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- 11.29.10
- 11.17.10
- 10.08.10
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NIF shot lights way to new fusion ignition phase
- The National Ignition Facility (NIF). . .
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- ALICE provides looking glass to birth of cosmos
- Lab physicist Ron Soltz. . .
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Sound measure is material to explosives tests
- A team of Laboratory scientists . . .
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Miller outlines investments for healthy future
- Investing in continuous program. . .
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- 10.01.10
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NARAC gets the weather bug
- The Laboratory signed a memorandum. . .
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- Lab expertise tapped for energy innovation hub
- The Laboratory’s expertise in integrated. . .
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Retinal implant seen as 2010 tech breakthrough
- The team that helped to develop. . .
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Web upgrade brings end to weekly Newsline
- The Friday, Oct. 8, Newsline. . .
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- 09.24.10
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Unclassified computing scales to new heights
- Unclassified high performance computing…
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- Lab finds crystal clear way to better biodection
- In a boost for public health…
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‘Smart’ irrigation saves water, Lab’s landscape
- How can the Lab maintain…
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Laboratory hosts state water resources officials
- The Laboratory hosted a visit…
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- 09.17.10
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First life on Earth may have come as a shock
- Life on Earth as we know it…
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- Zinc air fuel cell powers new battery technology
- A Montana company has found…
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Lawrence scholar has designs on the good LIFE
- For Jeff Powers, life is…
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Energy saving ideas fuel GovEnergy conference
- Energy-saving solutions…
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- 09.10.10
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Recognizing defense contributions
- Donald Cook, deputy administrator for NNSA…
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- Lab is partner in U.S.-China clean energy center
- Two consortia — one led by…
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Lab’s Stoutland joins Nuclear Threat Initiative
- LLNL’s Page Stoutland has accepted…
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Councilwoman Leider to speak at LLLWA lunch
- When Marj Leider, Livermore…
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- 08.27.10
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Americans using less energy, more renewables
- Americans are using less energy…
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- Richard Robinson selected as LLNL’s new CIO
- Director George Miller has announced…
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Open campus aims to expand R&D opportunities
- The Livermore Valley Open Campus…
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Ice age melting linked to large CO2 release
- Radiocarbon dating is used…
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- 08.20.10
- 08.06.10
- 07.30.10
- 07.23.10
- 07.16.10
- 07.02.10
- 06.25.10
- 06.18.10
- 06.11.10
- 06.04.10
- 05.21.10
- 05.14.10
- 05.07.10
- 04.30.10
- 04.23.10
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- Celebrating Earth Day
- This year…
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- Anderson brings global bio experience to Lab
- Several months ago on a Friday afternoon…
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- Building management key to energy savings
- Johnson Controls was selected…
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- Comp and Global Security team up for accelerated hiring event
- Computation partnered with Global Security…
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- 04.16.10
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- New hominid species rocks cradle of humankind
- An international team of scientists,…
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- Hall of fame clearly sees Poyneer’s star power
- You could say that Lisa Poyneer…
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- ‘Fair’-minded Girill honored as science volunteer
- Terry Girill, who retired in 2007, was honored recently…
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- Security-savvy cyber team proves its ’net worth
- A team of computer security specialists…
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- 04.09.10
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- A heavy journey to the island of stability
- Livermore scientists in conjunction with a team of researchers…
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- Lab detection device used to ID porcine virus
- An analysis of vaccines undertaken…
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- Agreement aims to defeat domestic terrorism
- Mike Murphy, a 31-year veteran…
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- Lab researcher aids in discovery of new species
- An international team of scientists…
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- 04.02.10
- Articles
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- Future scientists share spotlight at competition
- This week, 305 future scientists…
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- Perseverence pays off for three-time fair winner
- This year’s Tri-Valley Science and Engineering Fair…
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- Workshop calls for cyber security collaboration
- For years, computer security experts…
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- Observe Dark Sky Week for heavens sake
- You don’t have to go out to the middle…
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- Large Hadron Collidor launches new era
- Laboratory researchers were…
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- Author on overcoming ‘inherent’ workplace bias
- Author and diversity expert Freada Kapor Klein…
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- 03.26.10
- Articles
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- Researchers perfect pollution tracking methods
- Working with atmospheric measurements . . .
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- Physicist savors role as science fair judge
- Wolfgang Stoeffl has a hand...
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- Lab’s own JAG returns from year in Kosovo
- The pastoral beauty and majestic mountains of Kosovo. . .
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- Optics society sees a fellow in Lab’s Ray Beach
- Ray Beach, a physicist in the National Ignition Facility. . .
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- 03.19.10
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- Laboratory honors ‘09 R&D 100 award winners
- More than 50 Lab scientists . . .
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- Geoengineering solutions to global warming
- Taking man-made greenhouse gases
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- The past holds key to future North Korea talks
- North Korea is playing a very weak hand. . .
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- ‘Green’ pilot puts employees at the controls
- There’s a new initiative . . .
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- 03.12.10
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- Time’s rising tide may swamp Delta marshes
- While marshes in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta area . . .
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- NNSA awards for Lab teams
- Two Lab teams . . .
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- LLLWA awards annual scholarships
- The Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Women’s Association. . .
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- Deep vein thrombosis is a public health concern
- Deep vein thrombosis . . .
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- 03.05.10
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- LLNL multilayer mirrors fly on NASA’s mission
- A Lab technology that originally was developed . . .
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- Cyberspace and the law
- Georgetown University . . .
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- EYH sharpens young women’s views of science
- The TriValley EYH. . .
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- EYH alumna engineers a Lab career
- When she began . . .
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- 02.26.10
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- Analyzing star dust
- Though comets are thought to be . . .
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- AAAS Conference
- While the debate continues . . .
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- Balagadde driven by biolab-on-a-chip’s potential
- Frederick Balagadde is working on a microfluidics technology. . .
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- Sewer Monitoring Complex goes with the flow
- Located on the Lab’s main site . . .
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- 02.19.10
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- Lab, Navistar work to increase fuel efficiency
- In a few years, . . .
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- In profile: Lab researcher Kambiz Salari
- As a student . . .
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- Diamond at vehicle aerodynamics’ cutting-edge
- Sidney Diamond firmly believed. . .
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- Stellar planet research awarded AAAS prize
- A Laboratory researcher’s paper published. . .
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- 02.12.10
- Articles
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- Research at islands could lead to resettlement
- Through Laboratory soil cleanup methods . . .
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- First wild grass species and model system for energy crops sequenced
- The first wild grass species . . .
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- Celebrating Black History Month
- Keynote speaker Beverly Daniel Tatum . . .
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- 02.05.10
- Articles
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- NIF experiments light path to fusion ignition
- The first experiments . . .
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- NIF megajoule shot shatters record
- Scientists at the National Ignition Facility . . .
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- Bradley to lead DOE nuclear energy program
- Global Security’s Keith Bradley . . .
- Read this article.
- Olander sees enriched future for nuclear power
- Twenty-six applications. . .
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- NNSA FY2011 budget request shows increases
- The FY2011 budget . . .
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- 01.29.10
- Articles
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- Diamond experiments yield hard results
- Most people know that diamond . . .
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- Early Career Award winner for fusion energy
- Vlad Soukhanovskii . . .
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- Early Career Award winner for computing
- Greg Bronevetsky . . .
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- Perspectives on global energy
- Energy is the most important . . .
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- Pollution prevention projects win NNSA awards
- The Laboratory recently received . . .
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- Lab joins collaboration to improve radiotherapy
- Laboratory scientists are collaborating . . .
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- Author unearths Arab, Islamic roots in America
- According to author Jonathan Curiel . . .
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- 01.22.10
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- LLNL’s Wildside
- In memoriam
- 01.15.10
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- 01.08.10
- 12.18.09
- Articles
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- Five LLNL researchers named APS fellows
- Five Lab researchers . . .
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- Omar Hurricane wins E.O. Lawrence Award
- Lab physicist Omar Hurricane . . .
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- Bill Goldstein named AAAS fellow
- Physical and Life Sciences Associate Director . . .
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- Laboratory receives excellent marks for FY09
- On Dec. 8, the NNSA Livermore Site Office . . .
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- Frank Russo bids a fond farewell to LLNL
- On Wednesday, Frank Russo . . .
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- 12.11.09
- Articles
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- De la Rubia marks strategic investment progress
- During the past year . . .
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- Latkowski’s LIFE in fusion energy recognized
- Jeff Latkowski of Engineering . . .
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- LLNL researchers attend UN climate meeting
- Three Livermore researchers . . .
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- Retiree’s eclectic activities gain ’net notoriety
- Lab retiree Al Harral, also known as "Varmint Al," . . .
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- 12.04.09
- Articles
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- Scientists crystallize knowledge of peptides
- By producing some of the highest . . .
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- DOE’s Miller: nuclear critical to energy future
- How will the United States . . .
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- Parney Albright of Global Security introduced
- Global Security’s . . .
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- Lab’s Energy Management System certified
- The Laboratory has achieved ISO14001 . . .
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- Officers aim to energize women’s association
- The newly elected officers. . .
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- Wildside
- 11.20.09
- Articles
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- Taking charge of the ‘impossible’ at SCO9
- Taking on a charged particle physics calculation. . .
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- Using CAMS to chase the cure for disease
CAMS
- By using a minute amount . . .
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- Researchers win 8 R&D 100s, Editors’ Award
- It was a gala night . . .
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- Campaign chair Boyd — on the road HOME
- Don Boyd . . .
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- Lab waste certification program helps clean up
- A Laboratory team . . .
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- DOE’s Office of EM celebrates two decades
- October marked the 20th anniversary . . .
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- 11.13.09
- Articles
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- LLNL licenses carbon nanotube technology
- The Laboratory has exclusively licensed. . .
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- Algae could turn tide of biofuel production
- It is not quite . . .
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- Addressing the problem of data overload
- A growing challenge scientists . . .
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- Grand Challenge projects awarded SC time
- Research proposals ranging . . .
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- S and T announces 2009 STEO Awards
- The Science and Technology Principal Directorate . . .
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- 11.06.09
- Articles
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- Bright future for new X-ray laser
- The brightest X-ray laser. . .
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- Albright named principal AD of Global Security
- Penrose C. “Parney” Albright,. . .
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- Report provides carbon sequestration framework
- The Laboratory’s Julio Friedmann, . . .
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- Smith earns AIChE top award
- Laboratory chemical engineer William Smith . . .
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- 10.30.09
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- 10.23.09
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- 10.16.09
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- 10.09.09
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- 10.02.09
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- 09.25.09
- Articles
- Index for this issue
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- Superfund clean up effort steams to record time
- The Laboratory’s technology . . .
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- Summit opens door to energy prosperity
- Participants in the National Energy Summit . . .
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- Scientists at center of fusion renaissance
- With successful preliminary experimentation . . .
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- PLS Directorate announces postdoc awards
- The Physical and Life Sciences Directorate . . .
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- 09.18.09
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- 09.11.09
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- 09.04.09
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- 08.28.09
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- 08.21.09
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- Wildside
- 08.14.09
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- 08.07.09
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- CO2 capture technique leads to cleaner pastures
- Separating carbon dioxide . . .
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- NNSA approves Livermore Valley Open Campus
- The National Nuclear Security Administration . . .
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- National labs help energize summit
- About 25 panelists . . .
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- Rodgers rides seismic wave to French Alps
- There’s a whole lotta shaking . . .
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- Socolow takes a walk on the climate side
- Scientists have discovered . . .
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- Aspiring science teacher has ion physics
- Chad Gillis has gone to great lengths . . .
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- 07.31.09
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- Artificial retina that could restore vision
- Laboratory researchers are now developing the implantable system . . .
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- Sig Hecker on North Korea’s nuclear program
- Even though North Korea’s first nuclear test...
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- 07.24.09
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- LNL projects earn eight ‘Oscars of invention’
- LLNL researchers have been honored . . .
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- Cover index for issue
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- Part Two: Serving in Iraq
- Even though one served in Iraq...
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- Lab’s research academy teacher wins award
- “When Dave Menshew was in college,...
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- Former Lab postdoc earns presidential award
Lynford Goddard
- Lynford Goddard, a former postdoc...
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- Designing water-wise landscapes
- Does your garden look ho-hum?...
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- 07.17.09
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- Serving in Afghanistan and other nations (Pt. 1)
- In the nearly eight years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks . . .
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- Lab employee Ray Pierce serves in Afghanistan
- At an age when some people . . .
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- Lab report shows 2008 U.S. energy use dropped
- Americans used more solar ...
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- Lt. Gen. assesses challenge of defeating IEDs
- “These are among the most dangerous weapons...
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- Kennedy Reed to receive presidential award
- Kennedy Reed, a physicist ...
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- 07.10.09
- Articles
- Cover story ::Geothermal energy program heats up
- Twenty years ago, a thriving geothermal program.. . .
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Lab’s Special Response Team excels at international SWAT competition
- Performing under fire ...
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- DOE recognizes Laboratory mentors
- Last week, nine Lawrence Livermore Laboratory scientists...
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- Livermore poet laureate’s ode to rising star
- Poets often look to the stars,...
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- 06.26.09
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- 06.19.09
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- Cover story :: Report assesses impact of U.S. climate change
- Global warming is already occurring. . .
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- Cover index for issue
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- Teachers prepare for hands-on Lab experience
- Teachers from as near as Tracy...
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- Joeck serves as a national intelligence officer
- Lab employee Neil Joeck has a new job...
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- In tune with Elaine Johnson
- Lab employee...
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- 06.12.09
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- Cover story :: Cherry Murray bids fond farewell to Laboratory
- This kind of opportunity only comes once. . .
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- Cover index for issue
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- Díaz de la Rubia appointed acting PAD for S&T
- Tomás Díaz de la Rubia will serve...
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- Lab develops response plan for biological attack
- Think fast: if you were in charge...
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- 06.05.09
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- Cover story :: Lawrence scholar’s research ‘rocks’ at CAMS
- For Dylan Rood, a Lawrence Scholar. . .
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- Cover index for issue
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- “Lab is ready to seize new opportunities”
- Transition is over and the Laboratory is now well positioned...
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- LLNL’s Wildside
- 06.02.09
- Articles
- Cover story :: NIF dedication at Lab
- In this special issue of Newsline,
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- NIF symposium: history, future of laser fusion
- To mark the dedication of the National Ignition Facility (NIF)...
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- Dawn supercomputer ceremony
- The Laboratory will begin...
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- Over 14,000 attend Family Days Open House
- More than 14,000 employees, family and guests...
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- 05.29.09
- 05.22.09
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- Cover story :: Herb York, Lab’s first director, dies
- Herbert Frank York, the Laboratory’s first director,...
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- Cover index for issue
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- NIF Dedication: Lab gets ready to celebrate NIF
- More than 1,000 invited guests...
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- Symposium looks at legacy of lasers and fusion
- The Laboratory will begin...
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- Tracking the shaking way underground
- It started about five years ago...
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- NIC seminar
- At this week's presentation...
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- Showing off carbon-sequestration expertise
sequestration
- It’s not the Lab’s rocket science but its rock science...
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- 05.15.09
- Articles
- Cover story :: Radiation detection hits the Bay
- Several dozen military and law enforcement officials...
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- Cover index for issue
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- NIF project now on the path to ignition
- Chris Haynam kicked off the latest in a series of seminars ...
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- Salad days of diversity supplant the melting pot
- The American people...
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- Biodefense Knowledge Center continues to grow
- Given the multifaceted nature...
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- Forensics helps NPS officer detect his niche
- Major Bill Short’s time at the Laboratory...
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- Presidential visit for leadership program
- The inaugural class...
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- 05.08.09
- Articles
- Cover story :: Seeing the carbon through the trees
- Belowground carbon sequestration...
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- Cover index for issue
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- Chu rolls out $26.4 billion DOE FY2010 budget
- Energy Secretary Steven Chu...
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- NNSA releases FY2010 budget request
- President Obama’s FY2010 budget...
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- Fine-tuning energy and materials for ignition
- It’s one thing to plan and construct...
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- Hamming up emergency communication
- Emergency communications...
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- Lab leads role in on-site treaty inspections
- President Obama’s renewed dedication...
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- 05.01.09
- Articles
- Cover story :: Vegetation a factor in occurence of wildfires
- While rising temperatures may mean...
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- Cover index for issue
- This issue...
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- Hungarian scientist-authors visit the Lab
- The husband-and-wife team of Drs...
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- NIC seminar focuses on NIF target Design
- Mention the National Ignition Facility (NIF)...
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- Paul Ehlenbach named new Laboratory counsel
- Director George Miller announced...
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- Wuthrich appointed ESH&Q acting director
- Steve Wuthrich has been appointed ...
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- 04.24.09
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- In memoriam
- 04.17.09
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- 04.10.09
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- 04.03.09
- Articles
- Cover story :: Healing heart attack victims
- By using the amount of carbon-14...
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- Cover index for issue
- This issue...
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- DOE certifies NIF completion; laser operational
- The Department of Energy announced...
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- In final analysis, Mackie’s work is exceptional
- The Indian subcontinent...
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- Inventors can earn a portrait of Ulysses S. Grant
- Starting this week...
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- 03.27.09
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- 03.20.09
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- 03.13.09
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- 03.06.09
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- LLNL’s Wildside
- 02.27.09
- Articles
- Cover story :: The answer is blowing in the wind simulations
- The Laboratory has signed an agreement with Siemens Energy Inc...
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- Cover index for issue
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- Bldg. 264 leaves the complex green with envy
- Laboratory facility — Bldg. 264...
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- Buddemeier trains responders to terrorist attack
- As inconceivable as it may seem,...
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- Miller provides update on present and future
- Director George Miller reassured employees in an all-hands address...
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- 02.20.09
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- 02.13.09
- Articles
- Cover story :: Underground testing for carbon sequestration
- Who would be willing to pay a higher energy bill to help save the planet?...
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- Cover index for issue
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- Lab helps secure radiological sources in Africa
- Want to see the world and travel to exotic places? Don’t join the Navy — become a health physicist...
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- Actinide research in Reviews of Modern Physics
- A Laboratory researcher who teamed with a United Kingdom collaborator...
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- Harnessing better fuel production from biomass
- An international team...
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- Rick Ryerson selected as fellow of the AGU
- LLNL scientist Rick Ryerson...
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- 02.06.09
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- Cover story :: Dawn of a new computing era
- A new era in scientific computing....
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- Lab researchers capture tech transfer awards
- Laboratory scientists and engineers have captured three awards...
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- New image tells story of distant galaxy
- In an effort to more accurately measure the expansion of the universe...
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- LLNL donates water treatment units to UCSC
- Two water treatment units
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- LLNL contributes to early completion of nuclear security upgrades in Russia
- Leadership and technical support by LLNL employees
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- 01.30.09
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- Cover story :: Helium rains inside Jovian planets
- Models of how Saturn and Jupiter formed may soon take on a different look....
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- DDLS focuses on national research priorities
- The United States is still leading the world...
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- A genetic blueprint of key biofuels crop
- The sequence of the complete genome of sorghum...
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- NIF’s last LRU
- NIF is...
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- 01.23.09
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- Cover story :: Creating a method for purer and safer explosives
- The same explosive used in deep oil exploration...
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- Cover index for issue
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- Mapping out nuclear forensics detection
- Mike Carter began his career ...
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- Qualities of LIFE fulfill energy and security goals
- Jeff Latkowski, who is spearheading the LIFE area...
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- Obama presidency inaugurates new thinking
- At a roundtable...
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- Lab signs fuel research agreement with Chevron
- The Laboratory has signed a research agreement...
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- Greek naval officer recognized for work with LLNL
- A Greek military officer...
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- Casper attracted to magnetic fusion experiment
- LLNL researcher Tom Casper...
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- 01.16.09
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- Index :: Index cover for this issue
- This issue...
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- Cover story :: Scientists solve astronomy mystery
- Scientists may have solved one of the most longstanding astrophysical mysteries of all times...
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- Strategic thinking, innovation, and LLNL’s enduring success
- It is impossible, in a short column...
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- Roadmapping for science and technology
- Chris Barty began his career ...
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- Roadmapping for science and technology
- David Rakestraw is the S Program manager...
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- Michael Kapor on Science and Society
- At a talk...
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- Nuclear Express offers enlightening ride
- Nuclear proliferation can be stopped, even reversed...
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- Stewardship visionary Vic Reis honored with James Schlesinger Award
- Victor Reis, a key visionary...
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- 01.09.09
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- Index :: Index cover for this issue
- This issue...
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- Cover story :: Newsline's 2008 Year-in-Review issue
- A look back at 2008...
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- Newsline's 2008 Year-in-Review printed issue
- Special printed issue in pdf format...
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- 12.19.08
- Articles
- Cover story :: Correll and Moses named AAAS fellows
- The Laboratory’s Don Correll and Edward Moses...
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- The road to climate change predictions
- This is the next in a series...
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- On the road to an intelligent future
- This is the next in a series...
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- Van Bibber charts new course for career
- The Laboratory's Karl van Bibber has been tapped...
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- Running unites brothers in race of their lives
- Scott Reisdorf runs as if his brother's life depended on it....
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- Mechanical response without heat or electricity
- Actuators may no longer need heat...
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- Obama selects Chu as next Energy Secretary
- President-elect Barack Obama...
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- 12.12.08
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- Cover story :: Agreement to explore carbon storage
- The Laboratory and American Shale Oil, LLC...
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- Science & Technology road map to the future
- This is the first in a series...
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- Laboratory researchers named APS fellows
- Two Lab researchers — Andy MacKinnon and Per Söderlind ...
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- HOME Campaign raises nearly $1.7 million
- The numbers have been tallied...
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- 12.05.08
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- Cover story :: Lab tests new personal decontamination system
- Researchers from the Laboratory and two other institutions...
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- R&D 100 award entry kick-off season begins
- Lab scientists and engineers who want to...
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- Campaign brings it HOME
- The 2008 HOME...
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- Larry Thompson receives EMS award
- Larry Thompson, a molecular biologist...
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- Lab assists Central Asia security workshop
- Held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan...
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- 11.21.08
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- Cover story :: Billions and billions of particles of anti-matter
- Take a gold sample the size of the head of a push pin...
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- Miller looks to the year ahead
- In his last quarterly all-hands meeting for 2008...
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- LLNL teams with computing industry leaders...
- In a unique collaboration, the Laboratory...
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- Lab's Christine Orme elected to the board of MRS
- Christine Orme, a staff scientist...
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- Lab helped unleash power of supercomputing conference
- From the unwieldy UUIVAC-1...
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- Shuler ‘at home’ with Lab’s ‘Run for HOME’
- ean Shuler, the Computation Systems Support deputy division leader...
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- 11.14.08
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- Cover story :: First images of newly-discovered solar system
- Astronomers for the first time have taken snapshots ...
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- Governor beams during Laboratory tour
- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger toured NIF ...
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- HOME contributions easy
- The 2008 HOME Campaign is now in full swing ...
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- How do you get your drinking water
- The United States enjoys one of the best supplies ...
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- 11.07.08
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- Cover story :: Lab earns seven Weapons Awards of Excellence
- National Nuclear Security Administration/Defense ...
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- Energy, climate workshop
- Lab, industry and academic officials met this week ...
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- Leading the way HOME
- HOME Campaign chair David Boercker ...
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- Poor sleep can compromise a Healthy Heart
- According to a new study published ...
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- 10.31.08
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Cover story :: He gets the job done
The paperwork is there, but Charlie Westbrook isn’t truly retired.
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Former Deputy Director Duane Sewell dies
Physicist Duane Sewell, a “founding father” who helped shape the Laboratory for more than four decades, died Wednesday ...
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CGSR speaker discusses significance of China’s space capabilities
Ashley Tellis, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace ...
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The 2008 HOME Campaign kicks off
The HOME Campaign...
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100-day plan for S&T
Science and technology planning...
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- 10.24.08
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Cover story :: A journalist and scholar�s view of Putin’s Russia
There is no Cold War II in our future, despite the recent bellicose tone of Russian Prime Minister and former president Vladimir Putin.
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LLNL makes top 20 list for engineering ’impact’
The Laboratory has been named one of the “Top 20...
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Lab surpasses energy reduction goal
The Laboratory has reached and surpassed its goal....
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Algae helps us breathe easier on climate change
Diatoms, mighty microscopic algae, have profound influence...
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Evolving cyber threats require greater vigilance
For the wealth of information and convenience the Internet offers...
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Campaign aims for fast start with Run for HOME
The countdown is on. ...
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- 10.17.08
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Cover story :: Tools that model amorphous materials
Researchers have accurately identified tools that model the atomic and void structures of a network-forming elemental material.
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Health and welfare benefits rolled out begins
Employees will see changes to their health and welfare benefits...
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UN Association to honor Nobel laureates
The East Bay Chapter of the United Nations Association-USA in conjunction with the Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley Lab....
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Climate change team earns S&T award
When it comes to climate change, the question isn’t about whether it’s happening. It’s what do we do next?...
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Join the Run for HOME and help those in need home
In two weeks, the Lab will kick off the annual HOME (Helping Others More Effectively) Campaign...
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Computer S&T awards
Computing S&T awards...
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10.10.08
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Cover story :: Technology license royalties top $9 million
In its best year ever for securing royalty income from technology licenses, the Laboratory garnered more than $9 million in the recently completed 2008 fiscal year.
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Complex Transformation
An update on Complex Transformation...
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Special Response Team joins East Bay exercise
Suspected terrorists armed with automatic weapons and improvised explosive devices...
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Berni Alder inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Retired Lab physicist and computational pioneer Berni Alder will be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences...
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HOME Campaign prepares for a groovy kind of Run
Mark your calendars...
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10.03.08
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Cover story :: Lab radiation detection technology hits the road
A radiation detection technology developed by LLNL scientists and engineers is being employed by state and local governments. . .
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Bounty or dust in the Great Plains?
Will there be another “dust bowl” in the Great Plains...
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Journey to the bottom of the periodic table
With his coif of wavy silver hair, Ken Moody appears to be an explorer traveling on an ocean looking for what may be hidden treasure....
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Science and Technology announces realignment
In an all-hands meeting Wednesday, Tomas Diaz de la Rubia outlined a realignment and redeployment of key personnel...
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Lab’s energy-savings competition winners
Third quarter winners in the Lab’s energy saving initiative “Every Watt Counts” have been announced....
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09.26.08
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Cover story :: Melting ice under pressure
The deep interior of Neptune, Uranus and Earth may contain some solid ice. . .
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Nuclear waste repository reaches milestone
The Yucca Mountain project cleared another hurdle on Sept. 8...
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Raymond Jeanloz to receive Hans Bethe Award
The Federation of American Scientists has chosen Raymond Jeanloz...
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Tapping conservation drops water bills
For most of us, saving energy has become second nature...
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09.19.08
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Cover story :: Materials feel the heat under pressure
By using a palm-size device that squeezes materials like a vise, scientists have determined that materials in the lowermost mantle of Earth display unexpected atomic properties. . .
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Lab’s FY09 salary review process now underway
The salary review process kicked off Monday...
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JGI extends capabilities
Genomics is accelerating improvements...
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Saving energy fuels cyclists to commute
While most commuters ride on four wheels powered by gasoline ...
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09.12.08
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Cover story :: New accelerator is smash hit with Lab scientists
In the start of an experiment physicists believe will help resolve basic questions about the nature of the universe.
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Looking at nanoscale structure transformation
Laboratory researchers have achieved a milestone in materials science and electron microscopy by taking a high-resolution snapshot of the transformation of nanoscale structures.
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JGI fast tracks plant biomass to biofuel conversion
Genomics is accelerating improvements for converting plant biomass into biofuel as an alternative to fossil fuel for the nation’s transportation needs. . .
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DOE approves Site 300 clean-up measures
The Record of Decision (ROD) for cleanup of historical environmental contamination at Site 300 has been approved by DOE. . .
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East Avenue corridor changes coming Oct. 1
The entrance to the Laboratories at Greenville Road and East Avenue will be closed effective Oct. 1. . .
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09.05.08 NEWSLINE updated format introduced
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Cover story :: Explosives "go green"
Certain explosives may soon get a little greener and a little more precise.
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Moses focuses on LIFE
Ed Moses gave the final presentation in a series of all-hands meetings.
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Genome of simplest animal reveals ancient lineage
As Aesop said, appearances are deceiving–even in life's tiniest critters.
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CFO finds it pays to be on time
After working with the Contractor Assurance Office (CAO) Continuous Improvement organization. . .
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Massively parallel X-ray holography
It's not easy to see a molecule inside a living cell.
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08.22.08
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Cover story :: Putting the squeeze on super Earth orbs
By using a high-power laser to dynamically compress materials to high pressures, scientists have developed a new technique to identify phase transitions that may one day reveal the interior structure of "super Earth" planets.
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Principal Associate Directorates prepare to meet future challenges
During the next five years, the Laboratory is going to place even greater emphasis on its missions and science, creating a place where employees' ideas can flourish.
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Lab's energy-savings goal within reach
"Keep up the good work ... We're almost there ... We can do it."
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Charlie Westbrook wins Bernard Lewis Medal
Charlie Westbrook officially retired from LLNL after a 41-year career in high level chemistry research.
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- Conversation with summer student Celia Reina Romo
08.08.08
07.25.08
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Cover story :: Monitoring a nuclear weapon from inside
The paramount national security mission of the Laboratory is ensuring the safety and reliability of the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile.
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NNSA removes 12 metric tons of weapons material from sites
A sizeable amount of fissile material has been removed from nuclear weapons sites this fiscal year. . .
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Lab scientist testifies on California water crisis
Lab atmospheric scientist Phil Duffy on Monday testified at a congressional hearing on the federal response to the California drought emergency.
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- In Memoriam - Pamela King, Denise Margaret Maddix, Frederick 'Ed' Mills, Darleen McDaniel
07.18.08
07.11.08
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Cover story :: Laboratory wins three R&D 100 awards
Laboratory researchers have garnered three awards for being among the top 100 industrial innovations worldwide in 2007, developing advanced technologies with commercial potential.
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DOE deputy secretary visits the Lab
Department of Energy Deputy Secretary Jeffrey Kupfer visited the Lab Tuesday for briefings and tours.
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Visualizing atomic-scale acoustic waves in nanostructures
Acoustic waves play many everyday roles — from communication between people to ultrasound imaging.
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Comp's Steve Suppe takes Fulbright scholarship to Israel
Computer scientist Steve Suppe of the Computation Directorate has been awarded a Fulbright Student Grant to study at the University of Haifa in Israel.
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Behind the scenes of PCI—An interview with Mike Piscotty
Newsline continues interviews with PCI project leaders who describe their teams and what they are doing to support PCI.
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Recognizing heat stress — A Health Services advisory
We've reached that time of summer when the temperatures in Livermore are exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
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- In Memoriam - Clarence "Pete" Davis
- Retooling the Laboratory - Keep your cool this summer
- A conversation with…
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- LLNL's wild side
06.27.08
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Cover story :: Sea level and temperatures higher than previously estimated
New research suggests that ocean temperature and associated sea level increases between 1961 and 2003 were 50 percent larger than estimated...
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Researchers examine carbon nanotubes for water filtration
Researchers have identified a signature for water inside single-walled carbon nanotubes, helping them understand how water is structured and how it moves within these tiny channels..
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Carbon nanotube research worth its salt in Science
A 2006 research paper about carbon nanotubes offering a cheaper solution to desalination. . .
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LLNL technologies highlighted in The Better World Report
Two Livermore Lab technologies that have been transferred to U.S. companies through industrial partnering and technology transfer were featured in the 2008 issue of The Better World Report. . .
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- In Memoriam - Christian "Kit" Sanders
- Retooling the Laboratory - Keep your cool this summer
- Way Back When - Remembering Haussmann — Lab's 'father of the trees'
06.20.08
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Cover story :: EUVL takes to the spotlight of future computer chips
Earlier this year, a new way of manufacturing computer chips, developed in large measure by researchers from LLNL and two other national laboratories, won an important endorsement.
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More about Project Costing Implementation — An interview with Rachelle Jeppson
Newsline continues interviews with PCI project leaders who describe their teams and what they are doing to support PCI.
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Significant program growth for Lab's Global Security
When he took the helm of Global Security in October 2007, Principal Associate Director John Doesburg was charged with a seemingly impossible task — increase “work for others.”
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Patterson says goodbye
Steve Patterson, the Laboratory's associate director for Engineering, has announced his plans to retire from the Laboratory.
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Analyst gives perspective on nuclear intelligence and terrorism
There is “very little” that could be done to stop some terrorist organizations from detonating a nuclear weapon against civilian society if they had the chance.
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Roadrunner speeds to ACME of supercomputing world
Los Alamos National Laboratory's "Roadrunner" has taken high-performance computing into a new era. . .
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- In Memoriam - Cecil Wayne Wells
- Way Back When - At the fair
06.13.08
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Cover story :: Livermore researchers use carbon nanotubes for molecular transport
Molecular transport across cellular membranes is essential to many of life”s processes, for example electrical signaling in nerves, muscles and synapses.
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Pollard case shows insider betrayal is biggest spy threat
“Nobody is going to believe this story. It’s too crazy.”
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Sniffing out airborne terrorist attacks
Security and law enforcement officials may some day have a new ally � a universal detection system that can monitor the air for virtually all of the major threat agents that could be used by terrorists.
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- In Memoriam - George A. Michael
- Retirees' Corner - Retirees' update for June
- Retooling the Laboratory - Retrofit brings energy enlightenment
- Way Back When - By the Numbers
06.06.08
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Cover story :: How do you spell gasoline price relief? H Y D R O G E N
With gasoline prices on the rise, it may not be a bad idea to take a look at clean alternative fuel sources for the automobile.
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DOE submits Yucca Mountain license application
The Department of Energy on Tuesday submitted a license application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to construct America's first repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, Nev.
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Dick Post and John Nuckolls to be honored as fusion pioneers
Two LLNL fusion pioneers, Dick Post and John Nuckolls, will be honored in early December when an international fusion organization holds its annual meeting at the Laboratory.
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- Community - Science fair winners garner awards at competitions
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- LLNL's Wild Side - Grassland birds rely on habitats at Site 300 and LLNL
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- Way Back When - Back “in the swim”
05.30.08
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Cover story :: Director Miller reflects on workforce reduction measures
Characterizing the workforce reduction measures taken this year as "painful but necessary" to reposition the Laboratory for the future, Director George Miller announced earlier this week that "workforce restructuring is now complete."
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Symposium reviews Edward Teller's varied contributions to science
Nearly 200 people gathered Wednesday at the Bankhead Theater in downtown Livermore for the Teller Centennial Symposium to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Edward Teller's birth and his scientific legacy. The symposium attracted a wide range of attendees, from physicists at the Laboratory and elsewhere to colleagues of Teller to aficionados of the history of science.
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An interview with Lisa Gash, PCI project manager
Over the next several weeks, Newsline will feature interviews with PCI project leads who will describe their teams and what they are doing to support PCI.
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Geoengineering could slow down the global water cycle
As fossil fuel emissions continue to climb, reducing the amount of sunlight hitting the Earth would definitely have a cooling effect on surface temperatures.
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Lab-based fuel cell earns Best Soldier System award
A micro fuel cell developed by UltraCell Corporation — and based on LLNL technology — has captured the "Best Soldier System Innovation and Technology" award at the Soldier Technology U.S. 2008 conference.
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- Way Back When - Lab employees take part in Livermore rodeo tradition
05.23.08
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Cover story :: Involuntary separation represents the next step in workforce restructuring
Under the Involuntary Separation Program approved by the National Nuclear Security Administration, 440 career indefinite employees were to have been released from the Laboratory by the close of business today.
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Chemical vapor research featured on The Analyst cover
Development of a new compact and low-power sensor array to detect chemical vapor analytes by LLNL researchers has been chosen by The Analyst to be the cover article of the May 2008 issue devoted to "Detection for Security."
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Shum elected coordinator for consortium organization
Lab employee Ida Shum has been elected Far West regional coordinator for the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC), a technology transfer organization.
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05.16.08
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Cover story :: Lab and UC Davis know-how find new ways to fight cancer
Eight years ago, when the UC Davis Cancer Center and the Laboratory agreed to collaborate on an integrated cancer program, hopes were high. The Laboratory had spent nearly 50 years developing military technology to ensure the country's security, while the Cancer Center was becoming an integral part of the war on cancer. The partnership was the first of its kind.
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Grand Challenge supercomputing allocations announced
“Grand Challenge” research proposals ranging from climate change, astrophysics, inertial confinement fusion, and seismic and nuclear explosion monitoring were among the 18 projects to be allocated time on Laboratory supercomputing resources under the third annual Institutional Unclassified Computing Grand Challenge Awards.
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Lean and mean biomass-degrading fungus may enable improved biofuel production
The bane of military quartermasters may soon be a boon to biofuels producers.
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Lab security audit garners media attention
Over the past few days, media stories appeared about the recent DOE Office of Health, Safety and Security (HSS) audit that occurred on site in March and April. The stories have suggested there are major problems with the Lab's overall security posture.
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The top 10 ways to prevent stroke
Stroke affects blood flow to the brain, cutting off vital oxygen. In the United States, stroke is the third leading cause of death, and the leading cause of adult disability. Stroke can happen to anyone at any time, regardless of race, sex or age.
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- Way Back When - We’ve come a long way
05.09.08
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Cover story :: Carbon dating provides insight into nature of fat cells
The radioactive carbon-14 produced by above-ground nuclear testing in the 1950s and '60s has helped researchers determine that the number of fat cells in a human's body, whether lean or obese, is established during the teenage years. Changes in fat mass in adulthood can be attributed mainly to changes in fat cell volume, not an increase or decrease in the actual number of fat cells.
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Study finds "Mole Patrol" reduced Laboratory incidence of melanoma
A study of a past melanoma screening program at the Laboratory found that the program reduced employee deaths from that serious form of skin cancer.
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Researchers identify pressure effects on nanomaterials
Transistors, lasers and solar-energy conversion devices may be easier to manipulate because of recent research by Laboratory scientists.
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Stroke Awareness Month continues
Each year 780,000 Americans are victims of a stroke. However, 500,000 of those strokes could be prevented. In the United States, stroke is the third leading cause of death, killing 160,000 people each year and the leading cause of adult disability.
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- Retooling the Lab - Energy competition winners share energy saving tips
- Way Back When - Edward Teller — way back in 1950
05.02.08
- Articles
Cover story :: NASA shoots for the moon and beyond
Make no mistake: the goal of the nation's space program is to settle the solar system.
That was the message from NASA Ames Research Center Director Pete Worden in his presentation to Lab employees Monday entitled "Moon, Mars and Beyond: The U.S. Space Exploration Program."
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Water worth its salt
A Laboratory-developed desalination technology will be at the heart of a project to build experimental water-purification reactors for drought-plagued northeastern Australia.
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Computational physicist Shestakov masters fluid dynamics
When Alek Shestakov decided to go to go to Perth, Australia for the 2008 FINA World Masters Championship competition a few weeks ago, he joked he'd just be carrying his buddy's towel.
But Shestakov is no slouch. At 59, he walked away with a first in the 400-meter individual medley (IM), second in 200-meter backstroke, third in 200-meter IM and fourth in 100-meter butterfly.
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AGU determines graduate student Ken Ferrier's research rocks
Graduate student Ken Ferrier participated in a study that suggests soil water content plays a bigger role in setting chemical weathering rates than temperature does.
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2008 U.S. - Islamic World Forum
Key leaders from the United States and the Muslim world in the areas of politics, business, media, academia and civil society met in February at the fifth annual U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Qatar.
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- Community - Science fair winner aims for the sky
- Lab News
- LLNL's Wild Side - He don't need no stinkin' badge�
- Retirees' Corner - May update
- Retooling the Lab - Energy competition winners know watt's up
- Way Back When - Touring the Lab — way back in 1960
04.25.08
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Cover story :: Laser experiments offer insight into evolution of "gas giants"
By shooting the high-energy Omega laser onto precompressed samples of planetary fluids, scientists are gaining a better understanding of the evolution and internal structure of Jupiter, Saturn and extrasolar giant planets.
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Terminello appointed Nuclear Forensics leader
Lou Terminello has been appointed the Lab's new Nuclear Forensics leader. The announcement was made Wednesday by the Global Security and Weapons and Complex Integration (WCI) principal directorates.
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Gil Weigand, a driving force behind supercomputing, honored
Gil Weigand, who helped make supercomputing a cornerstone of the science-based Stockpile Stewardship Program, has been awarded the first James R. Schlesinger Award by Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman.
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Russian plutonium reactor shutdown ahead of schedule
The first shutdown of a weapons-grade plutonium production reactor in more than 15 years occurred in Seversk, Russia.
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- Retooling the Lab - Photovoltaic systems lighten Lab's energy load
- Rumor or Fact - ISP rumors
- Way Back When - Earth Day at the Lab — way back in 1980
04.18.08
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Cover story :: Miller announces next step in workforce restructuring
Emphasizing that it is a "difficult decision but the right decision," Director George Miller outlined the Lab's approved Involuntary Separation Program Thursday during meetings for employees and managers.
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Postdoc offers new model for molecular dynamics theory
A Lab postdoc has come up with a complete theory to model how force can assist a molecule to change from one configuration to another.
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TRED's enduring safety traction garners national awards
Technology Resources Engineering Division (TRED) recently received two national safety awards after surpassing one million work hours and 12 months without a lost workday injury or illness.
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Diamond-petaled California poppy flourishes at Site 300
Thought to be extinct for about 40 years, a rare plant has been anything but scarce this spring — at least in one location, Site 300.
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Lab maintains close ties to Keep California Beautiful
How can residents of California help preserve the beauty of the state? A non-profit, volunteer-based environmental education organization can answer that question.
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White-tailed kites nest at the Lab
White-tailed kites (Elanus leucurus), a protected raptor species, have built nests at the Laboratory in three locations. The nests are in trees near the laser corporation yard along the northern boundary of the site, the Arroyo Las Positas near Bldg. 696 and the storage yard near Bldg. 6199C.
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- Way Back When? Fiddleneck orchestrates come-back - 1983
04.11.08
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Cover story :: Lab helps Texas laser blaze to petawatt power milestone
Using optics and expertise developed at LLNL, a laser at the University of Texas has demonstrated more than one quadrillion (1,015) watts (one petawatt) of power. The Texas Petawatt laser is the first of its kind to be completed in the United States since the deactivation of the original petawatt laser at LLNL in 1999.
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High-resolution climate simulations with Thunder
Using state-of-the-art supercomputers, Laboratory climate scientists have performed a 400-year high-resolution global ocean-atmosphere simulation with results that are more similar to actual observations of surface winds and sea surface temperatures.
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Lab mentors recognized by DOE
Teacher, counselor and adviser: These roles fittingly describe each of the 11 Lab recipients of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Outstanding Mentor Award who were honored at a reception held on-site last week. The awards for the summer of 2007 were presented by Lab Deputy Director Steve Liedle.
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- Way Back When? Three Mile Island 1979
04.04.08
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Cover story :: T-Rex: Monster light source with multiple applications
When it comes to laser-based light sources, there are few brighter than T-REX, an LLNL project developed jointly by the NIF & Photon Science Principle Directorate and the Physical Sciences Directorate.
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Procurement of next generation supercomputer gets under way
The National Nuclear Security Administration has approved the next step in the Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) program's acquisition of the next generation supercomputer, named Sequoia.
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Workshop on reinventing world's energy system
In addressing global warming, policy-makers and political leaders need to use "cathedral thinking." That's the view of Jim Rogers, the chairman and chief executive officer of Duke Energy, who spoke Tuesday at the Laboratory as the keynote speaker in a three-day Energy, Climate and Global Security Workshop. This week's conference was sponsored by the Lab's Center for Global Security Research (CGSR).
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LLNL teams with QFS to accelerate storage technologies for hydrogen vehicles
The Laboratory is working with Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies on a next-generation manufacturing technique for hydrogen storage vessels.
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Lab researchers develop new Fano detector to study plutonium
Jim Tobin and colleagues are trying to solve a mystery that has plagued scientists for more than 65 years.
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"Every 15 Minutes" offers crash course in drunken driving
While sitting in his Laboratory office on a recent Wednesday, Steve Balke received the phone call every parent dreads. A California Highway Patrol officer was waiting to speak with him about his daughter in the West Gate badge office. Accompanied by his supervisor Glenn Cox, Balke arrived a few minutes later and was ushered, with CHP Officer Steve Creel, into the privacy of an office. Creel somberly informed him there had been an accident�.
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- LLNL's Wild Side...The red-tailed hawk knows when to sit down on the job
- In Memoriam...Boyd Jon Wheeler, Keith A. Stribling
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- Retooling the Laboratory...Shedding light on daylight-saving time
- Way Back When? Saying goodbye to a landmark
03.28.08
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Cover story :: Supercomputers add new dimension to earthquake modeling
Potentially damaging earthquakes tend to only occur infrequently, on geologic time scales. Coupled with their complex nature, this makes it hard to foresee, based on experience and expert estimates, a region's expected seismological behavior.
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APS selects 5 Lab researchers as outstanding journal referees
Five Laboratory researchers have been selected by the American Physical Society (APS) editors as outstanding referees of APS journals.
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Computational tools prove value in detecting rogue bacteria
Three LLNL scientists have shown that computational tools could become an important resource in detecting rogue genetically engineered bacteria in environmental samples.
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Pam Hullinger to be inducted into the Alameda County Women's Hall of Fame
As a youngster growing up within earshot of the Santa Anita Park racetrack in Arcadia, Pam Hullinger always knew she wanted to become a horse doctor or some type of veterinarian.
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Lab scientists elected SPIE Fellows
Three Lab scientists, John S. Taylor, Edward Moses and Alan Frank, are among 72 new fellows elected this year by the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE).
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- Way Back When? 1977
03.21.08
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Cover story :: Old supernova sheds new light on death of stars
Astronomers have made the best determination of the power of a supernova explosion long after it was visible from Earth. This technique, using X-ray and optical observations, may help reveal the details of how some stars come to a cataclysmic death.
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Laboratory women's association awards scholarship
The Lawrence Livermore Laboratory Women's Association (LLLWA) presented scholarship awards totaling $7,750 to 12 recipients during a ceremony Wednesday.
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Summer scholar receives research award for clustering foreign animal diseases
Ronald Page, an undergraduate summer hire last year, recently received a Sigma Xi Student Research Award for excellence in undergraduate research based upon his work at the Lab.
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Buy green when it comes to products and services
The Environmental Protection Department's Pollution Prevention (P2) Team and the Supply Chain Management Department (SCMD) recently hosted a series of Department of Energy workshops on the subject of environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP).
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- Way Back When? 1982
03.14.08
03.07.08
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All's fair in annual science and engineering competition
This week, 245 science-minded students in grades 7 through 12 from Danville, Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton and San Ramon gathered at the Robert Livermore Community Center to compete for cash and other prizes and exhibit their projects in the 12th annual Tri-Valley Science and Engineering Fair sponsored by the Lab.Read this article.
Rose Babcock honored for work with Russian officials
Employees from several national laboratories, including LLNL, have assisted Russian officials in developing a national accounting system for civilian nuclear material.Read this article.
Scholar Employment and Education Programs changes
A strategic plan for the Lab's Scholar Employment and Education Programs, required by Contract 44, has been approved by the Laboratory Site Office (LSO). The plan and its associated programs went into effect Jan. 1.Read this article.
Sewer monitoring team flush with success
The California Water Environment Association's Pretreatment, Pollution Prevention and Stormwater committee has presented its "Facility of the Year" award to the Laboratory's Sewer Monitoring Team in the Water Guidance & Monitoring Division of the Environmental Protection Department. Read this article.
- A Conversation With...Harold Conner
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- Retirees' Corner: Bob Leong goes to Cairo
- Retooling the Laboratory - Lab teams compete to lower energy use
- Rumor...or fact? 401(k) and vision plan rumors
- Way Back When? 1984
02.29.08
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Cover story :: Nano tweezers may pluck off transistor production time
Producing arrays for solar energy conversion or transistors may be four times faster thanks to new nanometer-scale optoelectronic tweezers.Read this article.
'Electronic nose' sniffs out chemical agents
Lab scientists Brad Hart, Tom Ratto and colleagues are creating a compact, low-power unit capable of detecting vapor from oily nerve and blister agents like VX and sulfur mustard. Read this article.
Lab's Tri-Valley Science and Engineering Fair set for March 4-8
The Tri-Valley Science and Engineering Fair, sponsored by LLNL and now in its 12th year, returns March 4-8 to the Robert Livermore Community Center, 4444 East Ave., Livermore. Read this article.
For statesman-like Chernov, science is where the heart is
A metamorphosis occurred when Alex Chernov was 12 years old and missed school for two weeks because he was sick.Read this article.
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- Retooling the Laboratory - Energy conservation effort begins to show results
- Way Back When? 1983
02.22.08
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NIF and high-energy density science featured at AAAS
"It's our goal to explain the world in ways that have never been done before."
With those words, Edward Moses, principal associate director for LLNL's National Ignition Facility and Photon Science Principal Directorate, began explaining NIF's mission to a symposium at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Boston this past weekend. Read this article.
Lab develops new tool to detect hoof-and-mouth-like diseases
Foot-and-mouth disease has not been seen in the United States since 1929. Officials want to keep it that way �a hope that strongly piqued after the 2001, 2007 disease outbreaks in Britain and terrorist attacks in the United States. Read this article.
Changes required to private e-mail accounts
As part of the Laboratory's continuing effort to improve its cyber security posture — and adjust to evolving cyber threats — a new technical service will go into effect in March to strengthen the Lab's defenses against certain cyber attacks. Read this article.
Doesburg realigns Global Security
John Doesburg, principal associate director for Global Security, announced a realignment of the organization last week.
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Applying supercomputing muscle to Grand Challenge science
Computational science teams in a range of disciplines lit up the visualization theater in the Terascale Simulation Facility's Armadillo Room Wednesday and Thursday with pioneering simulations in the Laboratory's Computing Grand Challenge Symposium. Read this article
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- In Memoriam...Terri Hughes
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- Retooling the Laboratory - VSSOP wraps up Tuesday
- Rumor...or Fact? VSSOP rumors continue
- Way Back When? 1934
02.15.08
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Astronomers discover two planets similar to Jupiter and Saturn
Harnessing the Laboratory's pioneering work in gravitational microlensing, supercomputer modeling and adaptive optics, scientists have found two planets in a solar system much like our very own. Read this article.
Lab researchers capture two awards for projects with U.S. businesses
Laboratory researchers have been selected to receive two awards for excellence in technology transfer by the Federal Laboratory Consortium. Read this article.
New Location for LLNL's NCR BioWatch Lab
Shortly before Christmas, the National Capitol Region (NCR) BioWatch Laboratory moved to its new location at an American Red Cross facility in the Washington D.C. area. This facility employs about eight laboratory analysts and also houses field collection support contract personnel. Read this article.
Lab launches "PCI" - Project Costing Implementation
The Laboratory launched the Project Costing Implementation Project on Oct. 1 of last year in a continuing effort to provide cost-effective, highly efficient tools for managing the Lab. Better known as "PCI," this project is one element of an overall plan to streamline LLNL's business and financial management systems. Read this article.
Another winning year at STC competition
The New Mexico Kachina Chapter of the Society of Technical Communication (STC) recently announced the winners in the 2007 Southwest Regional competition. The Laboratory came away with eight awards after the Technical Information Department (TID) submitted eight entries in the technical art, technical publication and online communication categories. The winners included two Distinguished Awards, four Excellence Awards, and two Merit Awards. Read this article.
Lab researchers attend AAAS science conference
The Laboratory will be well represented at this weekend's annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). This year's conference, with a theme of "Science and Technology from a Global Perspective," is currently under way in Boston and concludes on Monday, Feb. 18. Read this article
- A Conversation With...Gerald Paulson
- Community calendar - Science on Saturday rocks
- In Memoriam...Londa May, Jamie A. Panton, Lloyd Mancebo
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- Retooling the Laboratory - VSSOP continues
- Rumor...or Fact? More VSSOP rumors
- Way Back When? 1965
02.08.08
02.01.08
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