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A researcher holds an example of a Livermore Flexible Probe.
// S&T Highlights
Microelectrode implants promise greater understanding of how the brain functions.
A network simulation of a fleet of machine agents
// S&T Highlights

A firefighter enters a burning office building followed by several drones, searching for people in need of rescue. The drones scatter in different directions, moving down corridors and systematically scanning rooms.

Brain image from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data
// S&T Highlights
Livermore will use high-performance computing in partnership with other national labs and universities to improve the scientific understanding and treatment of traumatic brain industry.
A shock‐induced reaction in a heterogeneous solid explosive
// Journal Covers
Modeling the effects of shock pressure and pore morphology on hot spot mechanisms in HMX
The L3-HAPLS laser system
// S&T Highlights
The L3-HAPLS advanced petawatt laser system has been declared fully integrated and operational at the ELI Beamlines Research Center.
LLNL's Sierra supercomputer
// S&T Highlights
Lawrence Livermore’s next-generation supercomputer, Sierra, is the third-fastest computing system in the world, according to the TOP500 list.
Livermore scientist Tammy Ma
// Recognition
Tammy Ma, a plasma physicist at Lawrence Livermore, has been named a recipient of the prestigious Department of Energy Office of Science Early Career Research Program.
Underground cavity formed by nuclear explosion
// A Look Back
The Atomic Energy Commission established the Plowshare Program in June 1957 to explore the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
Rendering of the inside of NIF's target chamber
// S&T Highlights
An experimental campaign at the National Ignition Facility has achieved double the previous record neutron yield and fusion energy output.
Map of San Francisco electricity grid
// S&T Highlights
Livermore is working to develop and commercialize a tool capable of performing coupled simulations of transmission and distribution grids.