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MIT Technology Review has named Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) research scientist Xiaoxing Xia as one of its 2025 Innovators Under 35 — a global list honoring early-career researchers and entrepreneurs who are shaping the future of science and technology.
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LLNL’s Xiaoxing Xia named among MIT Technology Review’s top Innovators Under 35

MIT Technology Review has named LLNL research scientist Xiaoxing Xia as one of its 2025 Innovators Under 35.

A schematic of the SAPPHIRE diagnostic. The top half of a chirped laser beam passes through plasma, while the bottom half does not. Separating and recombining the beam creates interference patterns (right) that show how the plasma changes with time.
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Novel probe captures every scene of a plasma movie all at once

In a study published in Optica, LLNL researchers developed a new diagnostic that captures plasma evolution in time and space with a single laser shot. 

Samples of algae were taken from the Eel River (left) and measured with NanoSIMS (center). The results, right, demonstrate that a symbiotic bacterium fixes nitrogen inside the algae.
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River ecosystem holds clues for sustainable nitrogen production

LLNL researchers and collaborators investigated a California river ecosystem and found a nitrogen-fixing bacterium that acts like a proto-organelle.

LLNL physicist Hye-Sook Park was honored for her pioneering high-energy-density experimental work with the American Nuclear Society’s Edward Teller Award.
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LLNL physicist Hye-Sook Park receives Edward Teller Award

LLNL physicist Hye-Sook Park wins the Edward Teller Award by the American Nuclear Society. 

Diana Chen, an optical engineer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), has been named a Senior Member of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.
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LLNL optical engineer Diana Chen named SPIE Senior Member for 2025

Diana Chen, an LLNL optical engineer, has been named a Senior Member of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. 

A laboratory-scale carbon dioxide electrolyzer (left) and a schematic representation of the same (middle). This technology can be used to transform carbon dioxide into valuable products like fuel and plastics (right).
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Controlling water cuts energy costs for ethylene production

In a new study, LLNL researchers design a new polymer ink, called an ionomer, that controls how gas and water move in electrochemical devices. 

STARFIRE logo.
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LLNL-led fusion energy hub expands roster of diode experts

The STARFIRE Hub for IFE, led by LLNL, adds five new members to its Diode Technology Working Group. 

Four LLNL technologies received 2025 R&D 100 awards, including the FIDDLE diagnostic. Peter Nyholm, Andrew Sharp, Robin Benedetti and Brandon Morioka (from left) make adjustments in the FIDDLE diagnostic, which can produce multiple images of phase transitions in materials over a few nanoseconds.
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Lab scientists win four 2025 R&D 100 awards

LLNL scientists and engineers earn four awards among the top 100 inventions worldwide.

LLNL researchers created molecular dynamics simulations to explain why either graphite or diamond forms when carbon crystallizes.
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When carbon crystallizes: molecular simulations reveal why graphite outshines d…

LLNL researchers create molecular dynamics simulations to explain what material forms when carbon crystallizes.

Twelve are named to LLNL’s 11th annual Early and Mid-Career Recognition Program.
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2025 Director's Early and Mid-Career Recognition Program

Twelve have been named to the Early and Mid-Career Recognition (EMCR) Program which recognizes scientific and technical accomplishments, leadership, and future promise demonstrated by LLNL scientists and engineers early in their careers.