January/February 2006 National Nuclear Security Administration’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory The Miracle of Crystal Growth Also in this issue: • Simulating Materials at the Nanoscale • Antineutrino Detector Helps Track Plutonium • Superprecise Laser Targets Understanding the growth processes that form the fascinating shapes and hierarchical designs of nature’s biomineral structures, such as the molluscs shown on the cover, is key to addressing scientific challenges as diverse as synthesizing nanostructures, characterizing climate change, treating disease, and designing new materials for national security ...

LAB REPORT Science and Technology Making Headlines Oct 31 2014 An artists view of a carbon nanotube inserted in a plasma membrane of a cell The nanotube forms a nanoscale tunnel in the membrane and the image shows a single long strand of DNA passing through that tunnel Help comes in small packages A ...

Back Second skin uniform protects soldiers from biological and chemical agents in the field Download Image Researchers Eric Meshot left and Ngoc Bui evaluate the uniformity of a carbon nanotube array covering the entire area of a 4-inch wafer Photos by Julie RussellLLNL In work that aims to protect ...

Back Second skin uniform protects soldiers from biological and chemical agents in the field Download Image Researchers Eric Meshot left and Ngoc Bui evaluate the uniformity of a carbon nanotube array covering the entire area of a 4-inch wafer Photos by Julie RussellLLNL In work that aims to protect ...

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Missions Climate Cyber security Defense Energy Nuclear deterrence Space security Threat preparedness Core Competencies Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Bioscience and Bioengineering Earth and Atmospheric Science High-Energy-Density Science HPC Simulation and Data Science Lasers and Optical SampT ...

Missions Climate Cyber security Defense Energy Nuclear deterrence Space security Threat preparedness Core Competencies Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Bioscience and Bioengineering Earth and Atmospheric Science High-Energy-Density Science HPC Simulation and Data Science Lasers and Optical SampT ...

Missions Climate Cyber security Defense Energy Nuclear deterrence Space security Threat preparedness Core Competencies Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Bioscience and Bioengineering Earth and Atmospheric Science High-Energy-Density Science HPC Simulation and Data Science Lasers and Optical SampT ...