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Empirical measurements of carbon and nitrogen exchange between algae and bacteria, using stable isotope tracing, allowed the LLNL team to identify three different bacteria types with distinct ecological roles, providing a conceptual framework to better understand how the algal microbiome plays a role in carbon and nitrogen degradation and recycling.
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Researchers from Lawrence Livermore used LLNL’s nanoSIMS to understand and quantify the role of the algal microbiome in processing algal carbon (C) and nitrogen (N). The research appears in Nature Communications.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Meta researchers demonstrated a new kind of 3D-printed material that can “translate” text messages to braille on-the-fly by filling the device with air at strategic points.
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Engineers and chemists at LLNL and Meta have developed a new kind of 3D-printed material capable of replicating characteristics of biological tissue, an advancement that could impact the future of “augmented humanity.”
Conceptual illustration demonstrating the antioxidative impact of epoxide-amine hydrogen bonding on aminopolymer-based direct air capture adsorbents.
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In a significant stride toward implementing scalable climate solutions, LLNL scientists have uncovered how some carbon capture materials have improved lifetime compared to others. These materials are key in addressing greenhouse gas emissions and global warming concerns.
2023 Director’s Science and Technology Awards
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Three teams have been honored with the 2023 Director’s Science and Technology Awards. Their accomplishments made a significant impact on the Laboratory's mission and have been widely acknowledged internally and by the larger scientific community.
Senior Laboratory leaders attend a celebration marking the Scorpius accelerator milestone.
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Members of LLNL’s Advanced Sources and Detectors (ASD) Scorpius accelerator team recently marked a major milestone in the project — the delivery of 24 line-replaceable units (LRUs), known as pulsers, forming a complete unit cluster.
Photo of Wren Carr and Peter DeVore with SPIE logo
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LLNL's Wren Carr and Peter DeVore have been elected as senior members of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.
The figure shows the energy ranking, where lower energy means higher stability, as a function of density for the most stable crystal structures generated by the algorithm.
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Research by LLNL and collaborators from Carnegie Mellon University demonstrates that crystal structure prediction is a useful tool for studying the various ways the molecules can pack together, also known as ubiquitous polymorphism, in energetic materials.
2023 Director’s Excellence in Publication Awards
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Nineteen papers covering a wide spectrum of research have received 2023 Director’s Excellence in Publication Awards. This honor acknowledges and rewards outstanding scientific and technical publications by Laboratory staff.
An atomic level view of Li-Mg imide nanoparticle wrapped by a layer of carbon host after hydrogen desorption
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LLNL computational scientists worked with experimental collaborators at Lawrence Berkeley and Sandia national laboratories to design metal amide-based composites capable of overcoming key kinetic limitations in their performance as hydrogen storage materials.
A Stellar Occultation Hypertemporal Imaging Payload (SOHIP) image of the Earth during the day.
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The hardware included the U.S. Space Force’s Space Test Program Houston 9 (STP-H9) platform, which houses a prototype telescope designed and built by LLNL's Space Science and Security Program.