NATIONAL LABORATORIES:
UC Ties at Stake in Los Alamos Shakeup
David Malakoff
Top officials of the troubled Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico stepped down this week amid a fraud scandal, stoking rumors that the Department of Energy may end the lab's 60-year relationship with the University of California. Lab chief John Browne announced last week that he and top deputy Joseph Salgado were resigning after deciding that "only a change in leadership" could "restore [the government's] confidence" in managers of the lab.