Science and Technology Highlights

Artist's conception with images of bacteria and plankton
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A research team directly quantified uptake of complex carbon pools from the two primary sources of marine organic carbon (diatoms and cyanobacteria) by a natural microbial community.
Flat map-style image of planet Earth
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Advanced computer models, simulations, and analysis capabilities help scientists zoom in on Earth system processes and improve climate research.
Lightining strikes erupting volcano
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Livermore scientists and collaborators discovered that standing shock waves in the supersonic outflow of gases prevent electric discharges like sparks and lightning from propagating.
Multi-part figure showing measured and simulated flows within an imploding ICF hot spot
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Livermore researchers investigate a “low-mode” laser asymmetry that was significantly degrading performance at the National Ignition Facility.
Images of three planets offset from each other
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Livermore scientists have developed a new approach using machine learning to study the phase behaviors of superionic water with unprecedented resolution.
Plastic vial containing radioactive curium and the protein lanmodulin, glowing during a fluorescence spectroscopy experiment.
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Livermore scientists and collaborators have proposed a new mechanism by which nuclear waste could spread in the environment.
Qualitative graph of particle exposure versus airborne disease transmission
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Researchers model the physics of airborne disease transmission.
Artist's conception a a small molecule passing through the blood–brain barrier
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Scientists have developed a new, versatile antidote to counteract exposure to nerve agent poisoning.
New York Police Department station
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A retrospective LLNL's response to 9/11, this article describes the development of the Biological Aerosol Sentry and Information System.
Two scientists with equipment
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Since the attacks on the nation on Sept. 11, 2001, the Lab has continued to provide expertise in threat and risk assessment, detection of threat materials, and forensic analysis.