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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.
Picture of Nevada desert
// S&T Highlights
Twenty years of Livermore research has revealed the mechanisms behind plutonium’s slow migration through the environment.
Stratocumulus clouds with drizzle over the ocean
// S&T Highlights
Researchers are improving the modeling of drizzle in stratocumulus clouds to enhance the accuracy of climate models.
Periodic table element hydrogen entry
// S&T Highlights
Using a real-world application for quantum mechanics, Laboratory researchers are finding ways to make hydrogen fuel tanks more efficient.
Red dye in water
// S&T Highlights
Livermore researchers are developing a simple, yet powerful, health assessment tool for use on the battlefield, in space, or in other isolated settings.