A prototype telescope designed and built by LLNL researchers has been launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Scientists at LLNL and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found that a noted f
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A new study led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and researchers from LLNL demonstrates an approach for the integrated capture and conversion of nitrate-contaminated waters into valuable ammonia within a single electrochemical cell.
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Scientists from the LLNL Planetary Defense program have released details of their research of the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor.
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A series of experiments conducted at the Omega Laser, part of the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics, provide new insights into magnetic reconnection.
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A 170-page book featuring LLNL was recently published by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, titled “Strategies to Renew Federal Facilities.”
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