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Logo for the MFEM project illustrates the high-order mesh elements and physics field representations
// S&T Highlights
The Laboratory’s long history of developing and supporting open source software has led to thriving user communities and international collaborations.
Sun shining through windows
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Researchers have discovered that a material that can convert light into electricity, perovskite, can also switch between transparent and non-transparent states, making it useful as an energy-efficient, switchable window.
Science communicator Maren video screenshot
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We ask three scientists to explain what algae is and why it's interesting to scientists and the world. (Video)
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Journal cover
// Journal Covers
This paper traces the evolution of kinetic reaction mechanism models of combustion and the applications of those models to real engines.
Football players in action
// Press
A study published online in Brain, a journal of neurology, presents the strongest case yet that repetitive hits to the head that don't lead to concussions cause CTE.
X ray image of skull
// S&T Highlights
Researchers have identified evidence of early chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) brain pathology after head impact, even in the absence of signs of concussion.
Félicie Albert prepares the tabletop-sized Titan laser system
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The development and potential applications of laser wakefield acceleration-driven light sources are featured in an article in the January issue of Optics & Photonics News.
An artistic rendering of the interface between a photoabsorbing material and an aqueous electrolyte
// S&T Highlights
Livermore researchers and colleagues have developed an integrated theory-experiment technique to interrogate chemistry at solid/liquid interfaces, with the goal of developing better methods of generating hydrogen fuel from solar power.
Diagram of NIF supercamera
// S&T Highlights
When a fast x-ray camera was successfully coupled to a sophisticated x-ray optic and mounted recently in NIF, it brought powerful new diagnostic capabilities to the world’s highest-energy laser system.
Physicist Charles Orth
// Recognition
Charles Orth, a physicist with Livermore for more than 40 years, was presented with the 2017 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.