Science and Technology Highlights

Illustration of a linear jet of particles emerging from black hole (red circle surrounding black interior)
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A new National Ignition Facility Discovery Science campaign is designed to simulate the type of photoionized plasma found in accretion disks and the surrounding stellar wind.
Artist's conception of water molecules flowing through cylindrical nanotube formed by carbon atoms
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To transform the way energy is collected, stored, and used, the Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) awarded Livermore and collaborators three energy-focused projects.
Man working behind lab bench with metal boxesm tubes, wires.
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Spiral phase mirrors, when incorporated into a laser system, will enable scientists to “twist” the laser light and generate an optical vortex.
Astronaut inside space station surrounded by equipment reaching up
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A five-year microbial study of the International Space Station and its astronauts by Lawrence Livermore and NASA researchers has found that the ISS habitat is safe for its residents.
Artist's conception of cylinders formed by molecules
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Livermore scientists are scaling up the production of vertically aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) that could revolutionize a diverse set of commercial products.
Abstract geometric design of equipment with title Exascale Day 10.18.2022
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Livermore researchers are using the third generation of early access machines to port codes over to the future exascale system El Capitan.
Journal cover ACS Letters with vertical ornage beam hitting wavy surface
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Livermore scientists have devised a method to fabricate all-solid-state lithium metal batteries.
Illustration of hexagonal arrangement of spheres
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Livermore scientists develop a copper–titanium catalyst to mitigate use of precious metals.
Mike Owen, Katie Kumamoto and Megan Bruck Syal at the DART Impact Event at Johns Hopkins University
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Members of Livermore’s DART spacecraft discuss being present at mission control during he world’s first planetary defense technology demonstration.
Photo collage of John Clauser and Nobel medal
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John Clauser, an experimental physicist who spent a decade at Livermore, has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, along with French scientist Alain Aspect and Austrian scientist Anton Zeilinger.