Science and Technology Highlights

Equipment in the Jupiter laser
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Researchers describe how a laser-plasma system can be tuned to produce large and measurable changes in the group velocity of light.
Lab equipment with laser
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Researchers have developed a light-activated switch that, if fully deployed, could reduce carbon emissions by more than 10 percent.
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The Livermore-led VisIt visualization and analysis tool has supported scalable, high-quality evaluation of simulation results for over 20 years.
Picture of Saturn
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Scientists have revealed experimental evidence that helium rain is possible over a range of pressure and temperature conditions expected to occur inside Jupiter and Saturn.
Words of title with artist's image of men, light bulbs, blocks
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With a number of Department of Energy incentives and funding streams, Lawrence Livermore’s research commercialization efforts are changing the world and paving the way for technology’s next big thing.
Title words, mosquito with mass on back
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Laboratory researchers have produced and refined the lowest-density gold foam aerogel ever made—a significant breakthrough in nanoscale materials engineering.
Satellite image of atmospheric river over Pacific Ocean
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New research shows that satellite measurements of the temperature of the troposphere may have underestimated global warming over the last 40 years.
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From studying radioactive isotope effects to better understanding cancer metastasis, the Laboratory’s relationship with cancer research endures some 60 years after it began.
Illustration of 4 microorganisms and a root
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Researchers study protist–plant relationships to understand the role of protists in the rhizosphere.
Marine stratocumulus clouds along the California and Baja California coastlines, as revealed by a NASA satellite
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Global warming causes low-level clouds over the oceans to decrease, leading to further warming.