For the first time, researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have successfully 3D-printed optical-quality glasses, on par with commercial glass products.
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The Department of Defense and other U.S. agencies perform national-security-related experiments on the National Ignition Facility.
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Lawrence Livermore's Target Fabrication Team builds tiny targets that illuminate big questions at the National Ignition Facility.
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The Laboratory’s Center for Design Optimization is working to fundamentally transform how engineers design complex parts and systems to be additively manufactured.
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Lawrence Livermore will lead a new international multi-laboratory and university collaboration for nonproliferation research.
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Scientific images by Livermore researchers are on view at the Bankhead Theater's art gallery through the end of April.
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Laboratory scientists are developing models of high performance fuels to see how they would perform in advanced internal combustion engines.
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Livermore scientists scientists are part of a national planetary defense team that designed a conceptual spacecraft to deflect Earth-bound asteroids.
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Lawrence Livermore scientists have received funding improve the energy efficiency of copper-based catalysts to convert carbon dioxide into methane and other valuable hydrocarbon products.