Ultraprocessed foods make up the bulk of the U.S. food supply and most Americans don’t go a day without eating some.
Building a better trap for the elusive neutrino
The physics community is embarking on one of the most ambitious science experiments in recent U.S. history. And Los Alamos National Laboratory is playing an important role.
Spring migration is a wonderful time of the year. This year was no exception. Hummingbirds, warblers, grosbeaks, orioles and tanagers descended upon Santa Fe and surro…
Northern mockingbird
Mockinbirds mimic not only other birds but also insects, frogs, dogs, cats and occasionally a car horn.
A new Los Alamos tech could give us clean energy and drinkable water
By Prashant Sharan
Can plant science save the world?
We won’t find solutions to pressing global problems if we don’t ask the right questions.
Since La Sala opened in 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic, the number of clients it has served has grown dramatically.
The councils are seeking state funding as they face the end of a major COVID-era federal grant.
Picturing science at summer camp
This past summer, a dozen high school and college students watched raging wildfires torch their way across mountainous terrain, with plumes of smoke drifting downwind from the blaze.
Winter Refuge
When severe weather impacts wild food supplies, many species of birds will turn to bird feeders as a critical source of food.
LANL research supports vaccine design, rapid diagnostic test design and epidemiology for a range of viruses
Goldfinch in disguise
Pine siskins are residents of New Mexico during all seasons and often forage with goldfinches.
Teamwork saves young bear’s life at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Wildlife and humans sometimes rub elbows, and, unfortunately, the encounters aren’t always harmonious.
Enjoy American robins during their winter visit
While they don’t eat birdseed, you can attract them by providing raisins, grapes and even grape jelly in an open tray feeder.
Birds on the move
Enjoy the awe-inspiring natural phenomenon of fall bird migration.
Tracking fungal pathogens and disease beyond 'The Last of Us'
LANL scientists contribute to the battle against fungal threats.
Southwest New Mexico ruins reveal ancient macaw breeding site
The key to grasping that there was a breeding operation comes from a scanning electron microscope at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The painted bunting is a rare visitor to Santa Fe
The New Mexico population is limited to scattered riparian and desert shrub locations in the south and east.
Turkey vultures: Nature’s great-distance drifters
These birds can stay aloft for hours without flapping their wings.
Getting ahead of climate-driven epidemics
Climate change is bringing tropical, mosquito-borne diseases farther north, but new computer tools could limit outbreak severity
Weapons and climate simulations share innovative approaches
Computer models deepen our understanding of complex and vital physical systems.
The beautiful and acrobatic Ash-throated Flycatchers have a pale lemon colored belly, a cinnamon tail with dark tips, grey wing bars and small, brown, narrow beaks.
Bewick’s wrens are year-round visitors to N.M.
The birds have narrow heads and long, slender bills and are at home in gardens and residential areas.
Limitless, renewable, nonpolluting energy? You’re standing on it
New technologies are coming to unlock the enormous potential of clean, ‘always-on’ geothermal energy while leveraging the existing oil and gas workforce
Designing a drone that can search for life on other planets
Los Alamos National Laboratory is testing a drone-based instrument concept that could one day search for life on other planets without relying on human guidance.
Friendly, acrobatic nuthatches of the ‘foraging guild’
Nuthatches get their name from their habit of jamming nuts and seeds into bark crevices and then whacking them with their bills to “hatch” out the seed.
Getting to the nitty gritty of plants, roots and soils
Project explores how the soil microbiome changes near plant roots
Vitalant is running at a two-day supply of O-negative blood, well below the four-day threshold considered critically low.
Birds at our backyard feeding stations eat ravenously first thing in the morning and just before dusk.
Ultrasound technology helps with brewing better beer
Approach borrowed from biofuels technology filters beer more safely and quietly than high-speed centrifuges, with much less waste.
Screech owls
We were sitting outside on a cool fall evening enjoying the beautiful night sky when we heard a series of short, whistled notes that accelerated at the end. Looking at…
This is not your grandparents’ power grid
Keeping the lights on requires advanced mathematical approaches to support a smarter, more resilient power grid
Curiosity still making new finds with LANL tech
Onboard Curiosity is an instrument co-developed by LANL that uses lasers to measure the chemical content of the rocks.
The Goldilocks of radioisotopes, just right for treating cancer
A purple, glowing radioisotope called actinium-225 has produced confidence-inspiring results in treating prostate cancer.
Rufous hummingbirds make annual quick stop in Santa Fe
The Rufous makes one of the longest migratory journeys of any bird species as measured by body size, travelling roughly 3,000 miles one-way from Mexico to Alaska.
Tiny, inexpensive satellites can monitor harmful gases from space
New miniaturized instruments developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory will help detect pollutant gas sources, from power plants to volcanoes.
Great blue heron sighting a treat amid monsoon
The long-awaited monsoon has started. May it bring relief to the major drought we have been experiencing here in New Mexico.
Understanding plants could make firefighting and prescribed burns safer
Recent advances in remote sensing and modeling have opened the door to taking a deeper look at how the physical makeup of various plants species interacts with fire.
Pair of NASA missions will help planetary defense
Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory will examine the results of NASA missions to 16 Psyche and Dimorphos in 2022.
Ravens have cognitive ability on par with chimps.
Bioplastics point the way to an environmentally sustainable, green future
AI accelerates research into Earth-friendly materials that soak up CO2 and break the dependence on fossil feedstocks for everyday products
The group said if it loses its contract with the hospital, it cannot continue to see patients until it is able to negotiate new agreements with insurers.
Curve-billed thrashers are built for desert life
The beautiful bird has large, blurry, round spotting on his upper breast, long tail feathers, orangish eyes and a distinctive down-curved bill.
The recent snowstorm and frigid temperatures have brought in large numbers of dark-eyed juncos to my ground feeding area. It’s easy to understand why they are called “…
Tiny beetle hits forests hard in warm droughts
These beetles commonly carry spores of fungus that will infect trees and could disrupt their water transportation systems.
If you see bushtits, prepare to be entertained
These permanent residents are very sociable, and groups will roost huddled together on cold, New Mexico winter nights.
Diverse satellite images sharpen our picture of Earth
A new mathematical application provides a more complete picture of our changing world by drawing on data from several kinds of sensors.
Understanding the towering ‘fire clouds’ over forest blazes
They alter weather, drive fire behavior, and inject smoke high into the stratosphere
Keep an eye on the skies
Each fall nighthawks form large flocks, ranging in size from dozens to hundreds or even thousands, as they migrate south for the winter.
The newly opened crisis treatment facility, the center's second phase, supports patients experiencing any behavioral health or emotional issue or mental health crisis.
What’s shaking?
When the earth shakes anywhere in the world, scientists are keenly interested in what happened. Was it an earthquake? A chemical explosion? A collapsing mine? Or, was …