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International Filtration News cover issue 6 2020
// Recognition
International Filtration News selected a carbon nanotube (CNT) porin technology developed by Lawrence Livermore researchers and colleagues as one of the top filtration innovations in 2020, featuring it on the cover of issue 6 2020.
Three atmospheric black carbon maps
// S&T Highlights
A team of Livermore scientists has modeled the global climatic consequences of a regional nuclear weapons exchange.
Book cover with abstract color pattern
// Journal Covers
This chapter reviews the requirements and design for anti-reflective coatings on laser optics, the sol-gel synthesis process, coating methods and post treatments, coating stability, and laser-damage performance.
Architected 3D electrodes
// S&T Highlights
A research team has developed a 3D-printed electrode that lessens the problems that occur with gas bubbles that are generated during water electrolysis.
The Blue Gene/L supercomputer
// Recognition
A team of current and former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and IBM scientists won the annual “Test of Time” award at the 2020 Supercomputing Conference.
Artistic rendering of an aspirational future automated production process for custom optics
// S&T Highlights
Livermore researchers have used multi-material 3D printing to create tailored gradient refractive index glass optics.
The Sierra supercomputer
// S&T Highlights
Livermore houses four of the world’s 100 most powerful supercomputers, more than any other institution according to the TOP500 list.
journal cover
// Journal Covers
The authors review the development of time-resolved, in situ imaging techniques capable of capturing solid–liquid interfacial evolution in metallic alloys.
Generative model of SARS-Cov-2 virus
// Recognition
A machine learning model developed by a team of Livermore scientists to aid in COVID-19 drug discovery efforts is a finalist for the Gordon Bell Special Prize for High Performance Computing-Based COVID-19 Research.
The Ruby supercomputer
// S&T Highlights
Livermore has deployed “Ruby,” a high performance computing cluster that will perform functions for the National Nuclear Security Administration and support the Laboratory’s COVID-19 research.