Science and Technology Highlights

Photo collage with gas pump (left), clouds, electric line tower
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A Livermore eam has developed GridDS — an open-source, data-science toolkit that provides an integrated energy data storage and augmentation infrastructure.
Equipment pictured includes monitor, upper left, and lab bench with various mounted lasers, front.
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A team of researchers has found that the rate of cooling in reactions dramatically affects the type of uranium molecules that form.
Dock with 6 people extending into lake, with two people on a liferaft, right, and steel tower with flag
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Scientists have shown that glaciers in the tropical Andes mountains have been in sync with polar ice extent in Antarctica and the Arctic for nearly a million years.
Exterior view of large horizontal building with parking lot
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LLNL researchers are collaborating with the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission to help develop a cryogenic target system for its Laser Mégajoule.
Room-size cylindrical device surrounded by other equipment
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The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment, the world's most sensitive dark matter detector, has passed a check-out phase of startup operations and delivered its first results.
Diagram of dry laser powder bed fusion with geometric shapes and arrows
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Livermore is partnering with Ampcera Inc. to develop solvent-free Laser Powder Bed Fusion additive manufacturing technologies for the fabrication of 3D-structured lithium battery cathodes.
Artist's conception of laser beam hitting nitrogen molecules (double spheres)
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Livermore scientists have obtained high-precision thermodynamic data on warm dense nitrogen at extreme conditions.
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LLNL researchers have reported a significant advance in broadband antireflective coatings applied to optics using nanostructure metasurface technology.
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Livermore researchers have devised a physics-based cryptocurrency that links electrical energy and blockchain technologies.
Three vertical supercomputers side by side
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Three predecessor machines for Lawrence Livermore’s future exascale system El Capitan ranked highly on the latest Top500 List of the world’s most powerful supercomputers.