Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Meeting national security challenges with #science and #technology. (Note: RTs and MTs do not imply endorsements.)

Los Alamos, New Mexico lanl.gov Joined May 2010

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Three generations. One mission. 

Brothers Juan-Antonio and Francisco Vigil carry on generations of family service at the Lab, rooted in history and purpose.

Read more about their lineage 👉 ow.ly/APln51038V2

www.lanl.gov Brothers on a mission | Los Alamos National Laboratory Meet the Vigil brothers, whose deep family roots at Los Alamos inspire their leadership in weapons experiments and service to national security.

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What's new in science at Los Alamos?

Our latest STE Highlights explore soft materials, threat detection and bacteria that boost chile crops.

Explore the full October STE Highlights 👇
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www.lanl.gov STE Highlights | Los Alamos National Laboratory Meet award-winning scientists and explore why our science, technology, and engineering research matters.

Los Alamos National Laboratory @LosAlamosNatLab Oct 31

Bats aren't scary, just misunderstood. 🦇

They pollinate plants, eat pests and add up to $3B a year to U.S. agriculture. Lab biologists have found 15 species on site and are tracking them to fill national data gaps.

Bats work the night shift for our ecosystems. 🌙

Close-up of a dark brown bat resting on a textured gray rock against a black background at night.

Scientist wearing blue gloves and a headlamp carefully holding a bat by its wings in a dark environment.

Los Alamos National Laboratory @LosAlamosNatLab Oct 30

Meet the "ghost particle." 👻

Chargeless, nearly weightless and seemingly designed to evade detection, the neutrino was so hard to catch that Lab scientists dubbed their hunt "Project Poltergeist." Seventy years ago, they finally proved it was real.

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Man sitting inside the Liquid Scintillator Neutrino Detector, lined with hundreds of copper-colored acoustic panels arranged in a curved pattern.

Large cylindrical machine labeled "Herr Auge," with multiple electrical components and wires arranged in rows, topped with a circular panel labeled with numbers and text.

Close-up of a complex mechanical assembly with multiple cylindrical components and interconnected metal rods inside industrial equipment.

Los Alamos National Laboratory @LosAlamosNatLab Oct 28

Meet the next generation of quantum scientists, already hard at work. 🔬

This past summer, 20 students teamed up with Lab experts to tackle cutting-edge quantum research — from algorithms and simulation to sensing and hardware.

Learn more 👉 ow.ly/fpPE5100bS3

Group photo of diverse adults sand students standing outside a building labeled '820 Trinity' on a sunny day.