Science and Technology Highlights

The National Ignition Facility
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Over the last decade, the world's most energetic laser has been making important contributions to the Stockpile Stewardship Program, national security, and high-energy-density science.
Model of biomolecule
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Livermore scientists have developed a promising drug that permeates the blood-brain barrier.
Ship lowering raft into ocean
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The LLNL Independent Diagnostic Scoring System (LIDSS) measures crucial impact parameters during intercontinental ballistic missile tests.
Artist's conception of comet and organic molecular formulae
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Comets impacts may have produced nitrogen-containing aromatic structures that are likely constituents of polymeric biomaterials.
 Building and annealing a rectangular block of stainless steel 316L
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Researchers have developed a technique to reduce residual stress in metal 3D printed parts using laser diodes.
Dawn Shaughnessy
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Nuclear chemist Dawn Shaughnessy joined a team of scientists from Lawrence Livermore and Russia that discovered five elements from 1989 to 2010.
Lassen supercomputer
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Livermore’s Lassen joined its companion system Sierra in the top 10 of the TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers.
Livermore Graduate Scholar and chemist Fanny Chu
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Any single hair from anywhere on the human body can be used to identify a person.
Switchgrass
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Researchers have identified a molecular mechanism in bacteria that can overcome a key gap in biofuel and biochemical production processes.
 The X-ray free-electron laser at the Linac Coherent Light Source
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Researchers have elucidated the transition in the chemical bonding mechanism that enables the data storage in phase-change materials.