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Journal cover page
// Journal Covers
A report of the synthesis and characterization of a series of model silicone networks modified with a specific class of silicone-resin known as MQ-resin.
Three scientists
// Recognition
Three Livermore postdoctoral appointees have been selected to attend the 70th annual Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting in Germany.
Scientist in front of tabletop bench equipment
// S&T Highlights
Livermore scientists have developed a high-precision interferometer system to measure the pressure dependence of the refractive index in diamond anvil cells.
The L3 high-average-power petawatt laser system
// S&T Highlights
The L3-HAPLS, the world’s highest-average-power petawatt laser system designed and built by Livermore, reached a major milestone during a recent demonstration at ELI Beamlines Research Center.
Bronis R. De Supinski
// Recognition
Bronis R. de Supinski, chief technology officer for Livermore Computing, is one of the top influencers in the high performance computing industry for 2021, according to HPCwire.
Rob Falgout
// Recognition
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics has selected computational mathematician Rob Falgout as an esteemed member of its 2021 Class of SIAM Fellows.
Four simulations of neutron energy impact on asteroid
// S&T Highlights
The neutron energy output from a nuclear device detonation can affect the deflection of an asteroid.
U.S. energy flow chart
// S&T Highlights
Americans used approximately 7 percent less energy in 2020, due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to energy flow charts released by Livermore.
Droplet™ Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction (ddPCR) machine
// Recognition
Livermore researchers and their colleagues who help them commercialize technologies have won three national technology transfer awards this year.
Artist's rendeing of hydrogen gas bubbles forming  a thin layer of gallium oxynitride formed on gallium nitride surfaces.
// S&T Highlights
A research team uncovered a surprising, self-improving property in a silicon/gallium nitride photosynthesis device that contributes to the material’s highly efficient and stable performance in converting light and water into carbon-free hydrogen.