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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).
Ben Santer
// Recognition
Sigma Xi has awarded Ben Santer the William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement.
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.
Setup for a survivability experiment inside the NIF target chamber
// S&T Highlights
Lawrence Livermore’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) has become a key tool for testing the survivability of nuclear weapon components.
Satelite orbiting asteroid Psyche
// S&T Highlights
Livermore scientists are designing and building a gamma-ray spectrometer, called GeMini-Plus, to explore the asteroid Psyche.
Mosquito carrying metal foam cylinder on its back while standing on cotton
// S&T Highlights
Livermore researchers have created ultra-low-density metal foams of gold, silver, and copper.