a parcel service and schedule a pickup", to complex queries such as "help me arrange an employee retirement party for 10 people (she likes sushi)." (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120914/CG73822) After a spate of releases of so-called next-generation Virtual...
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., April 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new medical isotope project at Los Alamos National Laboratory shows promise for rapidly producing major quantities of a new cancer-treatment agent, actinium 225 (Ac-225). (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120411/DC86216) Using proton beams, Los Alamos and its partner Brookhaven National Laboratory could match current annual worldwide production of the isotope in just a few days, solving critical shortages of...
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Dec. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Los Alamos National Laboratory's top 10 science stories of 2011 illustrate the broad variety of scientific excellence that's the hallmark of the Laboratory. This year's stories include alternative energy research, world record magnetic fields, disease tracking, the study of Mars, climate change, fuel cells, solar wind, and magnetic reconnection. Mars Habitability Los Alamos National Laboratory's unique scientific...
New five-year agreement for technology development includes HPC, data storage, cyber security, cloud computing, analytics, materials science and data sharing, and mobility LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Dec. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Los Alamos National Laboratory today announced the signing of a new Umbrella CRADA (Cooperative Research and Development Agreement) with EMC Corporation. Together, LANL and EMC will enhance, design, build, test, and deploy new cutting-edge...
MENDOZA, Argentina, Sept. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Climate change remains an issue at the forefront of environmental conversations. Nearly everywhere you turn, someone is discussing the issue, its contributing factors and ways to slow its effects. Alamos wines and Protect Our Winters (POW) have joined forces to raise awareness about the impact of climate change on mountain communities worldwide. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110913/NY67767-a ) (Photo:...
McKesson, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Rimini Street Bring Home Top Honors in 2011 Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) August 11, 2011 T.E.N.-Tech Exec Networks, Inc. announced finalists and winners last evening for the ISE® West Awards 2011. Awards for both Executive and Project categories were presented at a dinner gala at the Westin St. Francis, San Francisco. The awards recognize outstanding achievements in risk management, data asset protection, compliance, and privacy and network...
SANTA FE, N.M., July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sigma Labs, Inc. (OTCBB: SGLB). Sigma Labs, Inc. announced today that it received from Los Alamos National Laboratory a contract to perform certain machine tool upgrades to the Advanced Recovery and Integrated Extraction System (ARIES). Sigma Labs expects this contract to generate up to $300,000 in revenues. Mark Cola, President of Sigma Labs, states that "ARIES integrates the technologies needed to remove plutonium from the cores of surplus...
The wildfire in New Mexico is closing in on the Los Alamos laboratory, which is the birthplace of the atomic bomb.Officials at the nuclear-weapons lab said at one point the 95-square-mile fire was as close as 50 feet from the grounds. Firefighters quickly put out a small patch of land at the laboratory that caught fire on Monday, and teams continue to stay alert for any new blazes that appear in the lab's perimeter."We are throwing absolutely everything at this that we got,"...
