Los Alamos National Laboratory
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A new device is set to make unbreakable, quantum-based cryptographic security available for everyone for the very first time. To do this, the device incorporates the quantum mechanics of random photon polarization to generate random numbers and create cryptographic keys.
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ScienceScientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the US have confirmed a 7.68 oz (217.78 g) piece of gold is in fact a singular crystal. The specimen was discovered in Venezuela decades earlier, but it is only by using an advanced probing instrument can experts now verify its authenticity.
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The ATHENA project, which is developing a "desktop human" for for screening both new drugs and toxic agents, has reported success in the development of its first organ construct, a human liver construct that responds to exposure to a toxic chemical much like a real liver.
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A secret of Cold War came to light recently with Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico releasing a video tour of what was once one of the most secret and secure locations in the United States – the Tunnel Vault.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory is developing a new small reactor for spacecraft that uses uranium instead of plutonium.