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L a w r e n c e
L i v e r m o r e
N a t i o n a l
L a b o r a t o r y
October/November 2010
Livermore Wins
6 R&D 100
Awards
Also in this issue:
Expanding the Periodic Table
Summer Students Engage in Diverse Research
Laboratory researchers captured six R&D
100 awards in R&D Magazine’s annual competition
for the top 100 industrial innovations worldwide ...
July/August 2003
National Nuclear
Security Administration’s
Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory
Also in this issue:
• Unexpected Effects of Low-Dose
Ionizing Radiation on Cells
• Munitions with Controlled Lethality
• Livermore’s New Decontamination
and Waste Treatment Facility
The lead article in this issue, which begins on
p ...
July 1996
Science & Technology Review
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
P.O. Box 808, L-664
Livermore, California 94551
Printed on recycled paper.
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The Future
of Advanced
Computing
Is Now!
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PAID
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Also in this issue:
• Fabry–Perot Velocimeter
• American Textile Industry Partnership
• Rock Mechanics at Yucca Mountain
About the Cover
July 1996
DigitalStaff
Mammography
S&TR
July 1996
SCIENTIFIC EDITOR
Becky Failor
Lawrence
Livermore
National
Laboratory
Lawrence
Livermore
National
Laboratory
The Future
of Advanced
Computing
Is Now!
PUBLICATION EDITOR
Dean Wheatcraft
WRITERS
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L a w r e n c e
L i v e r m o r e
N a t i o n a l
L a b o r a t o r y
July/August 2013
THE
MIGHTY
SEQUOIA
Also in this issue:
Celebrating Johnny Foster at 90
Diamond under Pressure
Z-Pinch Ups the Voltage
Sequoia (shown on the cover) is Lawrence
Livermore’s newest and largest supercomputer.
Developed in collaboration with IBM and
Argonne National Laboratory, Sequoia once
again demonstrates the Laboratory’s leadership
and expertise in the design, commissioning, and
application of high-performance computing systems ...
July/August 2007
National Nuclear
Security Administration’s
Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory
Also in this issue:
• New Designs for Laser Targets
• Probing a Planet’s Deep Interior
• How Stars Form the Elements
• Teller’s Legacy in Plasma and Space Physics
Experiments will begin at the National Ignition
Facility (NIF) next year, and Livermore researchers
are preparing for what many expect to be a new era of
high-energy-density physics ...
April 2007
National Nuclear
Security Administration’s
Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory
Also in this issue:
• Reviving Underground Coal Gasification
• Modeling Biological Fluid Flow
• Creation of Element 118
• Teller’s Legacy in Computational Physics
About the Cover
April 2007
On January 15, 2006, the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) Stardust
spacecraft sped close to Earth (front cover) and
ejected its sample return capsule onto the Utah
desert ...
March 2005
National Nuclear
Security Administration’s
Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory
Bridging
Cultures
to Enhance
Security
Also in this issue:
• Tracing the Source
of Nuclear Materials
• Experiments Bring
Geophysics Indoors
• Gamma-Ray Bursts
May Be Source of
Common Elements
Cooperation on science and technology research
offers opportunities for the U ...
May 2004
National Nuclear
Security Administration’s
Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory
Also in this issue:
• Securing the Nation’s Seaports
• Better Algorithms Make Codes Faster
• Comparing Methods for Carbon
Sequestration
At Livermore’s BioSecurity and Nanosciences
Laboratory (BSNL), researchers explore the
microscopic world of living organisms, a world filled
with small molecules that can damage the human
body in many ways ...
July/August 1999
U.S. Department of Energy’s
Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory
Heading
Toward
Fusion
Ignition
Also in this issue:
• A New View of the Universe
• Quantum Molecular Virtual Laboratory
• AAA in the Sky for Satellites
About the Cover
Something like the small, tweezer-held
capsule shown on the cover will be the focus of
Lawrence Livermore’s National Ignition Facility
(NIF) laser ...