National Ignition Facility achieves fusion ignition
The U.S. Department of Energy and DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration announced the achievement of fusion ignition at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
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Livermore researchers observe that ions behave differently in fusion reactions
Researchers at Livermore have discovered that ions behave differently in fusion reactions than previously expected.
High-laser-energy shot puts NIF back on track toward ignition
A record high-laser-energy NIF target shot on Sept. 19 produced about 1.2 million joules of fusion energy yield.
A tradition of excellence in technology innovation
Cutting-edge Livermore technologies have garnered prestigious R&D 100 awards for more than 40 years.
NIF research will shed light on black holes and astrophysical plasmas
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.
Two Livermore scientists selected as 2022 APS fellows
Two Lawrence Livermore scientists have been selected as 2022 fellows of the American Physical Society.
Remington honored with American Physical Society award
Bruce Remington has been honored with the American Physical Society’s 2023 George E. Duvall Shock Compression Science Award.
Kraus honored for inaugural American Physical Society award
Livermore research scientist Richard Kraus is the recipient of the inaugural American Physical Society’s 2023 Neil Ashcroft Early Career Award for Studies of Matter at Extreme High Pressure Conditions.
Former Lab physicist earns Nobel Prize in Physics
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.
Solid matter takes on new behavior
Magnesium at 10 million times atmospheric pressure adopts fundamentally new chemical and structural behavior.