Power grid technology could reduce global CO2 emissions by 10 percent or more
Researchers have developed a light-activated switch that, if fully deployed, could reduce carbon emissions by more than 10 percent.
Lasers & Optics
Laboratory postdocs selected to participate in Nobel meeting
Three Livermore postdoctoral appointees have been selected to attend the 70th annual Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting in Germany.
Celebrating science and engineering outreach
Now in its 11th year, the Lawrence Livermore–Las Positas College Science and Engineering Seminar Series provides Livermore scientists and engineers a forum to share their research with students, faculty, and the Tri-Valley community.
L3-HAPLS marks laser peak power milestone
The L3-HAPLS, the world’s highest-average-power petawatt laser system designed and built by Livermore, reached a major milestone during a recent demonstration at ELI Beamlines Research Center.
Doubling creation of antimatter using same laser energy
Livermore scientists have achieved a near 100 percent increase in the amount of antimatter created in the laboratory.
Laboratory launches interdisciplinary Space Science Institute
The Laboratory has launched the new Space Science Institute, intended to boost cross-discipline collaboration and discovery.
Laboratory will co-lead NASA mission to study stars, planets
NASA has selected Livermore and Goddard Space Flight Center to serve as lead institutions for the Pandora scientific mission that will study 20 stars and their 39 exoplanets.
First light — the birth of the Lab’s laser program
Sixty years ago in 1960, at Hughes Aircraft Company in Malibu, California, Thomas Maiman fired his solid-state ruby laser, emitting humankind’s first coherent visible light. The concept of a laser had been invented by Charles Townes, then a professor at Columbia University, who tested the idea at microwave frequencies in 1953, calling it a maser (now laser, “light” amplification by stimulated emission of radiation). Maiman’s success sparked international competition in laser development for scientific discovery and possible future applications.
SPIE honors Richard Leach with senior member designation
SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics, elected Livermore research engineer Richard Leach as a senior member.
Nuclear diagnostics help pave the way to ignition on NIF
LLNL and its partner laboratories and universities have designed and built an extensive suite of more than a dozen nuclear diagnostics for the National Ignition Facility.