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U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright made Los Alamos his first stop on a nationwide tour of all the national laboratories. “It’s amazing to be here,” he said. “This is where it all began. That’s why we wanted to come here first.”
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AI defense method shields models from adversarial attacks
Fusion of techniques drives robust accuracy in neural network models.
Los Alamos partners with OpenAI to advance national security
Reasoning models will be used for energy, national security applications on Los Alamos supercomputer.
This tech is designed to make manufacturing faster, cheaper, more productive
Reasoning models will be used for energy, national security applications on Los Alamos supercomputer.
Research unravels mysteries of lightning’s origins
High-energy space particles play a role in initiating flashes
Asteroid data helps probe universe
Analysis uses Bennu trajectory in effort to extend the Standard Model of physics.
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