Lawrence Livermore’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) has become a key tool for testing the survivability of nuclear weapon components.
Science and Technology Highlights
Livermore researchers have created ultra-low-density metal foams of gold, silver, and copper.
Livermore scientists are designing and building a gamma-ray spectrometer, called GeMini-Plus, to explore the asteroid Psyche.
Livermore’s new investigational platform could provide an innovative means for better understanding brain pathology.
Advanced Radiographic Capability (ARC) short-pulse laser have produced protons with energies about 10 times higher than previous experience would have predicted.
Researchers study relationships between microbial genes and performance in the field.
Livermore scientists used giant lasers to flash-freeze water into its exotic superionic phase and record X-ray diffraction patterns to identify its atomic structure for the very first time
Small satellites that are easier and less expensive to build and more cost efficient to launch than conventional ones.
Greenhouse gas emissions in the first half of the century significantly affected temperature and rainfall and caused large hydrological shifts over land.
Researchers have discovered a solution to a major type of defect in metal 3D-printed parts.