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Three physicists
// Recognition
Three scientists from Livermore are recipients of the 2020 John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research from the American Physical Society.
Report cover
// Recognition
The National Ignition Facility is highlighted in a recent assessment of the state and future of plasma science by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
Artist's conception of lanmodulin protein
// S&T Highlights
Researchers have designed a new process, based on a naturally occurring protein, that could extract and purify rare earth elements (REE) from low-grade sources.
From left: George Russell, Harold Brown and Edward Teller.
// A Look Back

In the summer of 1956, a U.S. Navy-sponsored study (Project Nobska) on anti-submarine warfare was held at Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Drying mudflat with handprint
// S&T Highlights
Research led by Livermore scientists has identified two signatures or “fingerprints” that explain why arid conditions are spreading worldwide.
Nature Climate Change journal cover
// Journal Covers
Researchers use a multivariate approach to identify two distinct externally forced fingerprints from multiple ensembles of Earth system model simulations.
Person wearing mask in laboratory
// S&T Highlights
This video summarizes some of the work that Lawrence Livermore researchers and staff are doing to respond to the COVID-19 epidemic.
Schematic of a capacitive deionization cell
// S&T Highlights
LLNL scientists have provided a comprehensive practical overview of a capacitive deionization cell's resistive components both experimentally and theoretically.
 Image made from X-ray scans of single crystal sapphire spheres
// S&T Highlights
Researchers find principles underlying velocity scaling and dispersion in wave transmission through grainy particle arrangements.
Bio-Rad's QX200 Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR) System
// S&T Highlights
Livermore's technology transfer team has opened up multiple fronts to aid the nation’s efforts against the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.