LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, July 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: When NASA's Perseverance rover launches from Florida on its way to Mars, it will carry aboard what is likely the most versatile instrument ever made to better understand the Red Planet's past habitability. "SuperCam is often referred to as the 'Swiss Army Knife' of instruments because it's a multipurpose tool in a small package," said Roger Wiens, the lead scient  more

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, July 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release: Ning Xu of the Actinide Analytical Chemistry group at Los Alamos has been selected as a member of the 2020 class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society (ACS). Xu is being recognized for her sustained contributions to actinide analytical chemistry in support of national nuclear defense, technical nuclear forensics, nuclear material safeguards and deep space ex  more