Laboratory scientist wins outstanding doctoral thesis award from American Physical Society
Livermore scientist Alison Ruth Christopherson has earned the American Physical Society’s Marshall N. Rosenbluth Outstanding Doctoral Thesis award.
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Burning Plasma Team receives honor from American Physical Society
The Burning Plasma Team has been awarded the 2022 John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research by the American Physical Society.
A deep dive into the interior of red dwarfs
Researchers are exploring the opacity of hydrogen under the extreme pressures and relatively low temperatures found in the interior of red dwarfs.
Highly ordered graphite (HOPG) to hexagonal diamond (lonsdaleite) phase transition observed on picosecond time scales using ultrafast x-ray diffraction
The authors describe the rapid conversion from graphite to hexagonal diamond in picoseconds.
Three peer-reviewed papers highlight scientific results of National Ignition Facility record yield shot
On the one-year anniversary of the historic record yield shot at the National Ignition Facility, the scientific results have been published in three peer-reviewed papers.
Lab researchers win top award for machine learning-based approach to ICF experiments
The IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society announced a Lawrence Livermore team as the winner of its 2022 Transactions on Plasma Science Best Paper Award.
Mission Fulfillment with Exponential Impact
Laboratory recipients of the Department of Energy’s Office of Science Early Career Research Program awards continue to make advances in fundamental science research.
Livermore physicist Debbie Callahan receives fusion leadership award
The Fusion Power Associates Board of Directors has selected Livermore physicist Debbie Callahan as a recipient of its 2022 Leadership Award.
LUX-ZEPLIN Dark Matter Detector delivers its first result
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.
Breaking the strongest chemical bonds with laser shock compression
Livermore scientists have obtained high-precision thermodynamic data on warm dense nitrogen at extreme conditions.