STE Highlights 2023
Science, Technology & Engineering Highlights feature awards and noteworthy scientific achievements at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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February 2023
- Wohlberg named an IEEE Fellow
- Chen named Nanomaterials 2022 Young Investigator Award winner
- Inducing ferromagnetism in epitaxial uranium dioxide thin-film actinides
- Metal cathode surfaces protected with Atomic Armor maintain emittance performance
- Asymmetry of magnetic proximity interaction offers routes for control in semiconductors
- Study provides new method for generating high-resolution snow cover maps
- Research uses deep neural network to identify replacement bioplastics
- Photocathodes encapsulated with graphene and thin metal film meet technical challenges
April 2023
- Wohlberg named an IEEE Fellow
- Chen named Nanomaterials 2022 Young Investigator Award winner
- Kagome qubit spin ice realized in quantum annealing processor
- Novel technique holds potential for developing viable anode-free solid-state batteries
- Research sheds light on mechanisms impacting fuel cell durability
- Overcoming the voltage induced instability problem in perovskite semiconductor detectors
- New mass spectrometer offers dynamic capabilities
- Researchers overcome Catch-22 of biosensor development to address the plastic waste problem
- Mapping metastable phases among lanthanide sequioxides
- Materials-by-design approach reveals lowered work function for lanthanum hexaboride
- Experiment reveals plasma evolution in multi-species shock waves
June 2023
- Two Laboratory staff members attending the 2023 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
- Andersson named American Nuclear Society 2023 Mishima Award winner
- Toward a standardized approach for evaluating PGM-free electrocatalysts
- Teaching Maxwell’s equations to 3D convolutional neural networks
- Recent paper selected as ‘New and Notable in Global Health’
- MicroBooNE makes a challenging neutrino scattering measurement on argon for the first time
- Laboratory researchers contribute to book on artificial intelligence
- New framework developed for applying generative diffusion modeling
August 2023
- Marcelo Jaime to serve condensed matter research community on PRB editorial board
- Sevanto named to Scientific Reports editorial board
- Full-wave inversion study named best paper by journal
- CINT facility receives platinum-level sustainability certification
- Experimental platform leveraged for investigations at National Ignition Facility
- First-ever X-ray scattering experiments on plutonium allotropes at NSLS-II
- Quantifying additive manufacturing could help repair high-value components
- ‘Goldilocks’ approach brings ‘just right’ water management to unitized reversible fuel cells
October 2023
- Schneider earns Chuck Fiori Award for Outstanding Technologist in the Physical Sciences
- Yablinsky receives ASM Silver Medal Award
- Innovative inverse analysis embeds physics to characterize subsurface structures
- New book showcases versatility, robustness of popular materials modeling code
- A statistical mechanics treatment of quantum electrons
- Study illuminates influence of fungi on plant functions
- Strain manipulation tunes TaSe3 quantum mechanical behavior
- Paper explores challenges and benefits of fungal microbiome research
- Studying microstructure in steel subjected to dynamic loading conditions
- First data for tantalum-180m decay search yields improved limits and constraints
December 2023
- Guo elected to lead APS Topical Group in Plasma Astrophysics
- Novel deposition technique for reusable vessels in nuclear metallurgical foundries
- Researchers develop model to estimate COVID-19 contagiousness across United States
- Review assesses Arctic erosion and channel development prediction needs
- Hafnium isomer used to search for dark matter
- Novel machine learning potential developed to understand materials deformation
- Machine learning helps improve toxin prediction
- Algorithm investigates the impact of transported aerosol
