Editing Los Alamos National Laboratory (section)

== Science mission ==
Los Alamos National Laboratory's mission is to "solve national security challenges through simultaneous excellence".<ref>{{cite web |author=Communications & Public Affairs |date=n.d. |title=Los Alamos National Laboratory {{!}} Mission |url=https://www.lanl.gov/about/mission |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621065233/https://www.lanl.gov/mission/index.php |archive-date=2022-06-21 |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=Los Alamos National Laboratory |language=en-US |df=dmy-all |quote=Los Alamos National Laboratory's mission is to solve national security challenges through simultaneous excellence.}}</ref> The laboratory's strategic plan reflects U.S. priorities spanning nuclear security, intelligence, defense, emergency response, nonproliferation, counterterrorism, [[energy security]], emerging threats, and environmental management. This strategy is aligned with priorities set by the [[United States Department of Energy|Department of Energy]] (DOE), the [[National Nuclear Security Administration]] (NNSA), and national strategy guidance documents, such as the [[Nuclear Posture Review]], the [[National Security Strategy (United States)|National Security Strategy]], and the Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future.

Los Alamos is the senior laboratory in the [[United States Department of Energy national laboratories|DOE system]], and executes work in all areas of the DOE mission: national security, science, energy, and environmental management.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.energy.gov/mission|title=Mission {{!}} Department of Energy|website=[[United States Department of Energy]]|access-date=June 30, 2016}}</ref> The laboratory also performs work for the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] (DoD), [[United States Intelligence Community|Intelligence Community]] (IC), and [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]] (DHS), among others. The laboratory's multidisciplinary scientific capabilities and activities are organized into six Capability Pillars:<ref>{{cite web |author=Science, Technology and Engineering Office |date=n.d. |title=Los Alamos National Laboratory {{!}} Capability Pillars |url=https://www.lanl.gov/science-engineering/pillars |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619170522/https://www.lanl.gov/science-innovation/pillars/index.php |archive-date=2022-06-19 |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=Los Alamos National Laboratory |language=en-US |df=dmy-all |quote=}}</ref>
* '''Information, Science and Technology (IS&amp;T)'''
* '''Materials for the Future''' seeks to optimize materials for national security applications by predicting and controlling their performance and functionality through discovery science and engineering.
* '''Nuclear and Particle Futures''' integrates nuclear experiments, theory, and simulation to understand and engineer complex nuclear phenomena.
* '''Science of Signatures (SoS)''' applies science and technology to intransigent problems of system identification and characterization in areas of global security, nuclear defense, energy, and health.
* '''Complex Natural and Engineered Systems (CNES)'''
* '''Weapons Systems (WS)'''

Los Alamos operates three main user facilities:
# The Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies: The Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies is a DOE/Office of Science National User Facility operated jointly by Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories with facilities at both Laboratories. CINT is dedicated to establishing the scientific principles that govern the design, performance, and integration of nanoscale materials into microscale and macroscale systems and devices.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://science.energy.gov/bes/suf/user-facilities/nanoscale-science-research-centers/cint/|title=Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) {{!}} U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)|website=science.energy.gov|access-date=June 30, 2016}}</ref>
# [[Los Alamos Neutron Science Center]] (LANSCE): The Los Alamos Neutron Science Center is one of the world's most powerful linear accelerators. LANSCE provides the scientific community with intense sources of neutrons with the capability of performing experiments supporting civilian and national security research. This facility is sponsored by the Department of Energy, the National Nuclear Security Administration, Office of Science and Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology.
# The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), Pulsed Field Facility: The Pulsed Field Facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico, is one of three campuses of the [[National High Magnetic Field Laboratory]] (NHMFL), the other two being at [[Florida State University]], Tallahassee and the [[University of Florida]]'''.''' The Pulsed Field Facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory operates an international user program for research in high magnetic fields.
As of 2017, the Los Alamos National Laboratory is using data and [[algorithm]]s to possibly protect public health by tracking the growth of [[Infection|infectious diseases]]. Digital [[Epidemiology|epidemiologists]] at the lab's Information Systems and Modeling group are using clinical surveillance data, [[Google]] search queries, census data, [[Wikipedia]], and even [[Twitter|tweets]] to create a system that could predict epidemics. The team is using data from Brazil as its model; Brazil was notably threatened by the [[Zika virus]] as it prepared to host the [[2016 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics in 2016]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://homelandprepnews.com/stories/24541-los-alamos-national-laboratory-reveals-potential-tracking-disease-spread-real-time/|title=Los Alamos National Laboratory reveals potential in tracking disease spread in real time|last=Galford|first=Chris|date=October 4, 2017|work=Homeland Preparedness News|access-date=October 11, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>