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Marine stratocumulus clouds along the California and Baja California coastlines, as revealed by a NASA satellite
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Global warming causes low-level clouds over the oceans to decrease, leading to further warming.
Two scientists examine thin-film electrode
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Thin-film electrodes developed at Lawrence Livermore have been used in human patients at the University of California, San Francisco, generating never-before-seen recordings of brain activity in the hippocampus.
Chemical compund formulae and scale of solubility
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A new study suggests a microbial pathway to removing uranium from groundwater.
Artist’s depiction of a liposomal drug carrier studded with carbon nanotube porins that is docking to a cancer cell surface
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A research team has used carbon nanotubes to enable direct drug delivery from liposomes through the plasma membrane into the cell interior.
Jeff Hittinger
// Recognition
The Krell Institute, a nonprofit organization serving the scientific and educational communities, has awarded Livermore computational scientist Jeff Hittinger with its 2021 James Corones Award in Leadership, Community Building and Communication.
White and purple disks of different sizes stacked horizontally
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The Center for Non-Perturbative Studies of Functional Materials under Non-Equilibrium Conditions advances high-performance computing software to support novel materials discovery.
Image of periodic table symbol of plutonium
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Scorpius, a multi-lab project to advance stockpile stewardship, will yield an unprecedented experimental tool powered by Livermore technology.
Dr. Christopher Cross in front of poster of award
// Recognition
Chris Cross, deputy associate program leader for Weapons and Complex Integration’s Strategic Partnership Programs, has received the Meritorious Civilian Service Award from the Department of the Army.
Schematic of the “BeEST” experiment
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A research team has demonstrated the power of using nuclear decay in high-rate quantum sensors in the search for sterile neutrinos.
Abstract pattern of colorful dots with article title
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Livermore researchers develop a system to help analysts find evidence of nuclear weapons proliferation using open-source information.