Science and Technology Highlights

Qualitative graph of particle exposure versus airborne disease transmission
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Researchers model the physics of airborne disease transmission.
Artist's conception a a small molecule passing through the blood–brain barrier
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Scientists have developed a new, versatile antidote to counteract exposure to nerve agent poisoning.
New York Police Department station
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A retrospective LLNL's response to 9/11, this article describes the development of the Biological Aerosol Sentry and Information System.
Two scientists with equipment
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Since the attacks on the nation on Sept. 11, 2001, the Lab has continued to provide expertise in threat and risk assessment, detection of threat materials, and forensic analysis.
Metal nozzles and laser beams
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Researchers studied the melting behavior of tantalum at multi-megabar pressures on the nanosecond timescale.
Image of Mars (left) and artist's conception (right)
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A United Arab Emirates Mars mission uses Livermore-made optics in the spectrometer used to image the surface.
The Bipolar Reset Experiment
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Livermore scientists are working on a new diagnostic capability that will provide, for the first time, the ability to make x-ray radiographic movies.
Interior of NIF chamber with text "1.3 MJ"
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On Aug. 8, 2021, an experiment at Lawrence Livermore’s National Ignition Facility made a significant step toward ignition, achieving a yield of more than 1.3 megajoules.
Black and white images of mushroom clouds and simulated clouds
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Livermore scientists are improving our understanding of nuclear cloud rise using a widely adopted and strongly validated weather modeling tool.
IPCC report coer
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Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report.