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A researcher holds an example of a Livermore Flexible Probe.
// S&T Highlights
Microelectrode implants promise greater understanding of how the brain functions.
Brain image from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data
// S&T Highlights
Livermore will use high-performance computing in partnership with other national labs and universities to improve the scientific understanding and treatment of traumatic brain industry.
The L3-HAPLS laser system
// S&T Highlights
The L3-HAPLS advanced petawatt laser system has been declared fully integrated and operational at the ELI Beamlines Research Center.
A shock‐induced reaction in a heterogeneous solid explosive
// Journal Covers
Modeling the effects of shock pressure and pore morphology on hot spot mechanisms in HMX
LLNL's Sierra supercomputer
// S&T Highlights
Lawrence Livermore’s next-generation supercomputer, Sierra, is the third-fastest computing system in the world, according to the TOP500 list.
Livermore scientist Tammy Ma
// Recognition
Tammy Ma, a plasma physicist at Lawrence Livermore, has been named a recipient of the prestigious Department of Energy Office of Science Early Career Research Program.
Underground cavity formed by nuclear explosion
// A Look Back
The Atomic Energy Commission established the Plowshare Program in June 1957 to explore the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
Rendering of the inside of NIF's target chamber
// S&T Highlights
An experimental campaign at the National Ignition Facility has achieved double the previous record neutron yield and fusion energy output.
Map of San Francisco electricity grid
// S&T Highlights
Livermore is working to develop and commercialize a tool capable of performing coupled simulations of transmission and distribution grids.
Engineers work on a cubesat
// S&T Highlights
Livermore researchers are developing new instruments and operational principles for a type of nanosatellite called CubeSat.