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Two images (left) of uranium fuel pellet isotopic heterogeneity and graph showing uranium enrichment (right).
// S&T Highlights
Livermore scientists identified nuclear forensic signatures from mock evidence in support of an international exercise simulating a nuclear smuggling investigation.
Artist's conception of pancreas.
// S&T Highlights
Georgetown University, and Livermore scientists and collaborators have identified a protein that when removed from the body may help pancreatic cancer patients live longer.
Dr. Kelly Humbird pictured with horse.
// Recognition
Texas A&M University’s Department of Nuclear Engineering has honored Livermore physicist Kelli Humbird with its 2020–21 Young Former Student Award.
Clouds at night illuminated from behind
// S&T Highlights
Livermore scientists found that climate models may have overestimated the decade-to-decade natural variability of temperature.
Bronis de Supinski
// Recognition
Bronis de Supinski, Livermore Computing’s chief technology officer, has been named an IEEE fellow.
PowerPoint slide explaining robust machine learning
// S&T Highlights
The 34th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) is featuring two papers advancing the reliability of deep learning for mission-critical applications.
Multiphysics simulation of laser-induced melting of stainless steel (top); cross-sections of laser tracks in stainless steel (bottom)
// S&T Highlights
Livermore scientists simulated the droplet ejection process in an emerging metal 3D printing technique called “liquid metal jetting.”
Three atmospheric black carbon maps
// S&T Highlights
A team of Livermore scientists has modeled the global climatic consequences of a regional nuclear weapons exchange.
Architected 3D electrodes
// S&T Highlights
A research team has developed a 3D-printed electrode that lessens the problems that occur with gas bubbles that are generated during water electrolysis.
The Blue Gene/L supercomputer
// Recognition
A team of current and former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and IBM scientists won the annual “Test of Time” award at the 2020 Supercomputing Conference.