Science and Technology Highlights

Two masked people flank metal box
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Livermore technology transfer and private-sector partnerships played an important role in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Artist's rendering of 3D print machine creating electrochemical reactor
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A research team leverages the power of 3D printing to improve the performance of electrochemical reactors used to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) to useful energy sources, chemicals and material feedstocks.
Artist's rendering of bacteria in soil
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Just a few bacterial groups found in ecosystems across the planet are responsible for more than half of carbon cycling in soils.
Image (left) and diagram of spherical target
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Livermore scientists have demonstrated a new geometry for a neutron source platform for the National Ignition Facility.
A scanning electron microscope image of a damage site on a silicon dioxide
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Livermore researchers have developed and are now installing high-quality fused silica debris shields to increase the National Ignition Facility’s shot rate.
Kelli Humbird
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Researchers have developed a new machine learning-based approach for modeling inertial confinement fusion experiments that results in more accurate predictions of National Ignition Facility shots.
Velocity streamlines of an aerodynamic model
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Livermore engineers have demonstrated aerodynamically integrated energy-efficient vehicle shapes for heavy vehicles.
Artist's rendering of lattice structure
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Researchers have developed a groundbreaking method for transporting liquids and gases using 3D-printed lattice design.
Artist's rendering of a quantum computer chip
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New research sheds light on a major challenge to realizing the promise and potential of quantum computing—error correction.
Artist's rendering of spectrometer
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A research team has designed a novel x-ray crystal spectrometer to provide high-resolution measurements of a challenging feature of high-energy-density (HED) matter.