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With computational models, researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory identified a pathway for a carbon monoxide and oxygen mixture to form a polymer that retains its stability even after it decompresses.
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LLNL researchers identify a first-of-its-kind carbon dioxide-equivalent polymer that can be recovered from high-pressure conditions. 

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory combined tiny, atom-scale simulations (right) with hydrodynamics code that describes the macroscopic world (center). The result can be used to study fusion targets at the National Ignition Facility (left).
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In a recent study, LLNL researchers and collaborators created a new framework that couples tiny, atom-scale simulations to code that describes the macroscopic world, all within the same simulation.

Artist rendering of LLNL's new additively manufactured high-entropy alloys. Researchers leverage local, rapid cooling during additive manufacturing to affect how the atoms settle as the metal solidifies and improve the material's mechanical properties.
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LLNL scientists and their collaborators demonstrate a method to overcome the challenges of the traditional additive manufacturing process. 

Multi-ignition fires like California's 2020 August Complex fire, shown here, have a disproportionately devastating impact compared to single-ignition fires.
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In a new study, LLNL researchers and collaborators examine multi-ignition fires, calculating their impact and modeling the mechanisms behind them.

The Pandora team with engineering hardware for the telescope.
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LLNL, in partnership with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and Blue Canyon Technologies, announced the successful launch of the Pandora satellite into Earth’s orbit. 

Target assembly developed by LLNL researchers, ready for an experiment at the National Ignition Facility to measure nuclear reactions in high-energy-density plasma environments. The assembly includes a capsule doped with radioactive material (located inside the cylindrical hohlraum).
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LLNL radiochemistry experts recently made the first experimental measurements of nuclear reactions in high-energy-density plasma environments.

LLNL scientist Sean O'Kelley works on the Lab’s superconducting quantum hardware, which is based on Nobel Prize-winning research.
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At LLNL, award-winning discoveries underpin two fronts of ongoing innovation: fundamental research in quantum computing hardware and designing ultrasensitive devices and methods to hunt for dark matter.  

A breakthrough two-photon lithography platform from a team of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Stanford University researchers uses large arrays of metalenses to split a femtosecond laser into more than 120,000 coordinated focal spots that write simultaneously across centimeter-scale areas. The method produces intricate 3D architectures with minimum feature sizes of 113 nanometers and achieves throughput more than a thousand times faster than commercial systems.
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LLNL engineers and scientists, in collaboration with Stanford University, have demonstrated a breakthrough 3D nanofabrication approach.

Scanning electron microscope image of 3D-printed helical arrays made by researchers at LLNL.
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LLNL researchers have optimized and 3D-printed helix structures as optical materials for Terahertz (THz) frequencies, a potential way to address a technology gap. 

At the Nevada National Security Sites, the Joint Actinide Shock Physics Experimental Research (JASPER) gas gun slams small, fast-moving projectiles into small samples of plutonium, yielding data about the behavior of plutonium under high-pressure shock conditions.
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The JASPER facility recently surpassed 200 full-containment experimental shots, marking more than two decades of precision operations, scientific advancement and collaboration.