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Benjamin Santer
// Recognition

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) climate scientist Benjamin Santer is among scientists, authors, actors, business leaders, lawyers, surgeons and philanthropists who will be heading to the University of East An

Livermore Graduate Scholar and chemist Fanny Chu
// S&T Highlights
Any single hair from anywhere on the human body can be used to identify a person.
Lassen supercomputer
// S&T Highlights
Livermore’s Lassen joined its companion system Sierra in the top 10 of the TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers.
Switchgrass
// S&T Highlights
Researchers have identified a molecular mechanism in bacteria that can overcome a key gap in biofuel and biochemical production processes.
 The X-ray free-electron laser at the Linac Coherent Light Source
// S&T Highlights
Researchers have elucidated the transition in the chemical bonding mechanism that enables the data storage in phase-change materials.
A still from a Cardioid simulation
// S&T Highlights
Livermore researchers have successfully optimized a code that models the human heartbeat for next-generation, graphics processing unit (GPU)-based supercomputers.
Journal cover
// Journal Covers
We present a procedure that exploits thermally driven solid-state diffusional dewetting to yield considerable flexibility in generating ensembles of gold nanoparticles.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Director Bill Goldstein (right) shakes hands with San Francisco 49ers chairman John York
// S&T Highlights
Officials from the National Football League visited Lawrence Livermore to hear how national laboratories are advancing scientific understanding of traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Schematic illustration depicts the transition of ice growth by dynamic compression
// S&T Highlights
Research provides a new insight of crystal growth under dynamic compression.
Ben Santer
// Recognition
Sigma Xi has awarded Ben Santer the William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement.