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Screen capture of animation of spacecraft hitting a surface
// S&T Highlights
Livermore researchers contribute simulation expertise to NASA’s DART planetary-defense tech-demo mission.
Artistic collage of atomic structures, light beams, metallic spheres
// S&T Highlights
Magnesium at 10 million times atmospheric pressure adopts fundamentally new chemical and structural behavior.
Five people wearing bunny suits (3 at left) surround four square panels whoing rainbox colors.
// S&T Highlights
Livermore researchers and their collaborators have developed new high-energy pulse compression gratings that will be used in the world’s highest-power laser system.
Stylized image of a cryogenic target, spoon-like in shape
// Recognition
The Burning Plasma Team has been awarded the 2022 John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research by the American Physical Society.
Photo of Alison Ruth Christopherson
// Recognition
Livermore scientist Alison Ruth Christopherson has earned the American Physical Society’s Marshall N. Rosenbluth Outstanding Doctoral Thesis award.
Artist's conception of exoplanet circling red dwarf star
// S&T Highlights
Researchers are exploring the opacity of hydrogen under the extreme pressures and relatively low temperatures found in the interior of red dwarfs.
Man wearing goggles holds metal base
// Recognition
Livermore scientists and engineers have garnered three awards among the top 100 industrial inventions worldwide.
Photo of microgram amount of curium compound, roughly spheircal in shape
// S&T Highlights
Researchers have developed a new method to isolate and study in great detail some of the rarest and most toxic elements on Earth.
Illustration of four thin needles among mesh of neurons
// S&T Highlights
Flexible probes utilize light and chemical sensors to study and treat conditions of the eyes, ears, and brain.
Virtual reality rendering of hand holding game device
// S&T Highlights
A Livermore-developed interactive simulator provides real-time gamma and neutron data for cutting-edge nuclear emergency response training.