Wei Jia Ong, a staff scientist at LLNL, was named a 2026 recipient of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science Early Career Research Program award.

LLNL researchers are developing three-dimensional simulations to examine how a nuclear device could be used to deflect or potentially disrupt an asteroid threatening Earth.

LLNL scientist Andrea L. Kritcher was named one of nine recipients of the prestigious 2026 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award for exceptional contributions in research and development supporting the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) missions in science, energy and national security.

A multi-institutional team from the U.S. Department of Energy’s DIII-D National Fusion Facility, including Filippo Scotti from LLNL, recently won the John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research from the American Physical Society for substantially advancing a “flipped” approach for fusion.

LLNL's Innovation and Partnerships Office (IPO) Business Development Executive Clarence Cannon received the Department of Energy’s Technology Transfer Working Group (TTWG) Best in Class award for non-federal partnering.

Researchers at LLNL have developed a new detector, CHICOX (Compact Heavy Ion Counter version X), that opens up a new era of extremely sensitive studies of nuclear shapes.

LLNL Director Kim Budil announced in September that the 2026 John S. Foster Jr. Medal has been awarded to Richard L. Wagner Jr., a physicist whose career has shaped U.S. nuclear deterrence, from weapon design and underground testing to arms control, missile defense and counterterrorism policy.

LLNL scientist Jennifer Pett-Ridge has been named a 2026 fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). AGU is a global community supporting more than half a million advocates and professionals in the Earth and space sciences.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory engineer Christopher Spadaccini is one of 23 inaugural recipients of the University of California Regents Innovation Awards.

Researchers at LLNL have developed a solid-state bioreactor that can convert methane into succinate, a valuable chemical used to make polymers, stabilize drugs, enhance food flavor and beyond.