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Bill McClean
// Recognition
Secretary of Energy Rick Perry recognized Livermore chemist Bill McLean with a Secretary’s Achievement Award.
Five scientists' portraits
// Recognition

Five Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers join an eclectic group of entrepreneurs, writers, executives, philanthropists and more on Diablo Magazine’s annual “40 Under 40” list, which recognizes young professi

Scientist in front of the CMS detector
// S&T Highlights
A research team announced the discovery of the Higgs boson particle transforming into bottom quarks as it decays.
Scientists examine floor-standing equipment
// S&T Highlights
A team of Livermore scientists has developed an expanded nuclear fission chain theory and detectors.
Four scientist portraits
// Recognition
Four Livermore researchers have been named Distinguished Members of Technical Staff.
Barry Chen among racks of supercomputers
// S&T Highlights
Researchers are developing new deep learning and high-performance computing algorithms that can sift through massive amounts of data for evidence of nuclear proliferation activities.
Neural implant that can control the electrical activity of brain cells
// S&T Highlights
A research team has taken a major step forward in enabling “multicolor” optogenetic control of different neuron types.
A sample of microarchitectured graphene aerogel
// S&T Highlights
An LLNL–Virginia Tech team reported producing micro-architectured 3D graphene aerogel structures with higher resolution and complexity than anything created before with other 3D printing methods.
Image of Jupiter with water droplet
// Press
With gentle pulses from gigantic lasers, scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory transformed hydrogen into droplets of shiny liquid metal using the world’s largest and most energetic laser.
Image of Jupiter with water droplet
// S&T Highlights
A research team led by scientists at Lawrence Livermore describes optical measurements of the insulator-to-metal transition in fluid hydrogen.