Science and Technology Highlights

The Sierra supercomputer
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Sierra, Livermore’s newest supercomputer, rose to second place on the list of the world’s fastest computing systems, the TOP500 List.
The Corona high-performance computing cluster
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Livermore will accept delivery of Corona, a new unclassified high-performance computing cluster.
Power lines
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Livermore scientists are working to determine the risk to the grid from a cyberattack.
Scientist tests opitcal fiber
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Livermore has won five Technology Commercialization Fund grants from the Department of Energy.
LLNL at the Grace Hopper Cnference
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Lawrence Livermore sent 43 employees to the annual Grace Hopper Celebration, the premier international gathering of women in computing.
Swetha Chandrasekaran holds 3D-printed graphene aerogel supercapacitor
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Researchers at Livermore and the University of California, Santa Cruz have created 3D-printed supercapacitor electrodes capable of achieving record-breaking performance.
Earth
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Livermore and University of Washington scientists conclude that it is too early to rule out severe global climate change.
Black widow spider
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Livermore and other institutions collaborate to discover how spiders make silk
Supercomputer simulations of dormant white dwarf
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Remnant cores of burned-out stars could be the key to finding the most elusive class of black holes.
The Sierra supercomputer
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Sierra, one of the world’s fastest supercomputers has been officially unveiled.