Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory engineer Christopher Spadaccini is one of 23 inaugural recipients of the University of California Regents Innovation Awards.
Science and Technology Highlights
Researchers at LLNL have developed a solid-state bioreactor that can convert methane into succinate, a valuable chemical used to make polymers, stabilize drugs, enhance food flavor and beyond.
LLNL will provide an advanced tri-optical imaging payload for the CAPSTONE 02 spacecraft. Led by Advanced Space’s mission-integration team, CAPSTONE 02 will demonstrate and characterize capabilities needed for future operations in the complex cislunar environment.
LLNL is poised to learn much more about the gut and its pivotal role, thanks to a breakthrough by a team of researchers who replicated the gut in three dimensions, with all its spectacular architecture and activity, on a fluidic chip the size of a microscope slide.
Natural gas and renewable energy consumption reached record levels in the U.S. in 2024, while overall energy use increased modestly, according to the latest U.S. energy flow chart released by LLNL.
Scientists and engineers at LLNL have developed a camera-based inspection system that can monitor complex 3D-printed structures layer by layer, using AI and machine learning (ML) to measure tiny variations and potentially identify problems before a part ever leaves the printer.
In a recent study, published in Advanced Energy Materials, researchers at LLNL used large-scale molecular dynamics simulations accelerated by machine learning, combined with data-driven analysis, to tackle this challenge.
A team of scientists at LLNL partnered with Rocket Lab and the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) to deliver an optical payload for the VICTUS HAZE tactically responsive space (TacRS) mission under the Space Safari program office.
A team of LLNL scientists and engineers pushed the limits of unmanned aerial systems to earn a place at the DARPA Lift Challenge, hosted by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Through a Strategic Partnership Project with micronuclear reactor startup AMPERA, LLNL engineers are applying a novel metallic-particle manufacturing capability toward producing this robust nuclear fuel.