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Newswise: LLNL delivers compact dual-band telescope for launch this summer aboard NASA satellite
Release date: 2-Jul-2024 12:05 PM EDT
LLNL delivers compact dual-band telescope for launch this summer aboard NASA satellite
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) space hardware team has delivered a payload for NASA’s Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator-R (PTD-R) satellite.

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Newswise: Groundbreaking LLNL and BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics collaboration announces start of human trials for supercomputing-discovered cancer drug
5-Jun-2024 6:00 PM EDT
Groundbreaking LLNL and BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics collaboration announces start of human trials for supercomputing-discovered cancer drug
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

In a substantial milestone for supercomputing-aided drug design, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics (BridgeBio) today announced clinical trials have begun for a first-in-class medication that targets specific genetic mutations implicated in many types of cancer.

   
Newswise: LLNL debuts trio of systems on new Top500 list of world’s most powerful supercomputers, including El Capitan Early Delivery System
10-May-2024 4:05 PM EDT
LLNL debuts trio of systems on new Top500 list of world’s most powerful supercomputers, including El Capitan Early Delivery System
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Three new systems currently or soon-to-be sited at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) on Monday debuted on the latest Top500 list of most powerful supercomputers in the world, including the first portion of the exascale machine El Capitan.

Newswise: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to provide optical payload for upcoming U.S. Space Force mission
Released: 8-May-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to provide optical payload for upcoming U.S. Space Force mission
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) Space Program is now building an optical space domain awareness payload for an upcoming mission by the U.S. Space Force.

Newswise: GUIDE team develops computational approach to redesign antibodies for broader effectiveness against viral pandemics
7-May-2024 6:05 PM EDT
GUIDE team develops computational approach to redesign antibodies for broader effectiveness against viral pandemics
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

In a groundbreaking development for addressing future viral pandemics, a multi-institutional team involving Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers has successfully combined an artificial intelligence-backed platform with supercomputing to redesign and restore the effectiveness of antibodies whose ability to fight viruses has been compromised by viral evolution. The work was published in the journal Nature.

   
Newswise: LLNL Pandora SmallSat mission clears major NASA milestone on the path toward launch
Released: 25-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
LLNL Pandora SmallSat mission clears major NASA milestone on the path toward launch
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) Pandora SmallSat mission recently passed NASA’s critical design review, a major milestone for the mission to continue its journey toward launch.

Newswise: Registration open for all LLNL summer education programs
Released: 4-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EST
Registration open for all LLNL summer education programs
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Registration is now open for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s summer education programs.

Newswise: ‘Science on Saturday’ extends into March in Tracy
Released: 29-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
‘Science on Saturday’ extends into March in Tracy
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) popular lecture series, “Science on Saturday,” will continue its programming into March at the Grand Theatre Center for the Arts in Tracy.

Newswise: LLNL and Precision Neuroscience collaboration aims to develop next-generation neural implants for neurodegenerative diseases
Released: 13-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
LLNL and Precision Neuroscience collaboration aims to develop next-generation neural implants for neurodegenerative diseases
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has joined forces with Precision Neuroscience Corporation to advance the technology of neural implants for patients suffering from a variety of neurological disorders, including stroke, spinal cord injury and neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS.

   
Newswise: Are shapeshifting “soft machines” in our future? LLNL researchers advance material that responds to light
Released: 12-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
Are shapeshifting “soft machines” in our future? LLNL researchers advance material that responds to light
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have furthered a new type of soft material that can change shape in response to light, a discovery that could advance “soft machines” for a variety of fields, from robotics to medicine.

Newswise: Lawrence Livermore’s popular Science on Saturday lecture series returns to Las Positas College
Released: 1-Feb-2024 12:30 PM EST
Lawrence Livermore’s popular Science on Saturday lecture series returns to Las Positas College
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) popular lecture series, “Science on Saturday,” returns Feb. 3 and runs through Feb. 24. The series offers four different lectures with the theme, “Magic of Materials.”

Newswise: Lawrence Livermore has received a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, recognizing the Best Places to Work in 2024
Released: 10-Jan-2024 12:30 PM EST
Lawrence Livermore has received a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, recognizing the Best Places to Work in 2024
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has been honored with a Glassdoor Employees Choice Award, recognizing the Best Places to Work in 2024.

Newswise: New nuclear deflection simulations advance planetary defense against asteroid threats
Released: 19-Dec-2023 12:00 PM EST
New nuclear deflection simulations advance planetary defense against asteroid threats
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have developed a modeling tool for assessing the potential use of a nuclear device to defend the planet against catastrophic asteroid impacts.

Newswise: Lawrence Livermore 2023 charity campaign raises $4.1 million for non-profit organizations
Released: 14-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
Lawrence Livermore 2023 charity campaign raises $4.1 million for non-profit organizations
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory employees, along with Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, donated over $4.1 million to non-profit organizations via the annual employee charitable giving program, the Helping Others More Effectively (HOME) Campaign.

Newswise: Lawrence Livermore and Bay Area startup demonstrate large-scale, cryo-compressed hydrogen storage system for heavy-duty transportation
Released: 12-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
Lawrence Livermore and Bay Area startup demonstrate large-scale, cryo-compressed hydrogen storage system for heavy-duty transportation
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Verne, a San Francisco-based start-up, have demonstrated a cryo-compressed hydrogen storage system of suitable scale for heavy-duty vehicles.

Newswise: New analysis outlines national opportunities to remove carbon dioxide at the gigaton scale
8-Dec-2023 6:00 AM EST
New analysis outlines national opportunities to remove carbon dioxide at the gigaton scale
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers, along with scientists from more than a dozen institutions, have completed a first-of-its-kind high-resolution assessment of carbon dioxide (CO2) removal (CDR) in the United States.

Newswise: LLNL leads initiative to advance muon-based imaging
23-Oct-2023 4:05 PM EDT
LLNL leads initiative to advance muon-based imaging
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) are working to change the speed of muon-based imaging with a new initiative called Intense and Compact Muon Sources for Science and Security (ICMuS2).

Newswise: Lab instrument now winging its way through spaceon two billion-mile journey to  the metallic asteroid Psyche
Released: 16-Oct-2023 1:00 PM EDT
Lab instrument now winging its way through spaceon two billion-mile journey to the metallic asteroid Psyche
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

An instrument designed and built by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers departed Earth on a two-billion-mile, nearly six-year journey through space to explore a rare, largely metal asteroid.

Newswise: Study confirms age of oldest fossil human footprints in North America
3-Oct-2023 6:00 PM EDT
Study confirms age of oldest fossil human footprints in North America
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

New research reaffirms that human footprints found in White Sands National Park, New Mexico, date to the Last Glacial Maximum, placing humans in North America thousands of years earlier than once thought.

Newswise: Lawrence Livermore grabs two spots in DOE’s Energy Earthshot program
Released: 29-Sep-2023 1:00 PM EDT
Lawrence Livermore grabs two spots in DOE’s Energy Earthshot program
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists will lead and co-lead projects in support of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) new Energy Earthshot program.



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