atomic

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She’s played everyone from Mary Poppins to the volatile but brilliant wife of the atomic bomb’s inventor, earning an Oscar nod for Oppenheimer in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Casias had been an administrative assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where the first atomic bomb was developed and where nuclear weapon work continues, her family told local news outlets after her disappearance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Before her disappearance, Casias, 53, worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where leading defensive nuclear research is conducted and where the world's first atomic weapons were developed during World War II.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Instead of relying on bulky lenses and hardware, researchers are exploring materials that can manipulate light at the atomic scale.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

“I’m a little worried that an atomic bomb might drop on it,” I said.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt