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Running on the second-generation Cerebras WSE-2 — a cutting-edge processor boasting 850,000 cores — the team from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories and Cerebras Systems demonstrated the chip can perform complex simulations involving hundreds of thousands of atoms at speeds previously thought unattainable. The work is a finalist for the 2024 Association for Computing Machinery Gordon Bell Prize. the highest honor in supercomputing.
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A team of National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Tri-Lab researchers unveil a revolutionary approach to molecular dynamics (MD) simulations using the Cerebras Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE).

With a peak performance of 2.79 exaFLOPS, El Capitan comprises more than 11,000 compute nodes and provides the National Nuclear Security Administration with a flagship machine over 20 times more capable than its previous fastest supercomputer, Sierra.
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LLNL and collaborators have officially unveiled El Capitan as the world's most powerful supercomputer and first exascale system dedicated to national security.

BioID device instrument and consumables. An operating instrument is shown with a blue screen (left), open instrument for cartridge loading (middle) and single-use assay cartridge and sample loading syringe (right). The technology uses isothermal amplification to detect pathogen nucleic acid.
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LLNL and BioVind, LLC attain exclusive licensing of LLNL pathogen diagnostics technology focused on oil and gas applications. 

From left, Marcus Worsley, Longsheng Feng and Tae Wook Heo have created a new electrode that that will help increase storage capcity.
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LLNL scientists and collaborators 3D-printed a new and compact device configuration that allows precise control over the geometric features and interactions between the electrodes.

When silicone resins are 3D printed via direct ink writing on top of sensitive electronic components, such as a circuit board, they offer unique mechanical and electrical protections. The printed structure can also act as a cushion, which is illustrated by striking the circuit board with a hammer.
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With the help of 3D printing techniques, LLNL researchers are “packaging” electronics with printable elastomeric silicone foams to provide mechanical and electrical protection of sensitive components.

LLNL's Buddemeier named to National Academies board
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LLNL certified health physicist Brooke Buddemeier has been appointed to a panel of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. 

Using atomic-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy, researchers found that in the presence of iron, the grain boundary of titanium undergoes a phase transition, forming “cages” or “clusters” at the grain boundary (the gold region at the center of the image).
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LLNL researchers and international collaborators provide the first demonstration of how iron atoms, when introduced into titanium, undergo a GB transition.

American energy use is trending towards decarbonization, according to the most recent energy and carbon flow charts produced by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
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LLNL releases annual flowcharts to illustrate the nation's consumption and uses of energy, as well as associated CO2 emissions. 

Laboratory leadership gather around table to celebrate signature.
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The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has accepted Nightwatch, the first digital product developed and produced by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). 

LLNL biologists David Baliu-Rodriguez (left) and Mike Malfatti examine the Accelerator Mass Spectrometry results showing the quantification of carbon-14 labeled-subedatex in tissue.
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LLNL researchers discover a promising new treatment that can be a boon to doctors and medical professionals dealing with the crisis of fentanyl.