Viability of Large-Scale Hydrogen Storage in Geologic Formations
A team of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers, in partnership with two other national laboratories, has launched a project studying the viability of large-scale…
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Antidote Developed for Nerve Agent Poisoning
Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have developed a new, versatile antidote to counteract exposure to nerve agent poisoning. The work, appearing in the…
What if Just a Single Airborne Particle Was Enough To Infect You?
For some diseases, exposure to just a single airborne particle containing virus, bacteria, or fungi can be infectious. When this happens, understanding and predicting airborne…
National Ignition Facility Examines the Performance of Various Materials As Fusion Fuel Ablators
Scientists have examined the performance of pure boron, boron carbide, high-density carbon, and boron nitride ablators — the material that surrounds a fusion fuel and…
Just a Few Common Bacterial Groups Gobble Up the Majority of Carbon in Soil
Just a few bacterial groups found in ecosystems across the planet are responsible for more than half of carbon cycling in soils, according to new…
Electrochemical Reactor Performance Improved Through 3D Printing
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists and their collaborators are leveraging the power of 3D printing to improve the performance of electrochemical reactors used to…
Exploring High-Pressure Behavior of Shock-Compressed Tantalum
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have explored high-pressure behavior of shock-compressed tantalum at the Omega Laser Facility at the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for…
Unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Launched From Vandenberg Space Force Base
A team from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) successfully collected data from the recent operational test of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman…
Novel Instrument Created To Probe Thermal States of Extreme Matter on Earth
Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have collaborated with Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) to design a novel X-ray crystal spectrometer to provide high-resolution…
Experiments Prove Quantum Computing Errors Correlated, Tied to Cosmic Rays
Research by a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) physicist and a host of collaborators is shedding new light on one of the major challenges to realizing the…
National Ignition Facility Breakthrough: Experiment Puts Researchers at Threshold of Fusion Ignition
On August 8, 2021, an experiment at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL’s) National Ignition Facility (NIF) made a significant step toward ignition, achieving a yield…
Laser-Driven Ion Acceleration With Deep Learning Neural Networks
While advances in machine learning over the past decade have made significant impacts in applications such as image classification, natural language processing, and pattern recognition,…
New Space Telescope – GEOStare2 – Goes Into Orbit
Thousands of images of Earth and space have been taken by a compact space imaging payload developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers and…
Laser-Driven Semiconductor Switch for Next-Generation Communications
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) engineers have designed a new kind of laser-driven semiconductor switch that can theoretically achieve higher speeds at higher voltages than…
Portal to the Dark Side: Sterile Neutrinos an Intriguing Possibility in the Quest for Understanding Dark Matter
“Sterile neutrinos” are theoretically predicted new particles that offer an intriguing possibility in the quest for understanding the dark matter in our universe. Unlike the…
New Look at Nuclear Weapon Effects for Near-Surface Detonations
A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) team has taken a closer look at how nuclear weapon blasts close to the Earth’s surface create complications in…
Satellite Observations Show Marine Clouds Amplify Global Warming
A new analysis of satellite cloud observations finds that global warming causes low-level clouds over the oceans to decrease, leading to further warming. The work,…
Smashing Gold With Finesse: Shockless Compression Experiments Establish Extreme New Pressure Scales
To test the Standard Model of particle physics, scientists often collide particles using gigantic underground rings. In a similar fashion, high-pressure physicists compress materials to…