A time integrated photo taken during a diffraction experiment at Omega. The work at Omega provides researches a better understanding on the properties of tantalum.…
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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launches during an operational test at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. ICBM…
Layout of the spectrometer, which will provide high-resolution measurements of a challenging feature of high energy density matter produced by National Ignition Facility experiments. Credit:…
National Ignition Facility Breakthrough: Experiment Puts Researchers at Threshold of Fusion Ignition
On Aug. 8, 2021, an experiment at the National Ignition Facility put researchers at the threshold of fusion ignition, achieving a yield of more than…
This image shows a parameter scan of maximum ion energy as a function of laser pulse duration and intensity generated by a neural network surrogate…
A composite false-color image of the Andromeda galaxy was created by stacking five wide-field-of- view channel images for an exposure of eight seconds. This image…
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory engineers have designed a new kind of laser-driven semiconductor switch that can theoretically achieve higher speeds at higher voltages than existing…
A paper in the Proceedings A of the Royal Society Publishing highlights findings by a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory team on how nuclear weapon blasts…
Marine stratocumulus clouds along the California and Baja California coastlines, as revealed by a NASA satellite. These and other low-level clouds are widespread over the…
Using the world’s most energetic laser and the world’s most powerful pulsed-power facility, an international research team has derived new pressure scales for gold and…
New research by LLNL scientists shows that satellite measurements of the temperature of the troposphere (the lowest region of the atmosphere) may have underestimated global…
Hydrogen gas bubbles evolve from water at a thin layer of gallium oxynitride formed on gallium nitride surfaces. This work demonstrates the chemical transformation of…
LLNL researchers have found that the current locations of many planetary bodies in the solar system are not where they originally formed. Credit: NASA As…
NIF’s high-energy laser beams converge on a target at the center of the target chamber. Success in achieving fusion ignition would be a major step…
Using a Nuclear Blast to Deflect an Asteroid: Different Neutron Energies Enhance Asteroid Deflection
A standoff detonation of a nuclear device irradiates an asteroid and deposits energy at and beneath the surface. In this work, two neutron yields (50…
Americans used 7 percent less energy in 2020 due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 energy flow chart released by Lawrence Livermore National…
An artist’s rendering of 55 Cancri e, a carbon-rich exoplanet. For the first time in a laboratory setting, experiments conducted at the National Ignition Facility…
Artistic rendering of fast ion permeation inside single-walled carbon nanotubes. Small ions such as potassium, chloride, and sodium permeate through the inner volume of nanometer-wide…
A photoconductive switch made from a synthetic, chemical vapor deposition diamond under test. Credit: LLNL When it comes to the semiconductor industry, silicon has reigned…
Artist’s conception of the dust and gas surrounding a new planetary system. Credit: NASA A long time ago — roughly 4.5 billion years — our…