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The El Capitan supercomputer will give complex high-fidelity modeling, artificial intelligence and simulation an exascale boost. Learn how it will support national security and stockpile stewardship.
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Ignition on Target
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Extracting More Wind Power
Carbon-14 Dates Human Heart Cells
Emergence of Bionanoelectronics
All of the energy produced by the National
Ignition Facility’s (NIF’s) 192 laser beams is
directed inside a dime-size gold cylinder called a
hohlraum (cover center) precisely positioned in the
laser system’s 10-meter-diameter target chamber
(background) ...
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January/February 2010
Breakthrough Materials:
Radiation Can’t Hide
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Rapid Detection of Bloodborne Pathogens
Tackling Cyber Defense
Concealed Cargo Uncovered
As the article beginning on p. 4 describes, the
elements of the periodic table were the starting point
for a search by three Livermore teams to find new
materials for radiation detectors ...
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December 2022
W87-1
INVIGORATING
the Enterprise
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Iron under Extremes
3D-Printed Microbes
Strategic Latency
The W87-1 Modification Program presents
a complex, transformative technological and
programmatic challenge ...
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October/November 2016
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A New Look at Lithium Hydride
Chemical Biosensors Measure Brain Activity
Recovering Infrastructure after a Biological Attack
Through a historic partnership between the
Department of Energy (DOE) and the National
Cancer Institute (NCI), Lawrence Livermore
is applying its expertise in high-performance
computing (HPC) to advance cancer research
and treatment ...
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October/November 2014
Also in this issue:
International Nuclear
Forensics Collaboration
Laboratory researchers won four R&D 100 awards
in R&D Magazine’s annual competition for the top
100 industrial innovations worldwide. Highlights
beginning on p ...
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June 2011
Also in this issue:
Could Comet Impacts Generate Life?
Fabricating a Ribbon of Optical Light
Improved Imaging for Aviation Security
Renewing its talented workforce has been a key
to Lawrence Livermore’s success and longevity,
and the Postdoc Program, described in the article
beginning on p ...
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Studying Nanoconfined Liquid Behavior
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Also in this issue:
National Security Affairs Program
Materials Facilities Upgrade
Academic Collaboration
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December 2023
Controlling
Semiconductors
with Light
Also in this issue:
Drone-Mounted Threat Detection
Carbon Capture at a Winery
Hydrogen Storage Evaluation
In parallel with the continuing demand to
improve computing, optical, power distribution,
and other technologies comes the need to advance
semiconductor materials at the heart of high-power
devices ...
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TACKLING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
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Predicting Combat Wound Recovery
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