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Horned beetle
// S&T Highlights
A research team has learned how the digestive system of a wood-eating beetle serves as a natural mini-reactor for biofuel production.
Thomas Kruijer
// Recognition
Geochemist Thomas Kruijer has won the F.W. Clarke Award from the Geochemical Society.
An artist's rendering of a printed spiral filament loaded with live cells.
// S&T Highlights
Researchers have 3D printed live cells that convert glucose to ethanol and carbon dioxide gas (CO2), demonstrating a technology that can lead to high biocatalytic efficiency.
Screen shot of ARC video
// S&T Highlights
We created this new video animation to explain how the Advanced Radiographic Capability (ARC) laser works.
Three scientists
// S&T Highlights
A research team has developed a novel system for recording widespread brain activity,
Lori Diachin
// Recognition
The online high-performance computing news publication HPCwire has named Lawrence Livermore’s Lori Diachin, Computation’s deputy associate director for science and technology, as one of its “People to Watch” in 2019.
Two scientists examining slide
// S&T Highlights
Veterinarians and agricultural inspectors can now turn to a newer, faster and less expensive biological detection system.
Researchers examine multibeam metal 3D printing platform
// S&T Highlights
Lawrence Livermore scientists and engineers have created the first research-grade, open-architecture multibeam metal 3D printer.
Molecular model
// Journal Covers
We integrate silicon nanoribbon transistor sensors with an antifouling lipid bilayer coating that contains proton-permeable carbon nanotube porin (CNTP) channels and demonstrate robust pH detection in a variety of complex biological fluids.
Melting sea ice
// S&T Highlights
A paper in the Feb. 25 edition of the journal Nature Climate Change outlines three key climate events that signified a turning point.