How did LLNL make history at the National Ignition Facility by achieving fusion ignition on Dec. 5, 2022? Our special expanded report, The Age of Ignition, explains how this was accomplished, how it helps strengthen national security, and what it means for science and energy. Download PDF
Scientists from LLNL, the Fraunhofer Institute, and ELI ERIC collaborated on an experiment that used machine learning to optimize performance of the LLNL-developed L3-HAPLS laser.
LLNL illustrator John Jett used comic book art as another way to tell the story of how a Lab experiment at NIF made history.
Ignition—the word and the subject—remained the dominant theme at this year’s NIF and JLF User Groups Meeting.
NIF Shot Data Systems software engineer Carolyn Albiston was curious about everything while growing up—sharks, fungi, the science of color—and about how different topics fit together.
Raspberry Simpson, a Lawrence Fellow in the NIF&PS Directorate, has been named a National Academy of Sciences Kavli Fellow.
If the sun’s too bright, you don sunglasses to prevent glare from damaging your eyes. LLNL researchers are using this same strategy to mitigate damage to valuable optics at NIF.
To search for solutions to a puzzle of why the star formation rate is declining, an international team of researchers has turned to the unprecedented capabilities of NIF.
Another form of carbon has been predicted to be even tougher than diamond. The challenge, which inspires ongoing experiments at NIF, is how to create it on Earth.
Here’s the story behind how Annie Kritcher became the principal designer on the LLNL team that achieved one of science’s biggest challenges—fusion ignition.