Science and Technology Highlights

Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the Korean Institute of Science and Technology attend a multi-day workshop at LLNL to explore opportunities for expanded research collaborations.
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Researchers gather for a three-day workshop at LLNL to discuss progress on shared research projects and explore collaboration opportunities on clean energy technologies, climate resilience and related data-science solutions.

Atomistic simulations, machine learning potential and accelerated degradation experiments reveal the complex role of CO2 in the oxidation kinetics of amine-functional sorbents for carbon capture.
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LLNL researchers and collaborators make a significant breakthrough in understanding the impact of carbon dioxide (CO2) on the stability of amine-functionalized porous solid materials. 

Three major approaches to durable carbon removal.  The figure shows the major carbon fluxes that must be accounted for when evaluating the net amount of carbon removal that can be attributed to a project.
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LLNL scientists and collaborators look into the state of evaluating the climate impact of CDR projects (also referred to as carbon accounting). 

Femtosecond X-ray snapshot of shock-compressed zirconium.
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LLNL scientists and collaborators compress single crystal samples of the metal zirconium, yielding surprising results. 

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers, including (from left) Saptarshi Mukherjee, Johanna Vandenbrande and Ethan Rosenberg, have introduced an innovative new approach to 3D printing using microwave energy to cure materials, opening the door to a broader range of materials than ever before.
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LLNL researchers introduce an innovative new approach to 3D printing using microwave energy to cure materials, opening the door to a broader range of materials than ever before.

Vice President Sang Yup Lee from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and Glenn Fox, principal associate director at LLNL, signed a memorandum of understanding in June 2024, to collaborate on basic science research regarding hydrogen and other carbon-neutral technologies.
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LLNL leaders and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) sign a memorandum of understanding to expand collaborations related to hydrogen and other low-carbon energy technology.

From left, Daniela Cusak, LLNL’s Karis McFarlane and Andy Nottingham take soil samples from a rainforest.
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LLNL scientists and colleagues find that warming and drying of tropical forest soils may increase soil carbon vulnerability, by increasing degradation of older carbon.

Shown is the SpaceX Transporter-11 stack with the Deep Purple payload (circled in red) attached to the Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator-R satellite.
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The Deep Purple telescope developed by LLNL researchers is now operational in space.

Artistic rendition of X-ray diffraction from a sample in the toroidal diamond anvil cell at conditions relevant to the deep interior of Neptune
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An international team of LLNL scientists and collaborators develop a new sample configuration that improves the reliability of equation of state measurements in a pressure regime.

From left to right: Teal Pershing, Jimmy Kingston, Rachel Mannino, Ethan Bernard and Jingke Xu stand with the “XeNu” (Xe-Neutron) setup that calibrates LZ-style dark matter detectors.
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LLNL scientists contribute to figuring out the nature of dark matter using the world’s most sensitive dark matter detector, LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ).