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Metal nozzles and laser beams
// S&T Highlights
Researchers studied the melting behavior of tantalum at multi-megabar pressures on the nanosecond timescale.
Mark Zelinka
// Recognition
The American Meteorological Society has selected atmospheric scientist Mark Zelinka to receive the Henry G. Houghton Award.
Image of Mars (left) and artist's conception (right)
// S&T Highlights
A United Arab Emirates Mars mission uses Livermore-made optics in the spectrometer used to image the surface.
The Bipolar Reset Experiment
// S&T Highlights
Livermore scientists are working on a new diagnostic capability that will provide, for the first time, the ability to make x-ray radiographic movies.
Interior of NIF chamber with text "1.3 MJ"
// S&T Highlights
On Aug. 8, 2021, an experiment at Lawrence Livermore’s National Ignition Facility made a significant step toward ignition, achieving a yield of more than 1.3 megajoules.
Black and white images of mushroom clouds and simulated clouds
// S&T Highlights
Livermore scientists are improving our understanding of nuclear cloud rise using a widely adopted and strongly validated weather modeling tool.
Book cover with multi-colored abstract image
// Journal Covers
Livermore scientists contributed two chapters to this book, one on capacitive deionization (CDI), and one on transport in carbon nanotube pores.
Cover text and abstract multicolored design of world map
// Journal Covers
Five Livermore scientists contributed to this report.
One man sitting in experimental automobile frame, another standing next to it
// A Look Back
In 1980, LLNL researchers worked on a powered roadway for electric vehicles that they hoped would change the face of the nation’s transportation system.
IPCC report coer
// S&T Highlights
Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report.