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A cryogenic target, cylindrical, held between two extended metal arms
// S&T Highlights
The achievement of a burning plasma state on November 2020 and February 2021 at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) is described in a paper in Nature.
Nature cover with text "The Heat is On" and image of a metal spoon-shaped part
// Journal Covers
Livermore researchers report on the achievement of a burning plasma at Livermore's National Ignition Facility.
T. Young Han (left) and Kathryn Mohrer
// Recognition
The Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program has selected Livermore computer scientist Kathryn Mohror and materials scientist T. Yong Han as 2022 fellows.
Several dozzen upright COVID test swabs showing plastic nodules
// S&T Highlights
The Laboratory's work on consumables for COVID-19 testing was highlighted in a recent special issue of the Materials Research Society (MRS) Bulletin.
Journal cover with image of earth with simulation model superimposed on lower half
// Journal Covers
Highlights implementation of a new global 3.25-kilometer version of the E3SM atmosphere model and its behavior in a 40-day northern-hemisphere wintertime simulation.
Christopher Stolz next to SPIE logo
// Recognition
Livermore's Christopher Stolz has been elected as a fellow of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics.
Man stanading next to large scientific equipment
// A Look Back
The discovery of carbon-14 leads to accelerator mass spectrometry at Livermore.
Two scientists sit at table with lab machinery
// S&T Highlights
Livermore and three other institutions are seeking to develop a multi-pathogen vaccine that will protect against three bacterial biothreat pathogens.
Illustration of a planet with an open section and a solid spherical core inside
// S&T Highlights
Researchers have experimentally determined the high-pressure melting curve and structural properties of pure iron up to nearly 10,000,000 atmospheres.
Cover of Materials Today journal with illustration of spheres and streak ending at hot spot
// Journal Covers
Demonstrates a multiscale simulation framework coupling that can quantitatively predict tailored microstructure formation in laser processed Ti-Nb.