About Us
Chemistry Division serves the Laboratory's core national security mission areas of weapons science and threat reduction with innovative chemical science and technology. Our capabilities are also essential for the emerging mission areas of energy security, civilian-sector R&D, and industrial partnering. Chemistry capabilities include analytical chemistry and measurement science; physical chemistry and molecular spectroscopy; isotope and actinide science; nuclear and radiochemistry; nanoscience; material processing and characterization; and chemical engineering. Please visit our Research Highlights.
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News from Chemistry
Fuels synthesis insight can reduce costs and greenhouse gases
Scientists made a major step forward recently towards transforming biomass-derived molecules into fuels. 2/7/13
Nuclear Forensics Undergraduate Summer School
The Department of Homeland Security (Domestic Nuclear Detection Office – National Technical Nuclear Forensics Center) is sponsoring a summer school for undergraduate students from June 10th to July 19th, 2013. Application deadline is February 15th. 1/7/13
Expanding Your Horizons Conference
For girls in the fifth through 12th grades. Conference is designed to increase young women's interest in and awareness of math, science and other professions. 1/7/13
New Mexico small businesses helped by Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists
Harshini Mukundan of the Physical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy group and Mark E. Smith of the Chemical Diagnostics and Engineering group received Principal Investigator Excellence (PIE) Awards. 12/11/12